Here's what you need to know before you watch Speed King.

Rating: 9/10 (4 April 2020)

What exactly did Enzo Ferrari's purple ink pen circle?
For Car Lovers, the most anticipated movie of 2019 is "Ford V Ferrari.".Of course, "Speed Car King" as a commercial film, while restoring history, there are also deductive elements in it.
Why did Ford buy Ferrari?
Ford and Ferrari, in the 1960s, when cars were not highly globalized, were simply two car companies that could not compete.One is the American overlord who pushes automobile production into the modern process, the other is the Apennine overlord who is immersed in automobile racing.
The two are on different continents and are not competitors in the same field, and their situations are even more different.1960-1970 was the golden decade age of explosive growth for Ford and all American car companies.During that decade, the annual production of individual models under Ford's main brand increased from 300,000 units to nearly 800,000 units. For Ford, which is aimed at the general audience, they have enough capital to do some things in circles.
Ferrari in the 1960s was in dire Straits, facing a situation that could not be uncovered at any time.Racing is a very expensive sport, a team behind the big boss to inject capital, the racing department needs to rely on car companies to obtain funds.At that time, Ferrari was like a single "Iron Han Han", no matter when and when, sports cars were only owned by minority groups.By selling sports cars, or selling racing cars to independent teams to feed the entire R & D team to form a closed-loop, this road is becoming narrower and narrower by Ferrari.Until 1963, Enzo Ferrari sat at the same negotiating table as Henry Ford II.
In the case of Ford, their purpose was clear - to move into the European car market.At that time, Europe was an incremental market for American automobile companies, but there was a very embarrassing problem in front of them:At least in the field of automobiles, Americans have no sense of superiority in European land.
Why was the deal called off at the last second?
Ford wants to buy Ferrari, and Ferrari also needs to find a "golden master dad" as a backer. This seems to be a good deal for you. It should be smooth sailing. What exactly caused the transaction to crash?Of course, it is not because there is a "mole.".
Ferrari's private secretary, Franco Gozzi, wrote in an Italian car magazine about Ford's acquisition of Ferrari.He referred to the clause that angered Ferrari the most and led him to walk out of the meeting - "each item was over 450 million lire (about $257,000 at the time) of the team's budget.Enzuo had to apply to Ford for approval."On the agreement, Enzuo circled the words "submitted" and "acquired" with his purple ink pen, and wrote "not acceptable" next to them.
Enzuo was an unruly man, and it is precisely because of his temper that he has created many popular stories in the history of automobiles.In his view, the rules and regulations given to him by Ford seriously affected his freedom of management of the team, which he had suffered for decades in the field.
According to the description of Ford Department manager Fei Lei, in the process of negotiations between the two sides for nearly a month, there are also other factors of discord.Enzuo, for example, has been critical of Shelby's relationship with Ford, and his bid to enter the Indy 500 has been thwarted by Ford.