The Italian Ferrari has been called a "dream car" by the rich and powerful the world over.
One of the most luxurious cars around, the Ferrari is ranked with the Lamborghini and the Maserati, which also happen to be Italian models.
Many Filipinos even try to smuggle the Ferrari into the country, hoping to avoid its multi-million taxes.
Unknown to them, six Filipinos are privileged to be among the small workforce putting together world-famous Ferraris, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau reported.
Europe News Bureau Chief Danny Buenafe said these Pinoys work at the main Ferrari production plant in Maranello, Modena, Italy.
Two of them, Armand Amodia and Michael Amista, are two of them and they work on the bodies of Ferrari race cars being used in big-time Formula One racing championships.
Both Armand and Michael grew up in Cebu. While Armand is an expert at building fibreglass bodies for Ferraris, Michael is an expert at chassis work on the Ferrari.
They both worked as composite technicians for commercial planes.
The Ferrari plant in Modena boasts of almost 3,000 employees, and only six are Filipinos. And because these cars carefully assembled and thus very expensive, Ferrari only produces 6,000 cars every year.
Armand said they now earn double what they used to and all six Pinoys there are happy with the benefits they are given, benefits like free housing.
In fact, Armand and Michael were part of the team who made the Formula One racing cars of world racing champions Michael Schumacker and Kimi Raikkonen.
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