Ferrari Starts Producing Prancing Horses Again Over At Maranello

It has been awhile since I actually wrote or talked about Ferrari. Couple that to the Movement Control Order here in Malaysia, it seems like a lifetime ago. This week, the Ferrari factories in Maranello and Modena have gradually returned to full production, in line with the "Back on Track" program. The first car produced after a long forced break was a Ferrari Monza SP2 (pictured above).

As Italy was severely affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, all businesses and activities were put on a lockdown. Much like many countries including us here in Malaysia. But now, Ferrari, like many other brands have restarted their production facilities. Those that are waiting for their Prancing Horses will be glad to hear of such news. Of course, this is still in the early stages but it is a sign that things will be back on track. Not normal like before, but back on some sort of track.

According to the official news agency, the first car to come off the Special Series lines, after seven weeks in which the production was suspended just a few hours before its completion, was a Ferrari Monza SP2 with a black and gray livery. Imagine that, maybe half a day before completion of the SP2, the people who are working to fit the supercar together had to stop and stay at home for many, many weeks.

Of course, the new standard operating systems for the personnel producing these Ferrari are now tighter than ever. You can see in the video that we have been allowed to publish here and on our YouTube channel that face masks and social distancing are pretty much the new norm in Ferrari. Much in line with what is required to curb the spread of the coronavirus. 

In the following days, a 812 GTS spider in Grigio GTS and a F8 Tributo in Rosso Corsa were among the first cars completed in the 12 and 8 cylinder lines. The new Ferraris are ready to be delivered to their owners – in USA, Germany and Australia respectively – and to finally hit the road. 

Of course, somewhere in the production queue are those destined for Malaysia.Do note that Malaysia is surprisingly quite a big market for Ferrari in South East Asia. We even have more owners than Singapore according to what their Malaysian spokespeople have told me when I last met up with them at the end of 2019.