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Case Study Of Automobili Lamborghini

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Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., an Italian brand, is a manufacturer of luxury sports cars. Lamborghini’s production facility and headquarters are located in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. As the Italian manufacturing magnate, Ferruccio Lamborghini founded the company in 1963 with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with offerings from other established marques such as Ferrari.

Lamborghini was originally a tractor manufacturing company (1960) serving the agriculture industry post World War II. Ferrucio Lamborghini loved sports car in which he owned Maseratis and Ferraris but was soon unhappy with his cars due to clutch failure. He replaced the clutches with his own tractor clutches, which performed better than the …show more content…

In 2008, Lamborghini produced the Reventon, based from a Murcielago, but further changing the exterior design in resemblance to aircraft fighters. It was priced significantly higher by 200% and was able to garner in more sales figures while producing less numbers (only 20 was ever made).

Lamborghini’s signature models came with a distinctive badging “SV”, which stands for “Super Veloce” or super-fast in English. By turning its regular model into a redesigned exterior with extensive use of carbon fiber (weight reduction) and remapping of the engine (power output increase), the Murcielago SV made it debut in 2009. Priced at about 40% higher than the base models, Lamborghini was thriving even under a bad economic situation.

This strategy continued with the production of the Sesto Elemento (2012), based from a Gallardo but 90% of components made of carbon fiber. The production number was a limited 5, priced 10 times higher than the base model, and all was accounted for before it was even unveiled. The proof of a working formula can be seen in the limited edition of 4 numbers Veneno (Aventador based, 2013), 4 numbers of Veneno Roadster (2013), 1 off Aventador J (Aventador based, 2014), Aventador SV (2015) and finally the Centenario (Aventador based,

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