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Mark Smeyers

Mark is the enthusiast site, Lamborghini is his passion, collecting books and scale model cars on the Sant'Agata company for decades, he has been able to visit the Lamborghini factory several times already.

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Dec 30, 2005

AUTO-MOTO-ITALIA 2005

The 2005 edition of Auto-Moto d’Italia can easily be called a big success, there were thousands of visitors over the two days, and one of the highlights of the event was the fact that none other than Giotto Bizzarrini was present on Saturday, Who was the original designer of the legendary Lamborghini V12 engine !…

Dec 2, 2005

Walter De’silva Will Design The Future Lamborghinis

From 1st December of 2005, Walter Maria de’Silva (55), Head of Design Audi brand group, will additionally assume responsibility for Lamborghini Design. The President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini, Stephan Winkelmann, made the announcement today during the Lamborghini press conference at the Bologna Motor Show. At the same time de’Silva remains, of course, Head of…

Nov 30, 2005

‘LINEA RACING’ FROM AUTOMOBILI LAMBORGHINI BY SPARCO

Lamborghini racing shoes and gloves now available. A new product line dedicated to the Racing world is now being offered by Automobili Lamborghini Collection, giving it an additional focus on a new world of products. The new and exclusive line of products comprises two pairs of racing shoes and one pair of racing gloves. All…

Nov 18, 2005

Lamborghini Urraco Rallye – Guide

Bob Wallace built the radical Jota in his spare time, but in 1973 he converted an Urraco into a real ‘hot rod’. He used the number ‘3’ of the early ‘pre-series’ P250’s from 1971 as a base, this fact is recognizable by the far-back position of the front pop-up headlamps. The bright orange finished Lamborghini…

Nov 18, 2005

2005 Lamborghini Gallardo Limited Edition Momo Gallardo

Just like in 1999, there is a new Limited Edition Momo Lamborghini available, now based on the Gallardo instead of the Diablo VT Roadster. Again only 12 will be made, and the car featured on this page is number 7 of this limited production run. Similar to the previous Momo Lamborghini, this one is finished…

Nov 18, 2005

Lamborghini Gallardo Spider (Pre-production Test Car) – Guide

The long awaited Gallardo Spider will be shown to the public at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, but naturally there has been a lot of talk about this car over the previous months, ever since the Gallardo V10 was introduced, the idea of an open version was alive. And it is finally starting to…

Nov 18, 2005

Lamborghini Jalpa Spyder – Guide

During the Jalpa production, Automobili Lamborghini SpA became aware that a full convertible model would actually sell better than the Targa-style Jalpa they now offered, so Bertone was to design and build a prototype based on the Jalpa chassis which became the Athon, this special prototype didn’t even have a roof designed for it, but…