| When Enzo Ferrari created his company Scuderia | | | | to excellent performance but also thanks to their |
| Ferrari in Italy in 1929 his intentions was to sponsor | | | | stylish elegance. Pininfarina, Bertone, Ghia, Scagliette, |
| amateur race car drivers and invent racing cars, and | | | | Touring and Vignale are all examples of design houses |
| it would take more than 15 years before Ferrari | | | | that have worked with Ferrari. |
| began to create their own road cars in 1946. Ferrari is | | | | In November 1961 a dispute between Enzo Ferrari |
| still devoted to the creation of racing cars and high | | | | and his sales manager, Girolamo Gardini, turned into a |
| performance sports cars and do not create other | | | | crisis. Girolamo Gardini threatened to leave the |
| types of cars. Scuderia Ferrari is still the widespread | | | | company. Enzo Ferrari responded to the threat by |
| name for Gestione Sportiva, the part of the Ferrari | | | | throwing out Girolamo Gardini, and several employees |
| company that works with racing. Scuderia is an Italian | | | | who agreed with Girolamo Gardini were also ousted. |
| word and means "stable", but Scuderia Ferrari is | | | | Among them were Romolo Tavoni, manager for |
| sometime also translated as Team Ferrari. | | | | Scuderia Ferrari, Giotto Bizzarrini, the chief of the |
| During the early years, Scuderia Ferrari sponsored | | | | experimental sports car development, and Carlo Chiti, |
| race car drivers that were driving Alfa Romeo cars. | | | | the chief engineer. This was naturally a huge loss for |
| Scuderia Ferrari would prepare Alfa Romeo cars | | | | the Ferrari company and the crisis deepened when |
| before the race, and in 1938 Enzo Ferrari became | | | | those who had been thrown out formed their own |
| officially employed by Alfa Romeo's racing | | | | company - Automobili Turismo e Sport (ATS). ATS |
| department. Two years later Enzo Ferrari found out | | | | even managed to take over Scuderia Serenissima, a |
| that Alfa Romeo was planning to absorb Scuderia | | | | very successful racing team, from Ferrari. |
| Ferrari, a plan which Enzo Ferrari strongly opposed. He | | | | A younger engineer, Mauro Forghieri, and an |
| instantly left his job at Alfa Romeo, but his contract | | | | experienced racing bodyman, Sergio Scaglietti, |
| restricted him from being involved with racing for | | | | assumed responsibility and tried to finish the projects |
| several years. He changed Scuderia Ferrari into "Auto | | | | that the leaving employees had left behind. One of |
| Avio Costruzioni Ferrari" and officially manufactured | | | | the most important tasks was to finish the |
| aircraft accessories for a few years. Enzo Ferrari did | | | | development of 250 GTO; a new 250-based model |
| however create a race car during this restricted | | | | that could compete with the Jaguar E-type. The 250 |
| period. The Tipo 815 debuted at the Mille Miglia race in | | | | GTO was finished in time to participate in the Sebring |
| 1940, but the race was hampered due to World War | | | | race and place itself first in class, driven by Phil Hill. |
| II and Tipo 815 encountered no real competition. In | | | | Throughout 1962, the 250 GTO continued to win the |
| 1943 Enzo Ferrari moved his factory to Maranello in | | | | races and it is still one of the most well known race |
| Italy and one year later the factory was bombed. | | | | cars in history. The crisis turned out to be something |
| After the end of World War II, Enzo Ferrari rebuilt | | | | good for Ferrari and the 1960s became a very good |
| his factory and now the Ferrari factory was capable | | | | decade for the company. |
| of construction road cars as well. | | | | Until the 1980s when Ferrari began to use fuel |
| Ferrari constructed its first road car in 1947. The | | | | injection in the road cars, the Ferraris were known as |
| 1947 125 S Ferrari had a 1.5 L V12 engine and the | | | | rather temperamental cars. They could be very |
| whole car was considered very beautiful and well | | | | unreliable, but would still attract a large group of |
| designed. Enzo Ferrari was still more interested in | | | | dedicated fans that viewed this unpredictability as |
| race cars and the Ferrari road cars was merely a | | | | "character" rather than a problem. Today, FIAT |
| way for him to fund his work with the Scuderia | | | | controls 56 percent of the Ferrari stocks. The rest of |
| Ferrari. His distaste for the road car customers | | | | stocks owned by Enzo's con Piero Ferrari and by |
| became famous and he even accused them of | | | | Commerzbank, Mediobanca and the Lehman Brothers. |
| buying Ferrari cars only as status symbols. It is true | | | | Maranello is still the home town for Ferrari. |
| that the Ferrari road cars grow to fame not only due | | | | |