Looking at the New Ferrari F430
Ferrari is expected to define the leading edge in automotive styling and technology, and its new F430 promises to be no exception. A replacement for the 360 Modena, this new…
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Choosing a Gullwing or a Ferrari
If you’ve got $300,000 burning a hole in your pocket and are thinking about turning it into a vintage car to have some fun with, you’ll have a variety of…
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Ferrari’s Little Brother: Tracing Maserati to Today
Like Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, whose deteriorating body was kept on life support for years, Maserati was near death for over four decades. Its last real successes came in the…
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Ferrari Enzo VS. McLaren F1
Comparing the ultimate supercars is much like comparing the various attributes of the world’s top supermodels: It’s all about what fantasy turns your crank, as few of us mere mortals…
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1998 McLaren F1
The idea of creating the ultimate and most exciting road car was conceived as early as 1988. Following a meeting of minds led by designer Gordon Murray, McLaren declared its…
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Ferrari: The Factory GT Racers
Schumie and the Formula One guys might get all the attention, but in fact Ferrari has been involved in GT racing for decades. From Group 4 Daytonas to the new…
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Don’t Look Now, But ‘Cuds are Worth More than Daytonas
We sporty-car types like to talk about the sophistication of our multi-cylinder, multi-carbureted mounts. American iron, you know, those crudely suspended, under-braked cars with huge lumps of iron under the…
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Ferrari VS. Lamborghini, Part II: Lambo Closes the Gap
Okay, Lambo fanatics, enough! My mailbox is already over-flowing with nastiness about last month’s column comparing early Lamborghinis with the equivalent Ferraris. Your passionate defenses notwithstanding, I still maintain that…
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Ferrari VS. Lamborghini, the Early Years
Ferruccio Lamborghini made his first fortune building tractors and his second producing heating appliances. At age 47 he set out to amass yet another fortune by designing, building and selling…
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The Bad Bos: F40, F50 and Enzo
Most of the Ferraris built in the last two decades have one thing in common with Toyota Camrys: After they leave the showroom floor, they become depreciating used cars. But…
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