Posts Tagged ‘stephan winkelmann’

eBay Find of the Day: Lamborghini Murcielago #3,000

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Not too long ago, Lamborghini was a small-time manufacturer producing only a few hundred cars a year. Things changed with the introduction of a second model, the Gallardo, and production of the Murcielago has ramped up compared to previous years, as well. Consider the Diablo, of which only 2,903 we......

Lamborghini celebrates 3000 Murciélagos sold

Friday, October 12th, 2007
During most weeks, Ford will build more than 3,000 F-Series pickups by Wednesday. It has taken more than five years to build 3,000 Lamborghini Murciélagos, but in the realm of $300,000 supercars the Italian automaker can consider this level of sales success a very substantial accomplishment. The La......

Lamborghini exploring ways to reduce CO2 without sacrificing the sound and the fury

Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Both Ferrari and Lamborghini's CO2 emissions right now exceed 400 g/km. The EU has set a goal of 120 g/km for a carmakers' fleet average by 2012. Last week, Ferrari said it planned to at least get down to 280-300 g/km by 2012, which, while still more than double the target, represents a 30% decrease......

Lamborghini kind of confirms new super expensive supercar

Saturday, June 30th, 2007
"Regular" LP640 used for demonstration purposesJalopnik has busted the lid off the super-secret Lambo supercar that has been little more than a whisper campaign until now. Looks like Lambo leader Stephan Winkelmann has finally admitted what we've know for a little while. Up in Monterey we heard peo......

Lamborghini taking the financial bull by the horns

Sunday, May 27th, 2007
Here's a profile of Stephan Winkelmann, head of Italian supercar builder, Lamborghini. It comes from The Times and shows us how Winkelmann has put together a pretty solid business plan to help keep Lamborghini out of the sort of financial trouble that has seemingly always been a part of the company'......

Lamborghini’s future, encapsulated: Versions galore, except a ‘Ute

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007
While sharing the stage with the Gallardo Superleggera, Lamborghini's CEO, Stephan Winkelmann, has outlined the future of Italy's raging bull, and for those burdened with disposable income, the future doesn't look half bad.Lamborghini projects an increase in sales of around 2,300 vehicles in 2007, 3......

The bull and the bat: Lambo LP640 in next Batman flick?

Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Lamborghini has been on something of a roll lately. It had a record year last year with 2,087 units sold. It introduced special editions of the Murcielago and Gallardo, as well as upgraded the "regular" Murci to LP640 status. A roadster version of the LP640 was a no-brainer and showed up soon after.......

No retro for Lambo

Thursday, August 24th, 2006
As shapely as it may be, the Miura Concept is not the way of the future for Lamborghini. At least not according to Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann who is quoted saying, "Retro design is not what we are here for. So we won't do the Miura, even as a limited edition." Despite rumors of a limited run......

Lamborghini having bullish year

Friday, June 23rd, 2006
Volkswagen subsidiary Automobili Lamborghini is carving out a bigger niche in the exotic car market now that it's under the wing of VW's Audi brand. The automaker has seen sales in the first half of 2006 jump 45 percent, from 655 to 952 units, on strong sales of its new Gallardo Spyder, expansion of......