Lamborghini

The Lamborghini car company traces back to Italian founder Ferruccio Lamborghini, who became fascinated with engines when he worked in the Italian Air Force’s mechanic corps. After the war ended, he bought several surplus military machines and reconfigured them in to tractors, since there was a shortage of this kind of machinery in Italy at the time.

Ferruccio soon expanded his business and began building heaters and air conditioning units, but he was unsatisfied with his work. An avid racer and an enthusiast of race cars, he wanted to drive an automobile that would outdo the Ferrari, the most popular luxury car rental of the time, in both speed and style. This led him to create the very first Lamborghini car in 1963.

Built around a 3.50liter four-cam V12 engine, the first car, the 350 GT, was incredibly powerful for it’s time, but not quite as popular as the second exotic car rental Ferrucio built – the mid-engine Miura. Though building cars was Ferrucio’s passion, he was unable to keep up with the finances and was forced to sell the company in the early 1970’s.

New ownership meant new technology and in the early 1980’s the company released the Countach, which boasted several new, sharp angles and vents that were able to cool the engine more quickly. However, this new Lamborghini car rental was unable to produce enough money and the company was sold was again – first to Chrysler and then to Volkswagen, who currently maintains control of the brand.

Though the Lamborghini vehicles still reflect the sporty design and impressive performance introduced by Feruccio in the early 1950’s, the brand has benefited a lot from the technology available through Volkswagen. Catering to a small, wealthy audience who appreciates the quality of a good car, Lamborghini is now one of the premier sports car manufacturers in the world and the one to beat when it comes to competition.