Deferred Maintenance, Deal Killers and Diminishing Returns

Often when someone decides to part with a prized Ferrari, it may not have been started or driven for months or years. Just as likely, chances are the new owner,…

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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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