Even though it is a car brand “born later” than its compatriot Ferrari, in nearly 60 years of development, the Lamborghini brand still has its own direction and many outstanding advances, typically The scissor door style on the Lamborghini Countach is still widely used on many car models to this day.
Throughout the history of Automobili Lamborghini, the brand has established many records to bring the car company to the pinnacle of success today. Right from the early days of the brand’s development history, Lamborghini has truly done extraordinary and daring things that no other car company has done. Many outstanding achievements may not be widely known by car enthusiasts. However, looking at these achievements, it is easy to explain the solid foundation for the outstanding development of the Italian supercar company over the past nearly 60 years of history.
Let’s look back at 5 outstanding achievements that have made Lamborghini famous since the early days that you may not know:
The car has the most glass area with 4.5 square meters
The Marzal Concept model is built with the configuration of a large 4-seat family car. Lamborghini Marzal was designed by designers Marcello Gandini and Carrozzeria Bertone. This model has become a symbol of unique style and exceptional design worldwide. Lamborghini Marzal has a special interior compartment with unique silver leather seats and hexagonal decorative panels – a unique pattern that Lamborghini still favors using for its car models to this day. Currently. The most special feature of this car is that the total glass surface area surrounding the car is up to 4.5 square meters. The entire hood and 2 bird-wing doors are made in frame form and installed with extremely large glass panels.
This has turned the Lamborghini Marzal into the car with the largest glass surface area in the world to date.
Miura is a car model designed by the youngest team in Lamborghini’s history
Lamborghini Miura is an impressive car model that helps bring Lamborghini’s name to the world with its mid-engine structure and soft, sexy design lines. However, few people know that Miura was written by the youngest design team in the brand’s history with an average age of only about 29 years old. Right from the start with Lamborghini, Ferruccio Lamborghini wanted to provide creative space and opportunities for talented and capable young people and the Miura project is a typical example of this choice.
With the aim of challenging the competition of car models of the same era and moving his company forward, Ferruccio used talented collaborators recruited from universities and the youngest professionals in the world. automobile world. In 1966, with the average age of the design team only 29 years old, they worked together to create the legendary Miura. At that time, designer Marcello Gandini and test driver Bob Wallace were both 28 years old, chief engineer Gian Paolo Dallara and assistant engineer Paolo Stanzani were both 30 years old. All of the people on the Miura design and development team at that time later became masters in their fields of expertise with memorable lifetime achievements. This is a testament to the vision of Ferruccio Lamborghini – the former founder of the Italian super cow brand.
Miura is the world’s lowest commercial vehicle with a height of only 105.5 cm
In the 1960s, a low ride height and an aerodynamic vehicle shape were the most important aspects in the minds of designers when developing a sports car. From here, Lamborghini’s talented design team applied these criteria to the Miura model and turned the car into the world’s lowest commercial vehicle.
With a height of only 105.5 cm, the Lamborghini Miura is the lowest commercially produced car ever. This element has become an indispensable part of Lamborghini’s DNA. To this day, Lamborghinis are still known for their aggressive design and modest vehicle height, thereby providing more optimal aerodynamics as well as making them “Super Cows”. ” becomes aggressive and fierce.
Lamborghini LM002 is the world’s first “Super SUV” model
Initially a project to develop a high-performance off-road vehicle for military use, the final model went into production under the name LM002. This super SUV was first launched at the Brussels Motor Show in 1986.
At the time of launch, the LM002 impressed as an SUV completely different from any other car on the market. This super SUV model is completely superior in appearance and with performance similar to Lamborghini’s supercars. LM002 is equipped with a 5.2-liter V12 engine capable of producing 450 horsepower at 6800 rpm with excellent Qff-Road capabilities and an outstanding design with strong lines. A total of 300 LM002s were produced between 1986 and 1992.
The LM002’s body is made of aluminum and fiberglass, the car is also equipped with a four-wheel drive system with a central locking differential and can go uphill up to 120%. The Lamborghini LM002 is recognized as the first super SUV model ever produced commercially in history. After many years of no longer producing SUVs, the brand has also returned with the super SUV Lamborghini Urus, known as the successor to the legacy of the legendary LM002.
Countach was the first car to have scissor doors
The scissor door detail has long become a symbol of the top V12 cars produced by Automobili Lamborghini. Designed by Marcello Gandini in 1971, the revolutionary Lamborghini Countach was the first production car to feature scissor doors and remains a defining feature of the brand’s most powerful cars. Italian car Lamborghini. This scissor door structure design idea is not only related to aesthetics but also the convenience of opening the door upward.
In fact, this door structure allows the driver to lean over to see the area behind the car more clearly when reversing, thereby helping to partly solve the problem of limited rear visibility. Furthermore, when parking in tight spaces, scissor doors are very convenient as they do not take up space to open the door in width. This scissor door structure was first used on the Countach, followed by the Diablo, Murciélago, Reventón, Veneno, Centenario and finally the Aventador line. This scissor door detail has become a feature of Lamborghini’s DNA on its flagship V12 models.
