Ferrari Enzo

Montezemolo officially unveils the Enzo Ferrari at the Paris Motor Show

Paris, 26th September - President of the Ferrari Maserati Group, Luca di Montezemolo today officially unveiled the "Enzo Ferrari" at the "Mondial de l'Automobile 2002" in Paris. "The Enzo is a historic car for Ferrari for many and various reasons. Therefore we had to chose a name with a strong symbolic significance and that was the name of the Company founder," said Montezemolo. "With an F1 gearbox, a 5998 cc V12 engine, carbon and composite materials, the Enzo, of which 399 will be built, is the perfect synthesis of four consecutive Formula 1 Championships in the last four years. This is because it is the race track itself which has been the source of the highest level of technology characterising a unique car which is absolutely innovative and represents the quintessence of Ferrari past and present and looks to the Ferrari of the future." Also present along with Montezemolo was the Managing Director of Ferrari Granturismo Amedeo Felisa, Ferrari Vice-President Piero Ferrari and the designer of the Enzo, Sergio Pininfarina, along with representatives of companies which have collaborated with Ferrari on the Enzo project.

"I wish to thank everyone at Ferrari for this project, with special thanks to our partners, represented here by the Brembo Vice-President Eraldo Bianchissi, the Vice-President of Bridgestonr Corp. and Public Relations Ken Kitakawi and the Chairman of Magneti Marelli, Domenico Bordone and the President of OMR Marco Bonometti. The cooperation of these companies which are leaders in their field has brought a great deal of additional value to the Enzo project," continued President Montezemolo. "I would also like to thank the MD of the Gestione Granturismo, Amedeo Felisa and Michael Schumacher, who played a key role in the development of the car and who unfortunately cannot be with us today as he is in Indianapolis for the forthcoming USA Grand Prix.

Our founder, Enzo Ferrari always wanted to see a racing influence extend to the design of the road cars. Therefore, I am particularly happy to present a car bearing the name Enzo Ferrari in the presence of Piero Ferrari and his young grandchild"- said Montezemolo - "In sport as in life, winning is difficult but it is even harder to keep on doing it. Passion, innovation technology and the desire to excite; these are the reasons behind Ferrari's success."