Premium Essay

Lamborgini

In:

Submitted By rabby699
Words 252
Pages 2
Ferruccio Lamborghini was a man who had the inspiration, the skill and the determination to turn a dream into a reality. His dream was to build great cars. His dream came true, as today Lamborghini's are one of the most expensive and exotic cars. Ferruccio Lamborghini was born on April 28th 1916, in Renazzo, Italy. Ferruccio had interest in technology and mechanics instead of becoming a farmer like his parents. He studied technical studios in Bologna, Italy. His skills were put to use when in world war. He was put incharge of vehicle maintenance in Rhodes, Greece. When returned home from the war he started buying old military vehicles and converting them into tractors. In 1948, Ferruccio Lamborghini bought a workshop in Cento, Italy, were he started producing tractors. In 1959 after the government refused to give him a license to build helicopters, he turned his attention to cars. He opened his first car factory in Sant' Agata. Were he started producing one of the many Lamborghini's to come. The First Lamborghini was built in 1963. It was called the 350 GTV, after that came the 350GT (1964-1966), 400GT (1966-1968), Miura And Miura SV (1966-1969), Espada (1968-1969), Jarama (1970), Jarama S (1973), Silhouette (1976), Countach LP 400S (1978), Jalpa (1982-1988), LM002 (1986-1992), Countach LP 5000 (1985-1988), Countach 25th Anniversary (1988-1990), Diablo (1995-2000), Murcielago (2001- Present) and the latest Lamborghini the Gallardo (2004 – present). Ferruccio Lamborghini died on the 20th of February

Similar Documents

Premium Essay

The Automobile Industry

...I chose the automobile industry because I feel that it is one of the largest and most innovative industries. The automobile industry is forever growing and forever changing. The history of the automobile begins as early as 1769, with the creation of steam engine automobiles capable of human transport. In 1806, the first cars powered by an internal combustion engine running on fuel gas led to the modern gasoline- or petrol-fueled internal combustion engine. The early history of the automobile can be divided into a number of eras, based on the prevalent method of automotive propulsion during that time. Ferdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China, built the first steam-powered vehicle around 1672. By 1784, William Murdoch had built a working model of a steam carriage in Redruth, and in 1801 Richard Trevithick was running a full-sized vehicle on the road in Camborne. In Russia in the 1780s, Ivan Kulibin started working on a human pedalled carriage with a steam engine. He finished working on it in 1791.The first automobile patent in the United States was granted to Oliver Evans in 1789. In 1805, Evans demonstrated his first successful self-propelled vehicle, which not only was the first automobile in the USA, but was also the first amphibious vehicle. His steam-powered vehicle was able to travel on the road, on land, and via a paddle wheel in the water. What some people define as the first "real" automobile was produced by Amédée Bollée in 1873, who built self-propelled...

Words: 1952 - Pages: 8