How World Wars Could Ended Enzo’s Life!

A Story we know, but Struggle we don’t.

Ayush Gulloo
2 min readFeb 3, 2022

Earlier when there were not so many car making companies the cars were not manufactured in large scale in companies or warehouses.

They were made in workshops and repairing centres through skilled engineers.

In Modena, Italy. Alfred Ferrari owned a car manufacturing shop just like that. Enzo, being a kid, had a dream to be a Car Racing Driver.

He was influenced by his dad's workshop.

Those were war years.

Enzo's family had to suffer pain and suffrage.

His brother and father had to join the army due to the first world war.

In 1916, due to widespread Italian flu, Enzo lost his dad and brother and their family business was sabotaged. They went bankrupt.

He then got a job in the army but because of his health issues, he was dropped. He even didn't get a job in the FIAT car company.

After that, He joined a car manufacturing company CMN. He was promoted to Car Racer later followed by test driving.

In 1919, Enzo debuted as a car racer and ended up as 4th.

In 1920, He joined Alfa Romeo as a car racer.
He won many matches there.

In 1929, In Alfa Romeo he opened his own car racing authority named Scuderia Ferrari.

In 1939, He founded his own company Auto Avio Costruzioni. But world war again destroyed his company.

In 1947, Enzo Ferrari manufactured the Ferrari 125s Model which was their first car built.

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Ayush Gulloo

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