Today we’re counting down literally every single Lamborghini car ever made! Production cars, concept cars, coach built cars and race cars. There’s plenty of content online about every Lamborghini but I can guarantee you that none of the articles or videos you have watched will include quite as many of the brand's automobiles. Today we're starting with Lamborghini's production cars.
Lamborghini 350GT - This was Lamborghini’s first production car and of course it was called the 350GT to one up Ferrari’s 250 series cars at the time. For this they stole one of Ferrari’s engineers called Bizarrini who built the bizarrini v12. A 270hp V12 that laughed in the face of Ferrari’s V12s at the time. Iterations of the engine remained in Lambos up until the Murcielago SV in 2009.
Lamborghini 400GT- Following the 350GT’s success, Lambo upped their quad cam V12’s horsepower figure to 320hp and eaked out more interior space to produce a car with just a little more spice than the 350. It was an even more refined, even more reliable Lamborghini designed to ensure that the brand stayed firmly ahead of the prancing horse. It was followed by a 2+2 variant with *reasonably* usable rear seats that remarkably maintained those gorgeous proportions despite the size increase.
Lamborghini Miura - Next up was an underground project that came to fruition in about 6 months. An idea that could only be dreamt up by the wildest of engineers in their early 20s that was even too wild for Ferrucio Lamborghini at the time. THE MIURA.
It’s the first mid engined v12 platform car from Lamborghini and more importantly, the first real supercar that the world had ever seen. Its 350hp transversely mounted V12 meant that the car was packaged more tightly than any high horsepower car in history. Packaging that enabled this car to achieve speeds of around 163mph. That’s nothing to shout about today in a world where Ford Focus RSs will blitz that, but in the late 1960s. It was the fastest car IN THE WORLD.
Several iterations were developed like the Miura S with a modified suspension and engine. Along with the Miura SV which stood for Super Fast. No surprises, the car could achieve 170mph thanks to a wider rear track and enhanced suspension. Finally there was the Miura SVJ. A hardcore racing variant of the Miura designed for German touring car racing.
This project was tragically destroyed in an accident, but did inspire an even rarer Miura named the Miura ‘Millechiodi”. A drop dead gorgeous iteration nickname
d 1000 nails due to its riveted construction. Just like the SVJ. It’s a noticeably more raw car than the rest of the Miura that left the factory thanks to larger pistons and valves that bring it from 3.9 to 4.1 litres and a much lower emphasis on any driver comfort. Expect to spend at least 2 million dollars on a decent Miura.
Lamborghini Islero - The Islero replaced the 400GT and, Miata owners rejoice because, it got pop up headlights. This was their fastest front engined car yet and could hit 165mph in both standard form and Islero S spec. The Islero S improved the usability of the 2+2 configuration, bumped the power up by 30 horses and is regarded as the most dialled in of Lambo’s front-engined GT line.
Lamborghini Countach - With a 16 year life-span, it was Lamborghini’s longest running car in history. It started with the P500 prototype which looked like a giant cheese wedge from outer space. It was the first Lamborghini to feature their iconic roofline that can be drawn with one smooth line, the first Lamborghini to feature those all important scissor doors and the car that set the tone for the company until this very moment. The LP400 production car looked near identical. Another cheese wedge from space. Collectors drool over these and pay nearly 2 million dollars for them but it’s not the Countach people dreamed of as a kid. It’s got 325hp and 260 pound foot of torque. People only care because they made just 151 of them. The car people really care about is the contact with wings and flares and machine guns hanging out of the side. The man that brought these Countaches to life was Walter Wolf, an oil Centenaries from Canada that commissioned for his LP400 to have wider Liberty walk style arches and for a wing from one of his F1 cars to be strapped to the back of it. Following popular demand the LP400S was made with very similar modifications and the rest is history. The Countach LP5000S, LP5000S QV, Downdraft and Countach 25th anniversary all followed suit in providing room decorating material for teenagers across the world. The 25th Anniversary was the fastest Countach ever with 455hp and a top speed of 190mph. It had dramatically re-designed bodywork and an upgraded chassis that led many to believe it was the best driving Countach of all.
Various one off versions of the Countach were produced. These were not production vehicles but definitely worth researching.
Countach LP5000S Turbo - With 748hp and a top speed of 208mph, the Countach Turbo was the epitome of 80s excess and a dream project of Bob Wallace's.
Countach QVX group C - This was a race car with nearly 700hp. It looked similar to a Porsche 962 and is the closest thing to a real Lamborghini prototype Le Mans car.
Countach safety car - There's no mystery to this one. It was the safety car used from 1980 to 1983 at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Finally, there was the Countach Evolution. A carbon composite test vehicle that was designed by none other than Horacio Pagani.
Lamborghini Silhouette - The Countach was a lot of car to follow up and the Lamborghini Silhouette that came in its footsteps unfortunately couldn’t light a candle to it. It was another V8 car with just 260hp and although it had an attractive removable roof. Just 54 units ever sold, making it rarer than a Lamborghini Sian.
Lamborghini Jalpa - The Lamborghini Jalpa that followed was a breath of fresh air. It had sharper looks and a double over head cam iteration of the Silhouettes V8 that brought it much more success. 410 units were sold. It’s hard to believe that 410 units was a successful run for Lamborghini when you compare it to the current day where 500 units is a ‘limited run’.
Lamborghini LM002 - As a direct result of a failed military contract, the Rambo Lambo LM002 came flying into the market. It came with a Countach engine, 450hp, a bash bar, a luxurious full leather interior and two very necessary fuel tanks. Surprisingly 328 of them sold, making it six times more successful than the Silhouette.
Lamborghini Diablo - The Diabo was the first iteration of the legendary Lamborghini to finally break the 200mph barrier and in 1998 its 202mph top speed made it the fastest car in the world, by one mile per hour. The Diablo VT that followed brought an all wheel drive system to the table and the SE30, to celebrate Lamborghini’s 30th anniversary was a hardcore version of the Diablo that many have called Lamborghini’s F40. The Jota version of the SE30 was the most powerful Diablo with a whole 595hp. After this came the scarily hard to drive rear wheel drive Diablo SV, then the Diablo roadster VT and eventually the Diablo 6.0 SE. A car that ditched the pop up lights in favour of Nissan 300ZX front lights and is seemingly the best driving Diablo of them all. This generation also included an even more hardcore Diablo called the Diablo GT which was a VT with many modifications from Lamborghini’s GT2 Diablo on it. It was alive, it was higher revving than any Diablo and went on to a top speed of 215mph.
Lamborghini Murcielago - The Murcielago followed the Diablo as their flag ship V12 model and quickly gained criticism for being the first car under their new owner Audi. People said it was too sedate. Too refined. Today in the 2020s it’s evident that they were full of bull. The Murcielago still had the scissor doors, it still had a hilariously off centre pedal box and a stinking great 6.2L bizzarini V12. From 2001 to 2003 all Murcies had a manual transmission, made 576hp, did 0-60 in 3.8 and had a top speed of 210mph. They were godly machines. Then came the Murcielago roadster with the dumbest roof ever fitted to a car in the history of mankind and after that the Murcielago LP640. As a kid I watched the advert for this car on repeat on the Lambo website. It had adjustable bat wings for extra cooling, an uprated 6.5l v12 and an exhaust note like THIS…
Of course we all remember the balls to the wall most extreme version of the car. The 670hp Murcielago SV. Just 185 of them were made and only 5 were manuals thanks to a flappy paddle craze at the time. Those manual versions of the car are worth around 2 million today. The last Murcielago special edition was the Murcielago LP650-4 roadster. It was like an LP640 roadster, just with ten more horsepower and some orange bits on the side that they only gave to 50 of their best clients. There was also the 40th anniversary edition, LP640 Versace edition and LP670 China edition, but these didn’t have as many modifications.
Lamborghini Gallardo - In 2003 the small supercar manufacturer in Sant Agata Bolognese did something that would change the company forever. The Lamborghini Gallardo was introduced as an entry level supercar to attract more buyers. And that it did, over 14,000 Gallardo were ever made in about a million different variations. Here they all are.
The standard Gallardo coupe, the Gallardo SE with some fancy black paint, the Gallardo Spyder, the Matte black ridden Gallardo Nera and the lightweight Gallardo Superleggera.
In 2008 the sharper Gallardo LP560 was introduced with an enlarged 5.2L v10, opposed to the original 5.0l power plant and it came with, you guessed it - 560hp. Variants included the: LP560 Spyder, track orientated LP570 Superleggera, LP570 Superleggera Edizione Technica Nero Nemesis, Superleggera Edition Technica Bianco Canopus, LP570 Performante Spyder, Balboni LP550-2 (a rwd tribute to Lamborghini’s greatest test driver), LP550-2 Spyder, LP550 Tricolore, LP550 Hong Kong edition, Gallardo Singapore Edition, Gallardo Malaysia Limited Edition, Gallardo India Special Edition, Gallardo Indonesia Special edition, LP560 Gold edition, LP560 Bicolore, LP560-2 50th Anniversary, and LP570 Super Trofeo Stradale. A true track weapon.
Oh and we’re not done. In 2013 they updated the Gallardo for its final model year and made the final, most extreme Gallardo of all. The LP570-4 Squadra Corse. This produced 570hp vs the original Gallardo’s 500hp and did 202mph vs the original car’s 192mph top speed. Just 50 were made to celebrate the 10 year long production run of the Gallardo.
Lamborghini Aventador - In 2011 my world was changed forever when the press photos of the Aventador released. It was sharper, more aggressive and more desirable than anything I had even seen. A with a 691hp 6.5l Naturally Aspirated V12, it certainly had the power to back the looks up. It marked a new era for Lamborghini that valued acceleration and handling over top speed. Of course this didn’t stop them from building a 217mph top speed weapon. The car also ditched the bizzarini V12 in favour of a totally new one codenamed the L539. Many variants have been produced. Most notably the Aventador SV with 50 more horsepower, around 100 pounds in weight savings and glorious new carbon fibre features. Then there came the Aventador S which came with 740hp, a more refined driving experience and rear wheel steering. Resulting in the most usable Aventador ever. Then came the SVJ, the aventador with the most wings, fins and pointy bits out there. These got 760hp and completely revised the entire car’s driving setup.
Aventador special editions included the LP720-4 Anniversary Edition, Pirelli edition, Miura edition, Japan 50th anniversary edition, SVJ63 and SVJ Xago edition. All of these were basically decal packages, apart from the elusive 50th anniversary edition that gained 20hp and a new bodykit over the standard Aventador.
Unfortunately the Aventador is at the end of the line and Lamborghini will celebrate this with the LP780-4 Ultimae. 350 coupes will be produced along with 250 roadsters and Lambo says it combines all of the greatest elements of the Aventador. It has more power than any Aventador produced with an Aventador S style bumper, SVJ style rear bumper and a very clean look without many wings or lasers.
The Aventador has been a remarkable success for Lamborghini and over 10,000 Aventadors have been made to date.
Lamborghini Huracan - It’s time for a car that marks the end of proper Lamborghini’s for some and the perfect first supercar for many. The Huracan!
In 2014 Lamborghini had an immense amount of pressure to deal with. Create something better than their most successful vehicle ever. And despite a few complaints about understeer, it was an instant hint. Lambo ditched the clunky single clutch gearbox in favour of a lightning speed dual clutch unit. And the rest is history. Everyone loves them. Notable variants include the LP580-2, a rear wheel drive version and the Performante. This offered 30 more horsepower and very clever active aero to provide a more track orientated experience and than the Evo. This is the equivalent to the LP560 for the Huracan and brought a heavily updated interior and many of the Performante’s driving dynamics into a more livable package.
Just like the Gallardo, there have been plenty of Huracan Special editions. They consist of the: Avio, LP Pope Francis 580-2, the bizarrely specced Huracan GT and the absolutely stunning Huracan Fluo Capsule. Finally, there is the ultimate Huracan, the STO. This stands for Super Trofeo Omologato. So it’s essentially a race car homologation special. It’s constructed very differently from a standard Huracan with a huge front carbon clamshell that opens, a million more pieces of aero and fins and even a roof scoop. Whilst it has the same 640hp as the performante, its new aero and weight savings will allow it to demolish the performance on any race track.
Lamborghini Urus - Lamborghini’s Urus SUV is their most recent mass produced model and just like every luxury SUV it has sold like hot cakes. Over 15,000 have sold in just three and a half years, making it already the most popular Lamborghini ever and 278 times more successful than the Lamborghini Silhouette. Of course this isn’t Lambo’s first SUV but it is their first car to use the twin turbo Audi derived v8 that is also seen in the Audi RSQ8. It’s a car built for everything and the only limited edition variant has been the Squadra Corse inspired ST-X. Unfortunately this hasn’t made it into public hands at this point in time.
Conclusion
That sums up all of Lamborghini's non-limited production cars. Tune in next week for Lamborghini's limited production cars!
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