The December 2009 / January 2010 Magazine is now out with some great articles in it including:

• Pirelli Calendar 2010 Launch
• Ex-Shah of Iran's Miura SV
• Lamborghini Advertisements
• Euroa Shines
• Lamborghini, The Early Years: An Exclusive Gallery
• Lambo Drive Day - Victoria
• Project Countach - One of our club member's car restoration project.
• The Better Half
• Lambo Drive New South Wales
• Lamborghini Victoria Christmas Run
• Make-a-Wish Drive Day
• Espada #7972 Restoration
• Bull's Run - South Australia

Three to four issues of the magazine are produced each year in full colour. Club members receive a copy of each issue as part of their annual membership.

Smokin' Hot Lambos was the lead headline on the cover of Road & Track's November 2009 edition followed by "We test 4 of The Best Lamborghinis Ever!!". As if that wasn't enough, the four cars tested were:

1. Gallardo Balboni "Rear-Drive Rocket!",
2. Murciélago SV: "Better than a Bugatti?",
3. Gallardo Spyder: "Top-Down Fun!: and
4. Murciélago Roadster: "12-Cylinder Magic". Wow! What an issue.

Also in the exciting line-up of Lamborghini coverage was the Octane November 2009 issue shown below. "Lamborghini vs Ferrari-Clash of the Titans" was the catch cry.

Not far behind them was Auto Italia's Issue 163-7 October to 3 November with a beautiful Valentino Balboni on the cover. "Test Flight-We Drive the Very Best Handling Lamborghini Ever!" was the headline.

The December 2009 issue of Thoroughbred & Classic Cars had an excellent article on affordable supercars that included a Lamborghini Urraco in its line-up. There was also a great article on Gian Paulo Dallara with his key comment being "Every day we were learning, mostly at Lamborghini's expense". Interesting! Dallara had a key role in creating both the Miura and the Espada.

Other magazines to feature Lamborghini were :

• Classic & Sports Car January 2010-Diablo
• Classic & Sports Car February 2010-Silhouette vs Jalpa
• Thoroughbred & Classic Cars January 2010-Marzal Concept
• Thoroughbred & Classic Cars February 2010-Miura
• Top 50 Cars of the 1960's (A Classic Cars Special)-Miura
• Auto Italia Issue 162 9 September-6 October-Jalpa and Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder plus a full page on the Lambo Extravaganza.
• Octane December 2009- The Greatest Cars 1900-2010 which includes the Miura, Countach and Diablo. There is also an article on Valentino Balboni.
• Classics in Camera (an Octane Special) - which includes the Jota, Gallardo, Countach and Murciélago.

The September 2009 issue of the club magazine is now out and we have included some website links below that relate to several of the articles.

The Alpine Countach! - Pages 12 - 16

Alpine
http://www.alpine-europe.com/alpine-europe/mainsite/company/alpine-museum/alps-motorola-era.html

Illustrated Lamborghini Buyers Guide (Rob de la Rive Box) 
http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Lamborghini-Buyers-Guide-Rive/dp/0879381736

Gauthier, Haughtaling & Williams LLP http://www.ghwlaw.net/

Bobileff Motorcar Company http://www.bobileff.com/

LamboCars http://www.lambocars.com

Lamborghini Countach - Greatest Ever Sports Cars - Number 10 - Discovery Channel 
www.discoverychannel.co.uk/video/greatest-ever-sports-cars-no-10-lamborghini-countach/
(John Houghtaling's Alpine Countach car)

Movie Stars - Pages 18 - 23

This article is the first in a series to look at Lamborghini's featured in movies. The links below, support the article.

The Italian Job - 1969

Lamborghini Miura http://www.theitalianjob.com/cars_fastcars.htm

Video Clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lqtNThufkk

Interesting facts on the Miura car sequence including GPS co-ordinates. http://bit.ly/272aVs

The Man Who Haunted Himself - 1970

Lamborghini Islero S Video Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9MH4tzY_68

Islero Information - http://www.gtman.co.uk/Islero.html

The Cannonball Run - 1981

Video Clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFB6FfaNQ40

Wikipedia page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cannonball_Run

Miami Vice - 1985

Video Clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU964Wtmkkc

Dumb & Dumber - 1994

Vide Clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4f4EsPBvTk

Bedazzled - 2000

Bburago 1/24 model - http://www.spencer1984.com/my_models/bedazzled.php

IMCDB - http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_2316-Lamborghini-Diablo.html

Video clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQdaih30u1U

Die Another Day - 2002

IMCDB - http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_2317-Lamborghini-Diablo-1992.html

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_Car_Collection

Batman Begins - 2005

Fourtitude - http://fourtitude.rely.net/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/6/1396

Motor Trend - http://www.motortrend.com/auto_news/112_news050617_lambat/index.html

The Dark Knight - 2008

Motor Trend
http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2008/112_0807_batman_the_dark_knight/index.html

Video clip - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StjeJWVQXB4&feature=related

Goal II: Living the Dream - 2007

Interview with Francis Ward Lindsay
http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/francis-ward-lindsay-goal2-int.htm

IMCDB - http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_110612-Lamborghini-Gallardo-Spyder.html

Lamborghini Extravaganza

Melbourne 17^th - 19^th April 2009

Wow what an event! Lambo fever hit Melbourne and the bulls came from far and wide for a long weekend of social gatherings, a drive day and formal display.

Over the two days we had well over one hundred people and fifty different cars attend the event.

Friday nights welcome dinner for interstate visitors was planned to be a quiet night, however, the locals came out in force to welcome us all to Melbourne. The scene was set and expectations were high!

Early Saturday morning we met at Lamborghini Melbourne where Andrew Smith and his team hosted the group for a morning tea. It was great to see a number of older cars proudly sharing pride of place with the new Murcielagos and Gallardos in the Chapel Street showroom. A rare Diablo GTR race car was being prepared to ship to its new owner in Japan and sat alongside a Miura and a Countach. Downstairs a Countach was under repair and a 400 GT 2+2 was being made ready for tomorrow's display. After a guided tour and factory update the convoy was off!

Some thirty cars attended the drive down to the Mornington Peninsula, including a visit to see Rusty French's magnificent car collection and then on to lunch at the Sorrento Sailing Club. The weather held and a memorable day was enjoyed by all.

The day was capped off by a wonderful dinner at Santino's Restaurant on Lygon Street in Carlton.

Sunday was a blast! We started with about 40 cars meeting down at pit lane at Albert Park on the start finish line for the Australian Grand Prix. What an amazing sight! The cars then convoyed up through the Melbourne CBD and on to Docklands. We had 46 cars on display and a 47th in the car park! We believe this was the largest gathering of the marque ever assembled in the southern hemisphere and by anyone's standards this was a world class event.

The Lamborghinis on display included:

- 2x 400 GT 2+2 (the first two Lambos brought into Australia!)

- 4x Miura

- 2x Jarama

- 4x Espada

- 4x Countach

- 7x Urraco

- 1x Silhouette

- 1x Jalpa

- 6x Diablo (including a racing Diablo SVR)

- 7x Murcielago

- 8x Gallardo

The people's choice for the most popular Lamborghini went to the red Lamborghini Countach QV (shown above). This particular car travelled from Wollongong in NSW.

The best post 1990 Lamborghini went to the silver Diablo SV.

The best pre 1990 Lamborghini was the yellow Urraco P300.

By late afternoon the cars departed and a small group reminisced about a great weekend over more fine food and a few glasses of vino.

Salute Lamborghini!

We are pleased to confirm details for the Lamborghini Club of Australia's National Event to be held in Melbourne from Friday 17th to Monday 20th April 2009.

We are delighted to invite all club members to participate in what will be the biggest Lamborghini extravaganza held in the southern hemisphere.

We have planned a long weekend of events, including social gatherings, drive days and a formal display.

All cars from 350GT / 400GT through to Murcielago and Gallardo are most welcome to attend.

There will be a number of people (with their cars!) participating from interstate. We are aware of people committed to attend from both Queensland and NSW. For interstate visitors a number of rooms have been block booked at a city hotel.

The timetable of events scheduled is as follows:

Friday 17th April

• arrival of interstate and country visitors
• casual welcome dinner (details TBA)

Saturday 18th April

• visit to Lamborghini Australia's Melbourne Showroom
• drive to the Mornington Peninsula and lunch
• gala dinner to be held at an Italian restaurant in Carlton

Sunday 19th April

• Lamborghini display at New Quay, Docklands
• casual dinner (details TBA)

Monday 20th April

• drive and lunch

Participants are welcome to attend any or all of the events listed above.

Our target is to assemble 50 Lamborghinis at New Quay, Docklands on the Sunday!

To book accommodation, attend any or all of the events or for more information on this event please contact our Victorian Club Coordinators Domenic & Marcela Quattrocchi on mobile: 0403 472 037 or the Club President Mark Jansen on mobile: 0417 828 569 or via email at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We look forward to your participation in this event.

Click here to  download the event flyer 133.37 Kb .

The Lamborghini Club of Australia website has finally arrived! At last we have joined the 21st century and our website will provide a forum for Lamborghini owners and enthusiasts to better promote the marque down under. Importantly it will also provide another communication medium for our members and keep them up-to-date with Club activities.

On a per capita basis Lamborghini has always sold very well in Australia and we estimate there are in excess of 400 of these amazing cars here. This website will hopefully further promote our existence and encourage owners and enthusiasts of all models from the original 350GT through to the Murcielago and Gallardo to join our Club.

Put simply the purpose of our club is to provide a forum for Lamborghini owners and enthusiasts to meet and enjoy the cars and the friendship people who share a common passion.

Can you imagine . . . a beautiful sunny day, as a dozen Lambos blast up through the blue mountains in convoy . . .

Key Club activities include:

• Regular events, including: runs, drive days, displays, car shows, lunches and other social outings
• Club magazine - The Bull's Roar
• Club accessories and Lamborghini memorabilia
• The opportunity to meet other owners and share information and experiences about the cars
• Networking with other Lamborghini owners nationally and worldwide
• Connect with a large amount of knowledge shared between hundreds of Lamborghini owners, enthusiasts and experts worldwide
• Discount on parts
• The opportunity to conserve and promote the Lamborghini heritage in Australia

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards and safe motoring.

The Lamborghini Club of Australia