Reading Time: 3 minutes In March 1964, Automobili Lamborghini was still in its infancy. Established just a few months previously, it had presented its first prototype in October 1963, known as the 350 GTV and designed by Franco Scaglione and built at Carrozzeria Sargiotto in Turin. The production car, derived from that first prototypeContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes Setting the blueprint for all Bugatti cars that followed, the Type 35 was designed and engineered like no other, and featured world-firsts to ensure unmatched dynamics, agility and performance. Despite these inherent qualities, the car which would go on to become the most successful racing car of all time didn’tContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes January 15 is a date that will forever be entwined within the history of Bugatti. On this day – exactly 115 years ago – Jean Bugatti, the visionary engineer and designer whose incredible groundbreaking contributions continue to leave an indelible mark on the wider automotive industry, was born.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes The 40th anniversary Bugatti Festival – each year, on the weekend closest to the birthday of Ettore Bugatti – 15 September 1881 – the town of Molsheim in Alsace is transformed with a three-day celebration of Ettore’s incredible legacy. The Bugatti Festival, organized by the Enthousiastes Bugatti Alsace (EBA), isContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes In 1922, Bugatti unveiled the Type 30: the first Bugatti production automobile with an eight-cylinder engine and leading technological advancements. Eight cylinders, a displacement of two litres, 100 PS and speeds up to 145 km/h – the figures of a true sports car for the road of 100 years ago.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes This year, Lamborghini celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Jalpa, presented for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1981. In keeping with Lamborghini tradition, the Jalpa takes its name from a breed of fighting bulls, the Jalpa Kandachia, and is the Sant’Agata Bolognese carmaker’s last evolutionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes 20-Ghost Club re-enacts historic London-Edinburgh Trial of 1911 with the winning Silver Ghost, chassis number 1701 Starting from the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, the two-day run replicated as much of the original route along the Great North Road as possible Trip ends with a celebration at Rolls-Royce Motor CarsContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes 50 years ago at the Geneva Motor Show, the undisputed star of the event was introduced: the Lamborghini Countach LP 500 in yellow. At ten o’clock in the morning in the exhibition space of Carrozzeria Bertone, this prototype made its first public appearance. Its unveiling was so successful that theContinue Reading