When Lamborghini, or Automobili Lamborghini SpA is officially invoked, some of the most exciting sports cars in the language are produced. Among the new Lamborghini models are Countach, Diablo, Gallardo, Murcielago and others.
Fact 1: Lamborghini was named after the founder of Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916-1993). Ferruccio Lamborghini founded a company in 1963 when he was 47 years old. This factory is in a small Italian village called Sant & Agata Bolognese near Bologna.
Fact 2: Ferruccio Lamborghini succeeded as a tractor maker before becoming interested in sports cars. His interest in sports cars has allowed him to purchase many different high-performance cars, including both Maseratis and Ferrari, but he never was satisfied with any of them nevertheless his own perfect sports A car,
Fact 3: Lamborghini was an independent company in the past but now it is a subsidiary of Audi AG, a German company. Audi AG became the owner of Lamborghini in 1998. Lamborghini went bankrupt in 1978, and it was sold to Chrysler for a long time, until Aurai AG became the sole owner.
Fact 4: The fastest Lamborghini is the Le Mans version Murcielago R-GT model. The maximum speed is reported as 370 km / h. The fastest street model from Lamborghini is Murcielago LP 640 with an estimated maximum speed of 340 km / h. Both models are equipped with over 6000 cc V12 engines.
Fact 5: Some of the new Lamborghini models feature a well-known Lamborghini scissor door that rotates back and forth with a hinge near the front of the door. Counter, Diablo and Murcielago all have scissors door, but gallard is not. Since Countach and Diablo are no longer being produced, Murcielago is the only newest model with scissor-type doors.
Fact 6: Lamborghini has not had a V8 engine so far. Most of the Lamborghini models in the company's history have the legendary Lamborghini V12 engine, but the latest model Gallardo has only the V10 engine. Since the production of Silhouette was stopped in 1989, there was no Lamborghini model equipped with a V8 engine.
Fact 7: The first Lamborghini was 350 GTV in 1963. It was very fast for that time at a maximum speed of 280 km / h. In 1964, a smaller version of 350 GTV appeared. The smaller version was called 350 GT and the maximum speed was 240 km / h. In 1974 Countach was the first Lamborghini to run at speeds over 300 km / h.
Fact 8: In 1975, a wealthy Canadian businessman and owner of the F1 racing team, Walter Wolf told Lamborghini to produce a super power counter 3 model. Wolf Countach has the same engine as the original Countach prototype, and it was able to reach the maximum speed of 315 km / h.
