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- The story of the automaker begins with Ferruccio Lamborghini the child of grape farmers from the comune of Renazzo di Cento, Province of Ferrara, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.
- After serving as a mechanic in the Italian Air force duringWorld War II, Lamborghini went into the business of building tracktors , taking advantage of leftover military hardware from the war effort.
- By the mid-1950s, Lamborghini's tractor company, Lamborghini Trattori S.p.A.had become one of the largest agricultural equipment manufacturers in the country.
- He was also the owner of a successful gas heater and air conditioning manufacturer.
- Lamborghini's increased wealth allowed him to cultivate his childhood interest in cars, owning a number of luxury automobiles includingAlfa Romeos, Lancias Maseratis, and A Mercedes Benz He purchased his first ferrari, a 250GT, in 1958, and went on to own several more.
- While he liked the cars, he thought of them too noisy and rough to be properroad cars, likening them to repurposedtrack cars.
- Lamborghini soon gained the impetus to pursue an automobile manufacturing venture of his own.
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