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Article #58: 8 Facts You Must Know About Lamborghini

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Lamborghini, or Automobili Lamborghini engine with more than 6000 cc.
S.p.A. as it's officially called, Fact 5: Several of the newer Lamborghini
produces some of the most exciting sports models feature the familiar Lamborghini
cars in the word. Some of the newer scissor doors that rotate up and forward
Lamborghini models are the Countach, the on a hinge near the front of the door.
Diablo, the Gallardo and the Murcielago. The Countach, the Diablo and the
Fact 1: Lamborghini is named after the Murcielago all have scissor doors, but
founder of the company Ferruccio the Gallardo does not. Both the Countach
Lamborghini (1916-1993). Ferruccio and the Diablo are no longer being
Lamborghini founded the company in 1963 produced, so the Murcielago is the only
when he was 47 years old. The factory is current model with scissor doors.
located in a small Italian village called Fact 6: No Lamborghini have ever been
Sant'Agata Bolognese near Bologna. produced with less than a V8 engine. Most
Fact 2: Ferruccio Lamborghini was a of the Lamborghini models throughout the
successful tractor manufacturer before he history of the company have come with the
got interested in sports cars. His legendary Lamborghini V12 engine, but the
interest in sports cars made him buy many newest model, Gallardo, only have a V10
different high-performance cars including engine. No Lamborghini models with a V8
both Maseratis and Ferraris, but he was engine have been since production of the
never really happy with any of them and Silhouette stopped in 1989.
therefore decided to built his own, Fact 7: The first Lamborghini was the
perfect sports car, 350GTV from 1963. It was extremely fast
Fact 3: Lamborghini used to be an for its time with a top speed of 280 km
independent company, but today it is a h. In 1964 a smaller version of the
subsidiary of the German company Audi AG. 350GTV appeared. The smaller version was
Audi AG became the owner of Lamborghini called 350GT and had a top speed of 240
in 1998. Lamborghini went bankrupt in km/h. The Countach from 1974 was the
1978 and was sold to Chrysler a long time first Lamborghini to go faster than 300
before Audi AG became the sole owner of km/h.
the company. Fact 8: In 1975 did Walter Wolf, a rich
Fact 4: The fastest Lamborghini is the Le Canadian businessman and F1 racing team
Mans version of the Murcielago R-GT owner, persuade Lamborghini to produce
model. It has been reported to have a top three super powered Countach models. The
speed of 370 km/h. The fastest street Wolf Countach had the same engine as the
model from Lamborghini is the Murcielago orginal Countach prototype and were able
LP640 with an estimated top speed of 340 to reach a top speed of 315 km/h.
km/h. Both of the models have a V12






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