Later, Luca Codero di Montezemolo joined Ferrari after 199 1. Starting from the principle of innovation and courage advocated by Enzo Ferrari, he proved his own strength and brought Ferrari's success to an unprecedented height that he never dreamed of.
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Enzo Ferrari was born in Modena on February 1898 and died on August1988 at the age of 90.
He used to be a racing driver of Fiat. Encouraged by Fiat, he set up a Ferrari team in Trento, Viale, Modena on 1929 to help his partners participate in racing activities.
The company used Alfa Romeo to participate in the competition until 1938, when Enzo Ferrari joined Alfa Romeo and became the manager of the racing department.
1September, 939, Enzo Ferrari left Alfa Romeo Company and established Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari Company on the original site of Ferrari team.
The new company provides services for companies such as Air Rome, Piaggio and Riv, and its main business is to manufacture machine tools, especially hydraulic power grinders.
Since Enzo Ferrari left Alfa Romeo Company, although he agreed not to manufacture cars in his own name for four years, Ferrari soon began to develop two samples of an 8-cylinder 1500 cc racing car, which was called an 8 15 convertible racing car, and participated in the 1940 Mille Miglia race.
The outbreak of World War II brought all motor racing activities to a standstill. Ferrari's factory was moved from Modena to Maranello in 1943. Although the factory was bombed in February 1944, 1 1, 1945, the manufacture of the hydraulic grinder was not interrupted.
As soon as the war ended, they began to design and manufacture the first Ferrari racing car 125 Sport, which was a 1500cc 12-cylinder engine racing car. Racer Franco Cortese took part in the race in Piacenza on May 1947 and won the race two weeks later.
Since then, Ferrari has won more than 5,000 victories in track and road races around the world, creating the legend of Ferrari today.
In order to meet the growing market demand, Enzo Ferrari sold 50% of its shares to Fiat Group in 1969, and in 1988, Fiat Group held 90% of its shares.
Nevertheless, due to highly specialized production, Ferrari has always maintained a completely independent operation.
1977, Carrozzeria Scaglietti, a famous expert in automobile body design and manufacturing, joined Ferrari. Since 1950s, he has been designing chassis and body for Ferrari GT sports car.
1997, Fiat gave 50% shares of Maserati to Ferrari, a legendary automobile brand rooted in Modena, which was acquired by Fiat in 1993.
1999, Ferrari completely took over Maserati.