The boom in car sales continues in 2016 as Italian raging bull Lamborghini reports sales of 3,425 cars in 2015. This is a first in the luxury performance firm’s 53-year history and, believe it or not, it is already predicting that the sales pace will likely break records multiple times as 2016 progresses. This strong and steady growth in sales, as CEO Stephan Winkelmann described, can be attributed to the growing demand for supercars. “We are getting ready for groundbreaking changes with the introduction of our third model in 2018,” said Winkelmann of the Urus, a new sports SUV which, when it goes on sale will be marketed as the world’s fastest and most powerful off-roader. However, that car is two years away from becoming a production reality, and, for the year ahead, all attention will be focused on Ferruccio. This year marks the 100th birthday of the company’s charismatic founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini, with Lamborghini planning something special for the Geneva Motor Show: A limited edition supercar, expected to be called the Centenario, which will be restricted to just 20 examples. It will boast an even more powerfully tuned version of the 6.5-liter V12 engine currently found in the company’s range-topping Aventador Superveloce. Internal whispers suggest an output of 760bhp and a 0-100km/h time of 2.5 seconds. 1What has been made abundantly clear by Winkelmann is that the car will not be based on either the Huracán or the aforementioned Aventador. Instead it will be a “completely different” design and one that prospective clients have already seen and obviously love. No word of prices has yet been mentioned, but the suggestion is that all examples have already found a home.
