Lamborghini

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., an Italian company, a manufacturer of luxury sports cars, is located in the village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna. The company was founded in 1963 by Ferruccio Lamborghini (Ferruccio Lamborghini) (1916-1993) as a subsidiary company of his tractor factory Lamborghini Trattori SpA
Lamborghini owned by his own company has 9 years. The current owner of the company - Audi AG.

In the early 1960's tractor manufacturer Ferruccio Lamborghini began to show interest in the development of high-speed vehicles. He has been the production of cars Osca, Maserati and Ferrari, but none of his car did not suit on all counts.

There are several theories about the causes for which Lamborghini founded his own firm. All these versions can be reduced to a conflict between Enzo Ferrari (owner of Ferrari), and Lamborghini. The most popular version, told by Ferruccio Lamborghini's son, says that Lamborghini went to the factory to the Enzo Ferrari to complain about the quality of the clutch in his car the Ferrari 250 GT. Enzo Lamborghini sent back to the wish to continue to engage with tractors, because the cars, and even more sports, Lamborghini does not understand. Lamborghini went back to the factory, disassembled the transmission in his Ferrari 250 GT and discovered that the manufacturer of many parts the same as in Lamborghini tractors. At its stores, he found a suitable replacement, and then build the problem was solved.

Ferruccio decided that his car will have engine V12, and attracted to the project a talented engineer Giotto Bidzarini (Giotto Bizzarrini), who had developed a Ferrari V12.

The prototype vehicle, known as the Lamborghini 350 GTV, was presented to the public at the Turin Motor Show in 1963. Sales of the production version of the prototype (Lamborghini 350GT) was very successful. Born under the sign of Taurus, Ferruccio Lamborghini logo adorned the image of a bull.

The success of the model 350GT, followed by no less a successful model of Lamborghini 400GT, which brought enough money for the development of one of this "pearl" of the firm, the legendary Lamborghini Miura. This prototype car was shown by Ferruccio in November 1965 at the Turin Auto Show, and in March 1966 at the Geneva Motor Show presented a working version. Miura was a great success - only 1967 were sold 111 cars - and the company became known around the world.

In 1971, Lamborghini once again surprised the world revolutionary prototype of the new model Lamborghini Countach. Although the car itself began to be carried out only three years later (in 1974), until that time, he remained at the center of attention at any auto show. The prototype was fashionable then vertically opening doors, rear air intakes and a powerful 4-liter engine.
Lamborghini Tractor

However, in 1972 the company suffered a major crisis - was interrupted by a contract to supply a large consignment of tractors in South America. Lack of funds forced Ferruccio to sell part of its share of tractor production, which was acquired by Fiat. Eventually, all the tractor production came under the possession of Same Deutz-Fahr Group, which manufactures tractors and Lamborghini to date.

During the seventies, the successful sale of Lamborghini Countach kept the company afloat. Soon, car production has become self-sufficient and profitable, but, nevertheless, Lamborghini sold his share of Swiss investors - Georges-Henri Rossetti (Georges-Henri Rossetti) and Rene Leymeru (René Leimer). Ferruccio Lamborghini died in 1993 at the age of 76 years.

As a result, the oil crisis of the 1970s sports car sales plummeted. The company Lamborghini, among others, ran into financial problems, the supply of spare parts have been torn down, orders for cars were sold in two years in advance and customers were very dissatisfied with this waiting period. As a result, in 1978 the company declared itself bankrupt. Italian court was forced to sell the company. It was bought from Switzerland Mimram brothers.

Purchase of Chrysler Corporation was another surprise. At this time the work was carried out over the follower Countach - Lamborghini Diablo. Substantial technical and financial resources have been involved in the modernization of the company and produced automobiles, and the end result was another success for the company - a model of Diablo quickly brought the company back on the world level.

In 1994, the Corporation Chrysler, due to financial difficulties the company was forced to sell Lamborghini to an investment group from Indonesia M'tec (Megatech) under the leadership of Tommy Suharto (Tommy Suharto). For the same reason (financial problems), the company in 1998 again changed ownership, this time the company has become the new owner of Audi AG.

The new owner once again greatly influenced the design-produced supercar, today's Lamborghini Murciélago. Major technical features Audi helped establish one of the finest sports car Lamborghini.

Lamborghini cars are among the most powerful, expensive and exclusive serial-manufactured cars. In addition, different models have their own unique technical innovations, such as: the body of carbon fiber, high-tech engines V10.