The 10 coolest Lamborghinis ever made

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It's hard to imagine that the man whose name graces the world’s most extreme sports cars started out building tractors.

A successful industrialist who also made heaters and air conditioners, Ferruccio Lamborghini bought a couple of Ferraris but found them — and Enzo Ferrari himself — somewhat lacking and decided to launch his own marque in 1963.

And truly, Lamborghinis have managed to make Ferraris feel a little tame by comparison ever since. Having overseen the debut of his first car in 1963 and several other models since, Lamborghini sold the company in the ‘70s; in 1997 it was acquired by the Volkswagen Group and placed under Audi’s aegis.

The past 50 years of Lamborghini production have seen the introduction of some of the fastest and most beautiful cars in the world. A cool new book by James Mann with photos by Stuart Codling from Motorbooks, Lamborghini Supercars 50 Years, is a suitably sybaritic tribute to the most famous thoroughbreds, from the Miura — arguably the world’s first supercar, which forever cemented his fame — to the 1980s models which looked like spacecraft at the time and are now starting to fetch equally astronomical prices at auction. With a foreword by Fabio Lamborghini, director of the family run Lamborghini museum, it’s a must for any enthusiast of the beauties bearing the mark of the bull.

Here are our picks of the 10 coolest Lambos ever made.

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350GT, 1964-1966

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Lamborghini’s first production car was successfully launched at the 1964 Geneva Auto Show and cost the equivalent of $120,000 today. More muscle-bound vehicles would follow.

Miura, 1966-1973

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The Miura, styled by Bertone, remains one of the most beautiful sports cars ever built. Famed owners like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Miles Davis certainly agreed on that.

Countach, 1974-1990

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The wedge shape look that came to define modern supercars has now come to represent the excesses of the ‘80s. Smart collectors bought them before prices started skyrocketing.