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Monterey 2010: Concorso Italiano celebrates all things Italia

Filed under: Concept Cars , Motorsports , Classics , Lamborghini , Maserati , Ferrari , Alfa Romeo , Fiat , Design/Style , Lancia 2010 Concorso Italiano – Click above for high-res image gallery Monterey coverage continues with one of Friday’s staples. Concorso Italiano has been one of Monterey’s largest gatherings of primarily Italian vehicles for years. Laguna Seca Golf Ranch played the hospitable host, giving throngs of Italian-car lovers the opportunity to get up close and personal with hundreds of le belle macchine


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Monterey 2010: Moal Coachbuilders debuts Ferrari-powered Gatto

Filed under: Concept Cars , Classics , Coupe , Performance , Ferrari , Luxury Moal Coachbuilders Gatto – Click above for high-res image gallery Moal Coachbuilders , the shop that brought us the likes of Tim Allen’s one-time Licorice Streak Special , showed up in Monterey with not only that Tool Time-worthy hot rod, but also its new Gatto retro sports car. The bright blue coupe reminds us of something in the vein of an Aston Martin DB4 GT or a Maserati A6 GCS


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Spy Shots: Three-seat Ferrari F1 car testing at Fiorano

Filed under: Motorsports , Ferrari , Specialty Ferrari’s Marlboro Red Rush – Click above for high-res image gallery Here’s a Ferrari unlike any you’ve ever seen, and that includes the amusement park rides. The Prancing Horse’s three-seater Formula 1 demonstrator, called the Marlboro Red Rush, was doing laps in the rain at Fiorano with either testing dummies or two tiny passengers


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A year after accident, Felipe Massa has new outlook

Filed under: Motorsports , Ferrari It was a freak accident that almost killed Felipe Massa. During a Formula 1 qualifying lap last year in Hungary, a spring from Reubens Barrichello’s car struck the Ferrari driver in the helmet, knocking him unconscious and fracturing his skull. The Brazilian racer went through surgery to repair his damaged skull and was later brought into a medically-induced coma to help him recover.


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Spy Shots: Ferrari 612 caught testing

Filed under: Spy Photos , Coupe , Performance , Europe , Ferrari , Luxury Details may have finally surfaced on the mystery Ferrari we saw bumping around Maranello in a piece of shaky-hand-cam YouTube action late last month. According to Auto Express , the long-nosed Horse could be none other than the 612 Scaglietti . The site points to the camo’d mule’s rear roofline and somewhat recognizable hood as evidence of the car’s identity


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Video: Top Gear and the Ferrari 458 Italia. What are you waiting for?

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Videos , Ferrari Top Gear reviews the Ferrari 458 Italia – Click above to watch video after the jump Jeremy Clarkson has got his hands on a Ferrari 458 Italia , and his particular take on the coupe involves a comparison to the venerable 308, a drag race with James May’s personal F430, Clarkson opening his heart to flappy paddles, a “humiliation” and of course, a lap with The Stig. All that and more is a click away, so follow the jump to get watching.


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Spy Video: Mystery Ferrari caught outside Maranello

Filed under: Spy Photos , Performance , Videos , Ferrari , Luxury Unidentified Ferrari mule – Click above to watch video after the jump In an appearance more akin to UFO footage, one quick cameraphone-wielding shooter has caught a couple of seconds of a Ferrari mule doing a drive-by. There are cues from the 458 Italia up front, rear three-quarter glass that’s more 599 , then a tiny rear overhang and what appears to be a vent slapped on the back of the greenhouse