Talk:Luca Cordero di Montezemolo/Archive 1

Corrections
I have corrected both of the issues below and found a source for accurate details on his family, title and ancestry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.199.91.146 (talk) 22:04, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Marquis?
I noticed that an anonymous user removed "Marquis" from Montezemolo's name - I searched round a bit and found two reliable sources ( and ) and numerous other marginal ones to verify that he is, in fact, some sort of marquis. He is also called "a member of the Agnelli clan" but I don't know if this means he is in the family or simply a close friend. &mdash; Dan | Talk 18:04, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * He's called "a member of the Agnelli clan", because he's Giovanni Agnelli's illegitimate son..--Dardorosso 20:35, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

The name actually means that he is from the same branch of the Cordero family as the Marquis of Montezemolo. This is a rare but not unique style and would typically be taken in a case in which unrelated families had the same surname. Only the senior most member of the branch of the Cordero family he is from would have the title marquis. He is not himself a Marquis he is an aristocrat.RichardBond (talk) 02:08, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Name
I recall hearing/reading in more than one interview that he hates it when people refer to him as 'di Montezemolo'. The exact quote was something like "where's this 'di' come from? That's not my name". Can we confirm this is his actual name, or are we just going with the general consensus that since everyone refers to him this way it must be correct? Steve hill4 (talk) 21:58, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

I also read that interview but it seems the name is commonly used even on his official ferrari web page. Richard Clegg (talk) 12:53, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

First contact with il "Drake"
"His first contact with Enzo Ferrari seems again as a sing of fate...He appeared in a popular radio programme, Chiamate Roma 3131, talking about the fortunes of Ferrari grand prix team. Enzo Ferrari was sometimes hearing at the radio when he was writting letters and he heard the programme. Three days later, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo received a package in the post. It was a copy of Ferrari's memoir Le mie gioie terribili, inscribed by Enzo: "To Luca di Montezemolo, who has the courage of his words and his actions". Luca left to America to study international relations at Columbia University.

Over Christmas of 1972, Luca went home in Bologna and telephoned Ferrari to request a meeting. Enzo's response was: "I need someone like you. It's a pity you are going back to America". Luca decided to give up his courses and in June 1973 he returned to Italy for his first day's work at Maranello, as direttore sportivo! There were several gossips for Luca these days, like that he was already a Fiat appointment, or even a member of the Agnelli clan. Luca denied all these rumors." source: http://www.thescuderia.net/lucadipresident.shtml -- Maxxl2 (talk) 00:38, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

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