Ferruccio Lamborghini was a selfmade millionaire, he made a fortune by building tractors from army surplus left by the Allied Forces back in 1945. He started this business from a small garage but soon was able to move to larger buildings because demand for his very powerful tractors rose. He also started manufacturing oil burners and air-conditioning systems after his tractor plant started making lots of money, it turned out his second business also made big money so Ferruccio Lamborghini became one the wealthiest men in Italy. He could afford just about everything he wanted, including high speed GT cars like the Mercedes SL300 and Ferrari he owned alongside the Jaguar he liked very much. May be then it did not strike him that he would design the world famous cars Lamborghini Countach, Lamborghini Murcielago, Lamborghini Diablo and Lamborghini Gallarado. But his Ferrari started giving problems with the clutch, the local workshop couldn't fix this problem so Ferruccio decided to drive to Modena and confront Enzo Ferrari himself. But Enzo, who was known for his arrogance, told this 'farmer' to take a walk, Ferruccio was furious and at that moment decided to show Enzo how he should build GT cars. Of course this is a legend, and the truth about it could be a little different, it was obvious that Ferruccio had lots of money to spare and the GT car market was still open for new things, money could still be made by building high speed, well finished cars, so it is more likely this persuaded Lamborghini to start his own company.

Ferruccio Lamborghini

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Vehicle	Year	Engine	Displacement		Top Speed
			cc	cu in	km/h	mph
350GTV	1963	Lamborghini V12	3,464	211.4	280	170
350GT	1964–1968	Lamborghini V12	3,464	211.4	249	155
400GT 2+2	1966–1968	Lamborghini V12	3,929	239.8	250	160
Miura	1966–1974	Lamborghini V12	3,929	239.8	289.7	180.0
Espada	1968–1978	Lamborghini V12	3,929	239.8	245	152
Islero	1968–1970	Lamborghini V12	3,929	239.8	248	154
Jarama	1970–1978	Lamborghini V12	3,929	239.8	240	150
Urraco	1970–1979	Lamborghini V8	2,463 2,996 1,994	150 180 120	230	140
Countach	1974–1990	Lamborghini V12	3,929 4,754 5,167	240 290 320	305.8	190.0
Silhouette	1976–1977	Lamborghini V8	2,996	182.8	260	160
Jalpa	1982–1990	Lamborghini V8	3,485	212.7	240	150
LM002	1986–1992	Lamborghini V12	5,167	315.3	210	130
Diablo	1990–2001	Lamborghini V12	5,707 5,992	350 370	330	210
Murciélago	2001–	Lamborghini V12	6,192 6,496	380 400	351	218
Gallardo	2008–	Lamborghini V10	4,964	302.9	340	210
Reventón	2008	Lamborghini V12	6,496	396.4	356	221

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