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Originally Posted by bimmer456
It's supposed to show how much better American cars are than overpriced European cars, hill billy ingenuity vs. rich aristocratic european R and D.
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I actually think the story is much the opposite. Ford was an automotive superpower while Ferrari was largely a boutique racing company who sold road cars to support the habit. Ferrari were racing specialists, not rich nor aristocratic. Everyone knows the story but it's really a prideful owner of said boutique not wanting to sell out to the superpower of his industry. The superpower then threw a ton of money and effort into crushing them at their own game... and won.