Bugatti EB110: the supercar that arrived ten years before the future caught up Ask most people under forty when Bugatti returned to building cars and you’ll get the same answer. The Veyron. 2005. Volkswagen. End of story. That’s wrong by about fourteen years and one country. Before the W16, before Wolfsburg’s open chequebook, before the … 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
