Lamborghini 350 GT

Lamborghini
Lamborghini 350 GT
350 GT
Production period:	1964-1967
Class :	Sports car
Body versions :	Coupe
Engines:	Otto engine : 3.5 liters (206 kW)
Length:	4460 mm
Width:	1730 mm
Height:	1280 mm
Wheelbase :	2550 mm
Empty weight :	1210 kg
Previous model	Lamborghini 350 GTV (prototype)
successor	Lamborghini 400 GT

The Lamborghini 350 GT was the first sports car to be mass-produced by Lamborghini . Production of the 120 copies built began in 1964 and ended in 1967.

engine

The engine of the 350 GT had a displacement of 3.5 liters, twelve cylinders and four overhead camshafts. It developed 206 kW (280 PS). This enables acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in 6.4 seconds and a top speed of 239 to 260 km / h, depending on the gear ratio.

Body and technology

The body built at Carrozzeria Touring , which was based on a design by Franco Scaglione , was made using Superleggera technology. It usually offered two seats; for an extra charge there was an additional emergency seat in the rear In contrast to the contemporary Ferrari models, the front and rear wheels were independently suspended and guided on double wishbones of unequal length. Served for the delay disc brakes from Girling on all four wheels.

Prototypes and special models

350 GTV

→ Main article : Lamborghini 350 GTV

The forerunner of the 350 GT was the 350 GTV ( G ran T urismo V eloce ) presented at the Turin Salon in 1963 . In contrast to the 350 GT, it had pop-up headlights. It was presented without a motor at the Turin Motor Show in 1963. The 350 GTV only got its engine when Lamborghini dealer Romano Bernardoni bought it and extensively restored it. The 350 GTV could be driven for the first time in 1990 - 27 years after its first appearance.

3500 GTZ

The Lamborghini 3500 GTZ Zagato was presented at the London Motor Show in 1965. Technically, it was based on the Lamborghini 350 GT, but the wheelbase was shortened by ten centimeters compared to the base model. The design of the 350 GT was significantly modified for the 3500 GTZ by the then Zagato chief designer Ercole Spada . Spada's aluminum body is reminiscent of the Alfa Romeo TZ2 and the Ferrari 250 GTO with its concealed headlights and the demolished rear end . The initiative for this project went back to a Lamborghini dealer in Milan; Ferruccio Lamborghini, on the other hand, didn't think much of Zagato's version of his car and rejected series production simply because he found the car ugly. Thanks to its aerodynamically more favorable body and significantly lower weight, the GTZ was noticeably faster than the base model; Zagato spoke of a top speed of 280 km / h, a value that was never checked in a test.

A total of two GTZ were created. The first produced exhibit (chassis number 0310) still exists; it was last in the Ruhr area . A second copy (chassis number 0322) was initially used by Lamborghini's chief engineer Paolo Stanzani before it was sold to Hong Kong and destroyed there in an accident.

350 GTS

The Lamborghini 350 GTS , a converted 350 GT into a convertible , was presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1965. Only two copies were built because Ferruccio Lamborghini was of the opinion that a perfect high-performance sports car should be as quiet and comfortable as possible, an ideal which a convertible only met to a limited extent.

Technical specifications

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  Rear view of a Lamborghini 350 GT

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  Lamborghini 350 GTV

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  engine

Literature and Sources

• Automobile revue. , Catalog numbers 1964/1965 (technical data)
• The car models. , Issues 1965/66 and 1966/67 (technical data, price)
• Anthony Pritchard: Lamborghini. The history of the supercars from Sant'Agata. Heel Verlag, Königswinter 2006, ISBN 3-89880-574-3 .
• Coal power plant: Driving report and development history of the Lamborghini 350 GTZ in: Motor Klassik 2/2002. P. 46 ff.

Web links

Commons : Lamborghini 350 GT  - collection of images

• Lamborghini history 1963-1964

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Illustration of the 3500 GTZ Zagato