List of Lamborghini
LAMBORGHINI Models
LAMBORGHINI Models
2013 Lamborghini
• Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Edizione Tecnica (5)
• Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 (5)
LAMBORGHINI
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.,
commonly referred to as Lamborghini , is an Italian automaker based
in the small township of Sant'Agata Bolognese. The company was
founded in 1963 by manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini. It
has changed ownership numerous times since, most recently becoming a
subsidiary of German car manufacturer Audi AG (itself a subsidiary of
the Volkswagen Group) in 1998. Lamborghini has achieved widespread
recognition for its sleek, exotic designs, and its cars have become
symbols of performance and wealth.
Ferruccio Lamborghini entered
the automobile manufacturing business with the aim of producing a
high-quality grand tourer that could outperform and outclass
offerings from local rival Ferrari S.p.A. The company's first models
had uninspired styling and were of lesser build quality, and sold in
far fewer numbers to equivalent Ferrari offerings. Lamborghini met
with success in 1966 with the release of the mid-engined Miura sports
coupé, and in 1968 with the Espada GT, the latter of which sold over
1,200 units during ten years of production. After almost a decade of
rapid growth, and the release of classic models like the Countach in
1974, hard times befell the company in the late 1970s, as sales
plunged in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis. Bankruptcy crippled the
automaker, and after passing through the hands of a number of Swiss
entrepreneurs, Lamborghini came under the corporate umbrella of
industry giant Chrysler. The American company failed to make the
Italian manufacturer profitable, and in 1994, the company was sold to
Indonesian interests. Lamborghini would remain on life support
throughout the rest of the 1990s, continuously updating the Diablo of
1990 in lieu of a planned expanded range of offerings, including a
smaller car that would appeal to American enthusiasts. Reeling from
the Asian financial crisis of the previous year, in 1998
Lamborghini's owners sold the troubled automaker to AUDI AG, the
luxury car division of German automotive conglomerate Volkswagen AG.
German ownership marked the beginning of a period of stability and
increased productivity for Lamborghini, with sales increasing nearly
tenfold over the course of the next decade.
Assembly of Lamborghini cars
continues to take place at the automaker's ancestral home in
Sant'Agata Bolognese, where engine and automobile production lines
run side-by-side at the company's single factory. Each year, the
facility produces less than 3,000 examples of the four models offered
for sale, the V10-powered Gallardo coupé and roadster, and the
flagship V12-powered Murciélago coupé and roadster.
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