Filed under: Earnings/Financials , Ferrari , Supercars Former Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo doesn’t seem sure that an IPO is the right step for a sports-car brand that thrives on exclusivity. Continue reading Ex-Ferrari chairman sounds off on IPO Ex-Ferrari chairman sounds off on IPO originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 31 Jul 2015 18:01:00 EST
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Ex-Ferrari chairman sounds off on IPO
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Motorsports , Ferrari Former Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo says that the late F1 driver Jules Bianchi was earmarked to eventually replace Kimi Raikkonen at the Scuderia, if only he had lived long enough. Continue reading Jules Bianchi was supposed to replace Raikkonen at Ferrari Jules Bianchi was supposed to replace Raikkonen at Ferrari originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:29:00 EST
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Jules Bianchi was supposed to replace Raikkonen at Ferrari
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Motorsports , Ferrari Former Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo says that the late F1 driver Jules Bianchi was earmarked to eventually replace Kimi Raikkonen at the Scuderia, if only he had lived long enough. Continue reading Jules Bianchi was supposed to replace Raikkonen at Ferrari Jules Bianchi was supposed to replace Raikkonen at Ferrari originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:29:00 EST
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Jules Bianchi was supposed to replace Raikkonen at Ferrari
Filed under: Podcasts , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Audi , Hyundai , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Long-Term Garage Episode #397 of the Autoblog Podcast is here, and this week, Dan Roth, Steven Ewing, and Seyth Miersma talk about the leadership change at Ferrari, the Mercedes-AMG GT, and we give a report on the Long-Term Garage. We start with what’s in the garage and finish up with some of your questions, and for those of you who hung with us live on our UStream channel , thanks for taking the time
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Autoblog Podcast #397
Filed under: Etc. , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Mercedes-Benz , Ferrari , Long-Term Garage We’re set to record Autoblog Podcast #397 this evening
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Filed under: Motorsports , Performance , Supercars , Cadillac , Dodge , Mercedes-Benz , Porsche , Ferrari Montezemolo “resigned,” but his tenure at the helm will rank him among Ferrari’s greatest leaders. It’s Enzo, then Montezemolo.
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Weekly Recap: What led to the end of the Montezemolo Era at Ferrari?
Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Earnings/Financials , Ferrari , Fiat Luca di Montezemolo may not have wanted to leave Ferrari this way, but don’t feel too bad for the departing chairman, because he’ll be hitting the ground with a golden parachute so big that he’ll never have to work again. According to the latest reports, Fiat will pay Montezemolo 26.95 million euros (nearly $35 million) in severance pay. A little more than half of that will be paid in a lump sum of 13.71 million euros ($17.7M, equivalent to five times his annual salary) on January 31, 2015, with the rest to be paid within the next 20 years
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Fiat gives outgoing Ferrari chairman $35M severance package
Filed under: Coupe , Hirings/Firings/Layoffs , Audi , Ferrari , TV/Movies 2016 Audi TT driven in Spain “While it’s better than the second generation, it’s still very much a TT.” Those are Jonathon Ramsey’s words about the fresh-faced Audi coupe, which he recently tested on the (decidedly dusty) roads of Spain.
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What you missed on 9.10.14
Filed under: Motorsports , Ferrari , Rumormill , Racing Statements made by Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo may indicate that the Italian brand could return to a form of racing it’s been absent from for 40 years – prototype racing. That’s right, LMP1 could see a factory Ferrari team for the first time since 1973, if a report from ESPN F1 is to be believed. “We have won with the 458 GTE , but I also quite like the idea of racing at Le Mans in the highest category: who knows, maybe one day we can return and win, say thanks and come home,” Montezemolo said.
Filed under: Motorsports , Ferrari You’d think that with former Ferrari principal Jean Todt running the FIA , the relationship between the motorsport governing body and the team he once called home would be a solid one. But his former boss expects more from the organization that overseas Formula One . In a recent interview (excerpts from which you can read below ), Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo pointed to some perceived inconsistencies in rulings made by FIA officials this season and called for “strong changes.” Among those controversies was a drive-through penalty handed to Felipe Massa at the season-closing Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend, his last for the Scuderia.
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Ferrari boss Montezemolo expects big changes from FIA
Filed under: Hybrid , Performance , Technology , Ferrari Confirming what we’d long suspected , the hybrid powertrain in the Ferrari LaFerrari was not a one-time thing. “I don’t believe in the electric cars, but I strongly believe in hybrids,” Ferrari boss Luca Cordero di Montezemolo tells Bloomberg
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Luca doesn’t believe in electric cars, but Ferrari will build more hybrids
Filed under: Geneva Motor Show , Technology , Ferrari The exciting new LaFerrari wasn’t all that Ferrari had to announce today at the Geneva Motor Show . Ferrari chairman Luca Di Montezemolo added that the Italian automaker is looking to expand its relationship with Apple in the realm of in-car entertainment, which follows Apple executive Eddy Cue joining the Ferrari board of directors back in November .
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Ferrari and Apple deepening ties, FF gains Siri integration and standard iPad Minis
