Rejecting Lamborghini, a tractor manufacturer, inciting him to become one of Ferrari's most bitter rivals
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Breaking the 1963 deal to sell the company to Ford at the 11th hour, ultimately spurning Henry Ford II to vow revenge on Ferrari's beloved race cars with their own - the dominant GT40
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Gave his wife too large a role in the company, eventually leading mangers, engineers, designers and race directors to revolt and leave the company in 1961, some building their own cars
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Carroll Shelby, who once drove Ferraris himself, deemed Enzo Ferrari's attitude as causing several driver's deaths. He developed a grudge against Enzo, creating both the Shelby Cobra and the Cobra Da
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Enzo Ferrari once said "Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines". The F40 would be the last car he helped create and used extensive aerodynamic designs
