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Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.[1]

Lamborghini Logo.svg

Lamborghini logo.svg

Type Private[1]

Industry

Automobile manufacturing

Automobile distribution

Fate Acquired by Audi AG (September 1998)[2]

Founded

Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy

(30 October 1963)

as Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A.

[3]

Founders Ferruccio Lamborghini

Headquarters Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy[1]

Area served Worldwide

Key people

Stephan Winkelmann, President[1]

Filippo Perini, Director, Centro Stile

[4]

Products

Sports cars

Engines

Production output

Increase 2,197 vehicles (2012)

1,711 vehicles (2011)

[5][6]

Revenue

Increase €469 million (2012)

€322 million (2011)

[7]

Profit

Increase -€24 million (2011)[8]

-€57.184 million (2010)

[9]

Total equity

€837 million (2011)[10]

€933.213 million (2010)

[9]

Employees

Increase 831 (2011)

803 (2010)

[11]

Parent Audi AG[10][12]

Subsidiaries

Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.

Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A.

MML S.p.A.

ITALIA S.P.A.

[10][13]

Website lamborghini.com/en/home/

Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. (Italian: [lamborˈɡiːni] ( listen)) is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury sports cars and, formerly, SUVs, which is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary brand division Audi. Lamborghini's production facility and headquarters are located in Sant'Agata Bolognese Italy. In 2011, Lamborghini's 831 employees produced 1,711 vehicles.

Ferruccio Lamborghini, an Italian manufacturing magnate, founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. in 1963 to compete with established marques, including Ferrari. The company gained wide acclaim in 1966 for the Miura sports coupé, which established rear mid-engine, rear wheel drive as the standard layout for high-performance cars of the era. Lamborghini grew rapidly during its first decade, but sales plunged in the wake of the 1973 worldwide financial downturn and the oil crisis. The firm's ownership changed three times after 1973, including a bankruptcy in 1978. American Chrysler Corporation took control of Lamborghini in 1987 and sold it to Malaysian investment group Mycom Setdco and Indonesian group V'Power Corporation in 1994. In 1998, Mycom Setdco and V'Power sold Lamborghini to the Volkswagen Group where it was placed under the control of the group's

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