The legend that Ferruccio Lamborghini became a sports car manufacturer because he was dissatisfied with his Ferrari has since been disproved. However, he still had the ambition to outdo the competition from Modena. After Lamborghini had revolutionised sports car construction with the Miura and stylistically with the Countach, the company ran into financial difficulties in the mid-1970s. This resulted in several changes of ownership and a greatly reduced model programme. Lamborghini has been a subsidiary of Audi since 1998.