The Italian company that builds every IndyCar, F2 and F3 chassis — and almost nobody outside racing knows the name Forget the F1 paddock for a minute. Walk down pit lane at the Indianapolis 500 instead. Every car you see — every single one of the 33 starters — was built by the same company. … Read more
Campogalliano: the Bugatti factory that’s been locked up with everything inside for thirty years Type “abandoned Bugatti factory” into YouTube and you’ll get hundreds of results. Drone shots over a vast blue complex outside Modena. Urbex channels with creaky soundtracks pushing through cobwebbed corridors. Hagerty journalists being walked around by a softly spoken Italian called … 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
Automobili Estrema Fulminea — 2,040 HP Born in a WhatsApp Group During a Pandemic There’s one sure way to know if someone has what it takes. It’s not looking at how many times they’ve won. It’s looking at how many times they’ve got back up after losing everything. Gianfranco Pizzuto put $2 million into Fisker … Read more
Maserati: Seven Brothers, One Trident, and the Greatest Race Ever Run The family born for speed To understand Maserati, you need to start with a fact almost nobody knows: there weren’t six brothers. There were seven. Rodolfo Maserati was a locomotive driver for the Italian railways, based in Voghera, Lombardy. He married Carolina Losi, and … Read more
