New 2017 Lamborghini Aventador S unveiled by CAR Magazine

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. is definitely an Italian brand name and manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs operating out of Sant'Agata Bolognese and tractors Lamborghini Trattori in Pieve di Cento, Italy. The company is of the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi.Ferruccio Lamborghini, an Italian manufacturing magnate, founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. in 1963 to contest with established marques, including Ferrari. The company gained wide acclaim in 1966 for that Miura sports coupé, which established rear mid-engine, rear wheel drive because standard layout for high-performance cars with the era. Lamborghini grew rapidly during its first decade, but sales plunged from the wake with the 1973 worldwide financial downturn and also the oil crisis. The firm's ownership changed 3 x after 1973, including a bankruptcy in 1978. American Chrysler Corporation took power over Lamborghini in 1987 and sold it to Malaysian investment group Mycom Setdco and Indonesian group V'Power Corporation in 1994. In 1998, Mycom Setdco and V'Power sold Lamborghini on the Volkswagen Group where that it was placed under the control from the group's Audi division.New products and model lines were introduced towards the brand's portfolio and brought on the market and saw a higher productivity for that brand. In the late 2000s, over the worldwide financial crisis plus the subsequent financial meltdown, Lamborghini's sales saw a drop of nearly 1 / 2.Lamborghini produces sports cars and V12 engines for offshore powerboat racing. Lamborghini currently produces the V12-powered Aventador and also the V10-powered Huracán combined with Urus SUV powered by way of a twin-turbo V8 engine.Throughout its history, Lamborghini has envisioned and presented a number of concept cars, from 1963 with all the very first Lamborghini prototype, the 350GTV. Other famous models include Bertone's 1967 Marzal, 1974 Bravo, and 1980 Athon, Chrysler's 1987 Portofino, the Italdesign-styled Cala from 1995, the Zagato-built Raptor from 1996.A retro-styled Lamborghini Miura concept car, the 1st creation of chief designer Walter de'Silva, was presented in 2006. President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann denied the concept could be put into production, saying how the Miura concept was "a celebration in our history, but Lamborghini is about the future. Retro design is just not what we are for. So we won’t perform [new] Miura.”At the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Lamborghini revealed the Estoque, a four-door sedan concept. Although there ended up much speculation about the Estoque's eventual production, Lamborghini management have not made a decision regarding output of what might be the very first four-door car to roll out with the Sant'Agata factory.The Estoque, a 2008 sedan conceptAt the 2011 Paris Motor Show, Lamborghini unveiled the Sesto Elemento. The concept car is created almost entirely of carbon fibre which makes it extremely light, weighing only 999 kg. The Sesto Elemento shares a similar V10 engine found from the Lamborghini Gallardo. Lamborghini hopes to signal a shift from the company's direction from making super cars aimed at top speed to producing more agile, track focused cars using the Sesto Elemento. The concept car can reach 0–62 by 50 percent.5 seconds and may reach a highly regarded speed that has reached over 180 mph.At the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, Lamborghini unveiled the Aventador J – a roofless, windowless version in the Lamborghini Aventador. The Aventador J uses a similar 700 hp engine and seven-speed transmission because the standard Aventador.At the 2012 Beijing Motor Show, Lamborghini unveiled the Urus SUV. This is the very first SUV built by Lamborghini since LM002.As part in the celebration of fifty years of Lamborghini, the corporation created the Egoista. Egoista is good for one person's driving and just one Egoista will be made.At the 2014 Paris Motor Show, Lamborghini unveiled the Asterion LPI910-4 hybrid concept car. Named following the half-man, half-bull hybrid (Minotaur) of Greek legend, it is the very first hybrid Lamborghini within the history on the company. Utilizing the Huracán's 5.2 litre V10 producing 607 horsepower, in conjunction with one electric motor attached to the transaxle as well as an additional two about the front axle, developing a different 300 horsepower. This puts the electricity at a combined figure of 907 horsepower. The 0–100 km/h time is claimed to become just above three seconds, having a claimed top speed of 185 mph.