A man playing the most important role in Ferrari is his founder Enzo Anselmo Ferrari. He was born in 1898 and died at the age of 90 in 1988.
In 1908, at age 10, his father took Enzo and his brother Alfredo to their first car race in Bologna. Enzo gets impressed by what he sees and subsequently prove this first contact with racing was very important for the further course of the history of Ferrari.

In 1917. Enzo was drafted into the army but was soon “at liberty” after he became seriously ill and needed surgery twice. Enzo gave it time to think about what he really wanted: and it was working with cars. He applied for Fiat, but there were no vacancies. Enzo was at that time of course, entirely ignorant of the future, in which Fiat would play an important role.

Determined to infiltrate the world of cars, Enzo took a job as a test driver for Italo-Argentina coach works, a company specializing in converting light truck chassis. From there he scored a job as a test driver for CMN (Construzioni Meccaniche Nazionali). First, Enzo test driver for production models, but later he would come out as a race driver. Enzo Ferrari was always in the top of the results and find his racing talent will therefore not go unnoticed. The racing team of Alfa Romeo, Alfa Corse in 1920 had Enzo as a head of the racing department.

The Prancing Horse
Although Enzo would remain employed until 1939 as head of the Alfa Romeo racing department, it meant not that his other work were stationary. So he continues racing for Alfa Romeo. Enzo continues to achieve success, although he did not win many races. However, he remains in the top to find. After a race in 1921, he met Count Baracca. His son, Francesco Baracca, was a famous Italian fighter pilot from the First World War. Enzo had great respect for Francesco Baracca and his father, he received a signed photo. Francesco Baracca had a known personal logo, a prancing horse. As Enzo fan of Francesco Baracca, said the Count for his son’s logo to use on cars like Enzo’s helping hand. And so it happened that all of Enzo Ferrari in 1921 drove around with the prancing horse, which was to become world renowned as the brand logo of Ferrari.

The products that Ferrari introduced in late 90s, could count on very much appreciated. Ferrari still reaping the fruits of today: this was the “Gran Turismo” 550 Maranello a successor in the four-seater 612 Scaglietti and 599 GTB Fiorano is currently the top model 620 bhp. Of course everyone knows the Enzo, the successor to the F40 with a monstrous 662 hp. The most popular remains the Ferrari F430 Ferrari for the middle segment of the model range covers. The F430 with a V8 with 490 horsepower, uses many Formula 1 technology and is seen as the best Ferrari ever built. Certainly the F430 Scuderia is streamlined and enhanced as a leader in the sports car world.

If you ever manage to buy one of these, a great addiction to this truly amazing car would be Kuhmo tyres, probably the safest set you could get for reasonable price.

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