Gallardo Gets Midlife Help From Audi R8

Wrong again. Without Audi Lamborghini would be extinct by now.

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 1/25/2007 9:28:46 PM | | Votes: 1   

Ok, HATER.

"The 1970s oil crisis plagued sales of high performance cars, and Lamborghini suffered budget and parts supply problems; cars were sold with two-year back orders, and customers became fed up with waiting for their cars. In 1978, the company declared bankruptcy. An Italian court was appointed to find a buyer, and the Swiss-based Mimran brothers took over the company. The 1980s saw things turn around for Lamborghini under its new ownership.

In a surprise move, the company was then sold to the Chrysler Corporation. Lamborghini at the time was working on the Countach's successor, the Diablo. Chrysler brought its vast resources to the playing field, along with design input, pollution controls, and new manufacturing techniques. The end result was another success for the company. The Lamborghini Diablo received fame much like that of its predecessor, and once again put the manufacturer on top of its game.

In 1994, Chrysler was forced to sell Lamborghini to an Indonesian investment group headed by Tommy Suharto. The sale was due to poor economic circumstances for Chrysler, much like those which would later force the Indonesians to sell the company once again in the late 1990s. By then however, the German car company Audi AG had gained interest in the ailing Italian company, and in 1998, in a complex series of transactions, became the sole owner of Automobili Lamborghini.

Lamborghini's latest owner once again greatly influenced the design of its latest supercar, today's Murcielago. Audi's vast technical resources helped produce one of Lamborghini's most sophisticated two-seaters to date."

Diablo 1990-2001 Lamborghini V12 5707/5992 cc 330 km/h

A company in peak shape doesn't sell one car from 1990 to 2001.

Lamborghini is having tremendous sucess curently because of Audi.

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 1/26/2007 1:20:19 AM | | Votes: 2   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 1/26/2007 1:22:00 AM | | Votes: 2   

Lamborghini was on the brink of bankruptcy when Audi bought it out, simply to save them.

Audi had a large impact on the Murcielago (though it was already partly-designed), and they designed th Gallardo themselves.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 1/26/2007 1:39:09 PM | | Votes: 2