Ferruccio Lamborghini founded his automobile factory in 1963 supposedly after being disatisfied with one of the Ferraris who purchased from Enzo ferrari. Ferruccio manufactured tractors and it was his skills and engineering expertise that created the tractor designs that became a massive business and made him rich. Lamborghini persuaded a few Ferrari staff to join him, and the first 350 GTV was created in time for the 1963 Turin Salon. The production version was shown at the Geneva Salon in 1964 with a new body and reworked engine (the Turin car actually had bricks under the bonnet and was locked). What really put Lamborghini on the map was a rear-engined GT created in secret and in the mould of a Ford GT40. It caused such a stir at the 1965 Turin Salon that even without a body orders were being placed. Bertone created the body and the following year everybody saw the Lamborghini Miura. In 1972 Ferruccio sold half his car company to Swiss buyers, and in 1974 divested himself of the remainder. In 1987 Chrysler took Lamborghini under its wing, and then divested itself of the Italian company to another private owner in 1994. Finally in 1998 Lamborghini fell to the wallet of Ferdinand Piech who bought the company for the Volkswagen Audi Group.