LOVE ME DO - Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 honours The Beatles on The 60th Anniversary of Their First Song Release

October 2022 - Sant'Agata Bolognese

Lamborghini went on an unique tour of London in a Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2, travelling from Abbey Road Studios to Savile Row and many more iconic streets.

On the 60th anniversary of the release of The Beatles' debut single "Love Me Do" on October 5, 1962, Lamborghini pays tribute to the most successful and influential band in the world, The Beatles.

When the Beatles performed their last performance on the roof of their Savile Row Apple Corps headquarters on January 30, 1969, a Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2, Rosso Alfa exterior with Nero inside was parked on the street below. The car is featured in the most recent, award-winning Beatles documentary, Get Back, directed by Peter Jackson.

Sir Paul McCartney was particularly enamoured with the Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2, although all four Beatles were motor enthusiasts. Despite the lack of solid documentation, several sources imply that McCartney had one around the time The Beatles recorded their "White Album" in 1968, including the iconic "Let It Be."

Three years after the establishment of Automobili Lamborghini, the 400 GT 2+2 was debuted in 1966. Despite the company's youth, the 400 GT 2+2 was acknowledged as one of the greatest grand tourers available. It was the perfect realisation of Ferruccio Lamborghini's original aim of creating the fastest, most comfortable, and most visually beautiful GT, and its 2+2 configuration made it a very practical vehicle. It was created by Carrozzeria Touring, one of the leading companies at the time in terms of beauty and craftsmanship, and was equipped with a 4-liter DOHC V-12 engine, the architecture of which remains Automobili Lamborghini's hallmark today.

The Lamborghini in which The Beatles' last concert was seen.

In the most recent Lamborghini video, Dylan Jones OBE, an English journalist, author, and broadcaster who has conducted numerous interviews with Sir Paul McCartney, retraces this journey, taking us back to the 1960s to examine London's impact on the songwriter and the era he and the other band members so profoundly shaped.

Jones notes, "London was the wellspring of McCartney's inspiration, the city that affected his writing, creative processes, and boundless curiosity." If he had previously considered himself a traditionalist, the fast changes in London's underground culture spurred him to explore his creativity, and he continued to cooperate with John Lennon to create a string of unrivalled musical masterpieces.