Lamborghini’s Humble Beginnings: Ferruccio and His Tractors

The 1963 Turin Auto Show was an event that saw the realisation of a dream that Ferruccio Lamborghini had nurtured for many years. After recruiting a team of talented designers, including Gian Paolo Dallara and Franco Scaglione, and four months of intense work, he presented the world’s first Lamborghini road car, the 350 GTV, to the media.

Although the unveiling was not without hiccups, most notably the absence of an engine (….), the car was well-received and the legend of Lamborghini road cars was born.

In the years that have followed, Lamborghini has grown to become synonymous with wealth and luxury. Stars like Jay Leno, Nicholas Cage and Ja Rule all drive Lamborghinis and the cars have been featured in everything from movies to rap videos.

Considering the glitz and glamour that often surrounds the vehicles that bear Ferruccio’s name, it may surprise some to learn that Lamborghini himself was a man of humble beginnings and that his bold, charging bulls were born out of a stable that was famous for producing hearty tractors as opposed to exotic supercars.

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Vietnam Cop Holds on to Bus' Windshield Wipers as Driver Tries to Escape Ticket!

We have heard many strange stories about police officers and drivers that try to avoid tickets, but what took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, this past Monday, surely takes the cake.

The man you see hanging on to the windshield wipers of a bus is not the local version of Spiderman but a very devoted Hanoi cop.

According to local news site Dantri, police officer Phan Nguyen Manh stopped the driver of the passenger bus, Phung Hong Phuong, in the Ba Vi District for a traffic violation. However, the bus driver refused to show his license and papers and instead chose to drive away, at which point, Manh jumped in front of the vehicle!

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Now This is What We Would Call a Very Tight Fit

There's a very good reason why people know the passing through the granite walls at mile 31 of the South Dakota Highway 87 as the Needles Eye Tunnel.

While most regular passenger vehicles will fit in with relative ease, try driving through the tunnel with a large bus and you'll soon find out that's it's as tricky as it sounds, and this is one place you don't want to get stuck in…

Hop over the break to watch the videos.

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Russians Teach us How Not to Pull a Truck with Another Truck

Thanks to the prevalence of handheld filming devices, nowadays we can amuse ourselves with incidents that occur half way around the world that otherwise we would have never known happened.

In one such instance, a driver of a Russian Kamaz truck wanted to help a fellow driver whose truck of Chinese origins (according to the YouTube uploader) was stuck on a snow-covered road.

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Semi-Trailer Slides off a Cliff taking a Tow Truck with it in Norway, Driver Jumps Out at the Last Second!

A snow covered mountain road is an extremely dangerous place to be for any type of vehicle, let alone for a tow truck hauling a broken down rig with a fully loaded trailer… Understandably, in this scenario the dangers are multiplied.

The accident you're about to watch in the video after the jump, took place in Norway this past Sunday.

A passenger in a following vehicle captured the incident on film when the tow truck driver pulled a little too much to the right and as a result, the front end of the semi-trailer slid to the side of the road and tipped over the cliff taking with it the tow truck, but not before its driver quickly jumped out.

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Chuck Norris Approved: Woman Driver Slips Between Two Trucks

In the face of danger, some people panic, usually with catastrophic results, while others keep their cool and make it through unscathed.

Such is the case with this female driver (or so the YouTube poster claims it's a woman) when she was passing a truck on the highway and suddenly a large dumpster entered the road.

Carefully steer your way through the break to watch the video.

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