The Birth of an Icon

MORE THAN 70 YEARS AGO, the thoughts running through Enzo Ferrari’s mind were simply about racing the cars he made. The idea of making road-going cars to sell wasn’t part of the picture yet. In fact, he never kept many of his early creations, but either took them apart for parts or sold them in order to fund his next race car. Eventually, Ferrari did come to realise the potential of his cars.

At the time, however, the bodywork of his first cars simply served