Sixteen Lamborghini facts

  1. Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italian automaker based in the small township of Sant'Agata Bolognese.
  2. Lamborghini is named after the founder of the company Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916-1993).
  3. Did you know that the fastest Lamborghini, with a reported top speed of 370 km/h, is the Le Mans version of the Murcielago R-GT model.
  4. Ferruccio Lamborghini was a successful tractor manufacturer before he got interested in sports cars.
  5. The fastest street model from Lamborghini, with a reported top speed of 340 km/h, is the Murcielago LP640.
  6. Lamborghini has achieved widespread recognition for its sleek, exotic designs, and its cars have become symbols of performance and wealth.
  7. In 1998, the German company, Audi AG, became the owner of Lamborghini.
  8. Did you know that most of the Lamborghini models are produced with a V12 engine, even though the newest model, Gallardo, have a V10 engine oil.
  9. In 1962, Ferruccio Lamborghini visited the Seville ranch of Don Eduardo Miura, a renowned breeder of Spanish fighting bulls. Lamborghini, a Taurus himself, was so impressed by the majestic Miura animals that he decided to adopt a raging bull as the emblem for the automaker he would open shortly.
  10. No Lamborghini have ever been produced with less than a V8 engine.
  11. The Lamborghini Islero was named for the Miura bull that killed the famed bullfighter Manolete in 1947.
  12. Did you know that the first Lamborghini was produced in 1963 and called for the 350GTV. With a top speed of 280 km/h, the 350GTV was extremely fast back in 1963.
  13.  After christening the Urraco after a bull breed, in 1974, Lamborghini broke from tradition, naming the Countach not for a bull, but for countach!, an exclamation of astonishment used by Piedmontese men upon sighting a beautiful woman.
  14. The first Lamborghini to go faster than 300 km/h came out in 1974 and was called for the Countach.
  15. The world financial crisis has seen sales decrease once again, from a high of 2,580 units in 2007 to an expected 1,580 units in 2009.
  16. Did you know that the Countach, the Diablo and the Murcielago all have scissor doors (that rotate up and forward on a hinge near the front of the door), but the Gallardo does not.
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