LAMBORGHINI continues to set gross sales information, closing out the primary quarter of 2021 having delivered 2,422 autos from January to March, with the tremendous sports activities automotive producer celebrating its greatest outcomes ever.
A 25 per cent enhance in gross sales over the identical interval final yr, the primary three months of this yr had been higher even than the primary quarter of 2019 (up 22 per cent), which was beforehand the corporate’s greatest quarter ever.
“Lamborghini continues to answer sturdy market demand with a rising enchantment regardless of the continued market challenges and uncertainties,” Lamborghini president and CEO Stephan Winkelmann stated.
“We have now a really optimistic outlook forward for this yr, because of an order financial institution that has grown by 25 per cent in comparison with the primary quarter of 2020 and already covers 9 months of manufacturing,” he added.
“We’re able to pursue the brand new goals we’ve set and to reply concretely, with vital improvements, to the second of in depth transformation that affects the automotive business as an entire.”
The Urus continues to be the most well-liked Lamborghini mannequin (1,382 models), adopted by Huracán (753) and Aventador (287). Among the many markets, the USA, China and Germany have proven optimistic momentum at this early stage of the yr.
Gross sales progress isn’t all of the Italian automotive maker has to have fun both, with the Miura SV additionally celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. Now probably the most wanted manufacturing automotive Lamborghini has ever made, the marquee sports activities automotive was unveiled in March 1971.
The Lamborghini Miura SV was the ultimate evolution of the extremely profitable P400 mission, well-known for its sinuous traces and 290km/h prime velocity, and marked the top of an period, when manufacturing finally ceased in 1973. Simply 150 models had been produced.
Its engine delivered 287kW of energy and 399Nm of torque, and featured 4 Weber triple barrel carburettors, bolted to its 4.0-litre 12-cylinder engine, which was transversely mounted on the rear-mid of the automotive.
The SV had a stiffer chassis than its predecessors, with sure strategic reinforcements, a revised rear suspension system with completely different anchor factors and arms, and an nearly 130mm wider observe. It was additionally fitted with completely different dimension tires between the entrance and rear.
The design of the edges was revised too, to make them sportier, and most SV clients ordered them with the placing gold end. The Miura SV would finally make method for the arrival of the Countach LP 500.
