| #ffffff;" /> | | | | Financial difficulties dogged Lamborghini throughout the |
| A Lamborghini is synonymous with speed, style and | | | | decade and eventually the company went bust again |
| elegance and is very expensive to purchase. It is | | | | and suffered the indignity of being sold off by |
| therefore most important that a vehicle such as this is | | | | bankruptcy court, this time to the Mimran brothers. It |
| protected from the elements and there is no better | | | | was obvious that there was a market for Lamborghini |
| way, irrespective of whether the car is kept inside or | | | | and for the technology and advances they were |
| outside, than purchasing a car cover. The Lamborghini | | | | making on the race circuits, however what the |
| Automobili company was founded in 1963 by Ferrucio | | | | company desperately needed was the financial |
| Lamborghini and he used his birth sign, Taurus the bull | | | | backing of a stable parent company. |
| as the cars symbol. | | | | In 1987, American car giant, Chrysler came to the |
| 1963 saw the launch of Ferrucio’s dream | | | | rescue and bought the company but was unable to |
| – the 350 GTV and which was first presented | | | | turn the ailing car maker around, not least as Chrysler |
| to the world at the Turin Auto Show. Shortly | | | | had problems of its own (Lee Iacocca was then the |
| afterwards, in 1966 the Lamborghini Miura was | | | | chairman and earlier had to deal with Chrysler repaying |
| launched and quickly followed up in 1968 by the | | | | government bail-out monies – a precursor to the |
| Espada 400 GT (GT stands for Gran Turismo or | | | | current bail-out of the US car industry). A consortium |
| Grand Tourer and was a designation given to cars | | | | known as MegaTech bought the company in 1994, |
| which would tour around the European continent | | | | though still the company was not properly supported |
| – an aristocratic holiday). Lamborghini’s | | | | or funded. |
| quickly established themselves as the cars of the | | | | Finally, in 1998, the German car giant Audi bought the |
| wealthy jet set and they littered airport car parks | | | | company and development of Lamborghini’s |
| around the world. | | | | began with sustainable pace and resources. Though |
| During the 1970’s, a massive shock to the | | | | Lamborghini has finally been taken over by a stable |
| global economy was experienced which impacted car | | | | parent, this does not mean that the benefits only flow |
| makers such as the Lamborghini Company. | | | | from Audi to Lamborghini – the reverse of also |
| Unfortunately, Lamborghini hit financial rocks and ended | | | | true with the Lamborghini design team playing a pivotal |
| up being disposed of in a pre-bankruptcy sale to two | | | | role in the development of several Audi models and |
| men – George Rosetti and Rene Leimer. | | | | the engine technology being incorporated in the range. |