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[–] SmokeyMeadow 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Ferrucio Lamborghini was a successful tractor magnate long before his line of cars existed. In fact, he only started building sports cars because of a feud with Enzo Ferrari. Lamborghini had purchased one of Ferrari's sports cars as a present for his wife. She had a bit of trouble driving stick, and managed to burn out something like three clutches in it. Lamborghini then had the idea to fit the vehicle with a heavy duty clutch from one of his tractors. Problem solved. Lamborghini was so pleased with his work that he mentioned it to Enzo Ferrari the next time they saw each other at a party. Ferrari was horrified to hear that his design had been monkeyed with in such a way. To him, his cars were perfection. You don't "fix" perfection by bolting a tractor clutch to it. The resulting argument was so legendary that it sparked the creation of Lamborghini's automobile line, entirely out of spite.

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[–] middle_path 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That's awesome. What a cool story.

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[–] SmokeyMeadow 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

You'll notice that in the video, tractor guy mentions that Lamborghini's automobile line wasn't particularly profitable off the bat. It wasn't really until 1974 that they hit their stride, with the introduction of the Countach. That car captured the imagination of a lot of young men, and was revolutionary in terms of its styling. Of course they still make some awesome tractors as well. One was featured on an episode of Top Gear.

The corporate rivalry between Ferrari and Lamborghini continues to this day. When Ferrari pitched a fit over Deadmaus' vinyl-wrapped "Purrari" 458 Italia, and eventually took his car away, Lamborghini was quick to help him out with a replacement, the so-called 'Nyanborghini Purracan."

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[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Indeed. They don't really get into that, but there's a documentary about the origins. They do touch on some of his early history, which is neat.

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[–] 16393106? ago 

And to this day, the lambo is still the fuckwit's supercar. All kinds of nanny systems to keep retarded rich fucktards who can't drive from crashing them.