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Written by Rowan Horncastle
Lambo"s Polo Storico department is the Italian supercar manufacturer"s restoration arm. With their own vintage shed at the Sant"Agata Bolognese factory, if you give them a bent and broken Lamborghini of old, enough money and plenty of time, they"ll bend it back into shape with such a detailed eye for perfection that when they"re done with it it"ll look like it just rolled off the line. Over the past few years, everything from a one-off Miura SVR (a car its manufacturer describes as "one of the most astonishing Lamborghinis ever built") to monstrous LM002s have been freshly restored to their former glory. Recently, Polo Storico got to work on one of the most intriguing Lambos ever, the 1992 Minardi M191B. The Minardi was one of only a few interactions that Lamborghini had with the world of Formula One. When turbocharging was outlawed in 1989, Lamborghini stepped up to the plate with a screaming V12. And what an engine. A big engine. A screaming 3.5-litre V12. It first went in a Larrousse Lola chassis, as, being new to the sport, Lambo didn"t want to put the V12 into a top-tier team just in case it went pop and ruined its credibility as an engine manufacturer. When it rolled out at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, many ears in and around the paddock agreed that it was the best sounding engine on the grid. However, it was quite unreliable.
Date written: 17 Jul 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12588
Lambo"s Polo Storico department is the Italian supercar manufacturer"s restoration arm. With their own vintage shed at the Sant"Agata Bolognese factory, if you give them a bent and broken Lamborghini of old, enough money and plenty of time, they"ll bend it back into shape with such a detailed eye for perfection that when they"re done with it it"ll look like it just rolled off the line. Over the past few years, everything from a one-off Miura SVR (a car its manufacturer describes as "one of the most astonishing Lamborghinis ever built") to monstrous LM002s have been freshly restored to their former glory. Recently, Polo Storico got to work on one of the most intriguing Lambos ever, the 1992 Minardi M191B. The Minardi was one of only a few interactions that Lamborghini had with the world of Formula One. When turbocharging was outlawed in 1989, Lamborghini stepped up to the plate with a screaming V12. And what an engine. A big engine. A screaming 3.5-litre V12. It first went in a Larrousse Lola chassis, as, being new to the sport, Lambo didn"t want to put the V12 into a top-tier team just in case it went pop and ruined its credibility as an engine manufacturer. When it rolled out at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, many ears in and around the paddock agreed that it was the best sounding engine on the grid. However, it was quite unreliable.
Date written: 17 Jul 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 12588
