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3 classic Ferraris break the million-dollar mark at Amelia Island

While the iconic 250 series of 1960s-era Ferraris – including the GTO, California Spyder and Testa Rossa – continue to break records at auction, the models that followed are quickly catching up, as those who lusted after them in their wonder years are coming up with the cash to acquire them today. As with any great collector cars, the more perfect and more rare the specimen, the more it'll fetch at auction. Case in point, three classic Ferraris hovering around the 40-year-old mark each sold for seven figures last week at ... Read more →

2010 24 Hours of Sebring goes into the books [SPOILER ALERT]

The first of nine races that comprise the 2010 American Le Mans Series is now in the history books, as the 12 Hours of Sebring came to a conclusion under the cover of darkness Saturday night. For ...

Spy Shots: 2012 Ferrari 612 successor spied

The Ferrari 612 Scaglietti is due for a major overhaul and the next generation 2+2 is expected to grow in size, be available with all-wheel drive and come packing Ferrari's new HY-KERS system. ...

Fernando Alonso gets himself a Maserati GranCabrio

What do Formula One drivers drive in their downtime? Well, when you're a two-time world champion like Fernando Alonso, you get to drive pretty much whatever you want. That is, assuming the team ...

Video: Ferrari World roller coasters pull into the station in Abu Dhabi

If you thought it took a long time to get to the top of the list and take delivery on a newly-assembled Ferrari supercar, that's nothing compared to the time that has gone in to building the ...

Maserati to follow Ferrari down path of hybrid sportscars? 16 days ago on Autoblog

What's the world coming to when two of Italy's most storied supercar manufacturers – we're talking Ferrari and Lamborghini here, in case you couldn't tell – are planning to launch hybrid automobiles? Well, actually that'd be three of Italy's most storied automakers, now that rumors ...

Super Car Sunday features Ferrari as honored marque *UPDATE 17 days ago on Autoblog

Now that they've found a new home for Super Car Sunday at the Westfield Promenade in Woodland Hills, CA, the guys and gals behind the show have made a few changes – all for the better. The show is more official now, with local Ferrari dealer The Auto Gallery actually covering rent for the ...

Geneva 2010: Ferrari 599 HY-KERS is green in more ways than one 19 days ago on Autoblog

Onlookers green with envy. Waiting twitchingly for the traffic light to turn green. A briefcase full of greenbacks. Even British Racing Green, if you're talking about a GT. You could find a few ways to associate Ferrari with the color green, but the environmental sense would be a bit of a stretch ...

Geneva Leakage: Ferrari 599 Hybrid caught on stage *UPDATE 23 days ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: We've removed the pics at the request of Ferrari, who say that the images were not authorized for release. No worries, the 599 Hybrid should officially debut in a couple days at the Geneva Motor Show. With just a few days separating us from the Geneva Motor Show, the list of surprises ...

EA releases new Ferrari Racing Pack for Need For Speed SHIFT on Xbox 360 1 month ago on Autoblog

Just a couple of weeks ago, we had the chance to review the latest driving game from the venerable Need For Speed franchise, and found NFS Shift to be a worthy rival to the likes of Forza 3 and the upcoming Gran Turismo 5. The one thing it was missing? Ferraris. But a new downloadable content ...

Ferrari chief reportedly admits V6 a possibility 1 month ago on Autoblog

Purists who've given up hope with Porsche amidst their sedan and SUV shenanigans aren't going to like this one bit. After all but completely phasing out even the option of a manual transmission in Ferrari road cars (in favor of robotized sequentials and dual-clutch gearboxes), Ferrari's management ...

Ferrari F1 veterans Fisichella and Alesi team up to contest LMS GT2 1 month ago on Autoblog

There are plenty of racing series around the world that attract big names from Formula One. Le Mans endurance sportscar racing ranks high among them, but the former F1 pilots usually go to the top-tier LMP1 class. Sometimes the GT1 class draws some big names, but this year it's the GT2 category ...

Spy Shots: Ferrari 599 GTO, is that you? 1 month ago on Autoblog

Few letters hold the same lore for Ferrari fans as G-T-O. Pontiac muscle-cars aside, the letters were first used on the iconic '60s-era 250 GTO. The 288 GTO followed two decades later and laid the ground for the F40, the first in the modern age of Ferrari supercars. Now the name is set to come back ...

Report: Award-winning garage may lose its driveway 1 month ago on Autoblog

Last summer, Maserati held a competition to identify the best garages in the world. There were two categories: Concept and Existing. While the concept winner was pretty spectacular, the existing garage was breathtaking. Remember the glass-walled garage in Ferris Bueller's Day Off? The one that ...

Ferrari Driving Academy already yielding results 1 month ago on Autoblog

Ferrari got seriously caught with its pants down last year in Formula One. When Felipe Massa was sidelined with a head injury halfway through the season, the Scuderia found itself without a viable replacement after Michael Schumacher proved unfit to take his place, veteran test driver Luca ...

Ultra-rare 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO up for sale by RM Auctions... will it set a record? 1 month ago on Autoblog

Very rarely does a Ferrari 250 GTO come up for sale, and if it does, you'll probably never hear about it. Most sales are done behind closed doors, and the amount of said transactions are almost never disclosed to the public. That's just part of the mystique behind the world's most valuable car, ...

Pics Aplenty: Alonso, Massa dominate Valencia testing in new Ferrari F10 1 month ago on Autoblog

We know, we know. The pace set on track tests doesn't necessarily indicate how a given team, car or driver will perform in an actual race, let alone across a whole season. But it's hard not to read too much into it when we've been waiting for a sign since the end of last season, when the ...

Video: St. Louis exotic dealership employee nailed for 150 mph test drives on YouTube 1 month ago on Autoblog

People... people! How many times do we have to tell you not to brag about your illegal activities on the Internet? The latest to run afoul of this bit of common-sense is an employee at St. Louis Motorsports, an exotic car dealership. The offense? Driving dealer-owned Lamborghini and Ferrari ...

Ferrari offers 24-month Certified Pre-Owned warranty 1 month ago on Autoblog

A couple of years back, Ferrari was widely rumored to be working on an "entry-level" model to slot in below the F430 (since replaced by the 458 Italia). The result was the California. And all the while they were working on it – with test mules lapping Fiorano like an F1 driver recovering ...

Ferrari 599XX makes track debut at Valencia with Massa at the wheel [w/ video] 1 month ago on Autoblog

It's been almost a year since the Ferrari 599XX made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, and we've seen the factory-fettled racer quite a few times since. Each of those times has been either in a dealership or on a show floor, though, and the 599XX has yet to be seen running in anger. Until now. ...

Report: MotoGP racer Valentino Rossi takes on Formula One, impresses 1 month ago on Autoblog

MotoGP racing star Valentino Rossi has ventured from two wheels to four a few times in the past, and he's always come away smiling when given the chance to strut his stuff on a Formula One track. This latest testing session, though, has left many highly impressed and others understandably ...

Geneva Preview: Ferrari to show off 599 Hybrid, production model planned 1 month ago on Autoblog

News of an impending hybrid from Ferrari is nothing new, but now we appear to have an actual date when the Italian supercar manufacturer plans to show such a vehicle in an official setting. And it's coming soon, during the first week of March at the Geneva Motor Show, says Ferrari CEO Luca di ...

Ferrari leads the way with new F10 for 2010 F1 season 1 month ago on Autoblog

With nearly all the seats accounted for and the first group test at Valencia (scheduled for February 1) fast approaching, the time has come once again, boys and girls, for the unveiling of the 2010 F1 cars. A couple of months ago, it looked like all the teams would get together under the ...

Pininfarina's Paolo Martin revisits the Ferrari Modulo with Enzo-based design study 1 month ago on Autoblog

Paolo Martin knows Ferraris. Having worked for several decades as a designer for Pininfarina – the design house of choice for Maranello – he's styled several Prancing Horse design studies. One of his most iconic designs was the Ferrari Modulo concept, unveiled at the 1970 Geneva ...

Autoblog Podcast #162 - Paukert Redux 2 months ago on Autoblog

He won't admit it, but Editor Paukert is fully addicted to joining us on the Podcast. He sat in again with Chris, Sam and Dan for Episode #162 of the Autoblog Podcast, and there was much rejoicing. First up, Ed Whitacre's somewhat inscrutable claims about the Chevrolet Volt's pricing and ...

Ferrari makes a pen for Bugatti 2 months ago on Autoblog

If you're going to sign a check for seven figures, you're not going to use just any old Bic ballpoint, are you? Of course not. For just such an occasion, Bugatti has commissioned Ferrari to make them a suitable writing instrument. Well, sort of. This Bugatti pen is made by a company called ...

Ferrari prices the 458 Italia for the UK from £169,545 2 months ago on Autoblog

When you're driving a Ferrari, you'd better keep your eyes open. When you're buying one, you might want to avert your eyes lest they start watering. Because you know it's going to be a big bill. Just how big is a matter of details, and new reports from the glossies in the UK give us exactly ...

Classified Ad Find of the Day: Former A.J. Foyt '84 Ferrari BB 512i 2 months ago on Autoblog

For many, it's a dream to own a Ferrari. For some, that alone is not enough. They need to own a specific Ferrari. We understand. We all have our favorites. Our man Jonny, for example, would probably agree to several waterboarding sessions and a you-can-only-listen-to-boy-bands-forever music ...

Edsel's Ferrari Daytona Spyder, Chinetti's 275 up for auction at RM Amelia Island 2 months ago on Autoblog

Crockett and Tubbs sure looked pimpin' cruising the streets of Miami in their Ferrari Daytona Spyder. Thing is, as big a Ferrari nut as producer Michael Mann is, he wasn't man enough to get hold of a real drop-top Daytona: the one featured in Miami Vice was a replica. But Mann wasn't the only ...

Craigslist Find of the Day: Rare Lancia LC2 Group C racer 2 months ago on Autoblog

Last sold on these shores in 1982, the Lancia brand has pretty much slipped into obscurity for most Americans, but there was a time when Lancia was on top of the world. From the mid-'70s to the early-'90s, Lancia racked up an impressive tally of international race wins and championships with its ...

Back on Track: Classic STP livery returns on Ferrari 430 Scuderia GT3 2 months ago on Autoblog

Fans of classic racing liveries were elated when Aston Martin brought Gulf racing back on its Le Mans challengers. Now we've got another classic scheme on our hands, courtesy of STP. The iconic American motor oil company has sponsored such notables as Graham Hill, Jim Clark and Mario ...

Gemballa Mig-U1 fully prepped for its next sortie 2 months ago on Autoblog

German supertuner Gemballa has just dispatched more intelligence on its wicked-looking, FXX-like customized Ferrari Enzo. The jet-fighter inspired Gemballa Mig-U1 was expected at the Dubai Motor Show but ended up a no-show. Just as well because we couldn't make it to that show anyhow and now we ...

Report: Swiss Ferrari driver hit with record $290,000 speeding fine 2 months ago on Autoblog

Switzerland doesn't mess around when it comes to speeding tickets. Get caught with a lead foot in the land of Alpine vistas and serious chocolate and the cost of your transgression won't be based on a flat rate for the infraction, it will be based on how wealthy you are. An unnamed driver of a ...

Rumormill: Ferrari 599 GTO? EVO says 700-hp bruiser is on the way 2 months ago on Autoblog

Few words have greater impact when mashed together than "Ferrari" and "GTO." While there are rivals at times, the most expensive car in the word for the last three decades has been the original, Daytona Coupe battling, Le Mans winning Ferrari 250 GTO. Designed by Giotto Bizzarrini and raced into ...

Ferrari develops most advanced driving simulator to date 2 months ago on Autoblog

If Scuderia Ferrari drivers Alonso and Massa don't do well in qualifying next year, it won't be because they didn't have the best tools with which to practice. Ferrari has built a driving simulator that could well be the Ferrari of driving simulators. It took two years to build, is 18-feet high, ...

VIDEO: BBC interviews Schumacher about his return to Mercedes-Benz F1 2 months ago on Autoblog

Let the rumors rest -- Michael Schumacher is back. As we reported earlier this morning, it appeared he was all set to sign with Mercedes-Benz, and now the deal is done. The newly named Mercedes GP Petronas team (nee Brawn GP) finally announced that they have signed the soon-to-be-41-year-old, ...









Autoblog Podcast #170: The Hooniverse Visits

Jeff Glucker and Tim ODell join Chris, Sam, and Dan on this episode of the Autoblog Podcast. They share what's in their garage (much cooler) and we mull some of the week's news.
 

 
 

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