Ferruccio Lamborghini
Ferruccio Lamborghini (April 28, 1916 in Renazzo - February 20, 1993) was an Italian car maker and the father of the Lamborghini brand.
Lamborghini was born in a small village in the city of Cento, province of Ferrara. A wealthy tractor manufacturer before and after the war, Lamborghini once owned a Ferrari. He soon noticed that some of the clutch components were the same as the ones he used on his tractors. He approached Enzo Ferrari with his criticism, and Ferrari, brushing him off as a simple tractor manufacturer, refused to listen. Lamborghini then vowed revenge and setup his own rival sportscar manufacturer. His first car, the 350GT, was superior in every respect that Lamborghini had criticised in his own Ferrari. His second model, the Miura, was a ground-breaking and legendary car in the mould of Ferrari's 250GTO and 365 GTB/4 Daytona.
The crest of the company, a bull, was taken from Lamborghini's zodiac sign, Taurus. The Muira was named after a trainer of fighting bulls, Don Eduardo Muira. The legendary Countach was named after a local Italian colloquialism, after someone saw the design and exclamed: "Countach!"