The Lamborghini Jarama ( Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈɾama] ) is a 2+2 grand tourer manufactured and marketed by Italian car manufacturer Lamborghini between 1970 and 1976. It was styled by Bertone designer Marcello Gandini .
46-788: Ferruccio Lamborghini intended the name to recall the fighting bulls bred in the Jarama river area in Spain and not the Jarama racing circuit near Madrid . In 1968 Lamborghini began manufacturing the Islero to meet the demand of the American market. When it came time to replace it, instead of just redesigning the Islero, Lamborghini instead made the Jarama. Introduced in 1970 at the Geneva Motor Show , Lamborghini built
92-415: A Taurus himself, was so impressed by the majestic Miura animals that he decided to adopt a raging bull as the emblem for the auto company he would soon found. After producing two cars with alphanumeric designations, Lamborghini once again turned to the bull breeder for inspiration. Don Eduardo was filled with pride when he learned that Ferruccio had named a car for his family and their line of bulls;
138-449: A Morris engine, allowed the tractor to be started with petrol and then switch to diesel. Within a few years, company production had gone from one tractor a week to about 200 a year, and new Italian-made engines were replacing the old war surplus. In 1951, the "L 33" came into being – the first production tractor made entirely by Lamborghini, with the exception of the engine: a diesel-fuelled 3,500 cc in-line 6 cylinder Morris, equipped with
184-547: A child, Patrizia, at age 58. At 76 years of age, on 20 February 1993, Lamborghini died at Silvestrini Hospital in Perugia after suffering a heart attack fifteen days earlier. Lamborghini is buried at the cemetery of Renazzo. The world of bullfighting is a key part of Lamborghini's identity. In 1962, Ferruccio Lamborghini visited the Seville ranch of Don Eduardo Miura , a renowned breeder of Spanish fighting bulls . Lamborghini,
230-405: A close friend. Lamborghini's increasing wealth allowed him to purchase faster, more expensive cars than the tiny Fiats he had tinkered with during his youth. He owned cars such as Alfa Romeos and Lancias during the early 1950s and at one point he had enough cars to use a different one every day of the week, adding a Mercedes-Benz 300SL , a Jaguar E-Type coupé, and two Maserati 3500 GTs . Of
276-579: A company that overhauled military vehicles. During World War II , he found the opportunity to experiment with his mechanical skills as a repair technician at the 50th mixed motor unit (a military base in Rhodes in the Italian Dodecanese). In 1946 , the growing demand for tractors in the Italian market, combined with the experience gained in repairs, pushed Lamborghini to pursue a career as an entrepreneur in
322-447: A long tradition like the historical names Fiat Trattori and Landini ; in fact, it had to use discarded war materials to produce its first tractors. Truck and military vehicle engines and differentials sourced from ARAR centres ( Azienda Rilievo Alienazione Residuati ) were used to build the first "Carioca" tractors. These machines featured a significant innovative technical solution – a fuel atomiser which, when used in conjunction with
368-607: A manufacturer of hydraulic valves and equipment. In 1974, Lamborghini exited the industrial world and retired to a 3 km (740 acres) estate named "La Fiorita" on the shores of Lake Trasimeno , in Castiglione del Lago , a town in the Umbria region of central Italy. Returning to his farming roots, Lamborghini delighted in hunting and producing his own wines. Lamborghini even designed his own golf course, all while continuing to manage several business interests. Lamborghini fathered
414-442: A modified 3.9-liter V12 engine that was repositioned to sit farther back in the engine bay. This allowed it to achieve a nearly 50/50 weight distribution (the standard Jarama had 53/47 weight distribution). The engine produces 380 hp (280 kW) at 8,000 rpm, 15 hp (11 kW) more than stock, and could reportedly reach a top speed of 270 km/h (167.7 mph) and accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) in about 5 seconds. As
460-400: A price of around one million lire). In 1962, with its "2R DT" model, Lamborghini produced a series of four-wheel-drive tractors with air-cooled engines. Flush with cash from his success in tractors and air conditioners, and following an argument with Enzo Ferrari about a faulty clutch in his Ferrari 250 GT , Ferruccio Lamborghini decided to start building his own luxury cars and introduced
506-534: A race-ready example, Bob Wallace built the car from a bare shell, re-welding it where needed for stiffness and fitting a lightweight steel rear roll cage. He also upgraded the Jarama with a heavily modified aluminum body, which got rid of, amongst other things, the Jarama's hinged headlights and plastic discs, allowing the car to be around 300 kg (660 lb) lighter than stock at an estimated 1,170 kg (2,580 lb). It also featured center locking Miura wheels and low back seats, Koni racing shock absorbers, and
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#1732858831660552-432: A redesigned dashboard trimmed in aluminium, switches relocated to the centre console, added head and sound insulation and improved rear seats and legroom. Power assisted steering became standard early into Jarama S production. Removable roof panels, and a Chrysler TorqueFlite automatic transmission were also available as factory options. Lamborghini built 150 of this version. Ferruccio Lamborghini 's personal Jarama S
598-566: A strategy aimed at improving both the technical quality of its tractors and the production volumes. Lamborghini tractors were the first in Italy to be fitted with a synchronised gearbox as standard, and the range was further extended with high-power models (R. 480).. At the beginning of the 21st century, the R6, R7 and R8 ranges entered production. In 2013, on the occasion of the international SIMA trade fair in Paris,
644-638: A stripped out interior. The orange and black painted vehicle never ended up participating in any races. The car was reportedly restored in the UK in 1990 after being discovered in Saudi Arabia. Ferruccio Lamborghini Ferruccio Lamborghini Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( Italian: [ferˈruttʃo lamborˈɡiːni] ; 28 April 1916 – 20 February 1993) was an Italian automobile designer, soldier, inventor, mechanic, engineer, winemaker, industrialist, and businessman who created Lamborghini Trattori in 1948 and
690-595: A successful coup d'état , cancelled a large order of tractors that was being prepared for shipment in Genoa . Trattori's unionised employees could not be laid off, putting immense strain on the company. In 1972, Lamborghini sold his entire holding in the company to rival tractor builder SAME . Soon, the entire Lamborghini group found itself in financial trouble. Development at the automaker slowed as costs were cut. Ferruccio Lamborghini began courting buyers for Automobili and Trattori, entering negotiations with Georges-Henri Rossetti,
736-698: A wealthy Swiss businessman and friend. Ferruccio sold Rossetti 51% of the company for US$ 600,000, thereby relinquishing control of the automaker he had founded. He continued to work at the Sant'Agata factory; Rossetti rarely involved himself in Automobili's affairs. The situation did not improve: the 1973 oil crisis plagued sales of high-performance cars of manufacturers from around the world. Consumers flocked to smaller, more practical modes of transportation with better fuel economy . By 1974, Ferruccio had become disenchanted with his car business. He severed all connections with
782-625: Is on display at the official Lamborghini museum at the company's factory in Sant'Agata Bolognese , Italy. The Jarama was Mr. Lamborghini's favorite model. He stated in a 1991 interview "I preferred the Jarama to all the others, because it is the perfect compromise between the Lamborghini Miura and the Espada." The Jarama Rally, also known as the Jarama "Bob", is a one-off, race modified Jarama built by Lamborghini's test driver Bob Wallace . It features
828-590: The Automobili Lamborghini in 1963, a maker of high-end sports cars in Sant'Agata Bolognese . Born to grape farmers in Renazzo, from the comune (municipality) of Cento , in the Emilia-Romagna region, his mechanical know-how led him to enter the business of tractor manufacturing in 1948, when he founded Lamborghini Trattori , which quickly became an important manufacturer of agricultural equipment in
874-456: The Lamborghini marque. The first model introduced was the 350GTV in 1963, which evolved into the production version 350 GT in 1964 and then further with the 400GT 2+2 in 1966. The highly sought after Miura came in 1966, pushing Automobili Lamborghini into the world of super sports cars it is known for today. Thanks to a notable increase in sales, in 1968–69 Lamborghini Trattori adopted
920-502: The 30,000 Italians captured as prisoners of war. Lamborghini initially escaped capture but later returned to his former workplace in civilian clothes working several odd jobs and with the permission of the German forces opened a small vehicle workshop. When the island fell to the British at the end of the war in 1945 he was arrested as a collaborator, and was not able to return home to Italy until
966-652: The Countach prototype, "Project 112". The LM002 sport utility vehicle and the Silhouette were other exceptions to the tradition. The Jalpa of 1982 was named after a bull breed: Diablo, after the Duke of Veragua's ferocious bull famous for fighting an epic battle against "El Chicorro" in Madrid in 1869. Even after Ferruccio's death the tradition was maintained: Murciélago , the legendary bull who survived 28 sword strokes and whose life
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#17328588316601012-784: The Fratelli Taddia technical institute near Bologna . In 1940 he was drafted into the Italian Royal Air Force , where he served as a mechanic at the Italian garrison on the island of Rhodes , territory of the Kingdom of Italy since 1911, after the Italo-Turkish War , becoming the supervisor of the vehicle maintenance unit. When the Germans turned on their former Italian allies in September 1943 , most soldiers either fled or were among
1058-514: The Islero and Espada, which was heavily derived from the engine used in the earlier 400 GT . The engine was fitted with six Weber 40 DCOE carburetors and sends power to the rear wheels through a five-speed manual transmission. The original Jarama (1970–1973) model was claimed to produce 350 bhp (260 kW). Early Jaramas feature centre-locking magnesium alloy wheels, as used on the Miura and S1/S2 Espadas. The Jarama S (also known as Jarama GTS )
1104-547: The Jarama to meet U.S. standards using a version of the Espada chassis that had had its wheelbase shortened by 10.7 inches. Exterior styling was done by Marcello Gandini , which resulted in similarities with the Iso Lele , also styled by Gandini. A total of 328 Jaramas were built. The Jarama weighs 1,450 kilograms (3,200 lb) dry, heavier than the Islero. It is powered by the same 3.9 L (3,929 cc) Lamborghini V12 engine used in
1150-731: The Tonino Lamborghini brand, as well as designing the Town Life , an electric microcar which was revealed at the Bologna Motor Show in 1999. Ferruccio's daughter, Patrizia Lamborghini, runs the Lamborghini winery on his Umbria estate. In 1995 Ferruccio's son Tonino opened a museum that honors Lamborghini's legacy, the Centro Studi e Ricerche Ferruccio Lamborghini in Dosso ( Ferrara ), which
1196-423: The car away for several hours to perform the work, much to Lamborghini's annoyance. He had previously expressed dissatisfaction with Ferrari's after sales service , which he perceived to be substandard. Lamborghini brought his misgivings to Enzo Ferrari 's attention, but was dismissed by Ferrari. After successfully modifying one of his personally-owned Ferrari 250 GTs to outperform stock models, Lamborghini gained
1242-400: The cars that bore his name, selling his remaining 49% stake in the automaker. The shares were acquired by René Leimer, a friend of Georges-Henri Rossetti. After departing the automobile manufacturing business, Lamborghini continued his business activities in other areas, including his heating and air conditioning company, Lamborghini Calor. In 1969, he founded Lamborghini Oleodinamica S.p.A.,
1288-594: The first of his "Carioca" tractors, themselves based on the six-cylinder petrol engines of Morris trucks. As petrol in Italy was prohibitively-priced, Lamborghini augmented the Morris engines with a fuel atomiser of his own creation, which allowed the tractors to be started with petrol, then switch to the cheaper diesel fuel. Based on the initial success of the Carioca, Lamborghini founded Lamborghini Trattori and began manufacturing tractors. A Riva Aquarama Lamborghini (Hull #278)
1334-710: The following year. In 1946, he married Clelia Monti (a native of Ferrara whom he had met in Rhodes during the war) in the church of Santa Maria in Vado in Ferrara. On October 13, 1947, their son Tonino was born, but Clelia died giving birth. In 1948, Lamborghini met Annita Borgatti, a 24-year-old teacher and daughter of the owners of the Fontana Hotel in Cento, who would accompany him in running his businesses for over thirty years. . Lamborghini's passion for engines and machines led him to work in
1380-497: The fourth Miura to be produced was unveiled to him at his ranch in Seville. The car manufacturer would continue to draw upon the bullfighting connection in future years. The Islero was named for the Miura bull that killed the famed bullfighter Manolete in 1947. Espada is the Spanish word for sword , sometimes used to refer to the bullfighter himself. The Jarama 's name carried a special double meaning; intended to refer only to
1426-475: The fuel atomiser patented by Ferruccio Lamborghini. The enactment of the Fanfani law of 25 July 1952 (that set aside 125 billion lire – with an interest rate of 3% – over 5 years for farmers who purchased Italian-made agricultural machinery) helped the company make a further quality leap. In fact, it was in the first half of the 1950s that Lamborghini was transformed to all effects into an industrial affair. In 1952,
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1472-523: The historic bullfighting region in Spain, Ferruccio was concerned about confusion with the also historic Jarama motor racing track . After naming the Urraco after a bull breed, in 1974, Lamborghini broke from tradition, naming the Countach not for a bull, but for contacc , a Piedmontese exclamation of astonishment. Legend has it that Nuccio Bertone uttered the word in surprise when he first laid eyes on
1518-538: The homely city car into a roaring 750-cc open-top two-seater and entered the car in the 1948 Mille Miglia . His participation ended after 1,100 kilometres (680 mi) when he ran the car into the side of a restaurant in the town of Fiano, in Turin . In 1947 Ferruccio Lamborghini recognized an emerging market in post-War Italy devoted to agricultural and industrial revitalization. Using parts from military vehicle engines and differentials from ARAR centres , Lamborghini built
1564-485: The impetus to pursue an automobile manufacturing venture of his own, aiming to create the perfect touring car that he felt no one could build for him. Lamborghini believed that a grand tourer should have attributes that were lacking in Ferrari's offerings, namely high performance without compromising tractability , ride quality, and interior appointments. A clever businessman, Lamborghini also knew that he could make triple
1610-427: The latter, Lamborghini said, " Adolfo Orsi , then the owner of Maserati , was a man I had a lot of respect for: he had started life as a poor boy, like myself. But I did not like his cars much. They felt heavy and did not really go very fast." In 1958, Lamborghini traveled to Maranello to buy a Ferrari 250 GT : a two-seat coupé with a body designed by coachbuilder Pininfarina . He went on to own several more over
1656-466: The midst of Italy's post-WWII economic boom . In 1959, he opened an oil burner factory, Lamborghini Bruciatori, which later entered the business of producing air conditioning equipment. Lamborghini founded a fourth company, Lamborghini Oleodinamica, in 1969 after creating Automobili Lamborghini in 1963. Lamborghini sold off many of his interests by the late 1970s and retired to an estate in Umbria , where he pursued winemaking . Ferruccio Lamborghini
1702-637: The new models DL 15 , DL 20 , DL 25 and DL 30 were presented, followed the next year by the DL 40 and DL 50 . The first Lamborghini crawler, the DL 25 C, was introduced in 1955, followed by the DL 30 C in its characteristic yellow colour. A new plant was opened in 1956; in 1957, in the wake of the SAME Sametto, the company introduced the Lamborghinetta (weighing 1000 kg, with a 22 HP two-cylinder engine, and sold at
1748-509: The production of tractors. He bought surplus military vehicles from the war and transformed them into agricultural machines . After World War II, Lamborghini opened a garage in Pieve di Cento . Lamborghini modified an old Fiat Topolino he had purchased (the first of many that he would own over the years), and in his spare time he made tractors which would be the first Lamborghinis he would make. He made use of his mechanical abilities to transform
1794-440: The profit if the components used in his tractors were installed in a high-performance exotic car instead. During the 1970s, Ferruccio Lamborghini's companies began to run into financial difficulties. In 1971, Lamborghini Trattori, which exported around half of its production of tractors, ran into trouble when its South African importer cancelled all its orders. In Bolivia , the new military government, which had recently staged
1840-429: The years, including a Scaglietti -designed 250 GT SWB Berlinetta and a 250 GT 2+2 four-seater. Lamborghini thought Ferrari's cars were good, but too noisy and rough to be proper road cars. He categorized them as repurposed track cars with poorly built interiors. Lamborghini found that Ferrari's cars were equipped with inferior clutches , and required continuous trips to Maranello for rebuilds; technicians would secret
1886-640: Was born on 28 April 1916 to viticulturists Antonio and Evelina Lamborghini in house number 22 in Renazzo di Cento , in the Province of Ferrara , in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy . According to his baptismal certificate, Ferruccio was baptised as a Roman Catholic four days later, on 2 May. As a young man, Lamborghini was drawn more to farming machinery rather than the farming lifestyle itself. Following his interest in mechanics, Lamborghini studied at
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1932-454: Was introduced in 1972. The exhaust system, heads and carburetors were revised, resulting in a power increase to 365 bhp (272 kW). The S features a few minor body modifications including a hood scoop, exhaust vents in the fenders, windshield position adjustments and relocated turn signals. New wheels on five-bolt hubs were used, identical to those used on the Series 3 Espada. The interior has
1978-707: Was moved to Argelato (Bologna) in 2014 with the new name Ferruccio Lamborghini Museum . 2022: Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend , biographical film of Lamborghini. Lamborghini Trattori Lamborghini Trattori is an Italian agricultural machinery manufacturer. The company designs and builds tractors . It was founded in 1948 in Cento , Italy by Ferruccio Lamborghini , who later went on to establish Automobili Lamborghini. In 1973, it became part of SAME (Società Accomandita Motori Endotermici). Founded in 1948 by Ferruccio Lamborghini, Lamborghini Trattori did not have
2024-458: Was named after a bull that was bred by the sons of Don Celestino Cuadri Vides. This bull was killed in a particularly gruesome fight, where after the bull was killed, its left ear was cut off and given to the Matador as a token of good luck. All of Ferruccio Lamborghini's companies continue to operate today in one form or another. His son, Tonino, designs a collection of clothing and accessories under
2070-437: Was registered and delivered on 7 June 1968 to Lamborghini. The boat was the first and only one fitted with two Lamborghini engines, and it had a special side railing for holding on to during water-skiing and record attempts. The engine compartment was modified to fit the engines and a special open exhaust was built to meet Lamborghini's demands. He owned the boat for over 20 years until July 1988, when he sold it to Angelo Merli,
2116-587: Was spared by "El Lagartijo" for his performance in 1879; Gallardo , named after one of the five ancestral castes of the Spanish fighting bull breed; and Reventón , the bull that defeated young Mexican torero Félix Guzmán in 1943. The Estoque concept of 2008 was named after the estoc , the sword traditionally used by matadors during bullfights, while the replacement for the Murcielago, the Aventador (unveiled in 2011)
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