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A Car Life, by Larry Crane

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This is a face that might be hard to like, but easy to love. Lamborghini’s Gallardo Superleggera is, as CEO Winkelmann will enthusiastically, and repeatedly explain, “We do not make exotic cars, it is a super sports car.”

LAMBO LITE

A Lamborghini with attitude–no news there! No. I mean BAD attitude–like at the edge of rage. The Superleggera shares the Gallardo’s odd V-10 warble in its everyday traffic mode, but as it is allowed past 5000 revs, it gets angry (very angry!) inside and out. As the valve timing reaches near-contact overlap and the exhaust pressure finds the now well-established route around the baffles, it makes you want to pay attention. It also tempts you to pay something painfully close to a quarter of a million U.S. dollars for the pleasure of that entertainment. Worth it? Got it?
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The Racing Fiats: Tiremarks on America PII

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Part II brings us to mid-century, when Fiat was offering very sporting small displacement cars such as this rare 1100 S driven here by Tony Pompeo at Waktins Glen. Photo by Frank Shaffer.

By Karl Ludvigsen

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The Saga of David Bruce-Brown

David Bruce-Brown, an 18-year-old prep-school lad whose mother was listed in New York’s social register, came on the scene in time for the American Grand Prize races. Driving Fiats for most of his brief but meteoric career, Bruce-Brown broke Willie Vanderbilt’s mile record at Daytona Beach in 1908. [Read more…] about The Racing Fiats: Tiremarks on America PII

French Classics, 2009 Techno Classica Essen

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1958 Radovitch. Based on the Peugeot 403 4-door saloon, it was built by a French coachbuilder from Reims (France). Only one known to exist.

Photos and Captions by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Bugatti celebrates 100 years, Talbots and oddities abound


1912 Bugatti Type 15. Built between 1909 and 1914, this is the first automobile launched under Ettore Bugatti’s name. It was an immediate success and the archetype for many later high performance sports cars.

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Lambos, Ferraris Duke it out Down Under

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Quarterback Shirts Lamborghini Gallardo Mark Eddy mixes it up with the domineering Porsches.

Australian GT Series, Round 1, Adelaide, 19 – 22 March 2009

Storya and Photos by Vince Johnson

South Australia’s Adelaide street circuit hosted the first three races in Round 1 of the 2009 Australian GT Series during the Clipsal 500 weekend in March.
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A Car Life, by Larry Crane

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Enzo Ferrari.

An audience with the pope of motorsport

The technical briefing was winding down. A dozen American journalists were asking questions, the depth of which suggest the knowledge/experience of the source. We had been in a half-lit room watching and listening and interrogating the bright young engineering talent of Ferrari’s future for over an hour. The room was softly lit by sunlight making its way through the translucent drapes across the wall in front of us. Dr. Emelio Anchisi, then the Director of Ferrari North America, was looking anxious and mentioned the time to the presenters. Suddenly the door to our right opened and was held open by Piero Lardi Ferrari and in walked his dad. [Read more…] about A Car Life, by Larry Crane

The Racing Fiats: Tiremarks on America

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Louis Wagner with the Fiat at the Savannah races in 1911. Almost as tall as an average man, the huge Fiats won two of the three American Grand Prize events at Savannah.

Part I

From the Vanderbilt Cup to Indianapolis, from the Grand Prize at Savannah to Sebring, cars by Fiat of Turin, Italy, have competed with distinction in the greatest American racing events since 1904. With the news of Fiat’s deal with Chrysler, Karl Ludvigsen’s three part article about Fiat in America may be more relevant than ever.

by Karl Ludvigsen

Louis Chevrolet, Louis Wagner and Walt Hansgen are among the best-known racing drivers the world has seen. What do they have in common with Don Parkinson, Pietro Bordino and Paul Richards? Just this: all of them were race winners in America driving Fiat-or Fiat-based racing cars. For over a century Americans and racing Fiats have been linked together in the world of auto competition.
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New Abarth Assetto Corse Takes to the Track

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Photo FIAT Auto press

FIAT Abarth 500 Assetto Corse is a real baby racer

Story and photos by Roberto Motta

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Coming soon to a Chrysler dealer near you? That would be great, for the Abarth 500 Assetto Corse would make an neat showroom package. Abarth has come back to the track with its new baby 130 mph supersportscar that is named after the famous line of Abarth “Assetto Corsa” (race trim or race ready) models built in the 1960s. [Read more…] about New Abarth Assetto Corse Takes to the Track

Malaysian Grand Prix

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Button Wins in Downpour Malaysian Grand Prix

by Erik Nielsen
Photos courtesy and copyright Ferrari Media

I really do prefer when there is a race to write about, but
unfortunately, the powers that be decided to schedule the Malaysian Grand Prix early in the season, when we know that there is an even chance with Silverstone that it is going to rain.
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