Ferrari. How it all was started.

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I am mad about Ferrari. History, brand, choice of the color are all of my great interest. I have some information to share if you are like-minded person.

Enzo Anselmo Ferrari was born on the outskirts of Modena on February 18 1898. His father ran a metal fabricating workshop.At the age of 10 (1908), his father took Enzo and his older brother Alfredo to see a race in Bologna which left a lasting impression on the young Enzo.

Once he had been demobilized (1918) after the war and had recovered his health, Enzo tried to find a job with Fiat but, to his immense disappointment, there were no vacancies. At the end of the year he found work as a test driver in Turin for a business transforming light trucks into chassis. Enzo's job involved driving the stripped chassis to Milan where they were then bodied, and that's how he found a new job (1919) working for C.M.N. (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali) in Milan as a test driver and, later, racing driver.

His racing debut came in October of that year in the Parma-Poggio di Berceto hillclimb where he came fourth in the 3-litre class at the wheel of a 2.3-litre 4-cylinder C.M.N. 15/20.

After a few races with mixed fortunes at the wheel of an Isotta Fraschini 100/110 IM Corsa, Enzo came second overall at the Targa Florio on the 24th of October 1920 at the wheel of a 6-litre 4-cylinder Alfa Romeo Type 40/60 - the start of a relationship with the Milan manufacturer that would last two decades, and a career that took him from test driver to racing driver to sales assistant and, finally, to the post of Director of the Alfa Racing Division until November 1939.

These were the years he won prices, titles and overall recognition.

In 1929 Ferrari founded the Scuderia Ferrari in Modena, with the prime purpose of organising racing for its members. That was the start of an intensive involvement in motor racing which led to the creation of an official team racing both cars (mainly Alfas) and motorbikes and, ultimately, transformed the Scuderia into an engineering-racing division of Alfa Romeo, taking over the racing function entirely in 1933.

In November 1939 Enzo Ferrari left Alfa Romeo.

In 1940 work started in the old Scuderia Ferrari headquarters on building two cars for the last Mille Miglia before the war. The 815 was an in-line 8-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1,500 cc.

During the Second World War 1943 the Auto Avio Costruzioni workshop moved from Modena to Maranello where the first part of what is today the company's factory was built

In 1945 work started on designing and building the very first Ferrari, an ambitious project which was to use a 12-cylinder engine - a layout that was to characterise the entire history of the marque - with a displacement of just 1,500 cc, designed not just for racing, but also for road car use.

In December 1946 Ferrari issued the press with the first specifications and designs of his new car. On the 2nd of March, 1947 Enzo himself drove the first 125S out of the factory gates. It was a starting point of many milliards automobile industry we have today.

Hope it was not too boring to read. As for me I’ve got much pleasure to know about the history of a car of my dream-Ferrari.

The first photo on your right is Ferrari Enzo in honour of its founder- Enzo Ferrari.

Added on 09-16-2005 by rmcexmgx
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