Founded by Ferruccio Lamborghini, Lamborghini started out as a tractor-building company in the Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, between Bologna and Modena. However, Ferruccio Lamborghini's priorities changed when he went to meet Enzo Ferrari at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy, to complain about the quality of the clutch in his Ferrari 250. Ferruccio received a dismissive answer from Ferrari, who said to Lamborghini that "the problem is not with the car, but rather, the driver," and suggested he look after his tractors. A resentful Lamborghini returned to his factory, and after dismounting the transmission from the defective Ferrari, discovered that it was built with the very same transmission used in his own tractors. Encouraged by the discovery, Ferruccio Lamborghini called upon the talents of Giotto Bizzarrini, Gian Paolo Dallara, and Franco Scaglione, who worked on what Ferruccio envisioned as his grand tourer to rival Ferrari. The result would eventual become the GTV prototype.[3] The following year, Lamborghini would debut the 350GT.
Automobili Lamborghini, commonly referred to as Lamborghini, is an Italian manufacturer of sports cars, based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna. Lamborghini the company was founded in 1963 by businessman Ferruccio Lamborghini, who owned a successful tractor factory, Lamborghini Trattori.
In 1998, Lamborghini became a subsidiary of the German car manufacturer Audi AG, which is in turn a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group.
Lamborghini-Gallardo_2003_1600x1200_wallpaper_01 :
The Lamborghini Gallardo was designed as a competitor to the Ferrari 360, and now competes with its replacement, the Ferrari F430. The Lamborghini Gallardo has a rear-biased all-wheel drive system which differentiates it from its rear-wheel drive competitors. Lamborghini's parent company Audi is renowned for its quattro 4WD system, however Lamborghini uses a system of its own.
The Lamborghini Gallardo is Lamborghini's most-produced model to date, with only 5000 on first three years of production . Each car costs about $180,000 to $210,000. Lamborghini Gallardo is named after a famous breed of fighting bull
Lamborghini-Gallardo_Superleggera_2008_1600x1200_wallpaper_09
Lamborghini-Murcielago_2002_1600x1200_wallpaper_01:
The Lamborghini Murciélago is a high performance sports car produced by Italian automaker Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. and designed by Luc Donckerwolke. Lamborghini Murciélago was introduced in 2001 as the successor to the Diablo. The Lamborghini Murciélago is a two-door, two-seat coupé. To celebrate the company's 40 years in operation, 50 special edition Lamborghini Murciélagos were built during the autumn of 2003. An open-top version called the Murciélago Roadster was introduced in 2004 for the 2005 model year. Lamborghini Murciélago roadster features similar performance to the coupé with a more aggressive rear flank, as well as a considerably higher price tag.
The name:
The name Murciélago (pronounced moor-thee-EH-la-go in traditional Castilian Spanish and moor-see-EH-la-goh in Spanish of Latin America) means "bat" in Spanish. A bull by this name survived 24 sword strokes in an 1879 fight at the arena of Córdoba, and fought with such passion and spirit that the matador chose to spare its life, a rare honor. In another Lamborghini tie-in, the bull was later presented as a gift to Don Antonio Miura, who was a noted breeder and whose bull ranch the Lamborghini Miura was named after, and went on to sire a line of famous fighting bulls.
Source : NetCarShow
--
trackback :
home
my blog
my profile
my microblog
