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What prompted Ferruccio Lamborghini to decide to design his own car?

Ferruccio Lamborghini started his business by manufacturing tractors. He was very fond of cars and had several different cars in his garage, including a Ferrari 250GT that had constant clutch problems. Once Lamborghini came to Enzo Ferrari and said that his cars were rubbish, to which Ferrari replied: "You may be good at tractors, but you don't understand anything about sports cars." Then Lamborghini decided to produce his car, starting with the fact that he dismantled the same Ferrari with his workers and improved all the components.

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