Sunday, October 24, 2010

Machinery And Reputation Of Ferraris New And Old

By Jack Weber

The finest automobile manufacturer and developer in the whole world is none other than the Ferrari. With its marvelously implemented style, assured powerful quality and high regards to speed, The Ferrari is the automobile of choice specially in racing events. It truly deserves the renown it has today. But, from the time it is created, no one ever expected that it would become the best in the industry.

Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, Ferrari was first named Scuderia Ferrari. It was formed as an amateur driver's sponsor in Modena, Italy. Enzo raced numerous drivers and successfully helped train these drivers in Alfa Romeo sports cars for nine years. In 1938, Enzo was hired to head the motor racing department of Alfa Romeo. For two years, he developed new technologies in regards to cars and excelled at his new job. However, due to the forming of a Fascist government in the 1940's and the emergence of a World War, the Italian government absorbed Alfa Romeo. Fortunately, the division of Enzo was not affected because it was too small.

Enzo Ferrari excelled in managing the division in Alfa Romeo and developed new technologies in manufacturing cars. In the 1940's the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini took over Italy. This brought the Alfa Romeo into the hands of the Italian government in order to further support the Axis powers. It was never the matter for Enzo since his division was small and was not affected by the change of control.

Due to his contract with Alfa Romeo, Enzo Ferrari was not permitted to race for four years. By then, Scuderia Ferrari changed its name into Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari. The new Ferrari was now a developer of airplane accessories and machine tools. It was during this time that Enzo manufactured the first ever Ferrari, the Tipo 815. Unfortunately for him, it was the non-competition period.

The Tipo 815 was the first ever Ferrari racecar to debut amongst the public. It was shown to the public at the Mille Miglia in 1940 and saw very little competition. The Ferrari factory was consequently moved in Maranello, Italy in 1943. However, the Second World War brought devastation to the newly moved factory when the factory was bombed by an Allied raid in Italy in 1944. Right after the war, he started to rebuild the factory. The newly rebuilt factory included a works-for-road car production. From this day on, Ferrari would slowly garner its popularity.

Enzo Ferrari was displeased by the fact that he was selling his automobiles. Even as the Ferrari brand cars grew and gained excellence in the world of automobiles. He was disappointed by the fact that most of his buyers only purchased the cars only for the prestige and not the overall performance.

Due to some circumstances, Enzo Ferrari was reluctant to display to the public his automobile creations. He was displeased and very vocal about people buying his notorious cars for prestige and not for quality.

Even so, Ferrari continues to dominate the automobile industry. Over 3,000 are employed every year and 1,688 Euros are gathered from revenues annually. It is for this reason that Ferrari is the finest manufacturer in the world. No one ever knew that a racecar driver could ever establish the greatest racecar developer today.

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