Ferrari Enzo is a one of the true supercars made by Ferrari.
Born on 20 February 1898 in Modena, Italy, Enzo Ferrari received very basic education, but had a passion for racing cars. Enzo started of as a mule-shoe fitter with the Italian Army, but his constant sickness due to the widespread Italian flu, he was discharged from the Italian Military services. His family business collapsed and he had no choice, but to seek a job.
Enzo tried to find work with FIAT, but settled for a smaller car company “CMN”.CMN dealt with the manufacturing of passenger cars using old truck bodies. Enzo’s long pursued racing dream finally came true, when he started racing with the CMN racing team in the year 1919 and achieved little success.
After leaving CMN in 1920, Enzo Ferrari worked with Alfa Romeo and started racing for them in local races. These races got him success along with an opportunity to race for a better competition. However, he refused the offer and continued working for Alfa Romeo before starting his own firm.
Ferrari developed cars for Alfa and managed to lay down a team of about 40 racecar drivers including himself. With the birth of his first son “Alfredo Ferrari” in the year 1932, Enzo discontinued racing. Later on, Alfa was resolved due to certain financial constraints that led Ferrari to team up with Pirelli. Race drivers of Scuderia were calibers, but Mercedes dominated the era.
By the year 1937, Alfa Romeo regained control of the racing team and Enzo was the director of sports for them. Enzo resigned soon, however a legal clause restricted him from racing or designing for four years. Ferrari started supplying parts to other racing teams. His firm was heavily involved in war production during the World War II. At the end of the Second World War Enzo started making cars bearing his name and founded Ferrari S.p.A in 1947. The firm’s first victory came in the British Grand Prix of 1951. Ferrari started selling sports car to fund its racing events. Despite the success achieved through the “Le Mans Races”, the company had heavy involvement in the Formula One Races.
FIAT took over a small percentage of stakes and increased it to 56% in the 1960′s. However, Enzo Ferrari remained the managing director till 1971. Even though, he stepped down, his brilliance still influenced the company.
On August 14 1988, the world witnessed the death of Enzo at the age of 90 in Modena. In the year 1988, the McLaren Honda team dominated the season. The team won all the races in that year. However, they failed to win the Italian grand Prix that took place just weeks after the death of Enzo Ferrari.
Before his death the “Ferrari F40″ was launched and till date is dedicated as a symbol of his achievements. In the year 2003, the first car of the company actually bearing his name was launched the “Enzo Ferrari” which again turned out to be one of the best Ferrari’s.