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{{Infobox Automobile
| image          = [[Image:Lamborghini Uracco white vr EMS.jpg|250px]]
| name           = Lamborghini Urraco
| related        = [[Lamborghini Silhouette]]<br />[[Lamborghini Jalpa]]
| manufacturer   = [[Lamborghini]]
| parent_company = [[Lamborghini]]
| class          = [[Sports car]]
| assembly       = 
| layout         = [[RMR layout|RMR]]
| body_style     = [[2+2]] [[coupe]]
| production     = 1971-1979<br>791 produced
| predecessor    = none
| successor      = [[Lamborghini Jalpa]]
}}

[[Image:Lambo Uracco UK.JPG|thumb|left|Lamborghini Urraco side profile]]

The '''Lamborghini Urraco''' was a [[sports car]] manufactured by [[Italy|Italian]] automaker [[Lamborghini]] in the 1970s. It was introduced at the [[Turin]] auto show in 1970 but wasn't available to buyers until 1973.

The car was a [[2 plus 2|2+2]] [[coupé]] with body designed by [[Marcello Gandini]], at the time working for Carrozzeria [[Bertone]]. Rather than being another [[supercar|sports car at the highest level of performance]], like the [[Lamborghini Miura]], the Urraco was more affordable, an alternative to the contemporary [[Ferrari Dino]] and [[Maserati Merak]].

When production ended in 1979, 791 Urracos had been built. Twenty-one of these were labelled '''Urraco P111''' for the American market. In order to comply with American regulations, these cars had larger front bumpers and emissions controls, the latter resulting in less horsepower for the American version. The other Urraco versions were the '''Urraco P200''', '''Urraco P250''' and '''Urraco P300''' with 2 litre, 2.5 litre, and 3 litre V-8 respectively.

Both the [[Lamborghini Silhouette]], with its detachable roof panel, and its successor [[Lamborghini Jalpa]], with a 3.5 litre V-8 engine, were based upon the Urraco.

==Popular Culture==

A black [[1975]] 117 horsepower Urraco was bought in [[2005]] by [[James May]] for use in a Cheap Car Challenge for the British car programme [[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]]. The car was in mechanically awful condition, as evidenced when it was shown arriving at the starting point of the challenge on an [[AA]] lorry. However, both the other supercars, [[Richard Hammond]]'s [[Ferrari 308 GT4]], and [[Jeremy Clarkson]]'s [[Maserati Merak]], broke down beyond repair during the final challenge, a 60 mile drive to a nightclub in [[Slough]], it seemed it would reach the finish line. However, the car broke down a few miles away from the club on the [[A4 (road)|A4]]. It is believed to have been sold to a buyer in London for £5000.  

==Sources==
* [http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/ Lamborghini Registry]

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[[Category:Lamborghini vehicles|Urraco]]
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[[Category:1970s automobiles]]