The Officina Meccanica Alfredo Ferrari is the former workshop of Enzo’s father, converted into a museum building to showcase the roots of the Ferrari family and the technological achievements behind the success of the brand.
Engine Museum is one of the three Ferrari museums accessible through a single ticket.
Right next to the elegant and modern hall of the Enzo Ferrari Museum, the renovated workshop building keeps a section with family memorabilia kept in an office.
These include quite a few personal belongings, from scale models and paintings to trophies.
The other section of the workshop building showcases Ferrari Engines where visitors can see the Prancing Horse’s most experimental power units as well as the engines that equip the track and road cars.
The area is divided into five sections: smaller 1 to 6-cylinders, classic 12-cylinders, 8-cylinders, turbos, and, lastly, Formula 1 engines.
The exhibition concludes with a recent Ferrari 488 Pista and a Formula 1 race car. The Pista is a recent issue accessible for those faithful clients who proved their worthiness with several acquisitions. The reason for the exhibit is fairly obvious: the 3.9-litre twin-turbocharged V8 engine is a pinnacle of performance, that generates a power output of 720 horsepower at 8,000 rpm and 770 Nm of torque thanks to a serious revision of the engine borrowed from the 488 Challenge.
The other car was the Scuderia’s F1 contender for the 1990 season. The Ferrari F1-90 was the Formula One racing car was driven by Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell and won six Grands Prix, even if both Prost and the Scuderia finished second. The V12 engine also provided a valuable contribution to the development of Ferrari’s following hypercar, the Ferrari F50.
The next stop was Maranello, about 30 kilometres from here, and the Scuderia Museum prepared an even more spectacular show:
