After F50 production concluded in 1998, tifosi dreamt of what exotic machine Maranello would devise next—and what form it would take.

At the Paris Motor Show in September 2002, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo ended the wait for the marque’s next flagship model with the introduction of the forthcoming Ferrari Enzo.

Though the model’s name required no explanation, he clarified that the Enzo would bear strong visual and mechanical connections to Formula One, with the Scuderia and Michael Schumacher then in the midst of their unprecedented reign of dominance which had begun in 1999.

True to di Montezemolo’s promise, the Enzo’s external design mimics the shape of an open-wheel race car, though as if wrapped in a skin extending over the fenders and cockpit.

Aerodynamically perfected in Pininfarina’s wind tunnel, the body is comprised of panels woven from carbon fiber and Kevlar.

Nineteen-inch alloy wheels anchored by 15-inch Brembo carbon-ceramic disc brakes, and unique scissor do...