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Last year was a
positive one for Audi owned Automobili Lamborghini, the
Italian sportscar brand posting 4.4 million euro net profit,
up from 4.1 million euros in 2004. The details were
contained in Audi's annual report, released yesterday, which
revealed that the Bologna-based prestige brand achieved a
turnover which totalled 243 million euros.
Lamborghini
manufactured 1,436 cars last year, slightly down on 2004's
total of 1,678. The 5.0-litre V10 engined mid-size Gallardo
sportscar accounted for 978 units (down from 1,294 in 2004)
while the 6.2-litre V12 Murciélago supercar saw its sales
rise, boosted by growing demand for the Roadster version, to
464 units (up from 384 in 2004). Lamborghini sold 1,601 cars
last year as they reduced existing stocks. These sales were
made up of 1,072 Gallardo models (1,215 in 2004) and 529 of
the larger Murciélago (377 in 2004).
The Automobili
Lamborghini Holdings division at the end of 2005 consists of
the Automobili Lamborghini, Lamborghini ArtiMarca,
Lamborghini Motori Marini and Autogerma. The Lamborghini
Group (excluding Autogerma) had 725 employees at the end of
last year (as opposed to 726 on 31st December 2004) with 138
employed in Research & Development, fractionally down from
the 144 in this area at the end of 2004. (Autogerma
increased its employees by 8.6 pct to 836 at the end of last
year, up from 770 at 31st Dec 2004 as the result of
increased sales activity).
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