Lamborghini is named after the founder of the company Ferruccio
Lamborghini (1916-1993). Ferruccio Lamborghini founded the company in
1963 when he was 47 years old. The factory is located in a small Italian
village called Sant'Agata Bolognese near Bologna.
The fastest Lamborghini is the Le Mans version of the Murcielago R-GT
model. It has been reported to have a top speed of 370 km/h. The fastest
street model from Lamborghini is the Murcielago LP640 with an estimated
top speed of 340 km/h. Both of the models have a V12 engine with more
than 6000 cc.
No Lamborghini have ever been produced with less than a V8 engine. Most
of the Lamborghini models throughout the history of the company have
come with the legendary Lamborghini V12 engine, but the newest model,
Gallardo, only have a V10 engine. No Lamborghini models with a V8 engine
have been since production of the Silhouette stopped in 1989.
The first Lamborghini was the 350GTV from 1963. It was extremely fast
for its time with a top speed of 280 km/h. In 1964 a smaller version of
the 350GTV appeared. The smaller version was called 350GT and had a top
speed of 240 km/h. The Countach from 1974 was the first Lamborghini to
go faster than 300 km/h.
