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There you have it. Now you know more than 99 percent of your petrol head friends.

The Porsche and the Ferrari logo have the same horse in their logos.
February 28, 2024 at 2:29 PM
The same stallion is used in the Porsche logo.

Porsche is based in Stuttgart. This means that the horse used for Ferrari and Porsche is the same.

Ironically, both manufacturers have the same horse in their brand.

The only difference is that the Ferrari stallion is a bit more erect.
February 28, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Francesco Baracca painted a black, identical, horse on his own plane to celebrate the victory.

The german pilot, who perished, was a noble man from Stuttgart.

The red horse on his airplane was from the coat of arms of the city of Stuttgart.
February 28, 2024 at 2:29 PM
A story Ferrari does not tell though, is how the black stallion ended up on Francesco Barracca's airplane in the first place.

Francesco Baracca had a gruesome duel with a german pilot, which he won.

The airplane of the german pilot had a red stallion on its tail.
February 28, 2024 at 2:28 PM
This was completed in 2015, and since then, it has been raced, and displayed in both Europe and the US.

Most notably during the 2018 Concorso d'Eleganza in the iconic Villa d'Este
February 22, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Since then, it has changed owners many times, between America and Japan, until it was bought by the current owner in 2005.

He has used the car extensively since. It was damaged in 2012 during the GTO 50th anniversary tour, and was then given to Ferrari Classiche for a complete restoration.
February 22, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Then, it was re-bodied for road use by italian racer and automaker Piero Drogo, who also famously re-designed the 250 GT into the "Breadvan" configuration for better aero performance.

The next owner, Robs Lamplough crashed the car in the 1970s, and had it restored to its original configuration.
February 22, 2024 at 8:20 AM
In the race, it was driven by Nino Vaccarella and Giorgio Scarlatti and would retire after 174 laps, during the 15th hour of the 24 hour race due to an engine problem.

Count Volpi would then sell the car to Norinder, who raced it with some success into 1965.
February 22, 2024 at 8:19 AM
In the race, he and his co-driver finished 9th overall, but second in their class. Norinder was the third owner of the car already.

It's first owner off the production line was an Italian privateer racer Sergio Bettoja who fielded it in the Parma-Poggio hill-climb in June of 1962.
February 22, 2024 at 8:19 AM