Music and Maranello: Ferrari Celebrates

The Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena has just opened a special exhibition featuring famous rock star cars.

The Greatest Hits –Music Legends and their Ferraris is much more than just a static display, it’s a celebration of music and motors, with visitors donning headsets for a podcast-style guide to the exhibit, featuring music and fascinating stories of the link between Ferrari cars and chart-topping stars. Did you know, for example, that Cher once raced a 250 LM or that Pavarotti owned an F40? (how he fitted into it is another question).

“Ferrari and music share a common creative framework, based on a balance between technical discipline and expressive freedom,” says Ferrari. “In both fields, performance represents a central moment, whether on stage or behind the wheel. The exhibition reflects this parallel by presenting the automobile as a personal and cultural expression associated with artistic identity. The exhibition features artists who have selected Ferrari as a symbol, source of inspiration, or companion in their professional and personal journeys. The cars on display are presented as evidence of these individual relationships.”

Among the marvellous musical machines on show are Nick Mason’s 250 GTO, Herbert von Karajan’s 250 GT Lusso, the one-off SP12 commissioned by Eric Clapton, global superstar J Balvin’s 512 TR, and the SF90 XX owned by Swizz Beatz.

The Greatest Hits –Music Legends and their Ferraris is open daily until February 2027.

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