953 nut 69,152 #1 Posted 1 hour ago October 5, 1919, a young Italian car mechanic and engineer named Enzo Ferrari takes part in his first car race, a hill climb in Parma, Italy. He finished fourth. Ferrari was a good driver, but not a great one: In all, he won just 13 of the 47 races he entered. Many people say that this is because he cared too much for the sports cars he drove: He could never bring himself to ruin an engine in order to win a race. In the mid-1920s, Ferrari retired from racing cars in order to pursue his first love: building them. He took over the Alfa Romeo racing department in 1929 and began to turn out cars under his own name. Annoyed with Ferrari’s heavy-handed management style, Alfa Romeo fired him in 1939. After that, he started his own manufacturing firm, but he spent the war years building machine tools, not race cars. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,984 #3 Posted 10 minutes ago There was a great story about Enzo and his take on "Customer Satisfaction" years ago. Seems that a Doctor in upstate new York bought his first Ferrai, new, in the summer. All was well until late fall - the car stumbled and drove poorly when it was cold. So..., he wrote a letter to Enzo himself, describing the lack of satisfaction with an otherwise fine car. A few weeks later, Enzo himself responded in a letter. The gist of it was "If you can afford my car, you can afford a heated garage for it!" End of discussion... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
