{"id":4924,"date":"2020-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/50-years-of-lamborghini-urraco\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T13:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T13:17:23","slug":"50-years-of-lamborghini-urraco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/50-years-of-lamborghini-urraco\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years of Lamborghini Urraco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2+2-seater sports cars from Italy are rather in the minority. The best known are probably various Ferrari models such as the 250 GTE 2+2, the Mondial or nowadays the GTC4Lusso, which however must rather pass as a full four-seater. But the fact that Lamborghini once cultivated this field has almost been forgotten these days. At the Turin Motor Show in 1970 the Urraco was in the spotlight for the first time. As a new entry-level model, the 2+2-seater Lamborghini was to be well-placed even against brands such as Porsche. A completely new car with a mid-engine layout had been developed for this purpose. However, it took another three years until the market launch took place.

After Marcello Gandini had already shown at the Miura and Countach how well he could use his pencil, he was also allowed to design the new Urraco on behalf of Lamborghini. However, the mid-engine layout and the seating arrangement resulted in somewhat unbalanced proportions. Among sports car fans, the Urraco is still considered the most beautiful 2+2 mid-engine sports car. Bertone finally implemented its design as an all-steel body in shell construction. A box-shaped stiffener was added to the floor plate and the basic framework of the bodyshell with standing walls and roof rails was welded to it. Jarama and Espada were built in a similar way at the same time. The Countach, however, remained a classic tubular frame car.<\/p>\n\n\n

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