Lamborghini is the only sport car brand can rival the prestige status of Ferrari. In many ways, it is even more exotic than Ferrari in the eyes of car lovers, thanks to the loss-making supercars it produced throughout its 40 years history - Miura, Countach, Diablo and Murcielago. Lamborghini has proven itself as the biggest headache to Enzo Ferrari because there is hardly a flagship Ferrari without a Bull to compete with.
Financial instability used to limit the success of Lamborghini. However, since acquired by Audi in 1998, it has been growing stronger and stronger. Thanks to Audi's quality standard, new generation of Lamborghinis no longer suffer quality problems like their predecessors. The cars are also made easier to live with. The addition of the smaller Gallardo allowed Lamborghini to target at a volume in excess of 2000 units, which brought financial stability to Sant'Agata for the first time.
Undoubtedly, Ferrari is the most famous sports car manufacturer in the world. This is not only due to its unmatchable success in Formula 1 racing history, but also the fabulous road cars it built through the years. Ferrari cars are renowned for sexy looks and spectacular speed. Since the 1990s they are also reasonably user friendly and reliable. In addition to their rarity and heritage, it is easy to see why Ferrari is the most sought after sports car marque from millionaires.
One of the most prestigous names in automotive history, Bugatti was resurrected by Volkswagen group in 1998. Today, it builds only one car, Veyron EB16.4, in the original site where Ettore Bugatti founded the company a century ago. Design and engineering are done in Germany by its parent company.
The supercar booming period running from the late 1980s to mid-1990s created a lot of dream cars as well as many unfulfilled dreams. Born just before the burst of the supercar bubble, McLaren F1 was the best of them all. Not only by far the fastest, it was also the best engineered and the most innovative one. Thanks must go to its creator, Gordon Murray.
Murray is no stranger to motorsport fans. Before moving to road car design, he was already a famed Formula One car designer. He had a C.V. everybody would envy � the Brabham BT46B ground effect "fan car", the low-slung Brabham BT55 and the most dominant F1 car in history, McLaren MP4/4, which won 15 out of 16 races with Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. Innovation seems to be the middle name of Gordon Murray.
In 1989, attracted by the boom of The supercar booming period running from the late 1980s to mid-1990s created a lot of dream cars as well as many unfulfilled dreams. Born just before the burst of the supercar bubble, McLaren F1 was the best of them all. Not only by far the fastest, it was also the best engineered and the most innovative one. Thanks must go to its creator, Gordon Murray.
The name of Daimler is quite confusing. It used to be "Daimler-Benz", named after the two founders of the company, Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz. In 1998, it merged with Chrysler and was therefore renamed to DaimlerChrysler. Following their divorce in 2007, the Germany company changed its name to "Daimler", losing the name of one of its co-founders.
Even more confusing is that Daimler never marketed its cars under its own name, because Jaguar holds the rights of the Daimler name due to some historical reasons. Instead, Daimler always sells its cars as "Mercedes-Benz", which is totally irrelevant to the group name now.
Daimler or Mercedes-Benz, it is the oldest car maker in the world and has long been the benchmark of mass production premium cars. Its truck division is the largest in the world.
