What was the first Lamborghini car?
The History of Lamborghini Italian Ferruccio Lamborghini made his fortune building farm tractors and air-conditioning units in the 1950s and early 1960s. As a car enthusiast, he drove the best sports cars of the day, including Ferraris. Somewhat disappointed with the Ferraris, he vowed to build a better car and introduced the first Lamborghini, the 350GT, in 1964. The car’s name came from its engine size, a 3.5-liter four-cam V12. Then came the 400GT, which was produced until 1968. But it was the stunning midengined Miura, produced from 1966 to 1972, that catapulted Lamborghini into worldwide acclaim. Though Lamborghini made a number of other models, such as the four-seat Espada and various V8 sports cars, such as the Urraco, it was the midengined supercars that identified the marque. Models like the wild Countach of the 1970s and 1980s and the Diablo of the 1990s were instantly recognizable as Lamborghini cars, with their sinister styling by Marcello Gandini promising equally outlandi
