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Lamborghini Flying Star II 1966 - Flying star and final spurt from Touring

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Created on March 21, 2013

Reading time 5min

Written by:

Stefan Fritschi

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Lamborghini 4000 GT Flying Star II (1966) - Einzelstück von Touring - war lange in Frankreich unterwegs, daher die gelben Scheinwerfer

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Lamborghini 4000 GT Flying Star II (1966) - Einzelstück von Touring mit eigenständiger Form

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Lamborghini 4000 GT Flying Star II (1966) - Einzelstück von Touring mit Sportkombiheck

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Lamborghini 4000 GT Flying Star II (1966) - Interieur des Einzelstücks von Touring

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Lamborghini 4000 GT 'Flying Star II' Touring (1966) - Interieur des Einzelstücks, gesehen am Autosalon von Turin 1966

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Lamborghini 4000 GT Flying Star II (1966) - Einzelstück von Touring

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Lamborghini Flying Star Touring (1966) - das Gewicht betrug nur 1'080 kg, dank der speziellen Bauweise (Rétromobile 2013)

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Lamborghini Flying Star Touring (1966) - dieser Wagen war die letzte Eigenkonstruktion der Carozzeria Touring bis zur Wiederaufnahme im Jahr 2008 (Rétromobile 2013)

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Lamborghini Flying Star Touring (1966) - auf Basis eines 350 GT als Einzelstück gebaut (Rétromobile 2013)

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Lamborghini Flying Star Touring (1966) - erstmals gezeigt auf dem Turiner Salon 1966 - restauriert durch Touring Superleggera (Rétromobile 2013)

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Summary

This article contains the following chapters

The first Lamborghini Shooting Brake
Pure two-seater with estate rear end
Boxy rear end ahead of contemporary taste
Reduced cockpit with just two instruments
Touring's last and first work
Further information

Estimated reading time: 5min

Preview (beginning of the article)

It was one of the stars of the 1966 Turin Motor Show and at the same time the swan song of the renowned Carrozzeria Touring with its Superleggera concept: the Lamborghini 4000 GT Flying Star II. The time was not yet ripe for the combination of Gran Turismo and estate car. The Lamborghini 350 GT is the very first production Lamborghini to help the agricultural machinery manufacturer with Carrozzeria Touring design and bodywork achieve its breakthrough as a car manufacturer. And with the in-house 12-cylinder front-mounted aluminum engine designed by Giotto Bizzarrini, it becomes a fine Gran Turismo in the spirit of gentleman driver and company founder Ferruccio Lamborghini. When you think of Turismo, you inevitably think of taking luggage with you on tour: a sore point with many GTs.

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