On February 18, 1898, Enzo Ferrari was born in the small town of Modena in northern Italy. A few years later, both Enzo and the mondra, where he was born, became Ferrari's most famous models.
Ferrari Enzo
That's why Ferrari Enzo has only produced 400 of them in total, and the latest auction price is 38 million yuan. It is said that the purchaser must have a Ferrari member of more than 3 designated models to be eligible to purchase Enzo. Hong Kong movie star Aaron Kwok owns a Enzo.
Ferrari Modena
This is Ferrari Modena.
Enzo also has an older brother named Dino Ferrari. Later, the Dino also became a Ferrari famous car.
Ferrari dino
Enzo Ferrari is the founder of Ferrari. His father was a blacksmith. Of course, this is completely different from the blacksmith we usually think of. This place in Modena is famous for its steel casting. Enzo's home is a steel foundry.
When Enzo Jr. was born, 12 years after the world's first car was born. It was The German Carl Benz officially registered the world's first gasoline-running internal combustion engine car in January 1886.
Mercedes Benz 1886
Enzo's father was a car fan and took him to a racing show when Enzo was 10 years old. The speed of the racing track opened Enzo Jr. Later he did not get good grades in school, which had a lot to do with this game. Because he already aspired to be a racing driver. It can be seen that taking a child to watch racing is a very dangerous thing, because the probability of creating another Ferrari is very low, and the probability of him losing interest in reading may be high.
When Enzo was 5 years old, the family had their first car. At the age of 13, Enzo persuaded his father to let him start driving cars, and he began his car life.
But heaven always seems to like to test those who have extraordinary genius. At the age of 18, Enzo's father died. In the same year, his brother Dino also died of influenza.
The family's cast iron business was on the verge of collapse, and Enzo had to drop out of school and go home to drive a bed in the workshop of the Modena fire brigade. In 1917, at the age of 19, Enzo enlisted in the army, but was forced to retire at the end of that year because of pleurisy.
After returning home, Enzo went to the Fiat automobile factory in Turin to look for a job, but was rejected. This hit Enzo very hard. Of course, Enzo at this time would never have imagined that the Ferrari he founded 50 years later was on the verge of collapse, and it was Fiat who paid for it. To this day, Fiat remains Ferrari's largest shareholder.
Fiat factory
Desperate, Enzo went to an old car dismantling plant. It was here that he met racer Ugo Swarzzi. It was this man who took Enzo on the road to racing. Enzo left Turin with his help and officially became a test driver.
Subsequently, Enzo played his genius driving skills on the field. The Alfa Romeo team that played for him won one championship after another between 1924 and 1925.
Enzo drives the Alfa Romeo race car
But his guide to life, and his good friend Ugo Swazi, was accidentally killed in an accident.
Hugo Swarzzi
Enzo was disappointed to lose his friend, but he also gained a very important asset during this time: the parents of an ace pilot gave Enzo the logo of his late son's Prancing Horse and suggested that he paint the horse on his car for good luck. This logo is the logo of Ferrari, which became famous all over the world.
The original provenance of the Prancing Horse logo
In 1931, Enzo's first son was born, and he gave him the name Dino. It was also the name of his deceased brother. That year, for the sake of his son, Enzo officially ended his career as a racing driver.
On 16 November 1929, Enzo, along with three other racers, founded a team, Ferrari. There was no Ferrari brand at the time, they used Alfa Romeo racing cars, and Enzo provided technical support.
In 1937, with mussolini's interference, the Ferrari convoy was disbanded. The Italian government re-formed the Alpha Racing Team, with Enzo as the team's manager. But not long after, because of disagreement with management, Enzo was fired from the Alpha team.
Mussolini test drive the car
Enzo then founded an aero engine parts factory. After the outbreak of World War II, Enzo has been providing military production services to Mussolini's government. But according to relevant information, he is also secretly funding the Resistance Movement in Italy.
After World War II, Enzo returned to automotive manufacturing. In 1947 Enzo finally founded his own car company: Ferrari Motor Company. The company's logo is the Prancing Horse.
Ferrari logo
They team up for racing while producing luxury sports cars. Despite the success on the field, an accident in 1957 killed nine spectators, five of whom were children. Enzo was also charged with manslaughter. The case was not dismissed until 1961.
The scene of the 1957 Ferrari racing accident
Despite this, Ferrari continues to achieve great results on the racing track, which brings Ferrari great honors. Ferrari-built cars have won more than 5,000 awards around the world, including twenty-five world championships. As a result, Enzo dominated the world of motorsport for 70 years.
But Enzo's obsessive motorsport is a money-burning sport. In fact, Ferrari's car manufacturing at that time was difficult to support its racing team, so Enzo had to keep borrowing money from Fiat, the car boss at the time. Finally, in 1969, Enzo transferred 50% of Ferrari's shares to Fiat.
Fiat inspects Ferrari
In 1956, Enzo's son Dino died of muscular dystrophy at the age of 24. This dealt Enzo the heaviest blow. From then on, whenever he appeared in public, he wore sunglasses.
But Enzo had another illegitimate son, his name was Piero. This is the child of Enzo and his lover Lina, who has not been recognized by Enzo before.
Piero Ferrari
It was not until 1978, after the death of his wife, who had accompanied Enzo for 55 years, that Piero was allowed to use the surname Ferrari and entered Ferrari, where he eventually became Ferrari's successor.
On August 14, 1988, automotive superstar Enzo Ferrari passed away at the age of 90.
And the Prancing Horse he left behind is still galloping on this earth.
Enzo Ferrari and his car
This article is the short video commentary of "Reading Humanities" People of the Day - Enzo Ferrari.