In a quiet corner of the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy, a small, dedicated team document the past and offers classics a future. This is Ferrari’s Classiche department – and it’s where the world’s most expensive cars come when they need a spruce up.

But it’s only a relatively recent development, as under founder Enzo, Ferrari was a race team first, always focused on what’s next, not what’s past.

It was only in 2004 that CEO Jean Todt spotted the value in the back catalogue and realised that if others were restoring and rebuilding Ferraris, the firm itself should have a stake in that. The Classiche (that second one is a hard C) unit got going two years later.

Two decades on, we’ve been for a poke around, to see just how diverse and adept Classiche has become. Top Gear Magazine’s Head of Car Testing, Ollie Marriage, is your guide…

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Chapters:
00:00 Ferrari's Classiche
01:37 Ferrari F40
02:57 Restoration Projects
04:06 Ferrari 512 BB
05:25 Ferrari 212
07:28 Restored Engines
08:26 The Restoration Process
10:12 The Written Archives
14:36 Conclusion

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