Thursday, July 30th, 2009
This just in from Wolfsburg: Volkswagen's supervisory board has met in an "extraordinary meeting to create an integrated automotive group with Porsche..." From Porsche's first sports car, the 356 in 1948 through the original air-cooled 911, the VW-Porsche 914, the 924 meant for Audi, and right on up to the ...
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Sunday, November 9th, 2008
Founded by Ferruccio Lamborghini, Lamborghini started out as a tractor building company in the Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese. However, Ferruccio Lamborghini's priorities changed when he went to meet Enzo Ferrari at the Ferrari factory to complain about the quality of the clutch in his Ferrari 250.
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Lamborghini 400GT
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
The 350GT was followed by the 400GT. Profits from the 400GT and its predecessor gave the company ample capital to design its first sports car, the Lamborghini Miura. The chassis of the new Miura was introduced by Ferruccio himself at the November 1965 Turin Auto Show. The car's engine was ...
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