Funny / Ford v Ferrari

• During Lee Iacocca's idea pitch to Henry Ford II, he attempts to explain how brand image is important. One of the examples he used is a slide showing James Bond and his iconic Aston Martin DB5. Lee tells Henry Ford II that James Bond does not drive a Ford car, which prompted Henry Ford II to snarkily respond that James Bond is a degenerate.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight when you realize that Ford had owned Aston Martin from the late 80s until 2007. So for a time, James Bond technically did in fact drive Fords.
• The entire sequence where Enzo Ferrari insults Henry Ford II and his company to Lee Iacocca's face and he has to relay them back to Henry Ford II himself when Ford queries him about it. Cringe Comedy at its finest.
  Iacocca: He called you fat... sir.
  • It gets even better when you realize that some of the insults Iacocca is relaying to Ford wasn't what Ferrari said, including the above 'he's called you fat' line. This means two things: either Iacocca is attempting to provoke Ford into going to war with Ferrari, or he simply took the opportunity to insult his own boss!
• On the way to the Mustang launch, Carroll asks to land the plane he and the Ford execs are riding in, noting that he used to fly bombers during the war. Turns out his Drives Like Crazy tendencies also extend to planes, and he promptly scares the hell out of everyone aboard.
• After seeing Ken leave with Shelby, Mollie confronts Ken in their station wagon after picking up groceries, accelerating so that Ken confesses he's actually been driving a race car and going against his pledge to her to quit racing.
  Ken: You’re driving very fast.
  Mollie: Oh am I? Am I.
  Ken: Yes you are!
  (Mollie swerves to avoid car in front of her)
  Ken: Are you trying to kill us or something?
  Mollie: Oh I thought we loved this shit!
  (Mollie swerves through more traffic)
  Mollie: A bit of racing fun, no?
  Ken: No! It’s not the same at all!
  Mollie: WELL I THINK IT’S THRILLING!
  Ken: Are you going to lift your foot off at all though this?
  Mollie: NO! Cause I like a clean racing line.
  • The sheer irony of a man who makes his living speeding insanely fast sports cars around at ludicrously dangerous speeds in environments where dangerous crashes are far from uncommon freaking out about his wife driving a standard station wagon recklessly along a highway.
• Carroll and Ken's brawl outside Ken's house is one long moment of funny, from Ken initially sucker-punching Carroll to the two of them bashing each other with groceries. Made even better by Mollie seeing them fight, pulling up a chair and nonchalantly reading a magazine.
  • Carroll grabs for a can to smack Ken, then reconsiders and grabs a loaf of bread instead. They may want to beat the shit out of each other but they don't want to hurt each other.
  • At one point Ken uses a bin lid as a shield. Carroll makes the mistake of punching it.
  • After tiring themselves out, the two briefly discuss the fight. Apparently this isn't the first time they've done this.
    Ken: What was that grab... on my arm?
    Carroll: I call that the "Llama Bite."
  • And they still keep at it with the banter after having tired themselves out, and are just enjoying their bottles of cola:
    Ken: Up yours. (Motions a toast to Carroll)
    Carroll: Go to hell. (Takes up on Ken's offer and toasts)
  • On a meta level, watching Jason Bourne and Batman scuffling around like grown children is just ten kinds of hilarious.
• Shelby trying to explain to Henry Ford why they lost at Le Mans, not doing himself any favors by explaining everything that's wrong with the car. He manages to turn it around into a Rousing Speech, however.
  Shelby: We haven't worked out how to corner yet. Or stay cool. Or stay on the ground...and a lot of stuff broke. In fact, the only thing that didn't break was the brakes!
• Carroll invites Henry Ford II to ride in the upgraded GT40 with him. Ford confidently tells him to "hit it." By the end of a 30-second drive, Ford is openly sobbing in fear.
  • From the sidelines, Phil notes the part of the race which is usually where new drivers shit themselves.
  • Henry Ford II trying to get in the car also has its funny moments.
• Carroll's continued trolling of the Ferrari crew during Le Mans, doing everything from swiping their stopwatches to nonchalantly dropping a lugnut near them, sending the whole crew into a panic, assuming it fell off their car.
  Phil: Nice stopwatch.
  Carroll: You want one? They're Italian.
• The gravitas of the moment when the iconic Ford GT40, future four-time champion of Le Mans, is unveiled ends up being decisively undercut when Ken takes her for a thrilling spin around the airfield tarmac... only to then spend about a minute soundly rubbishing the car with Shelby once he's done.
  Ken: It's awful!
  Carroll: [Morose] Worse than awful.
  Ken: Doesn't track. Third gear's too high, the torque is not reaching the road. Steering feels loose because the front end's too light. Above 140 it thinks it's...
  Carroll: An airplane.
  Ken: An airplane! Wants to lift off, fly to Hawaii.
  Carroll: Anything else?
  [Ken pauses thoughtfully for a moment... them clambers back into the driver's seat, holds his finger up and mouths "One minute" to Carroll, and races off again]