Paolo Stanzani: “I’m Tired of Building Toys for Rich, Spoiled People” The Lamborghini Miura exists because two young Italian engineers were obsessed with a race car built in Dearborn, Michigan. That’s not a stretch. Ferruccio Lamborghini had explicitly forbidden his staff from building anything resembling a competition car — racing was an expense he had … Read more
Bugatti EB110, the hypercar that put a twenty-first century spec sheet on the table in 1991 Cover the badge with your hand and read it like this. Three-and-a-half-litre V12, mid-rear mounted. Sixty valves, five per cylinder, three intake and two exhaust. Twelve individual throttle bodies. Four small IHI turbochargers, two per bank, running between 1.05 … Read more
GIAMARO KATLA: 2,157 HP, FOUR TURBOS, ZERO ELECTRONS — AND A QUIET ANSWER TO A LOUD POLITICAL DEMAND The headline number is the easy part. Two thousand one hundred and fifty-seven horsepower, from a 6,988 cc V12 with four turbochargers, no hybrid assistance of any kind. A seven-speed manual gearbox driving the rear wheels. A … Read more
MAURO FORGHIERI: The Engineer Who Held Ferrari Together for 27 Years and Got a Decorative Office in Return Picture this. You’re 26. You’ve been at Ferrari for one year. Last week, every senior engineer in the place walked out at once. You’re the only qualified engineer left because you happen to be the youngest one … Read more
MARCELLO GANDINI: THE GENIUS BERTONE NEVER LET SIGN HIS OWN CARS At sixteen, they gave him money to buy a Latin textbook. He bought a combustion engine manual written by Dante Giacosa instead. That act of rebellion defines everything that followed. Because Marcello Gandini wasn’t born to study what he was told. He was born … Read more
