Automobili Lamborghini appears at the Geneva Motor Show following a highly successful 2005. Last year the “Casa del Toro” sold 1,600 automobiles worldwide: 1,071 Gallardo and 529 Murciélago cars (including 250 Roadsters), with a turnover of 243 million euros and realising a profit for the second consecutive year. 2006 will also be an important year for the Sant’ Agata Bolognese company. The Geneva Motor Show has been selected by Automobili Lamborghini for the debut of another important product development: the new, more powerful Murciélago LP640 that will go on sale this spring. The new Murciélago is being presented just a few months after the launch of the Gallardo Spyder, which accompanies the other open-top model in the Lamborghini range, the Murciélago Roadster. First deliveries of the Gallardo Spyder are imminent, with the response to this sports car so immediate that all 800 units to be produced have already been ordered by the 86 Lamborghini dealerships worldwide.


In Lamborghini tradition, the Gallardo Spyder is equipped with permanent four-wheel drive and has a powerful 5.0-litre V10 engine (EURO 4) with 520 horsepower at 8,000 rpm (the same as the Gallardo Coupé MY 06). The Gallardo Spyder reaches a maximum speed of 314 km/h and goes from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.3 seconds. The Gallardo Spyder is not just a topless version of the Coupé, but an entirely new model. Its design is clean and sharp, the result of perfect integration between stylistic and functional requirements. The Spyder’s truly innovative soft-top opening/closing system is effected totally automatically in only a few seconds, stowing the roof invisibly under the car’s engine cover. Like all Lamborghini models the Spyder is offered with a comprehensive range of standard and optional features, from the automatic egear to the rear video camera for facilitating parking. In addition, customers enjoy an opportunity to further customise their cars under Lamborghini’s “Privilegio” programme, which is also available on the Gallardo Coupé. Today the Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder is considered one of the most captivating open-top automobiles in the world, with no accident that a prestigious international jury voted it ‘The World’s Most Beautiful Car’ in the sports car category.

This honour will be officially awarded at the Triennale di Milano on 3 March 2006, at the start of the Geneva Motor Show. As such, Automobili Lamborghini is a state-of-the-art company with a focus always maintained on the future, but without forgetting its heritage; so much so that it is reintroducing the “Miura Concept” at the Geneva show, a modern version of the legendary Lamborghini Miura. The original car was designed by Marcello Gandini and presented at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show (exactly 40 years ago) by Ferruccio Lamborghini and Nuccio Bertone. Designed by Walter de’ Silva, Director of Design of the Audi Brand Group and the manager of Design Lamborghini, the Miura Concept is a prototype. The Italian designer wanted to redesign each architectural and stylistic element without misrepresenting the car’s original form. The concept car’s line, like the original model, remains extraordinarily pure. The designer has focused on improving the surfaces and eliminating superfluous details, in order to emphasise the clean shapes and proportions of the Miura.