'Ferrari: 75 Years' Celebrates the Marque's Historic Milestone

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Though Enzo Ferrari was building winning race cars for Alfa Romeo for years before, it wasn’t until after WWII, in 1947, that he founded his eponymous car company and constructed the first Ferrari-branded automobile. Thus, 2022 marks the 75th anniversary since that historic date, Ferrari’s diamond jubilee. To celebrate, prolific automotive writer, editor, and photographer Dennis Adler has updated his classic Ferrari: The Road from Maranello (2006) to commemorate this illustrious past and encompass the glories of the brand’s latest renaissance. The new book is called Ferrari: 75 Years and was just released.

The amended version includes nearly everything from the original iteration, plus much news from the recent past: the expansion of the model lineup, the introduction of plug-in-hybrid technologies, the incorporation of engines with fewer than eight cylinders, and the inclusion of the retro-inspired but mechanically modern Icona series at the top of the brand pyramid. For a marque that used to only introduce a new car occasionalmente, this is a lot of fresh ground to cover.

Adler was fortunate to have been in touch with a number of significant Ferrari collectors who were willing to make their cars available to him for research and photography. He also had the full assistance of Ferrari headquarters, both in Italy and in the U.S. “The narrative and the historic imagery in the book from Enzo Ferrari's early years, as well as the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, would not have been possible without that level of cooperation,” he said. “It was a perfect collaboration.”