The forests of the world are in danger, more danger than ever before. Trees are going to be cut, pulped and made into shiny glossy posters of these three gods to keep the Mclaren F1 company on every gearhead’s walls. The automotive world was expecting a miracle, something to shut the green brigade up with, we all knew there was something in store, we even knew it was one of three companies who would answer the call, but what Geneva gave us, well, that was breathtaking. The Mclaren P1 , La Ferrari and The Lamborghini Veneno in the same city at the same time, like I said, trees are in imminent danger not from any of these cars, they are the cutting edge in green technology today, but from wall posters.… Read More…
March 31, 2013 Leave a Comment
October 8, 2012 Leave a Comment
Why? Because Racecar.
It’s not a car, it’s a bloody dart, I curse as I saw car number 69 tear up the Autodromo Ricardo Paletti straights. Even when the F2 driver actually braked, he still didn’t seem to slow down but infact just slingshot through the corner. I was seated in the stands, of a racetrack situated in the hills of Verano, awestruck as Hawks Racing’s car, which could well be the new batmobile, took the finals laps of its FSAE Italy Endurance event. “It’s a pretty sight this”, I thought to myself. “Stuttgart has nothing on them.”… Read More…
July 17, 2012 Leave a Comment
A Seven Day Wonder: The Ferrari Daytona
Ferrari Daytona
“Legendary” is a term The Oxford Dictionary defines as something which is “remarkable enough to be famous”. And yeah, Oxfords are always right, they say! But in my dictionary, Legendary refers some act, some accomplishment which has the impetus in it to raise eyebrows of men even when they hear about it a century later, or maybe a few centuries later; something which can still inspire a potter’s boy of owning the bird like machine that once-in-a-while swarms over his head; something which can give, maybe a 40 year man to be the youth icon of his country.… Read More…
June 5, 2012 Leave a Comment
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Is Now World’s Most Expensive Car
A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO made for race driver Stirling Moss has become the world’s most expensive car, selling in a private transaction last month for $35 million.
The distinctive apple-green Ferrari, one of 39 GTOs produced from 1962 to 1964, is listed among May’s high-end sales at anamera.com, a website for classic car dealers. Two specialist traders last night independently confirmed the transaction and price to Bloomberg News.
The car was sold with the last two weeks by the Dutch-born businessman Eric Heerema, owner of the Nyetimber vineyard in Sussex, southern England. The buyer is U.S.-based classic car collector Craig McCaw, the dealers said. Heerema was not available for comment when Nyetimber was contacted by Bloomberg News. McCaw was also unavailable for comment when his company Eagle River Investments was… Read More…
May 17, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Greatest Road Race In the World
The time is 8am in Brescia,Italy. Augusto Turati, secretary of the national fascist party officially inaugurated it. 77 drivers battling head to head and at the end of 1628km, only 55 drivers made it to the finish line.
As the race commenced, Aymo Maggi, the local talented favorite, along with Bindo Maserati (one of the 5 Maserati brothers) took the lead in a ISOTTA FRASCHINI 8A SS, a luxury Italian carmaker back in its ripe days. But then just 30 minutes into the race and the ALFA ROMEO RL SS took a whopping 14 minute lead against the Isotta .
The ALFA even passed Fernando Minoia’s OM 123, an unparalleled legend of his time. After 587km, Brilli-Peri in his ALFA still held onto the lead averaging a 106.8kmph. But Peri stretched it too far and had to retire mid-way through due to a blown engine. This sent 25000 viewers ecstasic as they screamed louder than Minoia’s OM 123 as it swooshed past the overly-dominant ALFA.… Read More…
May 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
The 70’s War Still Goes On : Lamborghini Countach And Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer
Ferruccio Lamborghini (left) and Ferrari Enzo (right)
“The car is fine. The problem is that you are able to drive only tractors and not a Ferrari”- Enzo Ferrari.
The world would have never seen a Lamborghini unless the Italian race car driver, entrepreneur and the founder of Ferrari S.p.A, Enzo Ferrari would have rudely commented on the repeated complaints of Italian industrialist and later the founder of Automobili Lamborghini, Ferruccio Lamborghini about his Ferrari’s clutch issues. This fuelled up Mr Lamborghini to start his own car company to show Ferrari, how supercars are built.… Read More…
April 24, 2012 Leave a Comment
Video: Ferrari Presents 2012 V12 HY-KERS Powertrain For The New Breed Of Enzo
It is now time for hybridization, even for the most reluctant. What were once rumors have just been confirmed with the revelation of this amazing technological evolution: Coupling the hybrid powertrain and the V12 in mid-rear position, so power is transmitted to the wheels via a double clutch 7 speed gearbox.
The 2012 HY-Kers technology has two electric motors, one on the gearbox, the other in front of the engine for the auxiliary systems (power steering, brake servo, air conditioning, onboard systems). These motors are powered by a battery whose location may depend on the space available and the vehicle.… Read More…
