Archive for category Lamborghini
The Evolution Of Automobili Lamborghini
Posted by admin in Lamborghini on June 1, 2011
As the story goes, a tractor manufacturer sometime before 1963 went to get service on the clutch of the new Ferrari he had recently purchased and thus began the evolution of Automobili Lamborghini.
Completely insulted by the complaint of the clutch quality, Enzo Ferrari at the Ferrari factory told Ferruccio Lamborghini to go home and drive his tractors because he sure knew nothing about driving cars.
This was the catalyst to set Lamborghini on a path to develop his own sports car … which he vowed would be much superior to the Ferrari …. and he also vowed he would never own a Ferrari again. He fixed the clutch on his Ferrari by installing a much stronger clutch from his tractor warehouse when ….. upon taking apart the Ferrari clutch he found out it was made by the same manufacturer that supplied his tractor clutches.
After rounding up the men he needed in the design of his new sports car … he introduced the prototype of the Lamborghini 350GTV in 1963 at the Turin Auto Show with the bull as the mark of his car, the sign of the Taurus under which Lamborghini was born. Read the rest of this entry »
The All New Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo
Posted by admin in Lamborghini on May 18, 2011
Consumers always “love-hate relationship” with a Lamborghini. You either love them or they hate you. It is rare common ground. The new 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo exception. The car debuted in 2008 at the Geneva Motor Show, which attracted significant new since then. For aficionados of the brand, the numerical designation of great interest. LP560-4 is the car number was called and it serves the purpose far beyond the numerical designation of most other car.
Here is a breakdown of the number: the LP refers to the location of the machine, installed longitudinally in the middle of the car. The numbers in the middle (Part 560) relating to the production metric horsepower, while the number 4 refers the reader all the features 4-wheel driving time. Read the rest of this entry »