Finali Mondiali
To finish off the year, we end 2008 the Ferrari way at the Finali Mondiali around Mugello. This included the ultimate rounds of Ferrari's F430 Challenge, the Historic Races and the FXX World Tour. Furthermore, the parking lot was littered with almost every major modern Ferrari.
Of all the spectacular cars on display and in the races, the 365 GTB/4 NART Spyder caught our attention. This very car has recently been returned to its striking LeMans livery and looks every bit better than before.
Our friend Matteo TT Stucchi was at Mugello to capture the event. A highlight reel from his photography can be found here. For the full set visit his excellent site swisscarsightings.com. Either way, let's make 2009 a great year.
Top 10 Supercars of 2008
Tough fuel prices nor an economic crisis will slow down the supercar. 2008 was another exceptional year with too many launches and too little time. With no flagship models coming from either from Ferrari or Lamborghini, we also had much more room to fill.
At the very beginning of the year we got Mazda's Furai which hits our top spot. Not only do we applaud its radical styling, but also the functional Courage chassis from motorsport. Nothing produced or tuned this year came together with such synergy.... Read More
Last Events of the Year: Bologna & Gstaad
Unusually high reserves kept most the Ferraris from selling at last weekend's auction in Gstaad. Despite putting together a stellar collection of Italian cars, Bonham's failed to sell any of the highlight lots.
The first among these was an ex-LeMans Ferrari 121LM which attracted a high bid of 3.7 million USD. The other star of the sale, a Motto-bodied 212 Export also failed to sell at 2.15 million USD. One car which caught our eye was a blue and red 308 Group 4 prepared by Michelotti. All these and more can be found in our feature gallery by Dirk de Jager.... Read More
