Lamborghini Tyres

Lamborghini Tyres

350GT Lamborghini Tyres

These cars originally came equipped with a 205x15 tyre. Longstone Classic Tyres can now offer the 205VR15 Pirelli Cinturato™ HS for Lamborghini 350GT owners.

350GT Lamborghini History

Ferruccio Lamborghini gained a large amount of money as a tractor builder. With this money he bought a Ferrari 250 GT. When he got the car he had problems with the clutch. Upon returning the vehicle to the Ferrari shop and complaining about the lack of build quality, Enzo Ferrari replied 'You should stick with building tractors and let me deal with the cars.' Ferruccio was so angered, that he decided to build a car to better Ferrari.

The fruits of his labours (from a workforce including Bizzarini) was a prototype called the Lamborghini 350 GTV which was first displayed at the 1963 Turin Auto Show.The car was not a runner as the engine would not fit due to the carburetors being to tall to fit under the bonnet! A problem rectified during the cars recent restoration.

After the Turin Show, Touring were introduced to massage the shape of the 350GTV and ready it for production The pop-up headlights were replaced with single oval units that were incorporated into the bonnet. To cure the engines clearance problems the six twin-choke Weber carburetors were placed horizontally between the camshafts in order to fit under the bonnet. Along with the redesign, the engine was slightly detuned because Ferruccio Lamborghini desired a smooth running, refined engine rather than a highly-tuned racing power-plant. Horsepower dropped from 350 to 270 with a 320hp version available as an option.

The 350 GT was first shown in 1964 at the Geneva Auto Show. In 1966 a four litre engine was available in the front-engined Lamborghini as optional equipment. This version became known as the 400 GT. A few examples were built before it was replaced by the 400 GT 2+2. The two-plus-two configuration made the supercar a little more practical, allowing room for additional occupants in the rear seats. The design of the 2+2 varied slightly from the 400 GT. The 2+2 was constructed of steel while the 400 GT used aluminium. The most distinguishable difference was the double-oval headlights in the front of the 2+2.

350GT Lamborghini Wheels

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Lamborghini 400 GT Tyres

The classic Lamborghini 400GT originally fitted a 205VR15 Pirelli Cinturato™.

Lamborghini 400 GT Wheels

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Lamborghini 400 GT History

The classic Lamborghini 400GT 2+2 was a 2+2 seated sports car from the classic Italian manufacturer Lamborghini, successor to the 350GT. It was first presented at the 1966 Geneva Motor Show.

Compared to its predecessor the engine was enlarged to 3929 cc, increasing the power to 320 brake horsepower. The 400GT 2+2 was actually a different body from the 350GT, with a longer wheelbase, different roofline, and some sheetmetal changes throughout the car. The larger body shape enabled the +2 seating to be installed in the rear, where the 350GT only had room for luggage or a pigmy seat. The bodywork was designed by Carrozzeria Touring. The 400GT 2+2 also had a classic Lamborghini designed gearbox, with Porsche style synchromesh on all gears, which greatly improved the drive i am told!.

There was a variant of the 350GT with the 4L V12 fitted to it, which was called the 400GT. Only 23 of these smaller coupes were built, three of which had desirable aluminium bodywork. A total of 247 cars were built from 1966 to 1968, when it was replaced with the Islero. A special, one-off version called the 400GT Monza was built by Neri and Bonacini, who had previously worked on the 350GT.

Lamborghini Espada 400 GT Tyres

The classic Lamborghini Espada 400GT originally fitted a 205VR15 Pirelli Cinturato™.

Lamborghini Espada 400 GT Wheels

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Lamborghini Islero Tyres

The classic Lamborghini Islero originally fitted a 205VR15 Pirelli Cinturato™.

Lamborghini Islero Wheels

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Lamborghini Islero History

The classic Lamborghini Islero is a sports car produced by Italian car builder Lamborghini between 1968 and 1969. It was the replacement for the 400GT and featured the classic Lamborghini V12 engine. The car was first seen at the 1968 Geneva motor Show.

The classic Islero was named after a Miura bull that killed famed matador Manuel Rodriguez "Manolete" on August 28, 1947 (Lamborghini also produced a car named the Miura, from 1966 to 1973).

Since Carrozzeria Touring, the company that designed Lamborghini's chassis, was bankrupt, Carrozzeria Marazzi was the next logical choice as it was funded by Mario Marazzi, an old employee of Touring. The design was essentially a rebody of the classic 400GT, but the track was altered to allow for wider tires and while the Islero's body suffered from a lack of proper fit between the panels true sports car style, its good outward visibility, roomier interior, and much improved soundproofing made it an improvement over previous models. It had a 325 brake horsepower coming from 4.0 L V12 engine, a five-speed gearbox, fully independent suspension, and disc brakes. Its top speed was rated at 154 mph and acceleration from 0 to 60 mph took 6.4 seconds.Only 125 Isleros were built. An updated Islero, dubbed the Islero S, was released in 1969. The engine in this model was tuned to 350 bhp, but the torque remained the same. There were quite a few styling changes, including brightwork blind slots on the front wings, an enlarged roof scoop (which supplied air to the interior of the car, not the engine), slightly flared wings, tinted windows, round indicator lights (instead of teardrops on the original), and a fixed section in the door windows. Various other changes included larger brake discs, revised rear suspension and revamped dashboard and interior. The top speed of the S improved to 161 mph and acceleration from zero to 60 mph 6.2 seconds. Only 100 examples of the Islero S were built, bringing the production total of the Islero nameplate to 225 cars. Ferruccio Lamborghini himself drove an Islero during that era.

Lamborghini Miura Tyres

The Lamborghini Miura was equipped with 205VR15 tyres as standard. Click here to see the options available for your Lamborghini Miura.

The Lamborghini Miura SV was equipped with 275/55x15 tyres. Click here to see the options available for your Lamborghini Miura SV.

Lamborghini Miura History

After Ferruccio Lamborghinis first 2 efforts at Italian sports cars with the 350 GT and 400 GT he decided it was time for something ground breaking! Developing the new twin cam engine form the 350 and 400 GT Bizzarini produced a beautiful and awesomely powerful 60 degree V-12 engine which was then transversely mid mounted and draped with an awe inspiring Bertone coupe body. The P400 Miura was born. By 1966 the first of the Lamborghini P400s rolled off the production line. The Miura was groundbreaking, as it was two more years before any other Italian cars would sport a mid-mounted engine.

Not only was the Miura P400 ground breaking it was also incredibly beautiful and fast! Capable of 170 mph. Lamborghini never found it necessary to change the Miuras engine size of 3929 cc but as they developed the Miura the P400 was given extra horsepower producing 370BHP then in 1971 the Lamborghini Miura P400SV was produced and kicked out an amazing 385bhp! In total 775 Lamborghini Miuras were produced and the last one rolled out of the factory in 1973.

The Lamborghini Miura paved the way for sports cars as we now know them!

Lamborghini Miura Wheels

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The Lamborghini Countach LP400 fitted Michelin XWX 205/70x14 front tyres. Click here to see the options available for the front of your Lamborghini Countach.

At the rear of the car the Michelin XWX 215/70x14 was fitted.

The later Lamborghini Countach fitted 225/50x15 front tyres. Click here to see the options available for the front of your Lamborghini Countach.

At the rear of these cars the 345/35x15 was fitted. Click here to see the options available for the rear of your Lamborghini Countach.

Lamborghini Countach History

The Lamborghini Countach is now over 30 years old but still turns as many heads as it did back in 1974, when the first LP400 rolled off the production line and into the show rooms.

After realising that the extremely sexy Miura was troubled by its shape, chassis and engine configuration Lamborghini decided to rectify the Miuras problems with an all-new car. For their new car Lamborghini went to Bertone design aficionado Marcello Gandini, who promptly set about creating what would become the epitomy of automobile erotica (posters of the car would end up pinned on bedroom walls around the world!). When Gandini showed the drawings to Nuccio Bertone he shouted 'Countach!' the verbal equivalent of a wolf whistle in the local Piedmontese dialect, the legend of the Lamborghini Countach was born!

It took Lamborghini 3 years of engine and chassis development to get the Lamborghini Countach LP400 ready. The aim was to create a car better than the Miura in all respects. Side mounted twin radiators were fitted to the car to aid cooling of the longitudinally mounted 4-litre V12 engine (inspiration for which was taken from F1 technology of the time), also attaching the gearbox ahead of the V12 encouraged slick direct gear changes and near perfect weight distribution.

The Lamborghini Countach had superb performance with a production LP400 recording a top speed of 184mph at one of Fiats private test tracks. Impressive even today! An evolution of the Lamborghini Countach LP400 was the Lamborghini countach LP400S. The LP400S has a more aggressive stance sitting on 12? wide 15inch campagnolo magnesium wheels originally shod in Pirelli P7?s (unfortunately no longer available). The LP400S delivers the same power as the original LP400 but thanks to various changes including a shorter ratio gear box the Lamborghini LP400S was capable of hitting 60mph nearly a second quicker than its slightly older brother. Other changes to the car included wider arches, revised suspension geometry and more direct steering.

The engine was further increased in 1982 to 4.8 liters and the model designation changed to LP500S. The LP500S was Lamborghini's response to Ferrari's 365 GT4. Ferrari's response to the LP500S was the Testarossa. Once again, Lamborghini answered by creating the LP500S QV (Quattrovalvole) that produced 455 horsepower.

Named to honour Lamborghini's 25 year anniversary in 1988, the 25th Anniversary Countach was mechanically very similar to the 500QV but sported much changed styling. The rear 'air boxes' were restyled and enlarged, while the vents behind them were changed so that they ran front to back instead of side to side. In addition, a new air dam and side skirting, both with air intakes, were fitted, and the taillights were restyled to be narrower, with body-colored panels replacing the upper and lower parts of the previous large tail lights. The styling changes were unpopular with many, particularly since the intakes had strakes in them that appeared to mimic those on the Ferrari Testarossa, but they improved the engine's cooling, a problem the Countach had always struggled with. It also featured 345/35R15 tires; the widest tires available on a production car at the time. The Anniversary was produced until 1990 when it was replaced by the Lamborghini Diablo.

In 1991, after twenty years of production, the Countach was replaced by the equally striking Diablo. There were 157 examples of the LP400 produced, 237 of the LP400S, 321 of the LP500S and 676 examples of the LP500S QV. The 25th Anniversary edition had some of the highest production figures of all the Countach's, with 650 examples being produced.