For example, German cars were silver-grey, those from France were blue ... and Ferrari has since introduced dozens of shades of red, including Scuderia (lighter than Corsa), Roma, Bordeaux ...

It wasn't just Ferrari, either. The FIA gave Bugatti blue and Mercedes-Benz silver ... where that fiery red earned the name "Rosso Corsa" (which means "racing red" in Italian).

The design change will feature two historic shades of blue in substitution to their traditional Rosso Corsa – Azzurro La Plata and Azzurro Dino – as part of the Ferrari's 70th anniversary ...

In 1948, a young Enzo Ferrari introduced his first race car intended for the road and available to customers, the pint-sized 166 Spyder Corsa. It came with a new Tipo 166 2.0-liter Colombo V-12 ...