As told by Ferruccio Lamborghini's son, Ferruccio Lamborghini went to meet Enzo Ferrari at the Ferrari factory to complain about the quality of the clutch in his Ferrari 250 GT[3]. An infuriated Enzo Ferrari sent him away telling him to go drive his tractors because he was not able to drive cars. Lamborghini went back to his factory to have the Ferrari's clutch dismantled and found that the clutch in the Ferrari was a product of the manufacturer who supplied the clutches used in Lamborghini tractors. Lamborghini installed a stronger clutch from his factory's warehouse into his Ferrari and solved the clutch failure.
Furious with Enzo Ferrari's arrogant and aloof manner, Ferruccio Lamborghini promised himself he would never own another Ferrari and would beat Ferrari at his own game by creating a superior sports car of his own[citation needed].
Ferruccio decided that his car was to have a V12 engine. Giotto Bizzarrini, a former Ferrari engineer with experience with the development of the Ferrari V12, was contracted to design the engine. The engine featured aluminum construction, a short stroke, a seven main bearing crankshaft, forged aluminum pistons, two big bore valves per cylinder, and two overhead camshafts per cylinder bank, each camshaft having its own half-engine-speed sprocket with silent chain. The engine developed 350 horsepower (260 kW). The body was designed by Franco Scaglione.
Born under the sign of the Taurus, Ferruccio Lamborghini used the bull as the badge to mark his new automobile.
The Lamborghini 350GTV prototype was introduced at the 1963 Turin Auto Show. Lamborghini commissioned Carrozzeria Touring to design a more practical model. This was put into production as the 350GT. Sales of the 350GT totaled 130.

Enzo Ferrari had no idea what he had done....

 

I enjoyed that story.

 

It is an interesting story. I have heard it before. Feruccio and Enzo were friends as well. That is the reason he bought a 250 in the first place.

 

cool

 

Great story - lookup the reason for the model name "Countach" and you'll find another great story.

 

or u can be kind and simply tell us

 

Yup, if anyone comes across this second story post it :-)!

 

It means holy cow in italian, if I am not mistaken.

 

The story goes that the show car was emerging from a paint booth in 1971 when an Italian delivery worker saw it and was astonished, finally uttering a local slang word (from Piedmontese dialect) – COUNTACH. Loosely translated as "Oh ****" . The name stuck and is totally appropriate for a car featuring such a stunningly original design. The Countach defines the exotic super car of the 1970s and 1980s

 

How ironic since until VERY recently, lambo clutches had been complete POS.

 

Nice job at quoting that from Wiki

 

That's funny!!!
That car was amazing for its time.
What was the 0-60?
5.0 seconds!!
and that was in the 70s!!!

 

Its funny he complained about the clutch until you drive a Countach..