Just back from the Geneva Motor Show and, well, you gotta start somewhere so let’s start big. With McLaren. McLaren introduced the Senna. The Senna is essentially a track hypercar. It has a 4-litre twin-turbo V8 capable of 800PS and 800Nm, which translates into an astonishing power-to-weight ratio of 668PS-per-tonne (659bhp). Nought to 124mph (0-200km/h) is … More Flabbergasted Events → Geneva 2018 Pt.1 w/McLaren
‘’Dai gas, fammi sentire’’ – ‘’Non posso’’ – ‘’Dai’’ insiste ‘’Voglio sentire il rombo!’’ – ‘’Non posso, non c’è rombo. E’ elettrica’’ . Mi trovavo intorno a Piccadilly Circus compresso all’interno dell’abitacolo un po’ angusto di un’auto che nessuno conosceva e avevo altre priorità. Tipo non schiantarmi. Tipo attraversare il traffico londinese indenne, riportando l’auto … More Reviewed: Model X 100D (IT)
Live da Maranello, la SF71H, la F1 Ferrari per la stagione 2018 fonte: ferrari.com/it
He sits there. Perched in his own space. In his own area. He overlooks everything. He sees anything that passes by and everyone around him but he says nothing. He never says anything. He’s good at saying nothing. He could probably go the rest of his life without saying a word if he had to. … More Flabbergasted News → VW ID Buzz, Klaus Says Nothing
State leggendo queste righe quando siamo (quasi) a conclusione del primo giorno del Rally di Monte Carlo, giunto alla 86° edizione, dove quattro Mégane RS nuove di zecca hanno fatto da apripista alla giornata inaugurale. Renault Sport è di casa da queste parti, fa parte della famiglia da oltre trenta anni. L’ACM (Automobile Club … More Renault & Automobile Club de Monaco
Per il genere umano, il progresso è sempre stato illogico e caotico, e per niente spalmato nel tempo. Abbiamo tecnologie che non sono cambiate negli ultimi centomila anni e altre che sono già vecchie rispetto a ieri. Esempio a caso? Più o meno un milione e mezzo di anni fa, un nostro lontano avo inventò … More Reviewed: Eclipse Cross sulle Alpi
We get what we get and we don’t get upset. I don’t know where this mantra comes from but we should keep it in mind it at all times. We should have it tattooed, plastered on the wall. We get what we get and we can’t really complain either. And what we’re getting is electric … More Automobility LA and 2018_
I feel like I need to apologize in advance because I know that my narrative for this piece isn’t exactly going to be fluid. It began in London, in 2008. I was a young ‘un back then, a teenager basically. It was only my second visit, and I was alone and I didn’t know anybody … More The Grand Tour pub at Automobility LA ’17_
“Ah,” he says, “Florence, beautiful Florence. We’re brothers, right? I’m from Campobasso”. In the unlikely event of your ever needing to know, Florence is in central Italy and Campobasso is in the South and the two cities are so far apart, geographically and culturally and historically, that the fact they happen to be in the … More Flabbergasted Travel → Moving LA
A few years ago (2014), the partnership between Mercedes and McLaren that gloriously produced the Mercedes SLR McLaren came to an end. There have been mixed results. On the racetrack, Mercedes definitely stepped it up a notch in F1, as you all know, whereas McLaren is still struggling (chiefly because of the Honda engine). When … More Reviewed: McLaren 570S Spider & 720S
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