Comment Re:Lamborghini has what market share? (Score 2) 81
Yep, you're pretty close. The problem he had was with the clutch. Ferrari told him, basically "you're holding it wrong".
"It's very simple. In the past, I have bought some of the most famous Gran Turismo cars and in each of these magnificent machines I have found some faults. Too hot. Or uncomfortable. Or not sufficiently fast. Or not perfectly finished. Now I want to make a GT car without faults. Not a technical bomb. Very normal. Very conventional. But a perfect car," Ferruccio Lamborghini once said.
With regard to the Ferrari cars, the after-sales service also disappointed Ferruccio, so he expressed his frustration with Enzo Ferrari. However, following a lively exchange in which Ferruccio voiced his displeasure with the clutch and advised Ferrari to find a remedy, Enzo responded: "The clutch is not the problem. The problem is you don't know how to drive a Ferrari and you break the clutch."
According to the Motor Web Museum, Ferruccio replied: "Dear engineer, I'll never buy your cars again. From now on I'll make my own cars, then I can be sure they work the way I want them to." Fast-forward to 1963 and Ferruccio founded his grand touring car company in Sant'Agata Bolognese, with the intention of building the "perfect car."