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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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Feb 18, 2011

Lamborghini edo Competition LP750 – Guide

With the Murciélago replacement in the starting blocks it might get a bit disappointing driving the ‘old’ car, however 640 Hp can hardly be called timid, the new Lamborghini flagship is rumored to have no less than 700 Hp … so you might feel a bit depressed in a week or so when the 2011…

Feb 18, 2011

LATEST LAMBORGHINI MURCIÉLAGO SUCCESSOR VIDEO SHOWS INTERIOR

We’ve just received a mail from one of our most valued fans, a007apl found a very interesting video on www.automoto.fr showing the new Lamborghini flagship, that will be unveiled in less than two weeks in Geneva, on the open road, some very nice sound is available, but what really caught my attention was the interior. That’s right,…

Feb 13, 2011

LAMBORGHINI USES ALL-CARBON FIBER MONOCOQUE FOR THE NEW FLAGSHIP

Only a few more weeks before Automobili Lamborghini SpA will unveil their brand new Murciélago successor, a car that is rumored to be called the LP700-4 Aventador … however no official statement about this name has been published to this date. I’m almost certain that in the week running up to the press conference in…

Jan 31, 2011

Lamborghini Miura Targa Special – Guide

Only one original Miura Roadster was ever built, and in fact it was merely a prototype by Bertone, it was eventually sold to the ILZRO Zn-75 who replaced as much parts as possible with own materials and painted it green instead of the bright blue Bertone built it in. As this was a one of…

Jan 28, 2011

1971-1973 Lamborghini Miura P400 SV

The final evolution of the Miura was presented in 1971 as the SV, which stood for Spinto Veloce, it didn’t look like it at first glance, but the SV was a major improved over the S-model, and not only because of those muscular looking, wide wheel arches at the back. The ventilated discs that appeared…

Jan 28, 2011

1968-1971 Lamborghini Miura P400 S

Lamborghini built a total of 275 Miura before they decided it was time to introduce a first  evolution in 1969, Lamborghini showed the first revision of the successful Miura, named the Miura S, with the ‘S’ for Spinto. Over the previous year, Dallara and his team had been working on perfecting this amazing automobile, Bob…

Jan 28, 2011

Lamborghini Miura P400 (1966-1969)

After only three years of production, during which Ferruccio built the very nice 350 GT and later the 400 GT, he stunned the world by showing an innovative rolling chassis at the 1965 Turin Auto Show. This chassis showed a transversely mid-mounted, compact V12 engine, something the world had only seen in pure bred race…