It has been said that “Lamborghini is a carmaker that makes engines, the
job of the designers was to design the engine cover.” Yet, in its almost six
decades long history, the supercar maker has constructed just four different
engines.
However, it has been a series of models with remarkable, groundbreaking shapes,
each one a veritable design revolution that has really set Lamborghini ahead of
other marques. Cars like the Miura, Espada, Urraco, Countach and the Diablo
astounded and startled automotive fans as much with their daring shape, form
and aesthetic purity, as they did with their second-to-none engineering.
This book celebrates the design history of Lamborghini through numerous period
reports and previously unpublished images. It delves into the extraordinary
shapes and forms, as well as the intrepid personalities with interviews of
design greats—Marcello Gandini, Luc Donckerwolke, Walter de Silva, Filippo
Perini and Mitja Borkert—who made Lamborghini what it is today.