The History of Lamborghini Italian Ferruccio Lamborghini made his fortune building farm tractors and air-conditioning units in the 1950s and early 1960s. As a car enthusiast, he drove the best sports cars of the day, including Ferraris. Somewhat disappointed with the Ferraris, he vowed to build a better car and introduced the first Lamborghini, the 350GT, in 1964. The car's name came from its engine size, a 3.5-liter four-cam V12. Then came the 400GT, which was produced until 1968. But it was the stunning midengined Miura, produced from 1966 to 1972, that catapulted Lamborghini into worldwide acclaim. Though Lamborghini made a number of other models, such as the four-seat Espada and various V8 sports cars, such as the Urraco, it was the midengined supercars that identified the marque. Models like the wild Countach of the 1970s and 1980s and the Diablo of the 1990s were instantly recognizable as Lamborghini cars, with their sinister styling by Marcello Gandini promising equally outlandish performance. Through the years, ownership of Lamborghini changed hands, with Chrysler taking the reins in 1987 and Volkswagen/Audi taking over in 1998. Though some may question the current German/Italian marriage, the product of this merger, the 200-mph Murcielago (the Diablo's successor), leaves no doubt as to its benefit. http://www.edmunds.com/new/research/lamborghini/

Great response by Alatea. I would add that the newest Lamborghini, the Lamborghini Gallardo 2009 is just about the greatest car ever! IMO...

the first lamborghini made is the 1963 350GTV it later sold as a production model known as the 350GT. then came the 400GT