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The Quote comes from a biographical book on Enzo Ferrari by an Italian journalist and Author Gino Rancati, based on his own recollections of conversations with Enzo Ferrari over many years. Rancati’s book came out in 1977 and the conversation was said to have taken place in 1964.
Jaguar test driver Norman Dewis was also quoted as saying that Enzo told him that when he was introduced to Ferrari at the Geneva show. The problem with this is Dewis did not speak Italian and Enzo did not speak English (at least not in public to people he didn’t know anyway) so if the quote was made at the time it was via translator so could have been mistranslated.
The short answer is it is certain possible Ferrari said it but there is no hard evidence only hearsay.
