Lamborghini Started with Tractors

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Lamborghini Started with Tractors

Manufacturing magnate Italian Ferruccio Lamborghini founded the company in 1963 and made himself a wealthy man through Lamborghini Trattori (tractors). Believe it or not, most of his early wealth was from his successful tractor business. So with that money, he bought many different Ferrari's, all with their own clutch problems. He confronted Enzo Ferrari for a replacement part, who replied "You're just a silly tractor manufacturer, how could you possibly know anything about sports cars?" Like any other hot-tempered Italian he spit on the floor, walked out in a fury and set about designing his own sports car. Four months later the Lamborghini 350GTV was unveiled and as you can guess, the rest is history.
Read more at http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/5-interesting-things-you-may-not-have-known-about-lamborghini#aOr2os8qo633ggpJ.99

lmao! "like any other hot-tempered italian"...

ferruccio showed enzo!

 

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that tractor looks like a boss!

 

[Capt. RiskyBoots]

Your move, Enzo.

 

[beowulf]

i knew this, lots of manufacturers started out in other things

toyota was originally in textiles, yamaha was musical instruments, bmw was aero engines, kawasaki was ship building

 

[Jazzy]

I'll take one tractor and one car please!