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of sports car racing, the layout in
a production car was daring for
its time.
It became evident that in order
for the company to continue to
develop they would need to find a
powerful partner, leading to the Fiat
Group taking a 50 per cent stake in
Ferrari. This investment allowed for
a factory extension, and production
of the Ferrari-engineered Fiat
Dino was transferred from Fiat’s
Turin plant.
The last model to be personally
approved by Enzo Ferrari was the
F40, a car that many believe is the
“greatest supercar the world has
ever seen.” The 40
th
-anniversary
model was the fastest and most
powerful car built by Ferrari to
be sold to the public at the time.
It went on sale with a suggested
retail price of $400,000, although
high demand for the car led to sales
topping $1.6 million.
All Ferraris bear the instantly
identifiable badge of the rearing
black stallion on a yellow shield
with the letters S F, and three
stripes in reference to the Italian
ABOVE:
A publicity shot of
the Fiat Dino Spider.
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