Lamborghini launches heritage department
Opening the company’s Polo Storico (historical hub) facility recently, Lamborghini chairman Stefano Domenicali said, ‘Heritage is the foundation for our future.’ The new department will cater for the 9453 cars from the first 40 years of Lamborghini production – that’s 350 GT to Diablo.
There are several facets to this project, which has taken two years to bring together. One is to provide certificates of authenticity and conformity, on the lines of Ferrari’s ‘Classiche’ programme. Lamborghini has also created its own dedicated restoration facility, currently able to handle 12 cars a year and already fully booked for 2017. Partly to assist this, the company is actively remanufacturing components that have become unavailable, using original suppliers where possible.
‘Last year alone 200 different parts were reinstated, including body panels, and we now carry €16m worth of classic spare parts for Lamborghinis,’ said head of aftersales, Paulo Gabrielli.
The Lamborghini Museum in Sant’agata has also been revamped as part of the initiative. This holds a frequently rotated two dozen cars out of a total of 69 in a collection that includes all models and most prototypes. We can reveal that plans are in motion to create a larger facility to display many more cars.
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‘It has created its own dedicated restoration facility, currently able to handle 12 cars a year. It’s fully booked’