Lamborghini’s manufacturing unit in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, has been constructing supercars for 60 years, and the automaker has determined to rejoice this by publishing a glance again on the manufacturing unit’s historical past.
Firm founder Ferruccio Lamborghini already had a profitable tractor enterprise previous to beginning Lamborghini, however branching out into automobiles required a brand new manufacturing facility. Sant’Agata Bolognese is near Ferruccio Lamborghini’s hometown of Cento. As soon as the positioning was chosen, development was accomplished over simply eight months in late 1963. Lamborghini unveiled a prototype of its first manufacturing mannequin, the 350 GTV, on Oct. 20 of that yr.
Lamborghini steadily expanded the manufacturing unit, including in-house meeting of transmissions and differentials in 1966, and the primary amenities for working with carbon fiber in 1983. Manufacturing expanded from 67 automobiles in 1965 to 425 in 1971, fell to 55 automobiles in 1979 resulting from an financial downturn, and rebounded to 470 automobiles in 1987. Lamborghini was additionally constructing marine engines on the time, finishing 300 that yr.
In keeping with modifications in expertise and authorities laws, Lamborghini added analysis and improvement departments for electronics, composite supplies, and emissions controls in 1990. The automaker got here underneath the management of Audi in 1998, and the German automaker commissioned a serious renovation of the Sant’Agata Bolognese facility that was accomplished in 2001.
Lamborghini Sant’Agata Bolognese manufacturing unit
More moderen additions have emphasised sustainability. In 2011, the automaker opened Lamborghini Park, with bee colonies to guard the honey-producing bugs, in addition to carbon-capture experiments carried out in partnership with the Municipality of Sant’Agata Bolognese and the Universities of Bologna, Bolzano, and Munich. A devoted meeting line for the Urus SUV, which started constructing automobiles in 2018, earned the best LEED Platinum certification for environmental influence, as did the manufacturing unit’s ending division and an workplace constructing.
The manufacturing unit at the moment has over 2,000 workers and constructed 9,233 automobiles in 2022, in keeping with Lamborghini. The newest mannequin to roll out of the venerable manufacturing unit is the Lamborghini Revuelto, the Aventador successor that includes a 1,000-hp plug-in hybrid powertrain together with a V-12 engine and three electrical motors. That is along with a newly developed carbon-fiber chassis, and 13 drive modes, encompassing electrical all-wheel drive and a Recharge mode to maintain a cost within the 3.8-kwh battery pack.