The Lamborghini is the perfect performance car. Here you can find the history of this awesome ride, along with great books about the cars and also lamborghini models and toys.
Recommended Lamborghini Book
Lamborghini: Forty Years
Lamborghini The Inside Story of the Fighting Bull David Jolliffe For 40 years, Lamborghini has been one of the world's most flamboyant and exotic car marques. Written by a long time Lamborghini insider, the book tells, for the first time, the real story of the men who kept alive the Italian business making cars bought by wealthy executives, show biz celebrities, and sports stars.
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History of the Lamborghini
Around the 1960s, successful tractor manufacturer Ferruccio Lamborghini began to gain interest in developing a high-performance car. He had owned Oscas, Maseratis, and Ferraris, but was never completely happy with his car. Although there are several versions of what finally drove Ferrucio to bring his car company into existence, they all involve a conflict between Enzo Ferrari (the founder of Ferrari) and Ferruccio, driving Lamborgini to set up his own company to compete against Ferrari's. The most common version, as told by Ferruccio Lamborghini's son [1], is that Ferruccio Lamborghini went to meet Enzo Ferrari at the Ferrari factory to complain about the quality of the clutch in the Ferrari 250 GT he owned. Enzo Ferrari sent him away telling him to go and drive tractors because he was not able to drive cars. Lamborghini went back to his factory, had his Ferrari's clutch dismantled and realized that the clutch manufacturer was the same who supplied the clutches for his tractors. In his warehouse he found a spare part which he thought suitable, and when it was installed the problem was solved. Ferrucio decided that his car was to have a V12 engine, and enlisted the services of talented engineer Giotto Bizzarrini, who had previously worked on a Ferrari V12. The new engine had 4 cams, a short stroke and 4 big bore valves per cylinder, and developed a surprising 350 horsepower. The engine featured aluminium construction, with a crankshaft supported by seven main bearings, forged aluminium pistons, and camshafts with their own half-engine speed sprocket and silent chain. The car the engine was mounted in was designed by Franco Scaglione's Scaglione-Touring. This Lamborghini 350GTV prototype began making public appearances in 1963, starting with the Turin Auto Show. Sales of the production model, known as the 350GT, began the following year with great success, with over 130 examples sold. Born under the sign of the taurus, Ferrucio Lamborghini used the bull as the badge by which to mark his new automobile. The 350GT was followed up by the 400GT. The excellent sales of the 400GT and its predecesor gave the company sufficient funds to design its first...READ MORE
Great Lamborghini Books
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Lamborghini: Supercars from Sant'Agata (Haynes Classic Makes)
Amazon Price: $23.07 (as of 07/06/2008)
Lamborghini: Forty Years
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Lamborghini: Miura Countach Diablo Murcielago (Haynes Great Cars)
Amazon Price: $25.51 (as of 07/06/2008)
Lamborghini Countach: Lp 500, Lp 400, Lp 400 S, Lp 500 S, 5000 Quattrovalvole/110137Ae (Osprey Autohistory)
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Lamborghini 1964-2004: Celebrating 40 Years of Lamborghini Cars (Brooklands Portfolio)
Amazon Price: $50.37 (as of 07/06/2008)
Watch the Lamborghini in action
The Latest Lamborghini: 2007 Reventon
Lamborghini Reventón is a mid-engined sports car that debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show. It will be the most powerful and expensive Lamborghini to date, costing one million euro. The official press release states that only 20 will be built, but it is rumoured that the total number could be 100. The exterior styling was inspired by the F-22 Raptor. Although the exterior is partially new, almost the entire mechanics (including the engine) are taken directly from the Murciélago LP640.Rear view of the Lamborghini Reventón.
Rear view of the Lamborghini Reventón.
Initial reports suggest that the 6.5 litre V12 may receive a power boost of approximately 15 kilowatts (20 horsepower), bringing the new ouput close to 490 kW (650 horsepower). In spite of this, and the car's carbon fibre components, the Reventón accelerates to 100 km/h (62 mph) in the same time as the Murciélago LP640 (3.4 seconds).
The instrument panel in the Reventón comprises three TFT liquid crystal displays (LCDs) with two different display modes. The instruments are housed in a structure milled from a solid aluminum block, protected by a carbon fiber casing. The G-Force-Meter is completely new and it is one of the talking points of the Reventón. It displays the dynamic drive forces, longitudinal acceleration during acceleration and braking, as well as transversal acceleration around bends. These forces are represented by the movement of an indicator on a graduated 3D grid depending on the direction and intensity of the acceleration. Formula One teams also use a similar device to analyze dynamic forces.
By simply pressing a button, the driver can switch to the second, quasi-analogical display, where there are the usual circular instruments; speedometer and tachometer. The G-Force-Meter still remains at the center of this display mode.
Lamborghini has also picked up some of parent company Audi's design language. For the first time, Lamborghini incorporated daylight running lights with the headlamps of the Reventón. Seven Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) at each headlamp flank the Bi-Xenon main beam and they stay lit whenever the car is in movement. Due to the high temperatures in the rear lower part of the car, special heatproof LEDs are used for the indicator and hazard lights, stoplights and rear lights with a triple arrow optical effect.
Lamborghini Photos
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Lamborghini on DVD
Lamborghini Experience 40 Years of Excellence
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 07/06/2008)
European Beauties Volume 1&2 - 2 DVD set
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European Beauties Volume 1
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 07/06/2008)
Really Cool Lamborghini Toys & Models
2008 Lamborghini Reventon diecast model car 1:18 scale die cast by Burago - 11029
Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 07/06/2008)
Maisto 1/18 Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster
Amazon Price: $22.99 (as of 07/06/2008)
1/18 Lamborghini Gallardo Superlegerra MAI31149
Amazon Price: $26.94 (as of 07/06/2008)
1996 Lamborghini Diablo SV diecast model car 1:18 scale die cast by Maisto - Black
Amazon Price: $22.99 (as of 07/06/2008)
Lamborghini Gallardo Silver Custom 1:18 Diecast Model
Amazon Price: $30.99 (as of 07/06/2008)
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You're probably right that the Lamborghini is the perfect performance car. Thanks for the history and the info. Posted May 04, 2008 |
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