Mark Smeyers

Automobili Lamborghini SpA asked Bertone to design the new ‘small’ Lamborghini, the V-8 powered Urraco. The Bertone design studio came up with two rather similar looking running prototypes, the first used a strange headlight configuration while the second was more conventional with pop-up headlights and a small integrated rear spoiler and a big air extractor…

A late model Urraco P300 was modified at the factory to serve as a base for research, this car was a P300 US Specifications car, the side running lights were present and the big black bumpers were installed on the car. This car was finished in bright yellow over a black interior, but the main…

The Urraco was put into production, but design faults and poor workmanship prevented the P250 to obtain the success the car deserved. In a desperate effort to boost sales of the Urraco, Bertone was contacted to design an open top version of the V-8. Bertone came up with two preliminary drawings which are shown here, the…

In 1979 Lamborghini already had an open top V8 car on the market, the beautiful Silhouette with those magnificent ‘telephone dial’ wheels that are worth their weight in gold these days but there was one major hurdle Lamborghini just didn’t manage to overcome export to the United States, officially the Silhouette was never imported into…

After its recent launch at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder has been named as “The World’s Most Beautiful Car 2005” among sport scars category. The Gallardo Spyder was selected by an international jury – made up of designers, car and art historians, and specialist journalists – which gathered in Milan in the…

At this moment we all know the ‘canvas roof’ available on the Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster model is not what you might call the best looking, or easiest to mount canvas top available. But help could be available soon … there are rumors that you will be able to buy a hardtop roof for the V12…