Ferrari Ascari
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The Ferrari Ascari is a Ferrari
concept car
that won the "Ferrari: New Concepts for the Myth" car design competition in 2005. The car was designed by Manuele Amprimo, Werner Gruber, and Yu Jae-Cheul from Istituto Europeo di Design
(IED; English: "European Institute of Design"), Turin
, Italy
. The judges of the competition included Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, the second and only living son of Enzo Ferrari
, Piero Ferrari
, Jean Todt
, Amedeo Felisa, Massimo Fumarola, Pininfarina, and more than 22,000 users of FerrariWorld's online website. A scale model
was made for the competition. As a result of this competition, the Ferrari Ascari, has a larger chance of evolving from concept car to reality.
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...
concept car
Concept car
A concept vehicle or show vehicle is a car made to showcase new styling and or new technology. They are often shown at motor shows to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced....
that won the "Ferrari: New Concepts for the Myth" car design competition in 2005. The car was designed by Manuele Amprimo, Werner Gruber, and Yu Jae-Cheul from Istituto Europeo di Design
Istituto Europeo di Design
The Istituto Europeo di Design is a design school that attracts students from over 90 different countries to its one and three year/four undergraduate, masters courses and advanced training courses....
(IED; English: "European Institute of Design"), Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The judges of the competition included Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, the second and only living son of Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Anselmo Ferrari Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian race car driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari car manufacturer...
, Piero Ferrari
Piero Ferrari
Piero Lardi Ferrari is the second and only living son of Enzo Ferrari and presently 10% owner of the Ferrari automotive company where he is also Vice Chairman of company. His mother was Enzo's mistress, Lina Lardi, and he was not acknowledged as a Ferrari family member until the death of Enzo's...
, Jean Todt
Jean Todt
Jean Todt was born on February 25, 1946, in Pierrefort, Cantal, France. After a successful career as a rally co-driver he made his reputation in motor sport management, first with Peugeot Talbot Sport, then with Scuderia Ferrari, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari from 2004...
, Amedeo Felisa, Massimo Fumarola, Pininfarina, and more than 22,000 users of FerrariWorld's online website. A scale model
Scale model
A scale model is a physical model, a representation or copy of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object, which seeks to maintain the relative proportions of the physical size of the original object. Very often the scale model is used as a guide to making the object in...
was made for the competition. As a result of this competition, the Ferrari Ascari, has a larger chance of evolving from concept car to reality.