Molto bene! Italian cars won the two Best of Show awards at the Arizona Concours in Scottsdale last weekend, as the big Arizona auction week got underway. The Arizona Concours serves as the launching pad for a week’s worth of classic car auctions in normally sunny Arizona every year, and only a little rain dampened this year’s event. An immaculate...
READ MOREFrom the time we were young children, most of us were familiar with the word Lamborghini. Memories of our kindergarten peers voicing the familiar "vroom vroom," miniature toy car in hand, are embedded in the back of our minds. While Lamborghini almost immediately launches our thoughts toward the embodiment of a pristine luxury vehicle, many are sur...
READ MOREAutomobili Lamborghini celebrates the important milestone of its 60th anniversary through art, presenting a Revuelto 'Opera Unica': a one-off piece of art unveiled during Art Basel Miami Beach 2023. Showcasing a highly customized version of the Revuelto, the brand’s first V12 hybrid plug-in HPEV (High Performance Electrified Vehicle), this 'Opera U...
READ MOREIt was tractors that first bore his signature. Affordable, sturdy, and practical. Essential for reviving the post-war agriculture. We are in the lowlands of Romagna, in that vast plain which is still recovering from the heavy damage inflicted by the flood last May. This is fertile land, to be sown and plowed, which for centuries has relied on culti...
READ MORELamborghini – The Man Behind the Legend had its global premiere at the Rome Film Festival. Set in 1950s Italy, the film, penned and directed by Bobby Moresco, Oscar winner for Crash, was released in Italy in January, just days before the thirtieth anniversary of the passing of Ferruccio Lamborghini, the founder of one of the world’s most celebrated...
READ MOREThe Ambassador of Italy to the United States, Mariangela Zappia, hosted an event last night at Villa Firenze to celebrate Lamborghini’s 60th anniversary. “Lamborghini is a global icon and embodies the best of Italy’s industrial tradition, ever focused on innovation with the ambition to shape the future through advanced technologies and sustainable...
READ MOREPicture it. As the story goes, Ferruccio Lamborghini, who had been manufacturing excellent tractors since 1948, had bought a Ferrari about which he made complaints. His response from Enzo Ferrari came across as an insult when he said, “Why don’t you stick to tractors, and I’ll stick to cars.” Apparently Lamborghini replied, “I can do this as well,”...
READ MOREThis year marks a significant milestone for Lamborghini as the Italian luxury automobile manufacturer commemorates its 60th anniversary. One of the grand celebrations was the 60th Anniversary Lamborghini Esperienza Giro, which saw an impressive fleet of 40 Lamborghini super sports cars and super SUVs navigate 626 miles of Colorado's magnificent lan...
READ MOREThose who've waited this long to plunk down a deposit on a Lamborghini with a full combustion motor have waited too long. For six decades, the Italian brand, founded in 1963 to compete with Ferrari, delivered V8s, V10s and V12 gasoline powered engines to its aficionados. But as of now, its official: the order books have closed on Lambo’s Huracan an...
READ MOREJuly 22-23, 2023. 5280 Northumberland St, Pittsburgh, PA. The Cortile della Corsa is the crown jewels of the car shows at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix. Cortile is Italian for “Courtyard” and it’s befitting the name because of the gorgeous Italian vehicles that sit in front of The Pittsburgh Golf Club promontory. The Cortile features the best o...
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