Cars Valley: 2011

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.,[Notes 1] commonly referred to as Lamborghini (pronounced [lamborˈgiːni] ( listen)), is an Italian automaker. The company was founded by manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with established offerings from marques like Ferrari.

The company's first models were released in the mid-1960s, and were noted for their refinement, power and comfort. Lamborghini gained wide acclaim in 1966 for the Miura sports coupé, which established mid-engine design as the standard layout for high-performance cars of the era. After a decade of rapid growth, hard times befell the company in the mid-1970s, as sales plunged in the wake of the 1973 world financial downturn and oil crisis. After going through bankruptcy and three changes in ownership, Lamborghini came under the corporate umbrella of the Chrysler Corporation in 1987. The American company failed to return the automaker to profitability and sold it to Indonesian interests in 1994. Lamborghini's lack of success continued through the 1990s, until the company was sold in 1998 to Audi, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, a German automotive concern. Audi's ownership marked the beginning of a period of stability and increased productivity for Lamborghini, with sales increasing nearly tenfold over the course of the 2000s, peaking in record sales in 2007 and 2008. The world financial crisis in the late 2000s negatively affected luxury car makers worldwide, and saw Lamborghini's sales drop back to pre-2006 levels.

Assembly of Lamborghini cars continues to take place at the automaker's ancestral home in Sant'Agata Bolognese, where engine and automobile production lines run side-by-side at the company's single factory. Fewer than 3,000 cars roll off the production line each year. The company currently offers two variations of a single model, the V10-powered Gallardo coupé and roadster. The flagship V12-powered Murciélago coupé and roadster were discontinued at the end of 2010. Its successor, the Lamborghini Aventador, was released on 28 February 2011.
1 History
1.1 Origin
1.2 Early 1960s
1.3 1965–1966
1.4 1967–1968
1.5 1969–1970
1.6 1971–1972
1.7 1973–1977
1.8 1978–1986
1.9 1987–1993
1.10 1994–1997
1.11 1998–present
2 Vehicle lineup
2.1 Current range
2.2 Concept models
3 Motorsport
4 Identity
5 Corporate affairs
5.1 Sales history
5.2 Lamborghini of Latin America
6 Notes
6.1 Footnotes
6.2 Citations
7 References
8 External links
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A Lamborghini 22PS from 1951.
Main article: Ferruccio Lamborghini

Automobili Lamborghini was founded by Ferruccio Lamborghini, the child of viticulturists from the comune (township) of Renazzo di Cento, Province of Ferrara, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.After serving as a mechanic in the Regia Aeronautica,during World War II, Lamborghini went into business building tractors out of leftover military hardware from the war effort. By the mid-1950s, Lamborghini's tractor company, Lamborghini Trattori S.p.A.had become one of the largest agricultural equipment manufacturers in the countryHe was also the owner of a successful gas heater and air conditioning manufacturer

Lamborghini's wealth allowed him to cultivate a childhood interest in cars, owning a number of luxury automobiles including Alfa Romeos, Lancias, Maseratis, and a Mercedes Benz He purchased his first Ferrari, a 250GT, in 1958, and went on to own several more. Lamborghini was fond of the Ferraris, but considered them too noisy and rough to be proper road cars, likening them to repurposed track cars.Lamborghini decided to pursue an automobile manufacturing venture, with the goal of bringing to life his vision of a perfect grand tourer

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Monday, July 25, 2011

Toyota Prius hybrid 2011 Best Seller

The Toyota Prius (play /ˈpriːəs/; plural: Prii, /ˈpriːaɪ/) is a full hybrid electric mid-size hatchback, formerly a compact sedan developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation. The EPA and California Air Resources Board (CARB) rate the Prius as among the cleanest vehicles sold in the United States based on smog forming and toxic emissions

The Prius first went on sale in Japan in 1997, making it the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle. It was subsequently introduced worldwide in 2001. The Prius is sold in more than 70 countries and regions, with its largest markets being those of Japan and North America. In May 2008, global cumulative Prius sales reached the milestone 1 million vehicle markand in September 2010, the Prius reached worldwide cumulative sales of 2.0 million units.The U.S. is the largest market, with 1 million Prii sold by early April 2011
1 Etymology
2 First generation (XW10; 1997–2003)
3 Second generation (XW20; 2003–2009)
4 Third generation (XW30; 2009–present)
4.1 Plug-in Hybrid
5 Prius family
6 Sales
7 Design and technology
7.1 EV mode
7.2 Battery
7.3 Battery life cycle
8 Environmental effects
8.1 Lifetime energy usage
8.2 Electromagnetic field levels
8.3 Quietness
9 Marketing and culture
9.1 CO2 advertising
9.2 Political symbolism
10 Government and corporate incentives
11 See also
12 Notes and references
13 External links
Prius is a Latin word meaning "before". According to Toyota, the name was chosen because the Prius was launched before environmental awareness became a mainstream social issue

In February 2011, Toyota asked the public to decide on what the most proper plural form of Prius should be, with choices including Prien, Prii, Prium, Prius, or Priuses. The company says "it will use the most popular choice in its advertisingand on February 20 announced that "Prii" was the most popular choice, and the new official plural designationIn Latin prius is the neuter singular of the comparative form (prior, prior, prius) of an adjective with only comparative and superlative (the superlative being primus, prima, primum), consequently, like all 3rd declension words, the plural in Latin was priora (cf. Latin declension). There is no reason to believe, however, that any majority of English speakers (or even Prius owners) use anything but the regular English plural, Priuses.

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