| Ferrari S.p.A. | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Founder | Enzo Ferrari |
| Headquarters |  Maranello, Italy |
| Key people | Luca di Montezemolo, Chairman and President Amedeo Felisa, CEO Giancarlo Coppa CFO Jean Todt Former CEO |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Parent | Fiat S.p.A. |
Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello and Modena, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.p.A.. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has largely enjoyed great success, especially during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, late 1990s, and 2000s. After years of financial struggles, Enzo Ferrari sold the company's sports car division to the Fiat group in 1969 to ensure continued financial backing. Enzo Ferrari retained control of the racing division until his death in 1988 at the age of 90. Earlier that year he had overseen the launch of the Ferrari F40; the last new Ferrari to be launched before his death.
Ferrari also has an internally managed merchandising line that licenses many products bearing the Ferrari brand, including eyewear, pens, pencils, perfume, clothing, high-tech bicycles, cell phones, and even laptop computers. Financial Times named Ferrari number one on its 2007 list of the 100 Best Workplaces in Europe.
A1 Grand Prix
On October 11 2007, it was announced that Ferrari will power all A1 Grand Prix cars from the 2008-09 season.
The "Cavallino Rampante"
The famous symbol of the Ferrari race team is a black prancing stallion on a yellow shield, usually with the letters S F (for Scuderia Ferrari), with three stripes of green, white and red (the Italian national colors) at the top. The road cars have a rectangular badge on the hood (see picture above) and this race logo on the side.
On June 17, 1923, Enzo Ferrari won a race at the Savio track in Ravenna where he met the Countess Paolina, mother of Count Francesco Baracca, an ace of the Italian air force and national hero of World War I, who used to paint a horse on the side of his planes. The Countess asked Enzo to use this horse on his cars, suggesting that it would bring him good luck. The original "prancing horse" on Baracca's airplane was painted in red on a white cloud-like shape, but Ferrari chose to have the horse in black (as it had been painted as a sign of grief on Baracca's squadron planes after the pilot was killed in action) and he added a canary yellow background as this is the color of the city of Modena, his birthplace. The Ferrari horse was, from the very beginning, markedly different from the Baracca horse in most details, the most noticeable being the tail that in the original Baracca version was pointing downward.
Ferrari has used the cavallino rampante on official company stationery since 1929. Since the Spa 24 Hours of July 9, 1932, the cavallino rampante has been used on Alfa Romeos raced by Scuderia Ferrari.
A similar black horse on a yellow shield is the Coat of Arms of the German city of Stuttgart. This horse motif comes from the origins of the city's name: it comes from Stutengarten, an ancient form of the modern German word Gestüt, which translates into English as stud farm and into Italian as scuderia. Stuttgart is the home of Porsche, which also uses the Stuttgart sign in its corporate logo, centred in the emblem of the state of Württemberg.
Fabio Taglioni used the cavallino rampante on his Ducati motorbikes, as Taglioni was born at Lugo di Romagna like Baracca, and his father too was a military pilot during WWI (even if not part of Baracca's squadron, as is mistakenly reported). As Ferrari's fame grew, Ducati abandoned the horse- perhaps the result of a private agreement between the two companies.
The cavallino rampante is now a trademark of Ferrari. However, other companies use similar logos: Avanti, an Austrian company operating over 100 filling stations, uses a prancing horse logo which is nearly identical to Ferrari's.
Many aspects of the cover design of the third Jamiroquai album, Travelling Without Moving, as well as the single Virtual Insanity and some single promos pay homage to the Ferrari logo.
Sports cars
Ferrari's first models were sports/racing cars quite different from the grand touring models that followed. See below for a complete list.
2-seat Gran Turismo
Ferrari quickly moved into the Gran Turismo market, and the bulk of the company's sales remain in this area.
- 1949 166 Inter
- 1950 195 Inter
- 1951 212 Inter
- 1951 342 America
- 1953 375 MM
- 1953 250 Europa
- 1953 375 America
- 1954 250 Europa GT
- 1956 410 Superamerica
- 1956-1963 250 GT Europa/Boano/Ellena/Pininfarina Coupe/Lusso
- 1957-1960 250 GT Berlinetta/Cabriolet/California Spyder/SWB
- 1960 400 Superamerica
- 1964-1968 275
- 1964-1965 275 GTB Coupe
- 1964-1965 275 GTS Spyder
- 1966-1968 275 GTB/4
- 1964 500 Superfast
- 1964 330
- 1966 330 GTC Coupe
- 1966 330 GTS Spyder
- 1966 365 California
- 1968 365
- 1968-1969 365 GTC Coupe
- 1969-1970 365 GTS Spyder
- 1968-1973 365 Daytona
- 1968 365 GTB/4 Coupe
- 1968 365 GTS/4 Spyder
- 1996-2001 550 Maranello
- 1996-2001 550 Maranello
- 2001 550 Barchetta
- 2002-2006 575M Maranello
- 2002-2006 575M Maranello
- 2005 575M Superamerica
- 2007 599 GTB Fiorano
Mid-engine V6/V8
The Dino was the first mid-engined Ferrari. This layout would go on to be used in most Ferraris of the 1980s and 1990s. V6 and V8 Ferrari models make up well over half of the marque's total production.
- 1968-1974 Dino
- 1968-1969 Dino 206 GT
- 1969-1974 246GT Berlinetta, or Coupe
- 1972-1974 246GTS (targa top) Spyder
- 1975-1989 208/308/328 GTB/GTS
- 1975-1977 308 GTB (GRP)
- 1977-1979 308 GTB and GTS
- 1980-1981 208 GTB & GTS
- 1980-1981 308 GTBi & GTSi
- 1982-1985 208 GTB/GTS Turbo
- 1982-1985 308 GTB/GTS Quattrovalvole
- 1986-1989 328 GTB & GTS
- 1986 208 GTB/GTS Turbo
- 1989-1994 348
- 1989-1993 348 TB & TS
- 1993-1994 348 GTB, GTS & Spider
- 1994-1999 F355
- 1994-1999 F355 Berlinetta & GTS
- 1995-1999 F355 Spider
- 1995 F355 Challenge
- 1998-1999 355 F1
- 1999-2004 360
- 1999-2004 360 Modena & Spider
- 2003-2004 360 Challenge Stradale
- 2005 F430
- 2005 F430 & F430 Spider
- 2007 430 Scuderia
Mid-engine 2+2
For a time, Ferrari built 2+2 versions of its mid-engined V8 cars. Although they looked quite different from their 2-seat counterparts, both the GT4 and Mondial were closely related to the 308 GTB.
- 1974-1980 208/308 GT4
- 1974-1975 Dino 308 GT4
- 1976-1980 308 GT4
- 1975-1980 208 GT4
- 1980-1993 Mondial
- 1980-1981 Mondial 8
- 1982-1985 Mondial QV (Quattrovalvole) Coupe
- 1983-1985 Mondial QV Cabriolet
- 1985-1989 3.2 Mondial Copue & 3.2 Mondial Cabriolet
- 1989-1993 Mondial T Coupe & Mondial T Cabriolet
Front-engine 2+2
The company has also produced front-engined 2+2 cars, culminating in the current 612 Scaglietti.
- 1960-1963 250
- 1960-1963 250 GT/E 2+2
- 1964-1967 330
- 1964-1965 330 GT 2+2
- 1965-1967 330 GT 2+2 Mk II
- 1967-1971 365
- 1967-1971 365 GT 2+2
- 1968-1973 365 Daytona
- 1971-1972 365 GTC/4
- 1972-1976 365 GT4 2+2
- 1976-1989 400 & 412
- 1976 400 Automatic
- 1979 400i
- 1985 412
- 1992-2003 456 & 456 M
- 1992-1997 456 GT & GTA Coupe
- 1998-2003 456 M GT & M GTA Coupe
- 2004 612 Scaglietti
Mid-engine 12-cylinder
Ferrari entered the mid-engined 12-cylinder fray with the Berlinetta Boxer in 1973. The later Testarossa remains one of the most famous Ferraris.
- 1973-1984 Berlinetta Boxer
- 1973-1976 365 GT4 BB
- 1976-1981 512 BB
- 1981-1984 512i BB
- 1984-1996 Testarossa
- 1984-1992 Testarossa
- 1992-1994 512 TR
- 1994-1996 F512 M
Supercars
The company's loftiest efforts have been in the supercar market.
- 1962-1964 250 GTO
- 1984-1985 288 GTO
- 1987-1992 F40
- 1995-1997 F50
- 1996 F50 GT
- 2003-2005 Enzo
- 2006 FXX
Competition models
Current
- 2008 F2008
- 2007 599 GTB Fiorano
- 2006-2008 Ferrari F430
- 2006 F430 GT
- 2006 F430 Pista
- 2006 FXX
Past
- 1940 AAC 815
- 1947 125 Sport
- 1947 159 Sport
- 1948 166 S/SC/MM
- 1950 195 S
- 1951 340 America
- 1951 212 Export
- 1952 225 S
- 1952 250 S
- 1952 340 Mexico
- 1953 250 MM
- 1953 Ferrari-Abarth 166 MM/53
- 1953 625 TF
- 1953 735 S
- 1953 500 Mondial
- 1953 340 MM
- 1953 375 MM
- 1954 750 Monza
- 1954 250 Monza
- 1954 375 Plus
- 1955 118 LM
- 1955 121 LM
- 1955 410 S
- 1955 857 S
- 1956 500 TR
- 1956 290 MM
- 1956 290 S
- 1956 860 Monza
- 1956 625 LM
- 1957 500 TRC
- 1957 315 S
- 1957 335 S
- 1957 250 Testa Rossa
- 1960 250 TR60/61
- 1962 250 GTO
- 1963 330 LM Berlinetta
- 1963 P/LM series
- 1963 250 P
- 1964 250 LM
- 1964 330 P
- 1965 330 P2
- 1966 330 P3
- 1967 330 P4
- 1967 412 P
- 1969 Ferrari 212 E "Montagna"
- 1969 312 P
- 1969 512 S and 512 M
- 1971 312 PB
- 1994 333 SP
- 1995 F50 GT
- 2005 FXX
- Formula 1
- 1948 125 F1
- 1950 275 F1
- 1950 340 F1
- 1950 375 F1
- 1954 553 F1
- 1954 625 F1
- 1955 555 F1
- 1955 Ferrari-Lancia D50
- 1957 801 F1
- 1958 412 MI
- 1958 246 F1
- 1959 256 F1
- 1961 156 F1
- 1964 158 F1
- 1964 512 F1
- 1966 312 F1
- 1970 312 B
- 1971 312 B2
- 1973 312 B3
- 1975 312 T
- 1976 312 T2
- 1978 312 T3
- 1979 312 T4
- 1980 312 T5
- 1981 126 C
- 1982 126 C2
- 1983 126 C3
- 1984 126 C4
- 1985 156/85
- 1986 F1/86
- 1987 F1/87
- 1988 F1/88
- 1989 F1 640
- 1990 F1 641
- 1991 F1 642
- 1991 F1 643
- 1992 F 92 A
- 1993 F 93 A
- 1994 412 T1/T1B
- 1995 412 T2
- 1996 F 310
- 1997 F 310 B
- 1998 F 300
- 1999 F 399
- 2000 F1-2000
- 2001 F2001
- 2002 F2002
- 2003 F2003-GA
- 2004 F2004
- 2005 F2005
- 2006 248 F1
- 2007 F2007
- Formula 2
- 1948 125 F2
- 1951 500 F2
- 1953 553 F2
- 1957 Dino 156 F2
- 1967 Dino 166 F2
Concept Models
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- 1968 Ferrari P5
- 1969 Ferrari Pininfarina 512S Berlinetta Speciale
- 1970 Ferrari Pininfarina Modulo
- 1989 Ferrari Mythos
- 2005 Ferrari GG50
- 2006 Ferrari P4/5
- 2006 Ferrari Zagato 575 GTZ
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