Ferari
Ferari
Ferari
Ferrari S.p.A.
Headquarters in Maranello
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Industry Automotive
Website www.ferrari.com
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Ferrari S.p.A. (/fəˈrɑːri/; Italian: [ferˈraːri]) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer
based in Maranello, Italy. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company
built its first car in 1940, adopted its current name in 1945, and began to produce its
current line of road cars in 1947. Ferrari became a public company in 1960, and from
1963 to 2014 it was a subsidiary of Fiat S.p.A. It was spun off from Fiat's successor
entity, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, in 2016.
The company currently offers a large model range which includes
several supercars, grand tourers, and one SUV. Many early Ferraris, dating to the
1950s and 1960s, count among the most expensive cars ever sold at auction. Owing to
a combination of its cars, enthusiast culture, and successful licensing deals, in 2019
Ferrari was labelled the world's strongest brand by the financial consultancy Brand
Finance.[6] As of May 2023, Ferrari is also one of the largest car manufacturers
by market capitalisation, with a value of approximately US$52 billion.[7]
Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation
in racing, especially in Formula One, where its team, Scuderia Ferrari, is the series'
single oldest and most successful. Scuderia Ferrari has raced since 1929, first in Grand
Prix events and later in Formula One, where since 1952 it has fielded fifteen champion
drivers, won sixteen Constructors' Championships, and accumulated more race
victories, 1–2 finishes, podiums, pole positions, fastest laps and points than any other
team in F1 history.[8][9] Historically, Ferrari was also highly active in sports car racing,
where its cars took many wins in races like the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and 24 Hours
of Le Mans, as well as several overall victories in the World Sportscar Championship.
Scuderia Ferrari fans, commonly called tifosi, are known for their passion and loyalty to
the team.
History[edit]
Main article: History of Ferrari
Early history[edit]
In 1945, Ferrari adopted its current name. Work started promptly on a new V12
engine that would power the 125 S, which was the marque's first car, and many
subsequent Ferraris. The company saw success in motorsport almost as soon as it
began racing: the 125 S won many races in 1947,[15][16] and several early victories,
including the 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans and 1951 Carrera Panamericana, helped build
Ferrari's reputation as a high-quality automaker.[17][18] Ferrari won several more races in
the coming years,[8][19] and early in the 1950s its road cars were already a favourite of the
international elite.[20] Ferrari produced many families of interrelated cars, including
the America, Monza, and 250 series, and the company's first series-produced car was
the 250 GT Coupé, beginning in 1958.[21]
In 1960, Ferrari was reorganized as a public company. It soon began searching for a
business partner to handle its manufacturing operations: it first approached Ford in
1963, though negotiations fell through; later talks with Fiat, who bought 50% of Ferrari's
shares in 1969, were more successful.[22][23] In the second half of the decade, Ferrari also
produced two cars that upended its more traditional models: the 1967 Dino 206 GT,
which was its first mass-produced mid-engined road car,[a] and the 1968 365 GTB/4,
which possessed streamlined styling that modernised Ferrari's design language.[26][27] The
Dino in particular was a decisive movement away from the company's conservative
engineering approach, where every road-going Ferrari featured a V12 engine placed in
the front of the car, and it presaged Ferrari's full embrace of mid-engine architecture, as
well as V6 and V8 engines, in the 1970s and 1980s.[26]
Contemporary[edit]
Enzo Ferrari died in 1988, an event that saw Fiat expand its stake to 90%.[28] The last car
that he personally approved — the F40 — expanded on the flagship supercar approach
first tried by the 288 GTO four years earlier.[29] Enzo was replaced in 1991 by Luca
Cordero di Montezemolo, under whose 23-year-long chairmanship the company greatly
expanded. Between 1991 and 2014, he increased the profitability of Ferrari's road cars
nearly tenfold, both by increasing the range of cars offered and through limiting the total
number produced. Montezemolo's chairmanship also saw an expansion in licensing
deals, a drastic improvement in Ferrari's Formula One performance (not least through
the hiring of Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt), and the production of three more
flagship cars: the F50, the Enzo, and the LaFerrari. In addition to his leadership of
Ferrari, Montezemolo was also the chairman of Fiat proper between 2004 and 2010.[30]
After Montezemolo resigned, he was replaced in quick succession by many new
chairmen and CEOs. He was succeeded first by Sergio Marchionne,[30] who would
oversee Ferrari's initial public offering and subsequent spin-off from Fiat Chrysler
Automobiles,[31][32] and then by Louis Camilleri as CEO and John Elkann as chairman.
[33]
Beginning in 2021, Camilleri was replaced as CEO by Benedetto Vigna, who has
announced plans to develop Ferrari's first fully electric model.[34] During this period,
Ferrari has expanded its production, owing to a global increase in wealth, while
becoming more selective with its licensing deals.[35][36]
Motorsport[edit]
Main article: Scuderia Ferrari
For a complete list of Ferrari racing cars, see List of Ferrari competition cars.
Since the company's beginnings, Ferrari has been involved in motorsport. Through
its works team, Scuderia Ferrari, it has competed in a range of categories
including Formula One and sports car racing, though the company has also worked in
partnership with other teams.
Grand Prix and Formula One racing[edit]
Further information: Grand Prix racing history of Scuderia Ferrari and Ferrari Grand
Prix results
Throughout its history, Ferrari has supplied racing cars to other entrants, aside from its
own works Scuderia Ferrari team. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ferrari supplied Formula
One cars to a number of private entrants and other teams. One famous example
was Tony Vandervell's team, which raced the Thinwall Special modified Ferraris before
building their own Vanwall cars. The North American Racing Team's entries in the final
three rounds of the 1969 season were the last occasions on which a team other than
Scuderia Ferrari entered a World Championship Grand Prix with a Ferrari car.[60]
Ferrari supplied cars complete with V8 engines for the A1 Grand Prix series, from the
2008–09 season.[61] The car was designed by Rory Byrne and is styled to resemble the
2004 Ferrari Formula one car. Ferrari currently runs a customer GT program for a
racing version of its 458 and has done so for the 458's predecessors, dating back to the
355 in the late 1990s. Such private teams as the American Risi Competizione and
Italian AF Corse teams have been very successful with Ferrari GT racers over the
years. This car, made for endurance sportscar racing to compete against such racing
versions of the Audi R8, McLaren MP4-12C, and BMW Z4 (E89) has proven to be
successful, but not as successful as its predecessor, the F430. The Ferrari Challenge is
a one-make racing series for the Ferrari 458. The FXX is not road legal and is therefore
only used for track events.
Road cars[edit]
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For a complete list, including future and concept car models, see List of Ferrari road
cars.
Calendar
Model year Vehicle description
introduced
812
2017 Front mid-engine, V12 grand tourer.
Superfast
SF90 Mid-engine, plug-in hybrid V8 sports
2019
Stradale car.
Customisation[edit]
In the 1950s and 1960s, clients often personalized their vehicles as they came straight
from the factory.[65] This philosophy added to the mystique of the brand at the time. Every
Ferrari that came out of Maranello could be built to an individual customer's
specification.
Ferrari formalized this concept with its earlier Carrozzeria Scaglietti programme. The
options offered here were more typical such as racing seats, rearview cameras, and
other special trim. In late 2011, Ferrari announced a significant update of this
philosophy. The Tailor Made programme allows clients to work with designers in
Maranello to make decisions at every step of the process. Through this program almost
any trim, any exterior colour or any interior material is possible. The program carries on
the original tradition and emphasizes the idea of each car being unique.[65]
"Big 5" supercars[edit]
Enzo Ferrari
The 1984 288 GTO is considered by some to be the first in the line of Ferrari flagship
"supercars". This pedigree is considered to extend through the F40, F50, Enzo
Ferrari and the LaFerrari. These are sometimes referred to by collectors as the "Big 5".
[66][67]
Ferrari Pinin
Ferrari has produced a handful of concept cars such as the Modulo, Mythos, and Pinin.
Some of these were quite radical and never intended for production, while others
showed styling elements that were later incorporated into production models. Most of
Ferrari's concept cars have been collaborations with design studio Pininfarina. The most
recent concept car to be produced by Ferrari themselves was the 2010 Millechili.
A number of one-off special versions of Ferrari road cars have also been produced,
commissioned to coachbuilders by wealthy owners. Examples include the P4/5[68] and
the 612 Kappa.
Ferrari Special Projects[edit]
The Special Projects programme, also called the Portfolio Coachbuilding Programme,
was launched in 2008 as a way to revive the tradition of past one-off and limited
production coachbuilt Ferrari models, allowing clients to work with Ferrari and top Italian
coachbuilders to create bespoke bodied models based on modern Ferrari road cars.[69]
[70]
Engineering and design is done by Ferrari, sometimes in cooperation with external
design houses like Pininfarina or Fioravanti, and the vehicles receive
full homologation to be road legal.[70] Since the creation of Ferrari's in-house styling
centre in 2010 though, the focus has shifted away somewhat from outside
coachbuilders and more towards creating new in-house designs for clients.[71][72]
The first car to be completed under this programme was the 2008 SP1, commissioned
by a Japanese business executive. The second was the P540 Superfast Aperta,
commissioned by an American collector.[70] The following is a list of Special Projects cars
that have been made public:
Commissioned
Name Picture Year Based on Notes
by
SP30 2013[77] 599 GTO[77] Cheerag Arya[77] Designed by Ferrari Styling Centre.
Shin
SP FFX 2014 FF[78] Designed by Pininfarina.[78]
Okamoto[78]
Danny
SP America 2014 F12berlinetta Designed by Pininfarina.
Wegman[80]
1947[131] ‡3
1948[131] ‡5
1949[131] ‡21
1950[131] ‡25
1951[131] ‡33
1952[131] ‡44
1953[131] ‡57
1954[131] ‡58
1955[131] ‡61
1956[131] ‡81
1957[131] ‡113
1958[131] ‡183
1959[131] ‡248
1960[131] ‡306
1961[131] ‡441
1962[131] ‡493
1963[131] ‡598
1964[131] ‡654
1965[131] ‡619
1966[131] ‡928
Year Sales
1967[131] ‡706
1968[131] ‡729
1969[131] ‡619
1970[131] ‡928
1971[131] ‡1,246
1972[131] ‡1,844
1973[131] ‡1,772
1974[131] ‡1,436
1975[131] ‡1,337
1976[131] ‡1,426
1977[132] ‡1,798
1978[131] ‡1,939
1979[131] ‡2,221
1980[131] ‡2,470
1981[131] ‡2,565
1982[131] ‡2,209
1983[133] ‡2,366
1984[134] ‡2,856
1985[132] 3,051
1986[132] 3,663
Year Sales
1987[135] 3,942
1988[136] 4,001
1989[136] 3,821
1990[137] 4,293
1991[137] 4,487
1992[137] 3,384
1993[137] 2,345
1994[137] 2,671
1995[137] 3,144
1996[138] 3,350
1997[138] 3,581
1998[139] 3,652
1999[139] 3,775
2000[140] 4,070
2001[141] 4,289
2002[142] 4,236
2003[143] 4,238
2004[144] 4,975
2005[145] 5,409
2006[146] 5,671
Year Sales
2007[147] 6,465
2008[148] 6,587
2009[149] 6,250
2010[150] 6,461
2011[151] 7,001
2012[152] 7,318
2013[153] 6,922
2014[154] †7,255
2015[155] †7,664
2016[156] †8,014
2017[157] †8,398
2018[158] †9,251
2019[159] †10,131
2020[160] †9,119
2021[161] 11,115
2022[162] 13,221
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External links[edit]
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Official website
Ferrari Official Car Configurator
Ferrari Past Models on auto.ferrari.com
Ferrari Single-seaters on formula1.ferrari.com
Ferrari Special Projects listing on Coachbuild.com
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