I have learned of the story of rivalry between two great Italian auto makers Lamborghini and Ferrari a few years ago when I was still in in high school and was fascinated by beautiful sports luxury cars. Although I did not pay too much attention on the story, I was recently intrigued when I saw that picture on the side, a face-off between Lamborghini's Gallardo Spyder and a Ferrari FXX version of a Enzo Ferrari car.
Their rivalry started as early as the 1960's. Ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder of Lamborghini and already owns a tractor company then, went to the office of Enzo Ferrari, the founder of the Ferrari car, to complain about the poor clutch of the Ferrari 250 that he bought. Enzo known for his unwelcoming character, arrogance and short temper, sent Lamborghini away. From then on, he promised to himself that will not buy a Ferrari car again and would put Ferrari to its knees by building a car company that would surpass that of Enzo's. Thus Lamborghini was born, for the sole reason of competing with Ferrari.
Lamborghini had a long history of different ownership but nevertheless was able to maintain its name on the market. Its symbol is the Taurus against Ferrari's prancing black Stallion.
Although Lamborghini did not officially surpassed Ferrari up to this date, it is still notable to say that they have rather almost equaled each other in terms of performance and good cars produced.
Both companies are now known to produced high quality luxury sports cars with outrageous designs and power. Lamborghini pioneered the futuristic designs when they released the Countach series in the 70's while Ferrari has already created a name in terms of making fast cars for racing as wells as for legal road usage. Lamborghini are famous for its outrageous designs such as the Countach, Diablo, Murcielago, Gallardo and the Reventon while Ferrari are known for many cars with their new Enzo and FXX models to name a few.
Somehow their rivalry created and started a car revolution that will forever be engrave in history. They both tried to outsmart and outsell each other that created the supercars of the modern days.
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'Lamborghini Vs. Ferrari'
