Exotic and Vintage Car Restoration Livermore - The Ferrari factory, then and now - FZ Restoration Livermore - (925)294-5666

We're not sure what we were expecting. Modern cars require modern construction methods; craftsmen can't exactly hand-hammer carbon fiber into exotic shapes, after all, and Ferrari's contemporary creations rely increasingly on computer-aided engineering, up-to-date electronics -- and with the LaFerrari -- even hybrid technology to deliver heart-pounding performance.

Still, the long, impeccably clean assembly halls seemed like an odd cradle for the roughly 6,400 wild vehicles produced there each year. (You can check out a brief Financial Times tour of the facility below.)

 

Compared to today's Ferraris, the cars produced in the Enzo era seem raw, even organic. So it makes sense that they came into being in a workshop with a decidedly Old World feel. That shop still stands, though it is dwarfed by modern plant buildings. Fittingly, it is the home of Ferrari Classiche, which provides restoration, maintenance and certification services for historic Ferraris.

source: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20130509/CARNEWS01/130509804
by Graham Kozak