Ferruccio Lamborghini
1916-1993
Lamborghini started out as a prosperous maker of tractors and air
conditioning and heating units systems after World War II, Lamborghini was
an passionate owner of sports cars, including Ferraris. He noticed that some
of the clutch
components were the same as the ones he used on his tractors,
as well as suffering frequent dependability issues not unknown
to Ferraris. He approached Enzo Ferrari with his criticism.
Ferrari offended Lamborghini, efficiently stating that a tractor manufacturer
was not qualified to censure Ferraris. Affronted by Ferrari's response,
Lamborghini decided to "build better cars than Ferrari" and to prove that
supercars did not have to be as temperamental as Ferraris. In order to achieve his goal, he founded his own rival sports
car manufacturer near the Ferrari factory, and hired ex-Ferrari engineers
Gianpaolo Dallara and Bob Wallace to design and develop the cars. His initial
manufacture car, the Lamborghini 350GT, was greater in every reverence that
Lamborghini had criticised in his Ferraris. His third model, the Miura, was a
ground-breaking and legendary car that started the kind of the mid-engined
supercar. He has developed many unique designs that describe the Italians best
when they design cars: luxurious, smart and safe.
