Reference to Ferrari brings to mind the issues a certain Italian customer had with his 250 GT back in the late fifties. The gentleman owned a tractor factory, among other businesses, and he did well enough to afford a string of luxury cars, including the Ferrari. There are multiple versions of the story, the man himself told several, but here's at least one. . He kept burning the clutch out, and multiple visits to Maranello for expensive repairs ensued. Eventually, he gets his mechanics at the tractor plant to work on it, and they find the same clutch they're using in tractors (though this part was used in many other sports cars as well). Enraged at such a cheap part being used (10 lire, he was getting charged 1,000), he confronted Ferrari in person and got told he was 'a farmer' and shouldn't complain. He decided he should build a sports car himself. So he did. It worked out rather well.
The name of the man? Ferruccio Lamborghini.