Ferrari

The company's loftiest efforts have been in the supercar market. Marseille was the birthplace of:. The later Testarossa remains one of the most famous Ferraris. The city's main football club is Olympique de Marseille, UEFA Champions League winner in 1993 but tainted by the 1990s match fixing scandal by then-owner Bernard Tapie. Ferrari entered the mid-engined 12-cylinder fray with the Berlinetta Boxer in 1971. Marseille is served by the Aéroport de Marseille Provence, located in Marignane. The company has also produced front-engined 2+2 cars, culminating in the current 612 Scaglietti. The metro is a rubber-tiredtrain.

Although they looked quite different from their 2-seat counterparts, both the GT4 and Mondial were very closely-related to the 308 GTB. The Jewish community is also the third largest in Europe. For a time, Ferrari built 2+2 versions of its mid-engined V8 cars. Approximately 25 per cent of Marseille’s population is of North African origin, mostly Algerian, and Tunisian. Ferrari quickly moved into the Gran Turismo market, and the bulk of the company's sales remain in this area. Such as; Armenians, Spaniards, Italians, Greeks, Arabs, Jews, Russians and North Africans. V6 and V8 Ferrari models make up well over half of the marque's total production. The vast majority of the Marsellaise are descendants of the waves of immigrants that arrived to the port in the early 19th century.

This layout would go on to be used in most Ferraris of the 1980s and 1990s.
. The Dino was the first mid-engined Ferrari. The most widely circulated tarot deck comes from Marseille; it is called the Tarot de Marseille, and was used to play the local variant of tarocchi before it came to the notice of people who used it in cartomancy. Ferrari's earliest models were pure sports cars, not the exotics we know today. The French national anthem "La Marseillaise" is named for the Revolutionary troops from Marseille.
. Since the last election, these 25 cantons are held by the following councilors:.

. Marseille holds 25 of the 58 seats at the general council of the Bouches-du-Rhône.
. The cantons of Marseille :.
. The Sector Mayors :. In the mid 1990s, Ferrari added the letter "F" to the beginning of all models (a practice quickly abandoned after the F512M and F355, but recently picked up again with the F430). The last mayors of Marseille :.

The various Dino models were named for Enzo's son. Number of councilors elected by sector:. This was probably to avoid confusion with the multiple 250 models produced before the GTO. Each sector elects its councillors (303 in total), one third of which are municipal councillors. As well, the 250 GTO's famous acronym, which means Gran Turismo Omologato, was simply a name the Italian press gave the car which referred to the way Ferrari had, in a sense, avoided the rules and successfully homologated the car for racing purposes (Somehow, Ferrari had convinced the FIA, the 250 GTO was the same car as previous 250's). The municipal elections are carried out by sector. (North American Racing Team, who raced Ferrari's in America) won the famous 24 hour race of the same name. The arrondissements are regrouped in pairs into sectors, and 8 sectors have a council and a town hall, like the arrondissements in Paris and in Lyon.

The 365 GTB4 model only became known as a Daytona after racing variants run by N.A.R.T. Marseille is divided into 16 municipal arrondissements, which are themselves divided into quartiers (111 in total). Many such names are actually not official factory names. Marseilles' harbor is the biggest of the country, and one of the most important of the Mediterranean Sea. Many Ferraris also had other names affixed (like Daytona) to identify them further. He was assassinated there by Vlada Georgieff who hated Alexander's refusal to recognise Croatia as a separate state. This naming system can be confusing, as some entirely different vehicles used the same engine type and body style. In 1934 Alexander I of Yugoslavia arrived at the port to meet with the French foreign minister Louis Barthou.

In general, the following conventions were used:. During the Roman times, it was called Massilia. Most Ferraris were also given designations referring to their body style. It was overrun by Celts and then conquered by the Romans. Until the mid-1990s, Ferrari followed a three-number naming scheme based on engine displacement:. by Greeks from Phocaea as a trading port under the name Μασσαλία (Massalia; see also List of traditional Greek place names). This was done as a protest concerning arguments between Ferrari and the Italian Racing Authorities regarding the homologation of a new mid-engined Ferrari race car. Marseille was founded in 600 B.C.E.

Curiosly, Ferrari won the 1964 World championship with John Surtees by competing the last two races in cars painted white&blue, as these were not entered by the Italian factory themselves, but the US-based NART team. . When BMW re-entered F1 in 2000, they also made sure that the cars of WilliamsF1 were painted white and blue. Marseille is the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région, as well as the préfecture (capital) of the Bouches-du-Rhône département. the green Jaguar Racing in F1 as well as the blue on current Renault F1 cars, which was originally contributed by a tobacco sponsor. Located in the former province of Provence and on the Mediterranean Sea, it is France's largest commercial port and the largest in the Mediterranean. In recent years, these traditional colors have resurfaced in some cases, eg. Marseille (English alternative spelling Marseilles) (pronounced /maʀsɛj/ in standard French, /mɑxˈsɛjɐ/ in local Marseilles accent) (Provençal: Marsiho or Marsilha, both pronounced /maɾˈsijɐ/) is the second largest city in France and the third metropolitan area, with 1,516,340 inhabitants at the 1999 census.

Since 1996, the Ferrari F1 cars are said to be painted in a brighter, nearly orange red, in order to fit better to their tobacco sponsor.
. The shade of the color varies, though. Un, deux, trois, soleil (1993). These national colors were mostly replaced by sponsor liveries since 1968, but unlike most other teams, Ferrari always kept the traditional red. Trois places pour le 26 (1988). For example, a yellow Ferrari 156 was entered and driven in the 1961 Belgian Grand Prix by Olivier Gendebien from Belgium, scoring 4th behind 3 other Ferrari 156 painted in red, as they were entered by the Scuderia Ferrari itself, but driven by Americans Phil Hill&Richie Ginther as well as German Wolfgang von Trips. Taxi 3 (2003).

The color was not determined by the country the car was made in, nor by the nationality of the driver(s), but by the nationality of the team that entered the vehicle. Taxi 2 (2000). In that scheme, French cars like Bugatti were blue, German like BMW and Porsche white (since 1934 also Silver Arrows), British racing green etc. Taxi (1998). This was the customary national racing color of Italy, as recommended between the World Wars by the organisations that later would become the FIA. Roselyne et les lions (1989). Since the 1920s, Italian race cars of Alfa Romeo, Maserati and later Ferrari and Abarth were (and often still are) painted in "race red" (Rosso Corsa). Pépé le Moko (1937).

One example is quite prominent next to roads in Austria and Eastern European countries, as an Austrian company, named "avanti" (http://www.avanti.at) since 1972, operates over 100 filling stations marked with a prancing horse logo which is nearly identical to Ferrari's. Marius et Jeannette (1997). Yet, other companies use similar logos. Marius (1931). The prancing horse is now a trademark of Ferrari. La Lune dans le caniveau (1983). But, as Ferrari's fame grew, Ducati abandoned the horse; this may have been the result of a private agreement between the two brands. Gomez & Tavarès (2003).

Taglioni's father was, in fact, a companion of Baracca's and fought with him in the 91st Air Squad. The French Connection (1971) and its sequel (1975). The prancing horse has not always been uniquely identified with the Ferrari brand: Fabio Taglioni used it on his Ducati motorbikes. Comme un aimant (2000). Ever since, the cavallino was shown on the Alfas that were competing against the Silver Arrows of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union, among others. Bye-Bye (1995). The first race at which Alfa Romeo would let Ferrari use the horse on the Alfas entered by his Scuderia Ferrari was eleven years later at Spa 24 Hours in 1932, which the Ferrari-led Alfa team won. Baise-moi (2000).

Baracca using the Stuttgart horse from a shot-down plane ties in with the fact that his family owned many horses. 37°2 le matin (1986). This is supported by the evidence Barraca's horse looks more similar to the one of Stuttgart (not changed since 1938) than the current Ferrari design, especially as the legs of the horses are concerned. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was assassinated on October 9, 1934 in Marseille along with French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. Another theory suggests Baracca copied the rampant horse design from a shot-down German pilot who had the emblem of the city of Stuttgart on his plane. French poet Arthur Rimbaud died in Marseille on November 10, 1891. It has been supposed the choice of a horse was perhaps partly because his noble family was known for having many horses on their estates at Lugo di Romagna. Zinedine Zidane (born 1972), soccer player.

Ferrari left the horse black as it had been on Baracca's plane; however, he added a canary yellow background as this is the color of the city of Modena, his birthplace. Jean-Claude Izzo (1945-2000), author. The Countess asked Enzo to use this horse on his cars, suggesting that it would grant him good luck. Jean Pierre Rampal (1922-2000), flutist. On June 17, 1923, Enzo Ferrari won a race at the Savio track in Ravenna where he met the Countess Paolina, mother of Count Francesco Baracca, a legendary asso (ace) of the Italian air force and national hero during World War I, who used to paint a horse on the side of his planes. Louis Jourdan (born 1919), actor. Enzo Ferrari met these competitors many times since the 1920s while competing for Alfa. Eliane Browne-Bartroli (1917-1944), French Resistance, Croix de Guerre.

Stuttgart, called Stoccarda by the Italians, is the home of Mercedes-Benz and Ferrari's rival Porsche, which also uses the Stuttgart sign in its corporate logo, centered in the emblem of the state of Württemberg just like the city is placed within the state. Fernandel (1903-1971), actor. This name is derived from Stutengarten, an ancient form of the modern German word Gestüt, which translates into English as stud farm and into Italian as scuderia. Vincent Scotto (1876-1952), guitarist, songwriter. Curiously, a similar black horse on a yellow shield is the Coat of Arms of the German city of Stuttgart. Edmond Rostand (1868-1918), poet and dramatist. The road cars have a rectangular badge on the front hood (see picture above). "Le Pétomane" (1857-1945), entertainer.

The famous symbol of the Ferrari race team is a black prancing horse on yellow shield-shaped background, usually with the letters S F for Scuderia Ferrari, and with three stripes of the Italian national colors green-white-red on top. Joseph Pujol, aka. Famous drivers include Tazio Nuvolari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari, Phil Hill, Mike Hawthorn, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Gilles Villeneuve, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Michael Schumacher. Olivier Émile Ollivier (1825-1913), statesman. As of 2004, the team's records include fourteen World Drivers Championship titles (1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004), fourteen World Constructors Championship titles (1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004), 179 grand prix victories, 3445 and a half points, 544 podium finishes, 174 pole positions, 11,182 laps led, and 180 fastest laps in 1622 grands prix contested. Joseph Autran (1813-1877), poet. Ferrari is the oldest team left in the championship, not to mention the most successful: the team holds nearly every Formula One record. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879), caricaturist and painter.

Alberto Ascari gave Ferrari its first World Championship a year later. Etienne Joseph Louis Garnier-Pages (1801-1841), politician. José Froilán González gave the team its first victory at the 1951 British Grand Prix. Adolphe Thiers (1797-1877), first president of the Third Republic. The Scuderia joined the Formula One World Championship in the first year of its existence, 1950. Désirée Clary (1777-1860), wife of King Carl XIV Johann of Sweden, and therefore Queen Desirée or Queen Desideria of Sweden. After Ferrari's departure from Alfa, he began to design and produce cars of his own; the Ferrari team first appeared on the European grand prix scene after the end of World War II. "Dugazon" (1746-1809), actor.

His Scuderia started as an independent sponsor for drivers in various cars, but soon became the Alfa Romeo in-house racing team. Jean-Henry Gourgaud, aka. Enzo Ferrari's true passion, despite his extensive road car business, was always auto racing. Maurice Béjart (born 1927), ballet choreographer. Main article: Scuderia Ferrari. Antonin Artaud (1897-1948), author. As of 2004, FIAT owns 56% of Ferrari, Mediobanca 15%, Commerzbank 10%, Lehman Brothers 7%, and Enzo's son Piero Ferrari 10%. The calanques.

Other design houses that have done work for Ferrari over the years include Scaglietti, Bertone, Touring, Ghia, and Vignale. Unité d'Habitation de Marseille, by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Ferrari road cars, noted for nice styling by design houses like Pininfarina, have long been one of the ultimate accessories for the rich. Château d'If, an ancient prison island, where The Count of Monte Cristo was jailed, in Alexandre Dumas' novel. While his beautiful and blazingly fast cars quickly gained a reputation for excellence, Enzo maintained a famous distaste for his customers, most of whom he felt were buying his cars for the prestige and not the performance. Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde. Image:Ferrarimascot.jpg The first Ferrari road car was the 1947 125 S, powered by a 1.5 L V12 engine; Enzo reluctantly built and sold his automobiles to fund the Scuderia. The old harbor.

"Scuderia Ferrari" literally means "Ferrari Stable" in keeping with the prancing horse emblem; the name is figuratively translated as "Team Ferrari." (It is correctly pronounced "skoo dee ry ah".). Watcha Clan. Right up to Il Commendatore's death, this would remain little more than a source of funding for his first love, racing. Massilia Sound System. The factory was bombed in 1944 and rebuilt in 1946 to include a works for road car production. The French rap band IAM is from Marseille. In 1943 the Ferrari factory moved to Maranello, where it has remained ever since. General Councilor: Henri Jibrayel PS.

Because he was prohibited by contract from racing for several years, the Scuderia briefly became Auto Avio Costruzioni Ferrari, which ostensibly produced machine tools and aircraft accessories.Also known as SEFAC Ferrari did in fact produce one racecar, the Tipo 815, in the non-competition period; it was thus the first actual Ferrari car (it debuted at the 1940 Mille Miglia), but due to World War II it saw little competition. 35,752). In 1940, upon learning of the company's plan to absorb his beloved Scuderia and take control of his racing efforts, he quit Alfa. Marseille-Verduron (pop. Ferrari prepared and successfully raced various drivers in Alfa Romeo cars until 1938, when he was officially hired by Alfa as head of their racing department. 29,668); General Councilor: André Malrait UMP. Enzo Ferrari never intended to produce road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari in 1929 as a sponsor for amateur drivers headquartered in Modena. Marseille-Vauban (pop.

. 25,324); General Councilor: Christophe Masse PS (Representative). The company is based in Maranello, near Modena, Italy. Marseille-Les,Trois,Lucs (pop. At first, Scuderia Ferrari sponsored drivers and manufactured racecars; the company went into independent car production in 1946, eventually became Ferrari S.p.A., and is now controlled by the Fiat group. 40,392); General Councilor: Jeanine Porte PCF. Ferrari is an Italian manufacturer of high-end race cars and high-performance sports cars formed by Enzo Ferrari in 1929. Marseille-Saint-Mauront (pop.

1996 F50 GT. 29,981); General Councilor: Jean Bonat PS (Municipal councilor of Marseille). 1994 333 SP. Marseille-Saint-Marcel (pop. 1971 312 PB. 26,218); General Councilor: Robert Assante UMP (Adjoint au Maire de Marseille). 1969 512 S and 512 M. Marseille-Saint-Lambert (pop.

1969 312 P. 32,749); General Councilor: Michel Pezet PS (Municipal councilor of Marseille). 1967 412 P. Marseille-Saint-Just (pop. 1967 330 P4. 34,621); General Councilor: Martine Vassal UMP (Adjointe au Maire de Marseille). 1966 330 P3. Marseille-Saint-Giniez (pop.

1965 330 P2. 36,868); General Councilor: Didier Garnier UMP. 1964 330 P. Marseille-Sainte-Marguerite (pop. 1964 250 LM. 37,629); General Councilor: Denis Rossi PS (Municipal councilor of Marseille). 1963 250 P. Marseille-Saint-Barthélemy (pop.

1963 P/LM series