Lamborghini 350GTV (1963) Review

First Lamborghini issued its products with prototype desaiin and pioneer GT 350, then this product is called the first Lamborghini production model. 350 GTV presented to the public during the 1963 Turin Auto Show. 350 GTV showing semi controversial fastback body designed by Giorgio Prevedi under the supervision of Franco Scaglione and built by some of the Sargiotto in Turin. Giorgio Neri and Luciano Bonacini build chassis frame tubes in Modena. Giotto automotive developed dry sump Racing 3.5 liter V12 engine specifications, with the output of 255 kW (347 PS, 342 bhp) at 8000 rpm, and torque 326 newton metres (240 ft • lbf), using the DIN standard measurements, for use in the car.

Ferruccio Lamborghini was dissatisfied with some of the 350 GTV design features, and with the State of tune the machine. He commissioned several tours for the redesign of the car became more practical and has a detuned engine for 270 brake horsepower (201 kW, 274 PS) at 6500 rpm to be used in a production car. The new body and the machine retuned in production of the first Lamborghini, GT 350.

Lamborghini 350 GTV continued with as only a Show-prototype. During the Assembly, labor found that body panels won't fit around the machine. Because he no longer plans to 350 GTV out into a Show car, the engine Bay had Lamboghini SWA with bricks and keep the hood closed the entire Turin Auto Show. Complete Car Show also lack the brake calipers, foot pedals and the windshield wiper.

After the 1963 Turin Auto Show, 350 GTV was placed into storage. 350 GTV remained in storage until the mid-1980s, when the car dealer and his cousin Bernandoni Romano, Lamborghini expert Stefano Pasini, convinced the management to sell 350 GTV to them. Bernandoni and Pasini did not accept the gauges and steering wheel with a car. They do, however, accept some proposals to modify car into running condition and received one. During the process of modification, the car's color changed from a pale blue metallic green original owners request.

350 GTV was then sold to a collector of Japan, who placed the car in the collection Tsubaki. A few years later, 350 GTV was put on display in the Museum of Lamborghini in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy.

Price $45000 - $89700

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Default 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 250R: First Impression & ride report

They say perfection is difficult to improve upon. Difficult, but not impossible! The Kawasaki Ninja 250R was one such perfect (well, almost!) bike that everyone thought was too good to improve. To its owners, it gave everything that they could expect from a quarter-liter machine, sometimes more than their expectations – case in hand, the brakes that are among the best that your money can buy. The Ninja 250R though didn’t stir a storm in the Indian market, thanks to its steep price tag and our price sensitive market, but it did make its mark and the Indian bikers had a real performance bike in a very long time after the legendary RD350.
So when the rumours of a face-lifted baby Ninja started to appear on the worldwide web, it did become the proverbial talk of the town. And with the expectations were already so high, the folks at Kawasaki had little choice but to come out with something that is as groundbreaking as the previous Ninja was.
We at xBhp got our hands on the newest baby Ninja, the 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 250R, in Philippines a few days back, thanks to the Motorcycle Magazine and Kawasaki Philippines. And boy, did it leave us speechless or what! Here’s our 2 cents on what we think of this bike.

Looks & Styling: The initial official photos of this green baby that were released in the latter half of 2012 didn’t leave any chance for disappointment. What the Kawasaki designers had pulled out was nothing short of a rabbit out of the hat. The 2013 Ninja 250R looked drop-dead gorgeous in pictures and does so in flesh. It’s got sharper looks like that of a supermodel that puts it in the league of the ZX-10Rs looks wise, and perhaps even better. The tank is even more chiselled, and so is the tail, and together they play a big role in giving the bike a very mean look. The rounded exhaust pipe gives way for an all new angular, powder coated, black exhaust pipe with a chrome heat-shield. The new pipe not only looks good, it also sounds a lot better, particularly once you rev the bike past the 5000 RPM mark. The previous singular-body headlight has been done away with and gives way to the angular twin headlight system that vaguely reminds one of its bigger sibling, the Ninja ZX10R. Then there’s the all new digital + analog console instead of the plain jane fully analog unit on the previous 250R. The new unit has a large analog tachometer, a smaller digital speedometer display that also has 2 tripmeters, an odometer and a digital clock too. The bike comes to life with a cool animation on the digital console as you turn on the key. The backlight color is moonlight white. The numbers on the digital unit were clearly visible while riding even during bright daylight. And finally, the baby Ninja also gets the much awaited ‘pass’ light switch that was missing on the older models.

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Review Lamborghini Miura (1966)

Lamborghini Miura is a sports car produced by Lamborghini Italy between 1966 and 1973. The car is widely regarded to have been having high i.e. it-engined two-seater sports car. When dirilisproduksi this diclaim menhadi the fastest car in the world.

Miura originally planned by the engineering team Lamborghini, who designed the car at your leisure. The design of them contrary to the wishes of the company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini. He chose the design of powerful but quiet grand touring car, that is not derived from a race car engine manufactured by local rival Ferrari.

Miura started was presented in 1965 at the Turin auto show, and the prototype P400 debuted in 1966 at the Geneva show. Miura was presented for reception of showgoers and automotive press. The second presentation of the Miura was impressed with the sleek style of Marcello Gandini and revolutionary cars mid engine design.

As Lamborghini's flagship car, Miura received periodically for updates and still produced until 1973, and was not replaced in the car lineup until the Countach entered production in 1974 amidst the hustle and bustle of the financial times for the company.

During 1965, Lamborghini's three engineers namely Gian Paolo Dallara, Paolo Stanzani and Bob Wallace put their own time in developing a prototype cars known as P400. Engineers envision a street car with a racing pedigree-one that could win on the track and be driven on the street by fans. Three people work on the design in the evening, hoping to persuade Lamborghini vehicles as it will not be too expensive and does not distract from the focus of the company. When finally brought his ship, Lamborghini delivers a free hand in confidence P400 is a marketing tool that potentially valuable, if not more.

The car Featured a mid engine layout is mounted transversely, a departure from previous Lamborghini car. Don't V12 is also usual in that it effectively merged with the transmission and differential, reflecting the lack of space in the design of tightly wrapped. Rolling chassis dipajangkan at the Turin Salon in 1965. Showgoers impressed placed an order for a car despite the lack of a body to go to the chassis.

Bertone was placed in charge of styling the prototype, which was completed just days before his debut at the 1966 Geneva motor show. Oddly enough, none of the engineers find the time to check whether the engine fits in the compartment. Is committed to showing the car, they decided to fill the Bay machine with ballast and keeping the hood locked the whole show because they had three years earlier for the first 350GTV. Sales head Sgarzi was forced to turn away members of the automotive press would like to see power plants P400. Although this is a setback, but this car is the culmination of the show and immediately improve the reputation of the stylist Marcello Gandini.

The favorable reaction in Geneva means the P400 to go into production next year. The name of the "Miura", famous for the kind of fighting bull, was chosen, and in a newly created company badge. The car gained the attention of the world automotive fans when it was selected for the opening sequence of the 1969 original version from The Italy job. In the interview time company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini was reticent about the exact date of birth, but emphasized that he was born under the star sign Taurus the Bull.

Price : $ 61.200 – $ 122.600

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