Getting stuck behind one of his own tractors on Italy’s roads must have frustrated industrialist Ferruccio Lamborghini like it does the rest of us.
But the legend goes that it was his dissatisfaction with the Ferrari 250GT on his drive, and an alleged subsequent barb from Enzo himself that persuaded the tractor magnate to take on the Prancing Horse with his own brand of Raging Bulls.
Unlike Ferrari, Lamborghini was not interested in racing his cars, deeming it too expensive and a drain on resources, focusing instead on producing refined road cars with power and comfort.
The first car to bear the bull badge, the 350GT, was well-received, but it was the beautiful mid-engined Miura that paved the way for the increasingly outrageous, and increasingly fast, Lamborghinis that were to define the ultimate in flamboyant supercars to this day.