Q 01/05

In which town near Bologna is Lamborghini headquartered?

A) Sant'Agata Bolognese

B) Maranello, near Modena

C) Modena in Emilia

D) Castelfranco Emilia

Answer · why

A) Sant'Agata Bolognese

Lamborghini has been based at Sant'Agata Bolognese, about 25 km from Bologna, since Ferruccio opened the factory there in 1963; the site doubled in si...

Q 02/05

In which year did Ferruccio Lamborghini found Automobili Lamborghini?

A) 1959

B) 1963

C) 1957

D) 1948

Answer · why

B) 1963

Ferruccio Lamborghini founded Automobili Lamborghini in 1963 at Sant'Agata Bolognese to take on Ferrari, bankrolled by the industrial businesses he al...

Q 03/05

What did Ferruccio Lamborghini's first company, founded in 1948, manufacture?

A) Motorcycles

B) Tractors

C) Aircraft engines

D) Refrigerators

Answer · why

B) Tractors

Lamborghini Trattori, which Ferruccio founded in Cento in 1948 to build tractors, was sold to SAME in 1973 and survives as a brand of SAME Deutz-Fahr.

Q 04/05

Ferruccio's early 'Carioca' farm machines were built from what?

A) Discarded aircraft parts

B) Surplus military vehicles

C) Scrapped railway engines

D) Old Fiat cars

Answer · why

B) Surplus military vehicles

He used engine parts from military vehicles and Morris truck engines.

Q 05/05

Ferruccio's 1948 Mille Miglia ended when he crashed his modified Fiat Topolino into what?

A) The side of a restaurant

B) A level crossing gate

C) A medieval stone bridge

D) A riverbank at Fano

Answer · why

A) The side of a restaurant

He turned the Topolino into a 750cc open two-seater and lasted about 1,100 km before ploughing into the side of a restaurant in Fano.