Facts You Must Know About Lamborghini

兰博基尼小档案

（选自《英语世界》2013年第5期）

文/玛德思·菲坎   译/徐宁

By Mads Phican

Fact 1: The charging golden bull on a black background is the logo of the car company and it represents the Taurus, the sun sign of Ferruccio. The bull signifies stability, strength and determination. Amusingly the choice of an animal and the colors used on the Lamborghini logo are suspiciously similar to the Ferrari logo (a black horse on a yellow background). It is believed that this was no accident on the part of Lamborghini, who had a long standing rivalry with Ferrari.

事实1：兰博基尼汽车公司的标志是黑底上一头蓄势待发的金色公牛，代表着费鲁乔的太阳星座——金牛座。公牛象征着稳定、力量和决心。有趣的是，兰博基尼标志所选的动物和颜色与法拉利的标志（一匹印在黄色背景上的黑马）很像。据信，对兰博基尼来说这绝非偶然，因为它一直把法拉利视为自己长期的竞争对手。

Fact 2: The fastest Lamborghini is the Le Mans version of the Murcielago R-GT model. It has been reported to have a top speed of 370 km/h. The fastest street model from Lamborghini is the Murcielago LP 640 with an estimated top speed of 340 km/h. Both of the models have a V12 engine with more than 6000 cc.

事实2：最快的兰博基尼是蝙蝠R-GT车型的勒芒版。据报道，它的最高时速可达370千米。兰博基尼最快的道路版车型是蝙蝠LP 640，据估计它的最高速度可达340千米/小时。这两款车型都安装有超过6升的V12发动机。

Fact 3: Several of the newer Lamborghini models feature the familiar Lamborghini scissor doors that rotate up and forward on a hinge near the front of the door. The Countach, the Diablo and the Murcielago all have scissor doors, but the Gallardo does not.

事实3：兰博基尼有几款较新的车型装配了大家熟悉的剪刀门，这种门可以通过靠近前门的铰链向上向前旋转。康塔什、鬼怪和蝙蝠系列都配有剪刀门，但是盖拉多系列没有。

Fact 4: No Lamborghini have ever been produced with less than a V8 engine. Most of the Lamborghini models throughout the history of the company have come with the legendary Lamborghini V12 engine, but the newest model, Gallardo, only have a V10 engine. No Lamborghini models with a V8 engine have been since production of the Silhouette stopped in 1989.

事实4：兰博基尼汽车从未安装过V8以下的发动机。纵观兰博基尼的历史，大多数车型都安装了兰博基尼著名的V12发动机，但是最新的车型盖拉多却只安装了V10发动机。自从1989年雪尔悉脱系列停产以后，兰博基尼就没有再生产过安装V8发动机的车型。

Fact 5: The first Lamborghini was the 350 GTV from 1963. It was extremely fast for its time with a top speed of 280 km/h. In 1964 a smaller version of the 350 GTV appeared. The smaller version was called 350 GT and had a top speed of 240 km/h. The Countach from 1974 was the first Lamborghini to go faster than 300 km/h.

事实5：兰博基尼第一款汽车是1963年推出的350 GTV，其最高时速可达280千米，在那个时代算是非常快了。1964年，兰博基尼推出了350 GTV的缩小版，这款车被命名为350 GT，最高时速可达240千米。1974年推出的康塔什是兰博基尼第一款时速超过300千米的车型。

Fact 6: In 1975 Walter Wolf, a rich Canadian businessman and F1 racing team owner, persuade Lamborghini to produce three super powered Countach models. The Wolf Countach had the same engine as the original Countach prototype and was able to reach a top speed of 315 km/h.

事实6：1975年，加拿大富商、F1车队的老板沃尔特·沃尔夫说服兰博基尼生产了三款超强动力的康塔什车型。为沃尔夫打造的康塔什安装了与原型车一样的发动机，时速最高可达315千米。

Fact 7: Lamborghini not only produces cars but also has a whole range of off-beat products such as perfumes, high-heels female shoes and ASUS Lamborghini notebook computers, just to name a few.          ■

事实7：兰博基尼不仅生产汽车，而且还拥有各种各样与汽车毫不相关的产品，比如香水、女士高跟鞋、华硕兰博基尼笔记本电脑，这里就不一一列举了。   □