Who owns it?
Built by IT Italy, 1963
1998
Owned by DE Germany, Wolfsburg

Lamborghini is Italian by birth and German by ownership.

Audi bought Automobili Lamborghini for the Volkswagen Group on 10 July 1998 after its Indonesian owner Megatech ran out of money.

Where it sits

Four levels. A figure marks a company boundary crossed; a word means the figure was never published.

Porsche SE
DE Stuttgart Porsche Automobil Holding SE PAH3.DE the chain ends here
Volkswagen AG
DE Wolfsburg Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft VOW3.DE
53.3%of the votes
Audi
DE Ingolstadt AUDI AG
100%
Lamborghini
IT Sant'Agata Bolognese Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.
100%

Porsche SE controls Volkswagen AG with 53.3% of the votes, since 2009. The headline names Volkswagen AG because that is the company a reader is looking for.

63 years, two owners

The year is coloured by whoever held it at the time.

  1. 1963 Ferruccio Lamborghini founded the car company at Sant'Agata Bolognese in 1963.
  2. 1998 Audi bought Automobili Lamborghini for the Volkswagen Group on 10 July 1998 after its Indonesian owner Megatech ran out of money.
Volkswagen AG 8 marques

One German group holding Skoda, SEAT, Audi, Porsche, Bentley and Lamborghini. The group itself is controlled by the Porsche and Piech families through a holding company, on votes rather than shares.

Germany 3
Audi Ingolstadt Porsche Stuttgart Volkswagen a marque
Spain 2
CUPRA a marque SEAT Martorell
Czechia 1
Skoda Auto Mlada Boleslav
the United Kingdom 1
Bentley Crewe
Italy 1
Lamborghini Sant'Agata Bolognese