A selection of 1991 photographs from the Portman Lamborghini facility in Brentford. Featured cars: Lamborghini Countach Quattrovalvole: A8 FAN, Lamborghini Jalpa: F220 RHX, Lamborghini…
Read MoreHaving celebrated its 25th and 30th anniversaries with special editions of the Countach and Diablo respectively, Automobili Lamborghini’s 40th year as a car maker was marked in a similar…
Read MoreChassis 1121356 was a left-hand drive Series 3 LP400 S built for a Saudi Arabian customer who ordered the unique colour combination of Sahara Gold over White leather. Gold wheels were also…
Read MoreAt the Paris Motor Show in September 1998, French coachbuilder Heuliez unveiled one of the most spectacular Lamborghini-based design concepts of the 20th century: the Pregunta. Based on…
Read MoreTo celebrate Lamborghini’s 30th anniversary as an auto maker and homologate an uprated Diablo for GT racing, the limited edition SE30 was unveiled in September 1993. Significantly lighter…
Read MoreNot long after Countach production began, Lamborghini started planning an uprated variant. The as-yet unnamed machine was to come with wider wheels, a tuned engine and a host of aggressive…
Read MoreSigned off from the factory on April 16th 1987, chassis HLA12132 was a right-hand drive Countach Quattrovalvole equipped by Lamborghini with unique side skirts. Unlike the later ‘official’ side-skirted…
Read MoreAlthough the heavily revised 1999 model year Diablo VT and SV launched in late 1998 were the first new models to arrived since the Volkswagen Audi Group’s acquisition of Automobili Lamborghini…
Read MoreLamborghini’s twelve cylinder offerings of the 1980s perfectly exemplified how the company had shifted from its founder’s ethos. Famously, Ferruccio Lamborghini had wanted to build the kind of…
Read MoreChassis HLA1255 was a right-hand drive Countach Quattrovalvole ordered through Portman Lamborghini in London by Jersey businessman, Mike Taylor. The car was signed off on August 6th…
Read MoreWhen Chrysler purchased Automobili Lamborghini from the Mimram Group in April 1987, a replacement for the long-running Countach seemed to be progressing well. However, Chrysler…
Read MoreChassis KLA12926 was one of the 67 Countach built to 25th Anniversary trim in right-hand drive. It was ordered new by London-domiciled Thai banker, Leslie Merszei, who had business interests in…
Read MoreFor the 1998 model year, Lamborghini introduced an updated version of the Diablo SV which ushered in several significant improvements. Chief among these was a new variable valve timing…
Read MoreBy the late 1990s, the global economic outlook had improved sufficiently that Volkswagen Audi Group boss, Ferdinand Piech, elected to go on a buying spree of high end manufacturers that he…
Read MoreAt the Paris Motor Show in October 1998, Lamborghini unveiled its new 1999 model year Diablos which featured arguably the most significant updates yet seen. Offered in SV and VT trim, these…
Read MoreHaving already commissioned an enlarged 4.8-litre engine for the Countach 5000 S which arrived in early 1982, the Mimram Group (which had rescued Lamborghini from administration in 1980)…
Read MoreChassis 4584 was a left-hand drive home market P400 S and the 534th Miura built. Configured in Bianco with Nero upholstery, it was dispatched on June 12h 1970 and thus came with the ventilated…
Read MoreChassis KLA12817 was one of eight Countach 25th Anniversaries delivered to the Brunei Royal Family. As head of state, absolute monarch and head of government, the Sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah, was in…
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