Lamborghini Marine Engines: The V12s That Won Ten World Titles at Sea
Lamborghini marine engines: the 880 hp L804 V12, ten Class 1 offshore world titles, Don Johnson’s Mississippi record and Ferruccio’s Riva Aquarama.
Bob Wallace
LAMBORGHINI URRACO, SILHOUETTE AND JALPA
Lamborghini Urraco, Silhouette and Jalpa: Eighteen Years of a V8 That Never Sold Lamborghini spent eighteen years trying to sell a small eight-cylinder sports car. Between the Urraco, the Silhouette and the Jalpa it managed roughly 1,255 cars. Ferrari, in the same segment with a single model, sold more than twelve thousand 308s. That is … Read more
LAMBORGHINI JARAMA
Lamborghini Jarama: Ferruccio’s Own Favorite Asked which of his cars he preferred, Ferruccio Lamborghini did not say Miura. He said Jarama. And he said it late, in 1991, when he had nothing left to sell: he preferred it to all the others because it was the perfect compromise between the Miura and the Espada. That … Read more
LAMBORGHINI ESPADA
Lamborghini Espada: The Four-Seat V12 That Started as a Jaguar Lamborghini’s family car was not drawn in Sant’Agata. It was drawn in London, over Jaguar mechanicals, on commission from a British newspaper. The wooden body buck built for that Jaguar was then reused to put together the first Espada prototype. None of that appears in … Read more
LAMBORGHINI 350 GT
Lamborghini 350 GT: Born With Bricks Under the Hood The car that founded Lamborghini went on public display with its hood latched shut and construction bricks inside. No engine. Just masonry, sitting where a V12 was supposed to be. That happened at the Turin show in late October 1963, days before Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. … Read more
BOB WALLACE
Bob Wallace: The Hot Rodder Who Built Lamborghini’s Forbidden Car He started out building hot rods with his buddies. He finished up alone in a shop in Phoenix, Arizona, sorting out other people’s Ferraris. In between, he spent twelve years as the man who decided whether a Lamborghini was fit to sell to a human … Read more