On February 6th 1967, Ferrari pulled off one of the most spectacular feats in its entire history when it took the top three places at the 24 Hours of Daytona in the first round of that year’s International World Sports Car Championship. The three cars that shot past the chequered flag in that legendary side-by-side finish on Ford’s home turf – in f...
READ MOREIt sounds like Ferrari is finally ready to put the pedal to the metal with its electrification efforts. During the marque’s annual meeting on Thursday, chairman John Elkann announced that the Prancing Horse’s first EV will arrive by the middle of this decade, much sooner than anyone was expecting, reports Automotive News Europe. The comments come l...
READ MOREThe 1979 Lamborghini Countach LP400 S is among 30 cars considered to be of national importance to the United States of America. To celebrate the historic moment, the car was displayed outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Besides Lamborghini, there are two Italian cars included in the restricted list: the 1985 Ferrari Modena Spyder and the 19...
READ MOREAfter years of trying to lure arguably the most iconic automobile brand in the world, the Carousel Motor Group (CMG) officially opened a Ferrari dealership on Sept. 9. The dealership, called Twin Cities Performance, is located southeast of Highway 169 and Interstate 394 in Golden Valley. Carousel Motor Group, the automotive division of the Pohlad C...
READ MOREModena is correctly considered the global hub of Italy’s unrivalled motor industry. It’s the birthplace of the storied and ingenious Enzo Ferrari and the jewel in the crown of the wider Emilia Romagna region, an area home not only to Ferrari, but also Lamborghini, Maserati, Ducati, Dallara Energica and Pagani. How’s that for heritage? Which is why,...
READ MORE“No customer or dealer has ever asked us to make a hybrid or electric car,” says Horacio Pagani. He is the man behind and the namesake of one of the world’s most exclusive supercars (starting at €3.5 million, excluding VAT). “But developments are moving fast. That’s why we’ve launched a project that should lead to an all-electric car. We think we c...
READ MOREThe track is the ideal terrain for cars from Italy's famous Motor Valley. The road cars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, and others are vigorously tested between the kerbs, but they aren't the most extreme machines from these automakers that line the legendary Via Emilia road. Many of these manufacturers, in fact, are involved in motorsport. Here...
READ MOREFerrari has confirmed that its 2023 Le Mans Hypercar will be a four-wheel-drive, hybrid-powered machine built to the prototype side of the formula’s technical regulations. Antonello Coletta, who is the director of Ferrari’s Competizione GT department, told Sportscar365 that the Italian marque has chosen the same core vehicle architecture as the Toy...
READ MOREMinnesota is getting its first Ferrari dealership. The Pohlad family's Carousel Motor Group is opening a dealership for the luxury sportscar brand in Golden Valley sometime this month, a news release says. The new Twin Cities Performance dealership is one of 45 Ferrari dealerships in the United States, with the next closest being in Chicago. "We a...
READ MOREThe 2021 edition of the Mille Miglia rally will see more than 400 classic and vintage cars travel from the northern Italian city of Brescia to Rome and back again this week. One of the world’s oldest car rallies, the Mille Miglia began in 1927, taking place 24 times until 1957 and bringing international fame to luxury sports cars such as Alfa Romeo...
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