The Company’s first automobile was the 125 S, a two-seater built in Maranello in 1947 by the firm Enzo Ferrari transferred from Modena four years earlier. The car would go on to win the Rome GP the same year and become a sophisticated grand tour road vehicle. The Company has come a long way since then but its mission remains the same: to build unique sports cars representing the excellence of Italian automobiles, on both the road and the racing circuit.
In fact, the legend of Ferrari lives on. Formula One victories, where the Scuderia Ferrari won its fifteenth Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship in 2007, as well as the extraordinary appeal of Ferrari products, not only in traditional markets but also in more recently developed ones, confirm this. Just think about the commercial success of cars like the F430 and the 599 GTB Fiorano, which are the fruit of a continuous transfer of technology from race cars to street cars. In the past few years, the Maranello and Modena plants have been the site of a significant technological upgrade. Along with the wind-tunnel designed by Renzo Piano in 1997, Ferrari now has one of the most modern, "worker-friendly" plants in the world. Particularly noteworthy are the new structures dedicated to Machining Processes, Logistics and Dies, and the spectacular Product Development Centre designed by Massimiliano Fuksas. In 2007, Ferrari ranked first in Europe in the “Great Place to Work” list, a survey that measures the level of employee satisfaction and identifies the best work places.