A tremendous thorn in
Ferrari’s side was born 100 years ago today. His name was Ferruccio Lamborghini, and today
his company’s cars are among the wildest and most desirable on the market. While the people of Sant’Agata Bolognese are probably raising several glasses of vino to Mr. Lamborghini,
Hemmings has put together a great read on the man behind the brand.
Lamborghini’s start in the auto industry is the stuff of legend. Unsatisfied with the cars he bought from Ferrari and infuriated after being snubbed by the company’s founder, Enzo, Lamborghini added an eponymous auto manufacturer to his tractor-building efforts. The
Hemmings piece chronicles this feud, but digs far deeper into the brand’s early days. Did you know part of the reason Lamborghini founded his company in Sant’Agata was because of the absolutely killer deal the local government cut with the company’s founder? Seriously, the government gave out interest-free loans and exemptions from corporate taxes for its first ten years. Not a bad deal.
From hiring Giotto Bizzarrini to design the company’s early V12
engines to the debut of the iconic Miura, there’s a lot of information here about the man and the company he built, going up until the 1970s, when he sold his shares and retired at just 58 years of age.
Head over to Hemmings for the full read.
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