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  1. Bob Wallace (4 October 1938 – 19 September 2013) was a New Zealand test driver, automotive engineer and mechanic, best known for his role in developing early Lamborghini road cars.

  2. Mar 20, 2023 · Wallace was the chief test driver at Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini SpA for 12 years—between 1963 and 1975—when he played a crucial role in developing some of the early legends of the marque, in the process shaping the image of Lamborghini far into the future.

  3. Sep 23, 2013 · Initially Bob Wallace would be a mechanic at Lamborghini, in his own words ‘a troubleshooter’ he actually helped to evolve the Bizzarrini developed V12 into a GT engine, Bob even built some of the first Lamborghini 350GT production cars in the early Sixties.

  4. Sep 26, 2013 · Sadly, Bob Wallace has passed away. He was Lamborghini's Chief Test Driver from 1964 to 1975 and the father of the legendary Miura SV Jota and Ferruccio's only hot rod, the Jarama S "Bob."

  5. Oct 3, 2013 · The man credited with developing the ground-breaking Lamborghini Miura, Bob Wallace, has died at his United States home aged 75.

  6. Oct 18, 2018 · After going upstairs, Balboni was faced with Ferruccio Lamborghini, Bob Wallace—Lamborghini's first chief test driver, a New Zealander who'd been hired away from Maserati's race team and a...

  7. Mar 11, 2021 · Following the LP 500’s success in Geneva, Lamborghini’s chief test driver Bob Wallace used the car, equipped with a more reliable 4-liter engine, for every possible kind of road test.

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