Sant’Agata Bolognese plant in Italy, home of all raging bull creations has just rolled off the line a Lamborghini Gallardo credited with production number 10000. The record Gallardo model is finished in yellow “Midas” and will soon be headed for it’s home with a client in China.
Sorry to give away so much within the title but this is pretty much most of the news, a special edition of Fiat’s 500 model will be available in Germany under the name of “Rosso Corsa”. It would seem my title isn’t the only one that’s more than obvious but the limited edition small Italian
I beg to differ, the Lamborghini Murcielago is as green as they get. In fact I’d say this particular Italian manufacturer makes some of the greenest cars available. On a serious note though, It is all about one thing and that’s a recent ETA event where the best and worst of the “green” cars were
Back at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera unveiled a Bentley Continental-based station wagon which is mostly known to luxury automakers as “shooting brake.” And to justify the stunned crowds the Italian coachbuilder announced that they will be making 20 units of this car to be sold for a princely sum
You may remember the reports of a possible buying of Italdesign Giugiaro by Volkswagen AG and I am pleased to see some confirmation on the situation as the German group announced the future purchase a controlling stake today. The official figure desired by VW is a whopping 90.1% of the Italian design and engineering company.
This is something the nostalgic would dread, an iconic Italian supercar manufacturer recalling vehicles because some problems with them has cropped up. Well, maybe it’s not snowing in hell yet but Lamborghini are recalling a total of 428 examples of the 2007-2008 model year Murcielago Coupe and Roadster models in the United States.
Luca di Montezemolo, President of Ferrari SpA, has admitted to missing the days when he was working with F1 legend Michael Schumacher. The famous race-car driver, who won seven world championships for the alleged Italian automaker, stayed with the team as a consultant after retiring from Formula 1 back in 2006.
Some reports would lead you to believe just that despite any sort of confirmation from either of the involved parties. While most of you may know about Volkswagen Italdesign Giugiaro isn’t that popular a name as you might imagine but it’s a very successful company that has come up with some of the most stunning
The Fiat 500 has been revived by the Italian automaker about two and a half years ago yet there is a celebration under way. It’s not the usual “half birthday” most kids would have in mind, actually it’s not the usual celebration in any way.
Fiat‘s five year business plan has left us with amazing announcements that range from resignations to rebranding. The latter one is actually related but it does raise an interesting question: Do you really want American automotive engineering mixed with Italian build quality?
