A great story from our friends at Hagerty Insuarance. Almost everyone has heard of the Hatfield and McCoy feud, and most scholars of American history know about Hamilton and Burr. If you’re a kid, Tom and Jerry is one especially vicious rivalry. For us car folk, the only one that truly matters is the faceoff between Ford and Ferrari.
What started as a business deal between the two companies that went south quickly escalated into an all-out war between Enzo Ferrari and Henry Ford II, two equally strong-willed individuals. The result was, without a doubt, one of the greatest race cars of all time, the Ford GT40. Ford didn’t forget its history decades later, and 40 years after the feud Blue Oval fans were gifted the 2005–06 Ford GT—an homage supercar that defined the retro trend of the 2000s.
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