Ferruccio Lamborghini – The Man Behind Lamborghini
Posted by in Lamborghini on July 23, 2011
Born on April 28, 1916 in the region of Emilia-Romagna to grape farmer parents, Ferruccio Elio Arturo Lamborghini was a famous Italian industrialist, who gave pride to Italy flag. Blessed with mechanical knowledge, Lamborghini entered the business of tractor manufacturing in 1948 and founded the Lamborghini Trattori. What started as a company that produced agricultural equipment during the middle part of the post- war economic reform in Italy rose to become one of the world’s leading automobile companies that manufacture sports cars.
In the years 1959, Lamborghini entered the oil heater business and created his own oil heater factory named Lamborghini Bruciatori. Later on, he expanded his business and added air conditioning equipment. In the year 1963, he founded Automobili Lamborghini and started manufacturing high-end sports vehicles. He began with producing small number of sports car in an Italian village called as Sant’Agata, located between Modena and Bologna.
An enthusiastic sports car owner, Lamborghini owned a Ferrari vehicle. According to stories, when his Ferrari’s clutch failed, he took the vehicle to the Ferrari factory. However, Enzo Ferrari, the owner of the Ferrari Company declined Lamborghini’s request to meet him in person. When Lamborghini fixed his Ferrari’s clutch with unexpected ease, he then decided to start his own company which has become to known as a successful company that produces not only the most expensive but also the most powerful cars ever built today. Read the rest of this entry »
Cool Lamborghini
Posted by in Lamborghini on July 23, 2011
The German tuning company, the well known Edo Competition, transformed the Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 right into a artwork by using the international designer, Christian Augier. The result of their entire jobs are the Lamborghini LP710, a fantastic and fast supercar.
Edo Karabegovic is a mechanic who worked for Ferrari and lives in a small village, northeast of Dortmund. Now he is retired and willing to take on massive projects that suppose transforming already exceptional cars in even more impressive and high-speed sports cars. To be able to create the Lamborghini LP710, Edo used the Murcielago LP640 and removed only its standard hardware that powered the leading wheels and also the entire dynamic safety net. As a result the load of the car was lowered with 88 pounds. Instead, he increased with 69 horsepower the power produced by the 6.5 liters V12 engine of the Murcielago by using the engine control unit. He also designed a new air intake, new exhaust headers, high-performance camshafts, high-flow catalytic converters, blueprinted cylinder heads and a stainless-steel exhaust system.
The Lamborghini LP710 comes with an intricate rear wing which has a Gurney flap that can be adjusted and forged aluminum wheels equipped with Continental V-max tires. On the street the LP710 is amazing. The automatic manual transmission changes very easy the gear while the upgraded clutch mounted by Edo on this cool Lamborghini sends a jolt through the driver’s spine when he clicks the right-hand shift paddle. That’s why the driving experience is incredible and fearsome. What impresses much more may be the noise produced by the V12 engine of the LP710 which combined with the lightweight exhaust system cause you to feel that Edo plugged the engine into an amp.
The LP710 is equipped with a two-wheel drive system and that’s why you should have some skills to become in a position to drive this fierce “beast”. Maybe because of its drive system this supercar became more intuitive and much more fun to drive. But even if it sounds dangerous, the LP710 is equipped with high performance brakes and security features. This cool Lamborghini goes from zero to 60 mph in just 3.2 seconds and you will reach 200 km/h in less than 10 seconds. With regards to the top speed this supercar reaches 360 km/h (223.7 mph) making every speed fanatic very happy to drive the LP710. Read the rest of this entry »