Lamborghini is now a name that is revered in terms of its styling and performance in the automotive world. The company was started by Ferruccio Lamborghini which had a concept in business of building farm tractors using World War II surplus. He eventually became really successful which then allowed him to look into his childhood passion which are cars. His first sports car was a Ferrari 250GT.
We are all too familiar that Ferrari has been around way longer than Lamborghini. Lamborghini was a huge fan and he had more than one Ferrari until he was told off by the people of Ferrari to stop advising them him being a tractor maker and he does not know anything about sports cars. Ferruccio took this personally that he went ahead and ventured into automobiles with the vision of eventually coming up
The very first one that came out the Lamborghini manufacturing line that isn’t a tractor was the Franco Scaglione. It started out with the 350 GTV but it was not well received. Ferruccio did not lose hope and instead went ahead and ventured into redesigning it until Carrozzeria Touring which is the first ever Lamborghini’s production car. There are still of course models that eventually came out after the Carrozzeria until they came up with the Miura in 1967. Lamborghini’s success in sports cars did not happen overnight. He had to compete with Ferrari and other names that were established that time but still the Lamborghini Miura came down in history as the fastest production car in 1967.
The very first one that came out the Lamborghini manufacturing line that isn’t a tractor was the Franco Scaglione. It started out with the 350 GTV but it was not well received. Ferruccio did not lose hope and instead went ahead and ventured into redesigning it until Carrozzeria Touring which is the first ever Lamborghini’s production car. There are still of course models that eventually came out after the Carrozzeria until they came up with the Miura in 1967. Lamborghini’s success in sports cars did not happen overnight. He had to compete with Ferrari and other names that were established that time but still the Lamborghini Miura came down in history as the fastest production car in 1967.
The Lamborghini Espada then followed the Miura which is one of the first beloved models that sold 1200 units in its run for 10 years. In 1973 marked the birth of the car that really placed Lamborghini in the map. This is the year when the Countach came about. This is the car that really became the dream cars of kids in the 80’s. Even I myself had the poster in my bedroom. It stayed in production up until 1988. This is also the same period where we saw the only SUV that the company produced; the LM002. This is the time when Lamborghini is getting its stride so after the success of the Countach, Lamborghini came up with the Diablo. For 11 years it saw production of 2884 units. All throughout the 90’s the Diablo wowed the world with its performance and styling which was considered a worthy successor of the Countach.
In 1997 we are introduced to the car dubbed as the “Baby Lambo” which was the Gallardo. True to its initial nickname the Gallardo sports a smaller (V10 instead of the usual V12) engine and a smaller size in general. It even got denied the scissor type doors because as Lamborghini would say that only the flagship models will carry such doors. After the Diablo, this was then replaced by the Murcielago. This is also the model that was carried by the company when it transitioned under the umbrella of Audi. They say that this is when the bull eventually got tamed.
Despite the number of different owners the company had undergone during its lifetime until it went German, it had the name associated to insane performance numbers and even crazier styling. Audi had then done something with it by making it more “German”. They did this by making the car safer and more luxurious. This is true with the last Murcielago model before it got replaced by the Aventador.
So far the Aventador is the current flagship and it has definitely captured the kid in a lot of us with its styling and performance number. Some original Lamborghini lovers say that a part of the thrill of actually driving a Lambo is the skill of actually taming the whole vehicle and they say that Audi took that out. On the other hand newer and younger owners of the recent Lamborghini models say that the Aventador is better in terms of luxury, performance and handling. So is the bull really tamed or perhaps Audi just took into consideration what Ferruccio Lamborghini’s aim which is to have the best grand tourer. The Aventador may not be a tourer but in order to create one, you are going to need to start off with a vehicle that handles well on the road. It seemed Audi is in the right track after all.
Side comments: Of course, these cars doesn't come cheap. If you own one you better be ready for an expensive auto insurance. However, here's a way how to save on insurance: http://www.dmv.com/how-to/save-on-auto-insurance.
So far the Aventador is the current flagship and it has definitely captured the kid in a lot of us with its styling and performance number. Some original Lamborghini lovers say that a part of the thrill of actually driving a Lambo is the skill of actually taming the whole vehicle and they say that Audi took that out. On the other hand newer and younger owners of the recent Lamborghini models say that the Aventador is better in terms of luxury, performance and handling. So is the bull really tamed or perhaps Audi just took into consideration what Ferruccio Lamborghini’s aim which is to have the best grand tourer. The Aventador may not be a tourer but in order to create one, you are going to need to start off with a vehicle that handles well on the road. It seemed Audi is in the right track after all.
Side comments: Of course, these cars doesn't come cheap. If you own one you better be ready for an expensive auto insurance. However, here's a way how to save on insurance: http://www.dmv.com/how-to/save-on-auto-insurance.
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