Automobili-Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as simply Lamborghini, is a subsidiary of German car manufacturer Audi AG http://www.audi.com/audi/com/en2/about_audi_ag/participations/lamborghini_holding.html Audi.com, which is in turn a subsidiary of Volkswagen. It is a manufacturer of high performance sports cars based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna. The company was founded in 1963 by businessman Ferruccio Lamborghini (April 28, 1916–February 20, 1993), who owned a successful tractor factory, Lamborghini Trattori S.p.A..