Few cars spark a sense of mystery, curiosity, and fascination quite like the 1967 Lamborghini Marzal. Unveiled at the 1967 Geneva Motor Show, the Marzal was a radical departure from anything that the Italian carmaker had previously produced. Created to fill the market gap between Lamborghini’s classic high-performance GT cars and more accessible sports cars,…
The fact that we now have ‘Lamborghini doors’ originated 50 years ago, these days many tuners offer what they call Lamborghini doors for all kinds of cars, and one thing they all have in common … the door hinges upward instead of sideways. That was first seen on the Carabo, but was introduced by Lamborghini…
Automobili Lamborghini has significantly expanded its prototype and pre-series vehicle development areas, as part of the ongoing production facility growth in readiness for its Super SUV, the Urus. The existing building has been extended from 5.000 m2 to 7.000 m2. A new acoustic test room, part of the overall expansion, was officially inaugurated with the…
While some high-profile customers are being shown the soon to be released Lamborghini Huracan Performante during VIP events, the journalists from Automobili Magazine were offered the chance of actually driving a prototype of this new lightweight V10 edition on the famous Imola race track last December. Lamborghini’s chief of Research and Development, Maurizio Reggiani was…
Back in 1963 Ferruccio started investing in a brand new factory, just to create his ideal GT, but the very first Lamborghini car ever, the 350 GTV was actually designed and built in a small, secluded part of the tractor factory at Cento, because his Sant’Agata factory wasn’t completed yet and he didn’t want to…
We all know the development for the Lamborghini Gallardo successor has taken many years, in fact, the first concept designs that have been published recently date back to 2009, sure these are very wild and aggressive, but still, they show the enormous amount of time and effort that has gone into the creation of a…
The Gallardo became the single most successful model ever in the history of Automobili Lamborghini SpA … when production was finally halted in 2013 a total of 14,022 of these V10 Bulls would have left Sant’Agata, so when they started thinking about a successor it quickly became obvious it wouldn’t be easy to replace such…
Remember the amazing looking Lamborghini Sesto Elemento unveiled at the 2010 Paris Auto Show? We sure do, the Sesto Elemento was a showcase of Lamborghini’s abilities to use carbon fiber in creating an ultra lightweight car that offers an unparalleled driving experience. Take into account you are looking at a car that puts only 999kg on the…
If you are building cars like the Gallardo and the Aventador it is obvious you have to keep pushing the limits when it comes to creating successors for your famous cars, and keeping this development hidden from the public eye in these days of the world wide internet might become a very challenging feat. However…
Lamborghini Countach Lp5000 Specs & Performance General Type Countach LP5000 Years built 1971 Production 1 units Chassisnr. Project 112, number 001 Presentation March 1971 Geneva Auto Show Type of car Two door coupe, two seater berlinetta, horizontally hinged doors Designed by Marcello Gandini for Bertone Built by Automobili Lamborghini SpA Dimensions Wheelbase 2450 mm /…
After being showcased on the Geneva Auto Show as the latest and bravest evolution of the legendary Lamborghini Miura, this yellow SV or Spinto Veloce version was sold to a lucky customer in Italy, later on he made a German based owner very happy before this very car was obtained by a citizen of the…
How would you react if Automobili Lamborghini SpA called you and asked if you would like to drive the new Lamborghini flagship that will only by unveiled to the public months later, more precisely at the 2011 edition of the Geneva Auto Show ? I for one would have some difficulties to stay in my…
Before the design of the Piranha was modified to become the new Lamborghini Espada four-seater, Bertone had a more challenging concept ready for this all-new Lamborghini, using gull-wing doors as seen on the Marzal prototype, the first Espada concept looked very futuristic. But Ferruccio Lamborghini really disliked the glass panels in the lower parts of…
On the 1971 Geneva Auto Show Lamborghini introduced the mind-blowing Countach, the full denomination was LP 500 Countach, where the LP stood for Longitudinale Posteriore 5000 cc, and the 5-Liter engine was put longitudinally in the back. This new 5-Liter engine, which was built using a lot of magnesium even for the gearbox and differential,…
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…
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…
