Editing Ferrari (section)

=== Under Enzo Ferrari ===
[[File:1960s Maranello making cars.jpg|thumb|Ferrari's factory in the early 1960s: everything in its production line was handmade by [[machinist]]s, who followed technical drawings with extreme precision.<ref name=Baime>{{cite book |last=Baime |first=A.J. |title=Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-618-82219-5 |url={{GBurl |id=PqhXAwAAQBAJ}} |access-date=15 May 2023 |pages=65–68 }}</ref> Much of this work is now done by [[industrial robot]]s.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Peake |first=Eleanor |title=Inside the top secret factory where new Ferraris are born |magazine=WIRED UK |date=15 April 2018 |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ferrari-car-factory-manufactured-italy-enzo-build-create |access-date=26 May 2023 |archive-date=26 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526230326/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ferrari-car-factory-manufactured-italy-enzo-build-create |url-status=live }}</ref>]]

In 1945, Ferrari adopted its current name. Work started promptly on [[Ferrari Colombo engine|a new V12 engine]] that would power the [[Ferrari 125 S|125 S]], which was the marque's first car, and many subsequent Ferraris. The company saw success in motorsport almost as soon as it began racing: the 125 S won many races in 1947,<ref name=Ludvigsen2010>{{cite web |author-last=Ludvigsen |author-first=Karl |website=Forza Magazine |title=Genesis 1.5:12 |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/100/articles/genesis-1-5-12 |date=12 February 2010 |access-date=3 May 2023 |archive-date=13 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813114339/https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/100/articles/genesis-1-5-12 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Brian Laban |title=Ferrarissime |publisher=Editions Atlas |section=introduction |pages=6–9 |year=2009 |isbn=978-2723473149 |language=French }}</ref> and several early victories, including the [[1949 24 Hours of Le Mans]] and 1951 [[Carrera Panamericana]], helped build Ferrari's reputation as a high-quality automaker.<ref name=Lamm>{{cite web |last=Lamm |first=John |title=The Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta: The Most Important Ferrari in History? |website=Collier Automedia |date=3 February 2020 |url=https://www.collierautomedia.com/the-ferrari-166-mm-barchetta-the-most-important-ferrari-in-history |access-date=22 May 2023 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512062501/https://www.collierautomedia.com/the-ferrari-166-mm-barchetta-the-most-important-ferrari-in-history |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=LudvigsenJul2019>{{cite web |author-last=Ludvigsen |author-first=Karl |website=Forza Magazine |title=Italian Invasion |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/176/articles/italian-invasion |date=18 July 2019 |access-date=30 April 2023 |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504045656/https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/176/articles/italian-invasion |url-status=live }}</ref> Ferrari won several more races in the coming years,<ref name=F1Wins /><ref name=Havelock>{{cite web |author-last=Havelock |author-first=Steve |website=Forza Magazine |title=The It Car |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/120/articles/the-it-car |date=20 July 2012 |access-date=30 April 2023 |archive-date=4 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504051154/https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/120/articles/the-it-car |url-status=live }}</ref> and early in the 1950s its road cars were already a favourite of the international elite.<ref name="Massini">{{cite magazine |date=February–March 2003 |title=Ferrari Royale |url=https://paulrussell.com/articles/FerrariRoyale.pdf |magazine=[[Cavallino (magazine)|Cavallino]] |author-last=Massini |author-first=Marcel |access-date=15 May 2023 |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516135257/https://paulrussell.com/articles/FerrariRoyale.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ferrari produced many families of interrelated cars, including the [[Ferrari America|America]], [[Ferrari Monza|Monza]], and [[Ferrari 250|250]] series, and the company's first [[series-produced]] car was the [[Ferrari 250 GT Coupé|250 GT Coupé]], beginning in 1958.<ref name=TraverAdolphus>{{cite web |author-last=Traver Adolphus |author-first=David |website=Hemmings Motor News |title=The Car That Saved Ferrari - 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet |url=https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/the-car-that-saved-ferrari-1961-ferrari-250-gt-cabriolet |date=23 September 2018 |access-date=10 May 2023 |archive-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510185958/https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/the-car-that-saved-ferrari-1961-ferrari-250-gt-cabriolet |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1960, Ferrari was reorganized as a [[public company]]. It soon began searching for a business partner to handle its manufacturing operations: it first approached [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] in 1963, though negotiations fell through; later talks with [[Fiat S.p.A.|Fiat]], who bought 50% of Ferrari's shares in 1969, were more successful.<ref name=Summers>{{cite journal |last=Summers |first=Alexander |title=Commercializing the 24-hours War: Ford Motor Company versus The World |journal=Legacy |volume=20 |issue=1 |date=2020 |url=https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/legacy/vol20/iss1/7 |access-date=14 May 2023 }}</ref><ref name=MaranParker>{{cite journal |last1=Maran |first1=Laura |last2=Parker |first2=Lee |title=Non-financial motivations in mergers and acquisitions: The Fiat–Ferrari case |journal=Business History |publisher=Informa UK Limited |volume=63 |issue=4 |date=18 August 2019 |issn=0007-6791 |doi=10.1080/00076791.2019.1597854 |pages=606–667 |s2cid=199340523 |url=http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/179827/7/179827.pdf |archive-date=9 June 2023 |access-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609033519/http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/179827/7/179827.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In the second half of the decade, Ferrari also produced two cars that upended its more traditional models: the 1967 [[Dino 206 GT]], which was its first mass-produced [[mid-engined]] road car,{{efn|The Dino 206 GT was preceded by the [[Ferrari 250 LM|250 LM Stradale]] and [[Ferrari 365 P Berlinetta Speciale|365 P Berlinetta Speciale]]. Both were based on preexisting mid-engined racing cars, and were produced in extremely limited numbers.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zuchowski |first=Matt |title=Five-Year Plan |website=Forza Magazine |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/207/articles/five-year-plan |date=1 June 2023 |access-date=18 September 2023 |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922092622/https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/207/articles/five-year-plan |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author-last=Atiyeh |author-first=Clifford |title=Crazy three-seat 1966 Ferrari 365P Heads to Auction |website=Car and Driver |date=25 July 2014 |url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15362196/three-seat-one-off-1966-ferrari-365p-heads-to-auction-should-command-many-millions/ |access-date=17 September 2023 |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929085202/https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15362196/three-seat-one-off-1966-ferrari-365p-heads-to-auction-should-command-many-millions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} and the 1968 [[Ferrari Daytona|365 GTB/4]], which possessed streamlined styling that modernised Ferrari's design language.<ref name=Stone /><ref name="Branch 2020">{{cite web |last=Branch |first=Ben |title=The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona - The World's Fastest Production Car In 1968 |website=Silodrome |date=14 July 2020 |url=https://silodrome.com/ferrari-daytona/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522170518/https://silodrome.com/ferrari-daytona/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Dino in particular was a decisive movement away from the company's conservative engineering approach, where every road-going Ferrari featured a [[V12 engine|V12]] engine placed [[Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout|in the front of the car]], and it presaged Ferrari's full embrace of mid-engine architecture, as well as [[V6]] and [[V8]] engines, in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref name=Stone>{{cite web |author-last=Stone |author-first=Matt |website=Forza Magazine |title=Adaptation |url=https://www.forza-mag.com/issues/204/articles/adaptation |date=19 January 2023 |access-date=15 May 2023 }}</ref>