Enzo Ferrari was a notorious curmudgeon when it came to change. Late to adopt disc brakes, late to move his racing engines from the front to the middle, he was forever insisting that his way was the only way, technological advancements and on-track defeats be damned.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/the-birth-of-the-ferrari-boxer/
https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/the-birth-of-the-ferrari-boxer/
