The great car builder who dreamt of becoming what he became. "Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the Making of an Automotive Empire" By Luca Dal Monte, David Bull Publishing, 968 pgs. The Big Q: How could a country boy come from rural Italy early in the 20th Century to become the boss of a company that made the most elegant cars in the world? The Big A: He did it!

And for about 75 years built and raced the fastest sports cars, F1 racers. The most elegant, sex cars in the world wear the Ferrari badge on their noses and the Prancing Black Stallion on their fenders. It took him decades. Enzo Ferrari began as a racecar driver, driving at such venues as the Mille Miglia and the Targa Florio. He drove such advanced cars in the 1920’s as Alfa Romeos.