LAMBORGHINI CARS HISTORY

1.Lamborghini Miura (1966-1972)

It’s not a surprise that the Miura family were proud when they found out that Lamborghini had named a car after their line of bulls. The short name, applied to the fiercest and most powerful bulls, was just what Ferruccio needed to describe his engineers’ ground-breaking creation. The mid-engined Miura redefined the concept of a sports car with its transverse-mounted V12, 170mph-plus top speed and lithe, Ford GT40 influenced styling. The age of the super car (a term put into popular parlance by CAR’s LJK Setright) had arrived.

2.Lamborghini Islerio and Urraco (1968-1979)

Both the Urraco and the Islero (pictured above) take their names from a bullfight during which the Urraco-bred Miura bull killed a famed matador. They nearly did the same to Lamborghini. The Islero was perhaps one of the less loved Lambos and the Urraco’s lack of sales success brought the company to its knees

3.Lamborghini Countach (1974-1990)

 Perhaps the most celebrated Lamborghini name of all. Countach is a word from the local   Piedmontese dialect which signifies an exclamation of amazement. The apocryphal tale is that   design legend Nuccio Bertone uttered the word when he first caught sight of the Marcello   Gandini-designed prototype, and the name stuck. There’s no direct translation; calling it the   Lamborghini Cor Blimey doesn’t quite have the same effect somehow.

4.Lamborghini Diablo (1981-1988)

One of Lamborghini’s most intimidating supercars, the Diablo had an 11-year production run including six generation revisions. It was named after one particularly infamous fighting bull.

5.Lamborghini  Murcielago (2002-2010)

  

After surviving 28 sword strokes, the Navarro fighting bull Murciélago (the Spanish word for ‘bat’) was spared by the matador and later presented as a gift to Don Eduardo Miura’s brother. The Lamborghini Murcielago was similarly fearsome – nearly as wide as a bus, just as difficult to reverse and terrifyingly fast. A proper old-school supercar for the new millennium. 

6.Lamborghini Gallardo (2003-2013)

The bull saga continued – the Gallardo was the historic breed that created the Miura line of bulls during the 1840s. The V10-powerd Gallardo is the best-selling Lambo ever by some margin
(and will remain so for some time until the Huracan catches up – if it ever does). CAR’s favourite
was the limited edition, rear-wheel drive Balboni.

7.Lamborghini Huracan (2014-on)

Just the Spanish word for hurricane, isn’t it? Well yes, but there’s a bull reference too – Lamborghini references one particular bull that fought in Alicante in 1879. Incidentally, it’s also the name of the Mayan god of wind, storm and fire. Appropriate. Lamborghini had initially planned to call the Huracan the Cabrera – another Spanish fighting bull’s name.

7.Lamborghini URUS (2012)

If Lamborghini sticks with the concept’s Urus name for its production 4x4, it won’t be breaking
with tradition. The Urus (or Auroch by another name) is a giant ancestor of modern cattle, measuring an enormous 1.8 metres across the shoulders. A fitting name for a bulky, muscular SUV.

8.Lamborghini Veneno (2013)

An over-the-top pantomime on wheels, the Aventador-based Veneno and Veneno Roadster  (pictured) were named after an appropriately fast and strong bull. Somemight say it’s
an appropriately gruesome name choice, too; the bull is infamous for killing a matador in 1914.

9.Lamborghini Asterion (2014)

Heralding a potentially less aggressive design language for Lamborghinis in the future, the
Asterion is a hybrid-powered concept car. And the name is hybrid-related too – it relates to the minotaur creature in Greek mythology: part man, part bull.

9.Lamborghini Aventador (2011-on)

 The latest in the line of V12 Lamborghinis is named after a successful fighting bull from the early 1990s. The successor to the Murcielago, it’s better in almost every way and lacks some of the older car’s scare factor. A good or bad thing, depending on your point of view. 

10.Lamborghini Terzo Millennio (2019)

The Lamborghini Terzo Millennio (third millennium in English) is a futuristic concept carunveiled by Lamborghini, developed in collaboration with the Massachusets Institute of Technology(MIT), and  is also the first product of a three-year, €600,000 partnership with each other. The concept car was unveiled in november 2017 at the EmTechconference in Cambridge , Massachusets, United States.

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