Lamborghini Marine Engines: The V12s That Won Ten World Titles at Sea
Lamborghini marine engines: the 880 hp L804 V12, ten Class 1 offshore world titles, Don Johnson’s Mississippi record and Ferruccio’s Riva Aquarama.
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Lamborghini Formula 1 Engine: Five Years, 49 Starts, No Wins
The Lamborghini Formula 1 engine: five years of Forghieri’s V12, the podium the FIA erased, the Lambo 291 and the 1993 McLaren test with Senna.
LAMBORGHINI JARAMA
Lamborghini Jarama: Ferruccio’s Own Favorite Asked which of his cars he preferred, Ferruccio Lamborghini did not say Miura. He said Jarama. And he said it late, in 1991, when he had nothing left to sell: he preferred it to all the others because it was the perfect compromise between the Miura and the Espada. That … Read more
FERRARI 550 MARANELLO
Ferrari 550 Maranello: The Return the Recession Paid For Ferrari has spent thirty years selling this car as a triumphant return to tradition. The twelve-cylinder goes back up front, the grand tourer reclaims its place, Maranello reconnects with its roots. The part left out of the brochure is that the finance department made a good … Read more
LAMBORGHINI ISLERO
Lamborghini Islero: The One Ferruccio Kept for Himself Ferruccio Lamborghini named his grand tourer after the bull that killed Manolete, kept one as his own daily driver, and almost nobody bought it. Of the 225 that left the factory, one ended up trying to qualify for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the hands … Read more
LAMBORGHINI ESPADA
Lamborghini Espada: The Four-Seat V12 That Started as a Jaguar Lamborghini’s family car was not drawn in Sant’Agata. It was drawn in London, over Jaguar mechanicals, on commission from a British newspaper. The wooden body buck built for that Jaguar was then reused to put together the first Espada prototype. None of that appears in … Read more
FERRARI 612 SCAGLIETTI
Ferrari 612 Scaglietti: Cheap Because of a 1954 Gift It is the most affordable twelve-cylinder you can buy wearing the Maranello badge, and it is affordable because of its shape. The side scallops that wrecked its value are a quotation of a one-off a film director commissioned as a gift for his wife. The wife … Read more
LAMBORGHINI 350 GT
Lamborghini 350 GT: Born With Bricks Under the Hood The car that founded Lamborghini went on public display with its hood latched shut and construction bricks inside. No engine. Just masonry, sitting where a V12 was supposed to be. That happened at the Turin show in late October 1963, days before Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. … Read more
FERRARI 599
Ferrari 599: The Last Ferrari With a Gear Lever In 2012 a chassis numbered 187007 left Maranello. A 599 GTB Fiorano with a six-speed manual and an aluminum gate. It was the last Ferrari that would ever be built with a shift lever. Ferrari said nothing. No announcement, no press release, no internal video. Out … Read more
HARTLEY ENGINES
Hartley Engines: The 1,070-HP V12 That Came Out of a Dirt-Track Shop Toyota spent a fortune making a V12 that nobody would notice. The 1GZ-FE went into the Century, the hand-built limousine that outranks a Lexus in Japan, and every engineering decision behind it was aimed at silence, smoothness and the total absence of drama … Read more
FERRARI LaFerrari
LaFerrari: The Most Powerful Ferrari of Its Day Is the One That Lets You Drive Least Every other outlet is about to tell you the same thing, so let me not waste your time with it. They’ll hit you with the 963 horsepower, the F1-derived HY-KERS, the Fiorano lap five seconds quicker than the Enzo, … Read more
BUGATTI EB110
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