2003 Ferrari Enzo Tested: What Price Perfection? Oh, About $650K
Key takeaways
- An F1 car, a tough old man in sunglasses, and 75 years of glory stuffed into one easy-to-swallow capsule.
- View Photos Richard Dole|Car and Driver From the July 2003 issue of Car and Driver.
- We pulled into the pits, and the Ferrari engineers swooned.
Why this matters: an automotive development that could shape industry direction or buying decisions.
An F1 car, a tough old man in sunglasses, and 75 years of glory stuffed into one easy-to-swallow capsule.
View Photos Richard Dole|Car and Driver From the July 2003 issue of Car and Driver.
Squashed into the seats like wet towels on spin cycle, we rocketed up the main straight of Ferrari's Fiorano test track in Maranello, Italy, in the new Enzo wondercar, the tach needle spinning like a propeller, our blinking test gear converting the g-forces into numbers that could splash across our cover big enough to read from across the street. We pulled into the pits, and the Ferrari engineers swooned. Swooned! Our acceleration times were the fastest ever recorded with an Enzo, just a few blinks off those of Schumacher's F1 car. Journalists from other magazines stood around gaping!