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8 Facts You Must Know About Lamborghini

Lamborghini, or Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. as it’s officially called, produces some of the most exciting sports cars in the word. Some of the newer Lamborghini models are the Countach, the Diablo, the Gallardo and the Murcielago.

Fact 1: Lamborghini is named after the founder of the company Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916-1993). Ferruccio Lamborghini founded the company in 1963 when he was 47 years old. The factory is located in a small Italian village called Sant’Agata Bolognese near Bologna.

Fact 2: Ferruccio Lamborghini was a successful tractor manufacturer before he got interested in sports cars. His interest in sports cars made him buy many different high-performance cars including both Maseratis and Ferraris, but he was never really happy with any of them and therefore decided to built his own, perfect sports car,

Fact 3: Lamborghini used to be an independent company, but today it is a subsidiary of the German company Audi AG. Audi AG became the owner of Lamborghini in 1998. Lamborghini went bankrupt in 1978 and was sold to Chrysler a long time before Audi AG became the sole owner of the company.

Fact 4: The fastest Lamborghini is the Le Mans version of the Murcielago R-GT model. It has been reported to have a top speed of 370 km/h. The fastest street model from Lamborghini is the Murcielago LP640 with an estimated top speed of 340 km/h. Both of the models have a V12 engine with more than 6000 cc.

Fact 5: Several of the newer Lamborghini models feature the familiar Lamborghini scissor doors that rotate up and forward on a hinge near the front of the door. The Countach, the Diablo and the Murcielago all have scissor doors, but the Gallardo does not. Both the Countach and the Diablo are no longer being produced, so the Murcielago is the only current model with scissor doors.

Fact 6: No Lamborghini have ever been produced with less than a V8 engine. Most of the Lamborghini models throughout the history of the company have come with the legendary Lamborghini V12 engine, but the newest model, Gallardo, only have a V10 engine. No Lamborghini models with a V8 engine have been since production of the Silhouette stopped in 1989.

Fact 7: The first Lamborghini was the 350GTV from 1963. It was extremely fast for its time with a top speed of 280 km/h. In 1964 a smaller version of the 350GTV appeared. The smaller version was called 350GT and had a top speed of 240 km/h. The Countach from 1974 was the first Lamborghini to go faster than 300 km/h.

Fact 8: In 1975 did Walter Wolf, a rich Canadian businessman and F1 racing team owner, persuade Lamborghini to produce three super powered Countach models. The Wolf Countach had the same engine as the orginal Countach prototype and were able to reach a top speed of 315 km/h.

Lamborghini must be considered one of the world’s most exciting sports cars. If you are in any way interested in Lamborghini, you should go and check out the popular website Lamborghini-Wallpaper for more information.

Ferrari

This Car Ferrari was founded by Scuderia Ferrari.the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.p.A.. Ferrari’s cars are among the most desirable of vehicles to own and drive, and are one of the ultimate status symbols of wealth in the world. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has largely enjoyed great success, especially during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, late 1990s, and 2000s.1929–1946

Enzo Ferrari never intended to produce road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari in 1929 as a sponsor for amateur drivers headquartered in Modena. Ferrari prepared and successfully raced various drivers in Alfa Romeo cars until 1938, when he was officially hired by Alfa as head of their racing department.

In 1940, Alfa Romeo was absorbed by the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini as part of the Axis Powers’ war effort. Enzo Ferrari’s division was small enough to be unaffected by this. Because he was prohibited by contract from racing for four years, the Scuderia briefly became Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari, which ostensibly produced machine tools and aircraft accessories. Also known as SEFAC (Scuderia Enzo Ferrari Auto Corse), Ferrari did in fact produce one race car, the Tipo 815, in the non-competition period; it was thus the first actual Ferrari car (it debuted at the 1940 Mille Miglia), but due to World War II it saw little competition. In 1943 the Ferrari factory moved to Maranello, where it has remained ever since. The factory was bombed by the Allies in 1944 and rebuilt in 1946, with the war ended and the Mussolini government overthrown, to include a works for road car production. Right up to Il Commendatore’s death, this would remain little more than a source of funding for his first love, racing.

“Scuderia Ferrari” literally means “Ferrari Stable”; the name is figuratively translated as “Team Ferrari”. (It is correctly pronounced “skoo deh REE ah”.)

shelved plans for an IPO because Fiat Auto has now returned to profitability, thus removing pressure from the group.Enzo Ferrari’s true passion, despite his extensive road car business, was always auto racing. His Scuderia started as an independent sponsor for drivers in various cars, but soon became the Alfa Romeo in-house racing team. After Ferrari’s departure from Alfa, he began to design and produce cars of his own; the Ferrari team first appeared on the European Grand Prix scene after the end of World War II.

In 1949, Luigi Chinetti drove a Model 166M to Ferrari’s first win in motorsports, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Chinetti drove for all except twenty minutes of the Grand Prix race. He soon became the American dealer for Ferraris and established the North American Racing Team, Ferrari’s official racing arm. The dealership is reported to have kept the company in business through sales to wealthy Americans, such as Briggs Cunningham, who bought the first one Chinetti sold through the new dealership.

The Scuderia joined the Formula One World Championship in the first year of its existence, 1950. José Froilán González gave the team its first victory at the 1951 British Grand Prix.

Alberto Ascari gave Ferrari its first Drivers Championship a year later. Ferrari is the oldest team left in the championship, not to mention the most successful: the team holds nearly every Formula One record. As of 2005, the team’s records include fourteen World Drivers Championship titles (1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004), fourteen World Constructors Championship titles (1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004), 179 Grand Prix victories, 3,445 and a half points, 544 podium finishes, 174 pole positions, 11,182 laps led, and 180 fastest laps in 1,622 Grands Prix contested.

Notable Ferrari drivers include Tazio Nuvolari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Luigi Chinetti, Alberto Ascari, Wolfgang von Trips, Phil Hill, Olivier Gendebien, Mike Hawthorn, Peter Collins, John Surtees, Jacky Ickx, Mario Andretti, Niki Lauda, Carlos Reutemann, Jody Scheckter, Gilles Villeneuve, Didier Pironi, Michele Alboreto, Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Jean Alesi,Eddie Irvine, Rubens Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkonen, and Felipe Massa.

The Scuderia Ferrari drivers for the 2006 F1 season were Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa. At the end of the 2006 season the team courted controversy by continuing to allow Marlboro to sponsor them after they, along with the other F1 teams, made a promise to end sponsorship deals with tobacco manufacturers. A five year deal worth a reported $500 million was agreed.[citation needed]

The drivers for 2007 are Felipe Massa and Kimi Räikkönen.

Ferrari road car timeline, 1947-1967 v • d • e Next ->

Type 1940s 1950s 1960s

7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Sports 125

S 166

S 195

S 212

Exp 225

S 250

MM 250

Monza 250 GT

Tour de France 250 GT

SWB 250 GTO

159

S 250

S 250

Export

GT 166

Inter 195

Inter 212

Inter 250

Europa 250 GT

Europa 250 GT

Boano 250 GT

Ellena 250 GT

Coupe/Spider 250 GT

Lusso 275 GTB 275 GTB/4

2+2 250 GT

2+2/GTE 330 GT 365 GT

America 340

America 375

America/MM 410

Superamerica 400

Superamerica 500

Superfast 365

California

Type 1960s 1970 1980s 1990s 2000s

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

FR GT America 330 365 365 GTB/4 Daytona 550 575M 599

250 275

2+2 250GT 330GT 365GT GTC/4 GT4 400 400i 412 456 GT 456M GT 612

RMR V6/V8 Dino 206 Dino 246 308i 308qv 328 348 360 F430

208 F355

2+2 Dino GT4 Mondial 8 Mondial 3.2 Mondial T

flat-12 316BB 512BB BBi Testarossa 512TR F512M

Supercar 250 GTO 250 LM 288 GTO F40 F50 F50 GT Enzo FXX

The first Ferrari road car was the 1947 125 S, powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine; Enzo reluctantly built and sold his automobiles to fund the Scuderia. While his beautiful and fast cars quickly gained a reputation for excellence, Enzo maintained a famous distaste for his customers, most of whom he felt were buying his cars for the prestige and not the performance. Ferrari road cars, noted for magnificent styling by design houses like Pininfarina, have long been one of the ultimate accessories for the rich. Other design houses that have done work for Ferrari over the years include Scaglietti, Bertone, Touring, Ghia, and Vignale.

In 2005, four universities were granted the opportunity to design the next vehicle line-up for Ferrari in a student competition named ‘Ferrari Concepts of the Myth’. Twenty winners were allowed to show off their concepts in a ¼ scale model and present their work to the board at Ferrari to allow for three out right winners to have the chance to work in the Ferrari design studio at Maranello.

As of 2007, the Fiat Group owns 85% of Ferrari, Mubadala 5%, and Enzo’s son Piero 10%. Fiat has shelved plans for an IPO because Fiat Auto has now returned to profitability, thus removing pressure from the group.

Introducing The Bmw M Power

Lauderdale BMW of Ft. Lauderdale, a leading BMW car dealer Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, is proud to inform you of yet another innovation from BMW. If a customer is driving his BMW and would like to measure the car’s acceleration, he can do so through a new application called BMW M Power which can be used through an iPhone and iPod Touch. The application will also work in non-BMW cars.

BMW M Power can report the vehicle’s current speed, acceleration in Gs, elapsed time taken to reach a certain speed, or time taken to cover a certain distance. The software uses the device’s built-in accelerometer to measure acceleration and thus calculate speed. The M Power application and three custom “skins” can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store or through BMW’s website.

The icing on the cake is that M Power can be downloaded absolutely free of cost. BMW has always been a pioneer in innovative technologies and has once again, proved their utmost commitment to customer satisfaction with another addition to their features kitty. Please contact Lauderdale BMW of Ft. Lauderdale, a leading BMW car dealer Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, to learn more about BMW M power or about new BMW cars or to schedule a test drive

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Testing the Comfort, Great Looks, and Superior Performance of Cool New Cars

Travel can be accomplished in two ways. That of comfort and that of great look and superior performance. To help the individual stand out from the rest there are plenty of cool new cars to be found. These cars are built for speed, looks and they come with a host of impressive equipment speak of luxury.

You will most of the top automotive dealers engaged in the production of the cool new cars. The price bracket for the various cars will depend on the car brand, the type of car, what features have been added to it and how old the car is. You will find these various details out when you start the hunt for the best cool car of your dreams.

The more expensive cool new cars are ones like the Saab Aero X. This cool car has a stylish interior and exterior. It is a two-seater sports coupe. Unlike other cars that you will find in the industry this Saab does not have any doors, but getting in and out of the car is very easy because of the low slung cabin. The additional feature of this car is that there is a cockpit like canopy that offers the driver a full 180 degree vision.

Now this you have to admit is one of the cool new cars to hit the car market. You will also look fantastic driving in this Saab Aero X. Another of the cool new cars that you will find is that of the Lamborghini Murcielago roadster. This roadster is considered to be the number one coolest car around.

When you drive in one of these cars you will be living in yours and every kid’s dream car. This cool car is very stylish looking and the 580 horsepower along with the four wheel drive makes this a fantastic car to drive. As with all of the Lamborghini cool new cars the doors of this model also open in the upwards style that is the trademark of this car range.

To get the ultimate in American sports cars you should look at the Dodge Viper. This is a car that demands attention from those passing the Viper by and even from the driver of this magnificent vehicle. The cost of buying this ultimate in affordable sports cars is that of $100,000.

These are just a few of the many cool new cars you will find. While there are many more cool cars, there is no way to let you see the raw power and beauty of these beautiful works of art. The only way you can experience this feeling is to see them up close and personal.

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Reasons Why You Should Buy an Acer Ferrari 3200 Notebook Computer:

Acer Ferrari 3200 is one of the laptops that have stood the test of time. Call it mobility, portability, and speed, this laptop takes them all. Loaded with 512MB of RAM , this laptop works like a desktop. It can be engaged in computer gaming and other high end processing procedures that all other notebook computers can’t manage.

When it comes to style, this laptop is above it all. All the funs of Ferrari motor sport enjoy this type of laptop to the fullest. Why…….. This notebook also has an Integrated Video Display Card- AMD and also sports an internal modem. It is also incorporated with Wi-Fi which is 802.11a/b/g.As a high end gamers machine, its keyboard is almost the size of that of the desktop computer hence making a best laptop to use at home as a desktop computer, in office and on the road without fear.It has a lot of connectivity slots that make it capable of connecting it to many computer peripherals except the floppy, but anyway this is almost out of fashion and I think less people use floppies these days. But this is compensated by the CD writer which is not found in most laptop computers and for those who like music this notebook has the best speakers’ ever, not forgetting the inbuilt camera.What else do you want from a notebook computer as far as technology is concerned? A laptop where you can do browsing emailing, gaming CD recording and an inbuilt camera is the top choice for everybody and that laptop is less other than an Acer Ferrari 3200.

The only side effect on this laptop is the battery life. But you can use this laptop at home where you have the source of power near you. And if you can do browsing and emailing, this laptop is above ordinary.For the best deals on Acer Ferrari 3200 the internet is the limit. There are many outlets there which offer the best deals and discounts and what you have to do is browse for different outlets in order to compare the price.

About the Author

Twinomugisha Charles Now works with E-Office Management a company that deals in Computers and Computer Accessories. More of his articles about Acer Ferrari 3200 Notebook Computers can be found at Acer Ferrari Buyers Guide and at Cheap Stores for Acer Laptop Computers