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Let's start with the man who brought us all these fine cars. What was Lamborghini's first name?

Ferruccio. Ferruccio Lamborghini was born in 1916 and died in 1993. He first built tractors and air conditioners before Enzo Ferrari's arrogance forced him to start his own thing.

The first Lamborghini was introduced in 1963. Its name was ___?

350 GTV. The "350 GTV", first shown at the Turin Show in October 1963 was just a prototype. It was designed by Franco Scaglione and had an engine by Giotto Bizzarrini.

Which of the following Lamborghini models was never built?

350 GT 2+2. As we learned, the "350 GTV" only was a prototype. The first Lamborghini going into production was the "350 GT", later followed by the "350 GTS" and the more powerful "GT 400".

In the 60's Lamborghini shocked its competitors with the superb "Miura". Please give me the year this legend was introduced:

1966. 765 "Miuras" saw the light of day from 1966 to 1973. Besides the "Countach" and the "Diablo" it is one of three Lamborghinis everybody should know.

What does the name of the legendary Lamborghini "Miura" mean?

wild bull. Did you know that Ferruccio Lamborghini made promotion for this car by parking it in front of casinos and then rev up the engine? It was successful...

Lamborghini built many prototypes through the years. Which one is not a sports car?

Cheetah. The "Cheetah" was built in 1977 as a prototype in contract for the US Army and optically had much similarity to the Hummer. Lamborghini worked on this concept many years until they introduced the "LM 002" in 1986.

1971 saw the introduction of the famous "Countach". What was the full name of this first model?

Countach LP500. Only one "LP500" was made. It later was used for a crash-test in the UK. The "LP400" was not available until 1974.

The "Espada", first introduced in 1968 was very important to keep Lamborghini`s financial situation on the safe side during the 70's. Approximately how many were built until 1978?

1200. There were three models of the "Espada" until it was discontinued in 1978. It slightly was based on the "Marzal" from 1966.

Which car replaced the "400 GT 2+2" in 1968?

Islero. The "Islero" mostly just was a reskinned "400 GT 2+2". It is named after a bull that killed a matador in 1947.

1989-93 Lamborghini delivered engines for the Formula One and had an own Team in 1991. Which team never used Lamborghini engines?

Jordan. Interesting: McLaren almost used engines from Lamborghini in 1994 but then decided to take Peugeot.

All models of the "Urraco" had a V8-engine, even the "P200" with only 1,994cc. Is this true?

t. It's true! Even being a rather small Lamborghini the "Urraco P200" reached 260km/h or 161mph with its 182bhp. Only 66 were made 1975-1977.

Lamborghini's chief engineer and development driver built race versions of some models, including the "Jota", the "Jarama Rally" and a special "Urraco". What's his name?

Bob Wallace. Bob's "toy projects" regularly influenced later models. He originally came from New Zealand and first worked for Lamborghini in 1964.

Chrysler bought Lamborghini in 1987 but soon sold it to a group of Far-Eastern companies. Which one was NONE of them?

Indoca. In fact all three companies were owned by Tommy Soharto, the son of the Indonesian dictator. In 1998 Lamborghini again was sold, this time to AUDI from Germany.

Work on the "Diablo" started in 1988 but it wasn't introduced until 1990. Which car used an early design study of the "Diablo"?

Cizeta Moroder. The "Cizeta Moroder", built by composer Giorgio Moroder and his friend Claudio Zampolli had a V16-engine (transversely mounted!) with 540bhp and reached a top running speed of 204 mph.

In 2001 the successor to the "Diablo" was introduced in Italy. What`s its name?

Murcielago. "Murcielago" is Spanish for "bat". Catch one if you have the money!