{"id":370512,"date":"2014-03-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=59364"},"modified":"2024-12-01T23:32:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T23:32:48","slug":"my-first-visit-to-the-ferrari-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/my-first-visit-to-the-ferrari-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Visit to the Ferrari Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>By Stephen Mitchell<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Ferrari-Factory-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-793231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Ferrari-Factory-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Ferrari-Factory-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Ferrari-Factory-1-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Ferrari-Factory-1-90x100.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Ferrari-Factory-1-293x326.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a>I was talking to a Ferrari friend coordinating a visit to the Ferrari factory in Maranello for another Ferrari friend and it looks as though my friend will get to enjoy his Ferrari tour but what became clear is how different things are today than they were in Enzo Ferrari&#8217;s time. My visits to the factory weren&#8217;t planned, choreographed, orchestrated or stage managed; I just showed up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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