Who Owns Ferrari, And Where Does It Build Its Cars?

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The reply to nan mobility of who owns Ferrari now is, awesomely, "You." Fiat and Ferrari are ancient history; their shares were separated successful December 2015, and nan nationalist has owned nan mostly liking successful nan legendary Italian automaker opening successful January of 2016. This intends if you ain immoderate Ferrari stock, nary matter really little, you're a portion owner. Unfortunately, this doesn't automatically mean that nan reply to nan mobility "Who owns a Ferrari?" is "You," but babe steps here.

Then comes nan mobility of wherever Ferrari builds its cars. These days, saying an automaker hails from a peculiar state says thing astir wherever they're built. Hyundai makes plentifulness of vehicles successful Alabama, and some Porsche Cayennes are made successful Slovakia while others travel from Malaysia. 

Ferrari, however, builds its cars exclusively successful Maranello, and has since nan 125 S rolled retired of nan mill successful 1947. Buying a Ferrari is for illustration buying a chunk of automotive history, and owners work difficult to support their expensive-to-fix Ferraris connected nan road. It's a heck of a heritage, and Ferrari guards its image and estimation closely. It's this adjacent guarding that means, of course, having immoderate shares successful nan institution doesn't fto you stone up to nan Ferrari office successful Maranello and commencement making demands.

Not only is nan institution governed by a big of executive officers, Piero Ferrari still holds much than a 10% stake, which he inherited from his father, nan legendary Enzo Ferrari. Over 21% belongs to Exor N.V., a institution controlled by nan descendants of 1 of Fiat's founders, Giovanni Agnelli. So yes, moreover though Fiat doesn't ain 90% of Ferrari anymore, nan tendrils tally deep. Unless you scheme connected buying up each 68.19% of nan nationalist shares, you astir apt won't person overmuch sway pinch Ferrari leadership.

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Ferrari is famously (allegedly) controlling. Though nan institution is mostly nationalist now, nan marque will apparently prosecute successful definite strategies to make judge its cars extremity up successful nan "right" hands, specified arsenic inheritance and credit checks that spell deeper than nan Mariana Trench, refusal to waste to owners pinch Lamborghinis, blacklisting those who situation badmouth nan cars, and avoiding instrumented tests/documented thigh times. 

Hagerty's Jason Cammisa complained astir this past rumor connected his "Carmudgeon" podcast, wherever he explained his flabbergasted guidance to Ferrari demanding he not pit nan 296 GTB against immoderate different cars for a comparison test. Cammisa's evident solution was to rent a 296 for his video pitting nan 2025 Corvette ZR1 against some a Ferrari and a Lamborghini.

Getting a caller Ferrari, particularly a limited-edition model, intends becoming portion of nan Ferrari family (figuratively, not literally, though marrying a Ferrari descendant would astir apt help). Ferrari believes its cars are cleanable from nan factory, and awesome modifications tin revoke your correct to ain early Ferraris aliases void your warranty. Oh, and you can't waste your Ferrari wrong nan first year, nary matter really overmuch you don't want it anymore. 

Perhaps it's retired of respect aliases fearfulness that Ferrari didn't kick erstwhile John Carmack — "Doom" and Quake" creator, coding genius, rocket scientist, Oculus/Meta VR tech guru, and perchance nan Jupiter encephalon moving nan simulation successful which we live — turboed his various Ferraris. At slightest nan F50 he bought was off-lease, truthful possibly Ferrari couldn't show him what to do since it was secondhand. Still, to beryllium safe, possibly don't show Ferrari astir nan F40 that's getting a V12 swap.

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Ford ne'er owned Ferrari, but boy, Ford judge tried. The woody was connected nan verge of closing successful 1963 erstwhile Enzo Ferrari learned that he'd person to springiness up complete power complete Ferrari's racing efforts. No 1 was going to show Il Commendatore what to do erstwhile it came to racing, truthful nan woody was off.

As you tin imagine, Ford was ticked. So, it developed nan GT40 specifically to humiliate Ferrari. In 1966, Ford crushed nan institution it formerly wanted to ain astatine Le Mans, pinch nan GT40 finishing first, second, and third. You've seen "Ford v Ferrari," you get it. In 1969, Fiat bought 50% of Ferrari, having already helped Enzo support his institution afloat pinch loans betwixt 1955 and 1959. In 1988, soon earlier Enzo died, Fiat purchased 90% of Ferrari's shares, leaving him pinch 10%. 

Honestly, even pinch each of nan (supposed, alleged) buying restrictions, astir of america would happily portion pinch a fewer of our organs to ain one. We each pay attraction erstwhile an ultra-rare Ferrari drives by, and it's unthinkable that nan mean personification tin acquisition a stock of nan company, moreover if its cars are retired of scope for astir specified mortals. While you mightiness beryllium capable to prime up a decent Mondial QV aliases 3.2 for astir $50,000, there's nary MSRP listed for immoderate of Ferrari's models connected its charismatic website, though location is an "Inquire" fastener connected each car's page. You cognize what they opportunity astir having to inquire for a value and being capable to spend something. Car and Driver says nan Roma is nan cheapest astatine a house-equivalent starting value of $279,965, so possibly waste a kidney aliases lung. You've sewage 2 of each.