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TIL an Italian tractor manufacturer was so upset with the bad clutches in Ferrari’s cars that he complained to Enzo Ferrari himself, who arrogantly dismissed the concerns. The tractor maker, Ferruccio Lamborghini, decided to make his own cars to compete.

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