All good things must come to an end, and so does this excellent Lamborghini documentary with its seventh episode dedicated to the Sesto Elemento, the high-performance concept car designed by Lamborghini for the 2010 Paris Motor Show. For the ones who don’t know, the sixth element in the periodic table is carbon, which explains the name’s choice: this vehicle’s chassis, body, driveshaft and suspension are in fact made of carbon fiber, which has reduced Lamborghini Sesto Elemento’s overall weight to an astonishing 999 kilograms (2,200 lb).

And its lightness, combined with the power of its V10 motor, has enabled this concept car to reach outstanding standards in terms of performance: 0–100 km/h (0-62 mph) acceleration time of just 2.5 seconds and a top speed of 350 km/h (217 mph).

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The Lamborghini Museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese is the focus of the sixth part of this documentary exploring this maker’s history and production from an insider’s point of view.

Born in 2001, this very impressive museum covers the entire history of the exclusive car maker in all its aspects. The photo gallery highlights Lamborghini’s milestones and it includes black and white stills of old production lines as well as advertising shots and pictures of all the different vehicles.

Within the historical models on display on the ground floor you can find some gems such as the first 350 GT built by Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, the Miura S, the Espada, the Urraco and the Silhouette as well as some prototypes such as the Countach 001 and the Lamborghini LM 002. On the other hand the first floor is dedicated to more contemporary vehicles such as design, concept, exotic and racing cars. It also includes an area displaying everything you need to know about Lamborghini’s marine motors such as the Toro.

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The fifth episode of this Lamborghini documentary focuses on the Gallardo, and in particular on two models: the Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Leggera and the Gallardo Spyder.

The Super Leggera’s structure can be summed up in an ultra-light body stretched over a tubular frame, and thanks to the extensive use of carbon fibre this vehicle has been crowned the lightest in the Lamborghini range. With a top speed of 325 km/h (202 mph), the LP 570-4 Super Leggera only comes second to the Aventador in terms of performance.

The Gallardo Spyder was first unveiled at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show as an “al fresco” version of the v10 super sports car. Needless to say, watching this video only makes you wish you could jump immediately in one of these jewels and spend the rest of your life cruising from riviera to riviera.

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Here’s the fourth part of this amazing Lamborghini documentary, and today we explore what’s going on behind closed doors at the Lamborghini factory in Sant’Agata Bolognese. These historic premises at the moment accomodate more or less 850 employees, who work meticulously to produce the iconic super sports cars in an environment as neat and clean as an operating theatre.

Lamborghini’s exclusive production line only delivers an average of a dozen units a day and features a mixture of hi-tech and hand craftsmanship, which ensures vehicles are assembled to the highest quality standards.

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If you’re a true Lamborghini fan, you can’t miss the third episode of this documentary, which describes what’s going on around Lambo’s HQ in Sant’Agata Bolognese. And I’m saying around because the most striking thing in this footage is probably Lamborghini HQ’s car park, where fans regularly flock in to show off their super sports cars, or just to view the unusual parade which includes rare and exotic specimens.

The place has become the world’s largest gathering of 12-cylinders, where you can see the most extravagant models cruising around as in a quite surreal catwalk show. Enjoy!

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As we announced yesterday, we are going to spend every day a little time down Lamborghini’s memory lane in order to better understand this maker’s tradition and to learn a bit more about its iconic vehicles. Today the limelight is set on the Lamborghini Murcielago, named after a fighting bull that during a corrida in 1879 managed to survive despite being hit by 28 sword strokes.

This amazing sports car has replaced the Diablo in 2001 as Lamborghini’s flagship vehicle up until 2010, delighting us with its unique features such as the scissors doors, the incredibly low-slung coupe body, and the roof line that rises just below 4 feet off the ground.

More Lamborghini history here.

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We’ve decided to share with you a very interesting seven-part documentary describing the history of the Lamborghini brand as well as of its most famous models. Today we are going to publish the first part, which is dedicated to the amazing Lamborghini Aventador, a vehicle that since 2011 has become the new flagship model of this Italian car manufacturer and that has set the bar very high in terms of performance, style, aerodynamic and materials used. Follow us every day this week to view the other episodes describing everything you need to know about Lamborghini’s production and vehicles.

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