5 'facts' about Lamborghini
1. LAMBORGHINI IS NAMED AFTER ITS FOUNDER
2. THE ORIGINAL LAMBOS WERE TRACTORS
Lamborghini, the company originally made tractors. After the war, the company's founders saw an emerging market for agricultural equipment and vehicles. This is when the founder built his first tractor from parts of a former military vehicle. The tractor was known as the 'Carioca' tractor.
Based on the success of this tractor, Ferruccio Lamborghini developed his first company - Lamborghini Trattori.
3. LAMBORGHINI CAME INTO EXISTENCE AS A CHALLENGE
Lamborghini is a direct competitor to Ferrari. Surprisingly, the credit for the existence of Lamborghini goes to Enzo Ferrari. Lamborghini was very successful in its agricultural vehicles business, at the same time that Enzo Ferrari founded his famous sports car brand.
Ferruccio was a big fan of sports cars and owned a Ferrari 250 GT. However, he faced some issues with the clutch of the car. To resolve the issue, Ferrari used agricultural clutches but Ferruccio did not like it, especially when it broke. He told Enzo about the problem and the two well-known automakers got into a scuffle.
Enzo responded by telling Ferruccio to focus on tractors instead of sports cars. Lamborghini history has it that Ferruccio took the challenge personally and decided to build a sports car for his company. Accepting the challenge was a big risk but it resulted in substantial success for the company.
4. THE FIRST LAMBORGHINI SHOWCASED AT AN AUTO SHOW HAD NO ENGINE
The most surprising of other interesting Lamborghini facts is that the first Lambo to be displayed at an auto show did not have an engine.
Lambos today are known for their powerful engines but did you know that the first Lamborghini for the masses did not even have an engine. However, when Ferruccio Lamborghini demonstrated the 350 GTV at the 1963 Turin Auto Show, the model had no engine.
There were bricks under the hood, not the engine. This happened because the model was developed over a period of just four months. However, the engineers faced a problem when the engine was installed.
5. FERRUCCIO LAMBORGHINI DID NOT BELIEVE IN MOTOR RACING
It is a known fact that some of the major luxury automobile manufacturers also have a racing team. For example, both Ferrari and Maserati have their own teams that compete in motor racing events.
However, Ferruccio Lamborghini always disagreed with motor racing.
The famous Italian engineer believed that these incidents were a waste of time and resources and refused to start a racing team. Since then this was a strict rule in the company. That said, in recent years, the company has had to rethink this strategy. Now, the company has a clear presence in the motor racing industry. But that doesn't always happen.