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Interesting Facts About Ferrari Motor Company Never known Before
1. ENZO FERRARI STAYED CLOSE TO HOME.
Enzo Ferrari, the famed driver who founded both the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team and automaker Ferrari S.p.A., was born in Modena in 1898. While he logged thousands of miles traveling the world with his racing team, his heart and company remained in Modena and nearby Maranello. Today Ferrari headquarters is in Maranello, where there's also the Museo Ferrari, an incredible museum devoted to the brand.

2. the “PRANCING HORSE” LOGO IS A NOD TO AN ITALIAN FLYING ACE OF world WAR I.
in 1923, Enzo Ferrari met the Count and Countess Baracca after winning a race. the pair were the parents of the famed world War I flying ace Francesco Baracca, who had died in action in 1918. As the legend goes, Baracca's parents suggested that Ferrari adopt their son’s “prancing horse” logo for his racing Scuderia (team), reportedly saying it would “bring him luck.” Nine years later, Alfa Romeo (the team that Ferrari raced for) allowed Ferrari to put the logo on his car for the 1932 Spa 24 Hours. the yellow shield is in honor of his hometown.

3. world WAR II DELAYED the LAUNCH OF the FIRST FERRARI.
Ferrari began his racing career as a driver for C.M.N (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali) in 1919 and quickly jumped over to Alfa Romeo, where he would be appointed head of the Alfa Corse racing division. in 1939 he struck out on his own and began building race cars after agreeing to not use the name “Ferrari” for four years. in 1940, Enzo Ferrari produced two 815 Auto Avio Costruzioni cars-but these weren’t official Ferraris yet. Then world War II intervened, and Ferrari’s factory in Maranello was bombed by Allied forces in 1944 and again in 1945. After these setbacks, the first official Ferrari, the V12 125 S, debuted in March 1947, two years after the war ended.

4. ONLY TWO OF THAT FIRST MODEL WERE EVER MADE.

Even after Ferrari finally got the ball rolling with that first official model, the 1,500-cubic-centimeter 12-cylinder 125 S, the company didn’t start mass-producing cars-only two were manufactured. the car made its competitive debut at the Piacenza Circuit on May 11, 1947, driven by Franco Cortese. Enzo Ferrari would later call that race “a promising failure” after fuel pump issues forced Cortese to drop out of the race while he was leading.
Once that issue was fixed, it didn’t take long for the 125 S to become a legend. On May 25 it won the Rome Grand Prix at the city’s Terme di Caracalla Circuit, one of six victories Ferrari picked up in a 13-race stretch. Sadly for auto historians, the two cars were not preserved. Instead, Ferrari dismantled both cars and used their parts to make the company’s next models.

5. the CLASSIC FERRARI RED COLOR WASN’T the COMPANY’S CHOICE.
Today’s Ferraris come in colors ranging from bright yellow (Giallo Modena) to soft metallic grey (Grigio Alloy), but originally they were all red (Rosso Scuderia). That wasn’t Enzo Ferrari’s decision, however. Red was the color that the International Automobile Federation (FIA) assigned to all Italian Grand Prix racecars in the early years of auto racing. And most people still overwhelmingly choose red as the color for their Ferrari; the color represents 45 percent of Ferraris sold.

6. FIAT OWNS A BIG STAKE in the COMPANY.
in 1969, Enzo Ferrari sold 50 percent of his company to the Fiat Group, a deal that gave Ferrari S.p.A. a needed infusion of capital. Around the time of his death in 1988, Enzo Ferrari and his son Piero Ferrari sold even more of the company, retaining only 10 percent ownership. According to How much does it cost to ship a car filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the parent company, now known as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), plans to spin off the Ferrari division by early 2016.

7. FERRARI HAS NEVER OFFERED A TWO SEAT CAR in AWD
Ferrari has never offered a two seat car in AWD/4WD - unlike rivals Lamborghini, Porsche, etc. Every street and racing Ferrari has been RWD. AWD was introduced in the Ferrari FF four seater and continued onto their GTC/4 Lusso. Ferrari utilizes sophisticated traction control systems to ensure the level of safety that others typically use AWD for.

8. FERRARI HAS NEVER MADE AN SUV
Ferrari has never made an SUV and most likely intends to never make one. Again, unlike their rivals Lamborghini, Maserati, Porsche, Bentley who all have made an SUV, Ferrari sticks to their “racing car” raison d’etre, faithfully going into year seventy now. Ferrari will not even make a four door sedan, relegating it to corporate brother Maserati and their Quattroporte/Ghibli.

9. IT WASN'T FERRARI'S INTENTION TO BUILD STREET cars
Ferrari’s original mission was to simply build race cars. the street cars were only there to “finance” the racing division. Over time, the street cars began to take on their own identity and importance and eventually overshadow the race cars for recognizability. Now, it would be hard for many to reconcile a world without Ferrari street cars, but the old man himself, Enzo Ferrari, supposedly had an almost disdain for thier necessary evil.

10. FERRARI IS the NEWEST OF ALL ITALIAN cars.
Ferrari is the newest of all Italian automotive marques save for Lamborghini and Pagani. Alfa Romeo, FIAT, Lancia, Maserati, Bugatti (if it is technically an Italian company) are all older than Ferrari, by at least thirty-plus years. While much is said about Ferrari and it is talked about with such reverence, it is not the oldest Italian marque.

11. FERRARI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR the CREATION OF LAMBORGHINI AND PAGANI SPORT cars
Speaking of Lamborghini and Pagani, Ferrari by most accounts is a major factor in their creation. According to How much does it cost to ship a car , Lamborghini was created when Ferruccio Lamborghini was dissatisfied with a personal Ferrari road car he owned (250 GTE 2+2), supposedly with its clutch. So, Lamborghini, upon meeting Enzo Ferrari, was rebuffed to an extent that he created his own car company out of spite. “Stick to making tractors, I’ll stick to making cars” is often the story you hear told. It is a formidable and important car company in its own right who without this altercation would probably never have been started. Horacio Pagani was a former Lamborghini employee who decided to start his own car company in 1992 and became famous for making hypercars starting in 1999 with the Zonda C12. Eighteen years later, Pagani is still alive and well. His company is one degree removed from being “encouraged” by Ferrari.

12. FERRARI IS the most SUCCESSFUL COMPANY AT CREATING EXCLUSIVITY.
Ferrari is the most successful car company at creating hype/demand/exclusivity. They have taken their race program and built a huge panache from it which Lamborghini, Porsche, McLaren have not been able to achieve at the same level. If all four of these cars looked, sounded and drove relatively the same, the Ferrari would often be considered the most desirable. It’s just how it is, and the dealership network has been able to control supply/demand better than their competitors. Nobody in the automotive industry has built as strong an identity as Ferrari.

13. FERRARI IS OF ALFA ROMEO ORIGIN
in 1920, Enzo Ferrari was employed by Alfa Romeo as car designer and team driver. in 1939, he left the company to founded his own car manufacturer.

14. the FOUNDER WAS REJECTED BY FIAT
Enzo Ferrari applied for a position at Fiat when he was young, but got rejected. in 1969, Fiat purchased 50% of the company (extended to 90% after Enzo’s death in 1988) due to Ferrari’s need for an infusion of capital. Both Italian car manufacturers finally parted ways earlier this year.

OTHER INTERESTING FACTS ARE:

Fact 1:
the world’s fastest Ferrari, the F60, was debuted in April 2002.

Fact 2:

Maserati which was once Ferrari's bitterest rival, now is run on a Ferrari engine for Fiat.

Fact 3:
the most popular Ferraris have always been the two-seated Gran Turismos.

Fact 4:
the Ferrari Owner's club has 18 chapters around the world.

Fact 5:
the black prancing horse in the famous Ferrari logo was originally the symbol of Count Francesco Baracca, a flying ace in the Italian air force.

Fact 6:
Ferrari of Italy is the oldest and most successful team left in the Formula One championship.

Fact 7:
the cheapest component in a Ferrari car is a 3 c washer.

Fact 8:
the most expensive Ferrari ever sold was 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.

Fact 9:
the Ferrari has been featured in many films and television shows.

Fact 10:
Ferrari won 25 championship titles in a 500 F2.

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