Ferrari announced this week that they will open the first Ferrari Driving School in North America. The school will be located at Le Circuit Race Track in Mont Tremblant, Quebec, and will be modeled after the Ferrari Driving School in Italy, so apparently nothing truly innovative here. However, Ferrari has licensed its brand name to Aldar Properties, a Middle Eastern development company, which plans to open a Ferrari theme park in Dubai. The park will have a racetrack, driving instruction, rides, and other attractions, including displays of Ferrari history. Surrounding the park, which is expected to open in 2008, will be hotels and shops.

Elsewhere in the exotic car world, there are private road-course clubs, high-end storage garages, and timeshare car options opening. The Autobahn Country Club in Illinois charges a $25,000 initiation fee and annual dues of $3,000 for use of the club’s driving track and clubhouse. And the Classic Car Club Manhattan, a luxury car-share service with 20 cars available to members, charges a $1,500 one-time signing fee, and annual dues that start at $7,000.

[Thanks, Autoblog, WSJ]