The birth of an innovator Ferruccio Lamborghini was born in Cento, Italy on April 28th . from a young age he showed great interest in everything mechanical, from tractors to trucks. He was drafted into the Italian air force and was stationed on the small greek island of Rhodes. On the island, he had limited access to parts that he needed so he became quite good at improvising. People described him as a real live Tony Stark because he made something from nothing due to his limited access to parts. After the war, he returned home and started a small repair business. Soon he realised the during the hard times following the war he realized the farmers needed a cheap ,reliable tractor so he began building tractors from leftover war parts. As time progressed his business slowly grew and at one point he was building four hundred tractors a month. One reason his tractors sold so well was the fact that they featured an air-cooled engine which as a major innovation for the tractors of the time. On the side, he started an air conditioning business and an incredibly successful boiler building business. …show more content…
there are many versions of what happened next like Ferruccio hated the noise the drivetrain made ,or that he broke the clutch when he was racing another high-performance car, either way, he went to Enzo Ferrari and when Ferrari refused to do anything he decided to make his own car with a V12 that would be perfect. After that, he built a new factory not far from where Enzo had built his factory. To run the factory he hired Giampaolo Dallara, who had worked at Ferrari, to design a new aluminum and steel V12 four cam engine capable of cranking out 350 horsepower for his