Going to Italy is always a pleasure. Since I was a child, Italy has always been Home. Back in the old days, I used to go to Church con la Nonna; now I’ve made my second pilgrimage to the Vatican of automobile : The Museo Enzo Ferrari, in Modena. Text & Images: Luca W. ©
It seems pretty logical to build the Enzo Ferrari Museum in the city that witnessed his first breath. Built in 2012, designed by the late Jan Kaplický, the main building exhibits key cars of Enzo’s life. This summer exhibition dealt with the friendship between Enzo Ferrari and the great Luciano Pavarotti.

To me, the Alfa Romeo RL was the most exciting car of the whole museum. Enzo scored his most prestigious victory with this car, as an official Alfa Romeo driver, at the Coppa Acerbo in 1924. The yellow monstrous neighbour was driven by the legendary Derek Bell, at the 1000km of Spa, in 1970.
Il Quadrifoglio Verde The hood Alfa Romeo RL suspension The RL, the most beautiful car 1970’s Derek Bell 512M What an a**
Still, there were other legends. The next cars are all linked by two bonds : Ferrari, and supercar. Yes, there was the whole supercar family tree down there. Starting with the 288 GTO.

An era where Turbo was good, actually… You know what I mean. Only 272 units made. Imagine in the 80s, how rare it was to bump into a 400HP car, made out of carbon fiber, Kevlar and Nomex in order to be FIA certified?
The mother and the grand-daughter Enzo/288 GTO
The Museo Enzo Ferrari had to have one of these

Known as the last car to have Enzo’s influence, the F40 has inherited of Enzo’s life. We can compare it with a writer autobiography, at dusk of his life. The 30 years of experience were ingredients to make this perfect Pasta al Ragù -a typical Bolognese dish-, a sweet, red, tomato sauce, strong meat, with tagliatelle, usually. What I love most is the meat, which I usually compare with the engine. When it comes to your mouth, it is soft, sweet and then, when the turbo comes, it becomes spicy, flaming.
F40, the daughter The red sauce, as tasty as it looks Front fender F40, one letter and two numbers to mean beauty The two meat balls The grand-daughter and its mom
In the shadow of its mother, the F50 is a magnificent car though. Ferrari abandoned the turbo-charged engine and decided to implement a derivative of its Formula One V12 engine. The F50 was less performant than the F40, but still, what a car.

10 years later, the tribute to Il Commendatore : the Ferrari Enzo.

After leaving, I realized there was a LaFerrari in the room, according to the twenty or so people around it. I couldn’t and still can’t get them when there were these around :
1970’s Derek Bell 512M Inside the Alfa Romeo RL The beautiful daughter Dino headlights Dino
And there it is, where it all started, the center of the Museo Enzo Ferrari.

Luca
Living the automotive way
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