The Enzo was the distilled essence of Ferrari’s V12 heritage, the last of a line of naturally aspirated V12 models

Straight-line performance wasn’t the key, though, with the way the Enzo goes about its business on the road most impressive. The engine’s spine-tingling in both its noise and throttle response, with the transmission thumping you in the back with each new ratio, violent enough on down changes to send the car sideways. Its front end is tenacious, too, and while it can snap into oversteer on the limit it’s not vicious and can be caught without breaking into too much of a sweat, even if its steering isn’t quite as telepathic as that of its Carrera GT contemporary.