The automotive world has had its fair share of fascinating stories, and proving a point has been a consistent theme in many of them. From the rivalry between Ferruccio Lamborghini and Enzo Ferrari to the constant barb-trading among Mercedes-Benz and BMW, there has been no shortage of competition among automakers over the years.
Such rivalries extended into the world of motorsports, and the most famous of them all is between powerhouses Ford and Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which is the world’s oldest endurance race since 1923.
The story goes that in 1963, Ford was close to buying Ferrari, but deal fell through, leaving Henry Ford II fuming with anger and with one goal on his mind: beat Ferrari at Le Mans. This fascinating tale has now made its way to the silver screen with Ford v Ferrari, which opens in Malaysian theaters tomorrow (November 14). So, if you want to experience an important part of automotive history, this is one movie you won’t want to miss out on.
Directed by James Mangold, the movie focuses on the friendship between Carroll Shelby (played by Matt Damon), the larger-than-life automotive designer, and Ken Miles (played by Christian Bale), the fearless British driver, on their journey to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car, the Ford GT 40, to take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.
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Simply epic. 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race and the Americans defeated Ferrari which had won the race for 6 consecutive years. I was just a pimply faced 16 years old dude back then.
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Competition and rivalry is good. It makes us work harder. This is why we all must have healthy competition in Malaysia. No one should be given a preference or an added advantage.
Dont forget in australia.. there is a huge battle between Ford camp and Holden.. especially at Bathurst.. while in Malaysia it has always been Honda versus the rest.
But while Honda was committed to not resort to turbochargers or supercharged engine, they finally admitted that the vtec (and the followings ivtec and avtec) wont go anywhere far.
Hurray, America wins again and saves the world.
Oops, maybe this time didn’t save the world but wins again, none the less.
America must always win in their movies, even those based on Vietnam war.
Betui betui.. They downgraded us, we also can downgrade them back.