LAMBORGHINI
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Italian maker of luxury sports cars and SUVs from Sant'Agata Bolognese, founded in 1963 to take on Ferrari.
- Founded
- 1963, by Ferruccio Lamborghini
- Headquarters
- Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy
- Owner
- Volkswagen Group, through Audi, since 1998
- Tractor business
- Lamborghini Trattori, founded 1948
Ferruccio Lamborghini, an industrialist who already built tractors, founded the car company in 1963 to compete with Ferrari. Its cars are noted for a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout.
Sales plunged after the 1973 oil crisis and the firm went bankrupt in 1978; Chrysler took control in 1987, and in 1998 the company was sold to the Volkswagen Group, which placed it under Audi. The tractor business, Lamborghini Trattori, has been separate since 1973.
- 1948Lamborghini Trattori founded
- 1963Automobili Lamborghini founded
- 1978Company goes bankrupt
- 1987Chrysler takes control
- 1998Sold to the Volkswagen Group
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LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini Countach: the wedge that defined the supercar
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LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini P140: the V10 prototype that became the Gallardo
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LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini Murciélago: the first Audi-era flagship
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LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini Gallardo: the V10 Lamborghini that sold in thousands
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LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini Bravo: Bertone’s 1974 study for a smaller Lamborghini
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LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini Urraco: the small V8 Lamborghini of the 1970s
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LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini Portofino: the four-door concept with scissor doors
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LAMBORGHINI Lamborghini Jalpa: the affordable V8 Lamborghini of the 1980s
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Exotic Cars Lamborghini Diablo: the first Lamborghini past 200 mph