May 15th 2006

New official book on Lamborghini

"Lamborghini. A tempo furioso" is the latest book on Lamborghini, written with Lamborghini's complete authorisation, and available in English, German and Italian. It is a collaboration between Stephan Grühsem, Head of Communications at AUDI AG, and Peter Vann, one of the most famous contemporary photographers in the automotive world.

More than 170 pages, printed on glazed paper, the book tells the history of the brand, from its beginnings with Ferruccio Lamborghini, up to the present day with the new models in the range, and a sneak look at the future.

It includes an abundance of information and plenty of photographs of the models which have helped to create the history of Lamborghini (from the Countach, to the Miura and the 350 GT, from the Espada to the LM), the prototypes never built but worth remembering (as for example Marzal, Bravo, Athon, Calà and Raptor) and the new models in the range : Murciélago, Gallardo, Murciélago Roadster and Gallardo Spyder.

It also covers the Concept S and the latest prototype Miura Concept 2006. For fans of the models in miniature there is a chapter dedicated to these 1 :43 scale " jewels " all rigorously hand built by Egidio Reali.

The authors devoted more than two years of research for this book. They were allowed unrestricted access to all the company's departments, held detailed discussions with past engineers - such as Mr. Giotto Bizzarrini, interviewed in Livorno - to the designers (shot inside the new Centro Stile), to the President, Stephan Winkelmann, photographed in the most characteristic locations in Bologna. Grühsem and Vann were lucky enough to drive each new model and even took a Murciélago to Andalusia to see for themselves where the celebrated Miura fighting bulls are bred.

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