The story of Lamborghini
Ferruccio Lamborghini was born on April exactly at the 28th in1916 into a farming family at Renazzo, near Cento in the northern Italian province of Emilia-Romagne and many years later he was to return to the land. His stocky build and tenacity marked him out as a man of the Italian countryside. His early interests were not agricultural but mechanical , and after a period of selftuition he attended a technical school in Bolonga. During the second World War he served in the Regia Aeronautica , the Italian Air Force, working in transport sections, and in 1944-46 served underthe British military forces in a similar capacity.
He returned to civilian life in his own garage, converting ,military vehicles into tractors and turning small Fiats the mainstay of most small Italian automotive boutiques . He raced one of his Fiat specials just once, crashing out the 1948 Mile Miglia.
Developing his tractor business took all his time, and set him on the way becoming a millionaire (in any currency from (bitza) machines, lamborghini traffice moved on to producing original tractors at the end of 1940s, and to a comprhensive factory. Soon this way almost self-sufficient , making its own engines and transmission units. The tractors carried a charging bull badge
Ferruccio moved to his estate near Perugia, further south in Italy, and his name began to be associated with the making of wines. Ferrucio produced a red wine called Colli del Trasimento, and known by everyone as "Blood of the Miura". It was here, at the age of 77, where Ferruccio died on February 20, 1993. His viniculture will soon be forgotten; his cars never will be….
Ferruccio Lamborghini was born on April exactly at the 28th in1916 into a farming family at Renazzo, near Cento in the northern Italian province of Emilia-Romagne and many years later he was to return to the land. His stocky build and tenacity marked him out as a man of the Italian countryside. His early interests were not agricultural but mechanical , and after a period of selftuition he attended a technical school in Bolonga. During the second World War he served in the Regia Aeronautica , the Italian Air Force, working in transport sections, and in 1944-46 served underthe British military forces in a similar capacity.
He returned to civilian life in his own garage, converting ,military vehicles into tractors and turning small Fiats the mainstay of most small Italian automotive boutiques . He raced one of his Fiat specials just once, crashing out the 1948 Mile Miglia.
Developing his tractor business took all his time, and set him on the way becoming a millionaire (in any currency from (bitza) machines, lamborghini traffice moved on to producing original tractors at the end of 1940s, and to a comprhensive factory. Soon this way almost self-sufficient , making its own engines and transmission units. The tractors carried a charging bull badge
Ferruccio moved to his estate near Perugia, further south in Italy, and his name began to be associated with the making of wines. Ferrucio produced a red wine called Colli del Trasimento, and known by everyone as "Blood of the Miura". It was here, at the age of 77, where Ferruccio died on February 20, 1993. His viniculture will soon be forgotten; his cars never will be….
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