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History of Lamborghini and Innovation
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1948
Ferruccio Lamborghini started by building tractors and ultimately became world famous outside of Italy with his sports cars. Legend has it that after a disagreement with his friend Enzo Ferrari he vowed to show him how to build a sports car.
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1924
But Lamborghini tractors is a history to two great innovators. Francesco Cassani built the prototype of the world's first diesel tractor in 1924 and won great acclaim.
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1927
Then Cassani started mass production of the first agricultural tractor to be fitted with a "full" diesel engine.
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1942
Cassani founded the Same Group which was to be the ultimate home of Lamborghini tractors.
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1952
The first fully diesel four-wheel driver tractor goes into production.
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1954
Lamborghini launches its first crawler tractors.
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1958
Cassani develops lower-link sensing draft control system to rival the Ferguson system.
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1962
Lamborghini commences mass-production of four-wheel drive tractors.
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1966
Lamborghini became the first italian tractor manufacturer to fit synchronised gearboxes as standard in a mass produced tractor. The compact and efficient design of today's Lamborghini gearboxes is a testament to that long heritage.
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1972
Lamborghini and Cassani come together to form the largest privately owned tractor manufacturer in the world and even today remains so. Continuing to grow, today the group has the 4th largest market share in Europe.
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1972
Direct oil spray cooling is introduced to Lamborghini engines.
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1983
True four-wheel breaking is introduced into a production agricultural tractor for the first time in the world. To date, many other manufacturers still rely on driveline braking or many other inferior methods.
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1989
Electronic engine control is introduced providing superior engine performance and driver control in the field. A bold innovation for the 1980's that in many ways still leads the world today.
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1999
The Lamborghini Champion tractor wins the prestigious French SIMA Golden tractor award. Its styling and transmission technology was impressive and was the first tractor engine with 3 valves per cylinder and a variable resonance intake system (RISE).
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1995
The group acquires the German Deutz-Fahr tractor manufacturer continuing its growing market share of the European market. The melding of Lamborghini and Deutz-Fahr technologies ultimately extends the Lamborghini range to 265 horsepower models.
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2003
The group obtains a major share holding in the German Deutz engine manufacturer as the Deutz engines start to feature more widely in the high horsepower range of Lamborghini tractors.
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