The History of Ferrari

{When|Once|When ever} Enzo Ferrari created his company Scuderia Ferrari in Italy in 1929 his intentions was to {sponsor|recruit|attract} amateur race car {drivers|motorists|individuals} and invent racing {cars|vehicles|automobiles}, and it would take more than 15 years before Ferrari {started|started out|commenced} to create their own {road|street|highway} cars in 1946. Ferrari is still devoted to the creation of {racing|race|sporting} cars and high performance sports cars and do not create other types of cars. Scuderia Ferrari is still the {widespread|common|wide-spread} name for Gestione Sportiva, the part of the Ferrari company that works with racing. Scuderia is an Italian word and means "stable", but {Scuderia|Formazione} Ferrari is sometime also translated as Team Ferrari.

During the {early years|our childhood}, {Scuderia|Formazione} Ferrari sponsored race car drivers that were {driving|traveling|generating} Alfa Romeo cars. {Scuderia|Formazione} Ferrari would prepare Alfa Romeo cars before the race, and in {1938|38} Enzo Ferrari became {officially|legally} employed by Alfa Romeo's racing department. {Two years|2 yrs|2 years} later Enzo Ferrari {found out|discovered|learned} that Alfa Romeo was planning to absorb Scuderia Ferrari, a plan which Enzo Ferrari strongly opposed. {He|This individual} instantly left his job at Alfa Romeo, but his contract restricted him from being involved with racing {for several years|for many years}. He {changed|transformed|altered} Scuderia Ferrari into "Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari" and officially {produced|made|created} aircraft accessories for a few years. Enzo Ferrari did however {create a|produce a|make a} race car during this restricted period. The Tipo 815 debuted at the Mille Miglia {race|competition|contest} in 1940, but the race was hampered {due|credited|scheduled} to World War {II|2} and Tipo 815 {encountered|experienced|came across} no real competition. In 1943 Enzo Ferrari {moved|relocated|shifted} his factory to Maranello in Italy and one year later the {factory was|manufacturing plant was|manufacturer was} bombed. {After the|Following the|Following your} end of World War {II|2}, Enzo Ferrari rebuilt his factory and now the Ferrari factory was {capable|able|in a position} of construction road {cars|vehicles|automobiles} as well.

Ferrari {constructed|built|made} its first road car in 1947. The 1947 125 S Ferrari {had|experienced|got} a 1. 5 {L|T|D} V12 engine and the whole car was considered very beautiful and {well designed|smartly designed|properly designed}. Enzo Ferrari was still more {thinking about|enthusiastic about|considering} race {cars|vehicles|automobiles} and the Ferrari {road|street|highway} cars was merely a way for him {to fund|to finance} his work with the Scuderia Ferrari. His distaste for the road car customers became famous and he even accused them of buying Ferrari {cars|vehicles|automobiles} only as status {symbols|icons|emblems}. It is true that the Ferrari road {cars|vehicles|automobiles} grow to fame not only due to excellent performance but also {thanks to|because of|due to} their stylish elegance. Pininfarina, Bertone, Ghia, Scagliette, {Touring|Traveling|Visiting} and Vignale are all {examples of|samples of|types of} design houses {which have|which may have|that contain} {worked with|caused|individuals} Ferrari.

In {November|Nov|The fall of} 1961 a dispute between Enzo Ferrari and his sales manager, Girolamo Gardini, turned into {a crisis|an emergency}. Girolamo Gardini threatened to leave the company. Enzo Ferrari responded to the {threat|danger|risk} by throwing out Girolamo Gardini, and several employees who agreed with Girolamo Gardini {were also|were} ousted. {Among|Amongst|Between} them were Romolo Tavoni, manager for Scuderia Ferrari, Giotto Bizzarrini, {the chief|the main|the primary} of the experimental {sports car|sports vehicle|performance car} development, and Carlo Chiti, the chief engineer. This was naturally a huge {loss|reduction|damage} for the Ferrari company and the crisis {deepened|strengthened} when those who {had|experienced|got} been thrown out {formed|created|shaped} their own company - Automobili Turismo e Sport (ATS). ATS even {managed|handled|maintained} to {take over|dominate|control} Scuderia Serenissima, a very successful {racing|race|auto racing} team, from Ferrari.

A younger engineer, Mauro Forghieri, and an experienced {racing|race|auto racing} bodyman, Sergio Scaglietti, {assumed|thought|presumed} responsibility and tried to finish the projects that the leaving employees {had|experienced|got} {left behind|left out|put aside}. One of {the most crucial|the main} tasks {was to|was going to} finish the development of 250 GTO; a new 250-based model {that could|that may|that can} compete with the Jaguar E-type. The {250|two hundred and fifty|two hundred fifity} GTO was finished in time to {participate in|take part in|be involved in} the Sebring race {and place|make} itself first in class, {driven|powered|motivated} by Phil Hill. {Throughout|Through|During} 1962, the 250 GTO continued to win the races and it is still one of the most well known {race|competition|contest} cars {in history|of all time}. The {crisis|problems|turmoil} turned out to be something good for Ferrari and the 1960s became a very good {decade|10 years|ten years} for the company.

{Until|Till|Right up until} the 1980s when Ferrari {started|started out|commenced} {to use|to work with} fuel {injection|shot|injections} in {the road|the street|the trail} cars, the Ferraris were known as rather temperamental cars. {They|They will|That they} could be very {unreliable|difficult to rely on|untrustworthy}, but would still {attract|appeal to|entice} {a big|a huge|a sizable} group of dedicated fans that viewed this unpredictability as "character" {rather|somewhat|alternatively} than a problem. Today, FIAT controls 56 percent of the Ferrari {stocks|shares|stocks and shares}. The rest of {stocks|shares|stocks and shares} owned by Enzo's {con|scam|minus} Piero Ferrari and by Commerzbank, Mediobanca and the Lehman Brothers. Maranello is still {the home|the house|your home} town for Ferrari.