V8 Engines

A much improved P300 was introduced in 1974, this new 3-Liter model would make a difference, the engine was enlarged and featured dual overhead camshafts with a much more reliable chain drive, the heads now incorporated the combustion chambers which placed this brand new V8 ahead of its V12 cousin in terms of specifications, we…

When you talk about the Lamborghini Urraco with supercar fans, chances are they only think about the P250 model, this 2.5 liter V8 model happened to be the first step away from the massive V12 engines we all know from Lamborghini. Some might even remember the updated Urraco P300, boasting an enlarged engine and chain…

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The recent Lamborghini Gallardo wasn’t the first ‘entry level’ Lamborghini made at Sant’Agata, in the early Seventies the late Ferruccio Lamborghini already decided it was time to add a smaller model to the line-up that until then only consisted of V12 engine cars, it was time to add a V8 powered model to be able…

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…

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…