Lamborghini Faqs

The 1967 Lamborghini Espada S1 gained lots of attention. There were many changes that would have to be made first to make the car more practical and pleasant to live with.

The first of these changes was moving the engine to the front which enabled the use of Lamborghini’s V12 and transmission from previous front engined cars. The first attempt at redesign by Gandini is in my opinion one of the ugliest of his career mostly due to the side window treatment. The basic shape of the Espada was visible and eventually gave way to its present and proper form.

Bob Wallace built the radical Jota in his free time, but in 1973 he decided to converte a Urraco into a real ‘hot rod’. He used the number ‘3′ of the early ‘preseries’ P250’s from 1971 as a base, this fact is recognisable by the far-back position of the front pop-up headlamps.

The bright orange finished Lamborghini was powered by a special 3.0-Litre engine using a 4-valve/cylinder configuration with dry-sump lubrication, coupled to a six-speed gearbox all this added up to a power output of more than 310 Bhp.

The Lamborghini ranges for yard and open field applications, the R3 series represents a benchmark for tractors in the 70 to 90 CV class. The three models in the range R3.75, R3.85 and R3.95 Turbo are equipped with the new 4-cylinder EURO II compliant, liquid-cooled Series 1000 engines, which produce respectively maximum power output of 71, 81 and 91 CV, the latter two models being turbocharged.

Bertone presented the 114, new Lamborghini Bravo, on the 1974 Turin Auto show, it was designated to be the successor of the P300 Urraco, and used the same mechanicals. The Bravo was a very low-slung car, with several stylistic references to the Countach, the new styled wheels on the Bravo, among other things would later end up on the Countach.

In 1967, Ferruccio Lamborghini had two steady sellers on the market, the 400 GT and the P400 Miura, but what he didn’t have was a full four-seater.
He had a body designed by Marcello Gandini for Bertone. The car was put on a lengthened Miura chassis, it was designated the TP200 Marzal.
This car was powered by half a Miura engine, the V-12 was cut in half lengthwise, resulting in a two-litre, in-line six, and was mounted transversely in the rear.