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Founding
Lamborghini was foundedin 1963 by Ferruccio Lamborghini. , Ferruccio bought a green-field site of 90,000 square metres near Bologna, in Sant'Agata -
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Workers
By 1964 Lamborghini and three other high ranking men were working to make the dreams come true after spending over $500,000,000 (workers Giotto Bizzarrini, Giampaolo Dallara and Giampaolo Stanzani joined Ferruccio) -
The 60's
In the 1960's Lamborghini had a bright future the, 350 GT was succeeded by the 400 GT and the 400 GT 2+2, but the best move Ferruccio allowed his engineers to take was the design and construction of the Lamborghini Miura. -
Setback
The first problems came in 1974, just after the Lamborghini Trattrice received a major setback, a massive order for tractors was cancelled, and Ferruccio lost a lot of money over it, he already upgraded the tractor factory to be able to build the numbers required and bought most of the raw materials needed to do so. His personal fortune was still large, but he decided to sell this factory to SAME, who eventually was taken over by Fiat years later. -
The 70's
In the 70's Lamborghini had its ups and downs, they finally had good amounts of money coming in but they also had great amounts of of money lost. In 1973 there was an oil crisis and Ferruccio lost almost all his money, he ended up giving the head of command to a swedish guy -
Gallardo
In 2003 one of the most famous super-car's was created. The Lamborghini Gallardo -
Now
After many ups and downs Lamborghini once again becmae successful. They made many different cars and got some partnerships despite going bankrupt in the 70's. Currently Lamborghini is one of the most successful super-car companies on earth, and the current CEO is Stephan Winklemann
