Automobili Lamborghini takes on a new challenge with the world-wide launch of its first carbon fiber bag collection. Utilized in industrial applications at the cutting edge of technology and noted for its resiliency and light weight, this material is used in premium products like bicycles, yachts, aeroplanes and super sports cars. Until today, no one has utilized carbon fiber in its un-stiffened, cloth form to produce fashion accessories. Created by Lamborghini and made in Italy, the unisex collection consists of Travel-, Messenger- and Envelope-style bags. They each possess a pure design and are completed in fine hand-stitched leather, palladium-finish galvanized brass accessories, ... Read More
On the occasion of the worldwide preview of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini, Stephan Winkelmann, announced that the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento will go into production. A technological demonstrator, presented a year ago at the Paris Motor Show, the Sesto Elemento represents the future of super sports cars in line with the Lamborghini Manifesto: according to this, development focuses on handling and acceleration, with lightweight design an increasing priority – now and even more so in years to come. Not since the revolutionary carbon fiber prototype, the Lamborghini ... Read More
Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., is presenting at the Volkswagen Group Night in Frankfurt the most extreme Gallardo ever: the Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale. Automobili Lamborghini is bringing motor racing excitement directly to the road. This new and most extreme top model in the Gallardo lineup is based on the successful race car from the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, the world’s fastest single-make series. The car will be produced in a limited run of 150 numbered units. The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo championship brings professional racers and gentlemen drivers face-to-face in fiercely fought battles on Europe’s ... Read More
Winkelmann: "The Lamborghini plant with zero CO2 impact, by 2015" An environmental and trend-setting initiative was started by Automobili Lamborghini in collaboration with the community of Sant’Agata Bolognese and the universities of Bologna, Bolzano and Munich. "Lamborghini for biodiversity – Oak Forest Research Project" includes a park of more than 10.000 young oak plants in an area of approximately 7 hectares. This is an experimental study aimed at the analysis of the relation between plants, their density, climate and CO2. The inauguration was attended by the President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini, Stephan Winkelmann, the Mayor of Sant'Agata Bolognese, Daniela Occhiali, Professors ... Read More
Director of Research and Development Accepts Award for New Aventador LP 700-4. On Aug. 20 at Monterey, California, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. was honored with the Five Diamond Engineering Award at Concorso Italiano, the annual gathering of Italian cars during the famed Monterey Auto Week. Automobili Lamborghini was given this prestigious award for the outstanding innovations of the new Aventador LP 700-4. Lamborghini board member and Director of Research and Development Maurizio Reggiani accepted the award on behalf of the automaker. The Aventador LP 700-4, which made in Monterey its debut in front of the American public, is the new benchmark in the ... Read More
The world rugby superstar Jonah Lomu, who started out with the All Blacks in 1994 and became the top try scorer in the 1999 World Cup, visited the home of the world’s top supersports cars at Sant’Agata Bolognese. During his visit to the assembly lines and new facilities, where the carbon fibre monocoque of the new Aventador LP 700-4 is made, Mr. Lomu was struck by the efficiency and craftsmanship that set the Company apart. After admiring the fine collection of models in the museum that have made Lamborghini history, the physically imposing rugby legend (who is 196 cm tall ... Read More
The Italian duo of Fabio Babini and Matteo Zucchi claimed two victories in the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo at Silverstone, UK, on 5 June 2011 to extend Babini’s lead in the Pro Drivers’ Standings. Meanwhile, Swiss driver Cédric Leimer secured his second consecutive solo win claim the lead in the Pro-Am Drivers’ Standings. C. Leimer knocked reigning Pro-Am Drivers’ Champion Eugenio Amos off the top of the Pro-Am Drivers’ Standings following victory in round four and two further podium finishes. The Autovitesse Garage R. Affolter Suisse pilot claimed 27 points this weekend to put him four points ahead of Autocarrozzeria ... Read More
The V12 Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 makes its Chinese debut on Lamborghini’s stand at the Auto Shanghai 2011. The new V12 flagship of the Lamborghini super sports car brand is redefining the super sports car market, with not only extraordinary performance but with lightweight engineering technologies and unparalleled design. Lamborghini is also unveiling the Gallardo LP 550-2 Tricolore at a special off-site event held in the Shanghai Expo: a fitting location for the exclusive special edition of the highly successful Lamborghini Gallardo model designed to pay homage to Italy. China is an extremely important market for Lamborghini, achieving over 150% sales ... Read More
Today, at a press conference held at the Campidoglio, the Mayor of Rome Gianni Alemanno and the President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini, Stephan Winkelmann, announced that from April 26th to May 8th, Roma Capitale will star in a great new event to promote the “Made in Italy”. On the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification, Lamborghini chooses Rome as the main stage for the international presentation of its brand-new super sports car, Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4, created in Italy but destined to be revered and appreciated all over the world, as confirmed by the orders received so far, which have ... Read More
The revolutionary Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4, unveiled to the public at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this month, has achieved sales representing far more than one year’s production also due to strong motor show reception. That momentum, which began at VIP customer previews in late-2010, now continues at www.Aventador.com, where brand enthusiasts have the opportunity to configure the high-tech, lightweight Aventador’s exterior and interior color to their preference, while viewing the newest brand film teasing the €255,000 flagship. “Interest in the Aventador has been unprecedented and we have orders for far more than one year. Before customer deliveries begin in the ... Read More