Ferrari F1, #6, The last of the V12s, 1989-1995
Where we left off In the fifth installment of this series we reviewed the end of the 1981-1988 turbo-era. By 1988 only McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, Arrows, Zakspeed and Osella used a 1.5 liter […]
Where we left off In the fifth installment of this series we reviewed the end of the 1981-1988 turbo-era. By 1988 only McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, Arrows, Zakspeed and Osella used a 1.5 liter […]
Where we left off In the fourth installment of this series we reviewed the explosion of technology in the early 1980s, thanks to ever-increasing sponsorship. Turbocharging, massive boost pressures, honeycomb construction, carbon fiber […]
Where we left off In the third installment of this series we reviewed Ferrari’s three Drivers Championships; with the 312T in 1975 and 312 T2 in 1977 with Lauda and again with the […]
Where we left off In the second installment in this series we reviewed the failure of the 1970-1974 Ferrari 312B series, again beaten by twenty or so English “Assemblatori” or “Garagiste” kit-car teams, […]
Where we left off In the first installment in this series we reviewed the failure of the Ferrari 312/66 to the 312/69 F1 cars, beaten by what Enzo had derisively called the twenty […]
Collecting, then and now There was a time when a Ferrari collection began with a Dino or a Daytona and over time a 330 GTC or a 365 GTC/4 would be added. […]
On Tuesday Kim Wolfkill, the current editor of Road&Track, mentioned in an email to Stan Mott, one of the two creators of the R&T Cyclops (Robert Cumberford is the other) “…that Hearst is […]
Laughing all the way to the bank In recent years Bloomberg and others have reported on Ferrari’s very healthy profit margins, which average in the region of $70,000 to $80,000 per car. Ferrari […]
Our story begins in 1984 at a time when Ferrari North America had their headquarters on Katella Avenue in Los Alamitos, a suburb in Orange County. At that time California Highway Patrol officer […]
The shift to Supercar Sundays I’ve been going to collector car shows since the early 1970s, having traveled to shows across the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Over those four decades it’s […]