Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello.

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 as
Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947. Fiat acquired 50% of Ferrari in 1969 and expanded its stake to 85%
in 2008.[4]In 2014 Fiat announced its intentions to sell its share in Ferrari, as of the
announcement Fiat owned 90% of Ferrari.[5] [6] Throughout its history, the company has been
noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One, where it has had
great success. Ferrari road cars are generally seen as a symbol of speed, luxury and
wealth.
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1 History
2 Motorsport
2.1 Scuderia Ferrari
2.2 Race cars for other teams
3 Road cars
3.1 Current models
3.2 Supercars
3.3 Concept cars and specials
3.4 Bio-fuel and hybrid cars
3.5 Naming conventions
4 Identity
4.1 Colour
5 Corporate affairs
5.1 Technical partnerships
5.2 Sales history
6 See also
7 References
8 Notes
9 External links

History[edit]
Main article: History of Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari was not initially interested in the idea of producing road cars when he formed
Scuderia Ferrari (literally "Ferrari Stable", and usually used to mean "Team Ferrari", it is
correctly pronounced [skuderia]) in 1928 as a sponsor for amateur drivers
headquartered in Modena. Ferrari prepared, and successfully raced, various drivers in Alfa
Romeo cars until 1938, when he was hired by Alfa Romeo to head their motor racing
department.
In 1941, Alfa Romeo was confiscated by the fascist government of Benito Mussolini as part
of the Axis Powers' war effort. Enzo Ferrari's division was small enough to be unaffected by
this. Because he was prohibited by contract from racing for four years, the Scuderia briefly
became Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari, which ostensibly produced machine tools and

aircraft accessories. Also known as SEFAC (Scuderia Enzo Ferrari Auto Corse), Ferrari did
in fact produce one race car, the Tipo 815, in the non-competition period. It was the first
actual Ferrari car (it debuted at the 1940 Mille Miglia), but due to World War II it saw little
competition. In 1943 the Ferrari factory moved to Maranello, where it has remained ever
since. The factory was bombed by the Allies in 1944 and rebuilt in 1946, after the war
ended, and included a works for road car production.

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The first Ferrari road car was the 1947 125 S, powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine; Enzo Ferrari
reluctantly built and sold his automobiles to fund Scuderia Ferrari.[7]
Early in 1969, Fiat took a 50% stake in Ferrari. An immediate result was an increase in
available investment funds, and work started at once on a factory extension intended to
transfer production from Fiat's Turin plant of the Ferrari engined Fiat Dino. New model
investment further up in the Ferrari range also received a boost.
In 1988, Enzo Ferrari oversaw the launch of the Ferrari F40, the last new Ferrari to be
launched before his death later that year, and arguably one of the most
famoussupercars ever made. From 2002 to 2004, Ferrari produced the Enzo, their fastest
model at the time, which was introduced and named in honor of the company's founder,
Enzo Ferrari. It was to be called the F60, continuing on from the F40 and F50, but Ferrari
was so pleased with it, they called it the Enzo instead. It was initially offered to loyal and
reoccurring customers, each of the 399 made (minus the 400th which was donated to the
Vatican for charity) had a price tag of $650,000 apiece (equivalent to 400,900).
On 15 September 2012, 964 Ferrari cars (worth over $162 million (equivalent to
99,950,000)) attended the Ferrari Driving Days event at Silverstone Circuit and paraded
round the Silverstone Circuit setting a world record.[8]
Ferrari's former CEO and Chairman, Luca di Montezemolo, resigned from the company
after 23 years, and is to be succeeded by Sergio Marchionne, CEO and Chairman of Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles, Ferrari's parent company.[9]
On 29 October 2014, the FCA group, resulting from the merger between manufacturers Fiat
and Chrysler, announced the split of its luxury brand, Ferrari. The aim is to turn Ferrari into
an independent brand which 10% of stake will be sold in an IPO in 2015. [10]

Motorsport[edit]

For a complete list of Ferrari racing cars, see List of Ferrari competition cars.

Ferrari 312T2 Formula One car driven by Niki Lauda

Since the company's beginnings, Ferrari has been involved in motorsport, competing in
a range of categories including Formula One and sports car racingthrough its Scuderia
Ferrari sporting division as well as supplying cars and engines to other teams and for
one make race series.
The 1940 AAC 815 was the first racing car to be designed by Enzo Ferrari, although it
was not badged as a Ferrari model.

Scuderia Ferrari[edit]
Main article: Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari has participated in several classes of motorsport, though it is currently
only officially involved in Formula One. It is the only team to have competed in the
Formula One World Championship continuously since its inception in 1950. Jos
Froiln Gonzlez gave the team its first F1 victory at the 1951 British Grand Prix.

Scuderia Ferrari won a Formula One driver's title in 2007, with Kimi Rikknen.

Alberto Ascari gave Ferrari its first Drivers Championship a year later. Ferrari is the
oldest team in the championship, and the most successful: the team holds nearly every
Formula One record. As of 2008, the team's records include 15 World Drivers
Championship titles
(1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2000,2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
and 2007) 16 World Constructors Championship titles
(1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,2004,
2007 and 2008), 209 Grand Prix victories, 4925.27 points, 622 podium finishes,
203 pole positions, and 218 fastest laps in 776 Grands Prix contested. Of the 19 tracks
used in 2014, 8 have lap records set by the Ferrari F2004, with a further 3 set by
the Ferrari F2003-GA,Ferrari F2008 and Ferrari F10.

Ferrari drivers include Tazio Nuvolari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Luigi Chinetti, Alberto
Ascari, Wolfgang von Trips, Phil Hill,Olivier Gendebien, Mike Hawthorn, Peter
Collins, Giancarlo Baghetti, John Surtees, Lorenzo Bandini, Ludovico Scarfiotti,Jacky
Ickx, Mario Andretti, Clay Regazzoni, Niki Lauda, Carlos Reutemann, Jody
Scheckter, Gilles Villeneuve, Didier Pironi,Patrick Tambay, Ren Arnoux, Michele
Alboreto, Gerhard Berger, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Jean Alesi, Eddie Irvine,Rubens
Barrichello, Michael Schumacher, K

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