An engine so good, it’s a threepeat winner
The 3.9-litre V8 takes the International Engine of the Year Award for the third year running A record number of six awards The latest iteration of Ferrari’s turbo-charged V8 that equips, in various forms, all Ferrari’s V8-engined cars, has been nominated the best engine in the world for the third year running in the 2018 […]
Ferrari SP38 – A one of one.
The Ferrari SP38, the latest offspring from Ferrari’s One-Off programme, has been unveiled at Fiorano where, after the ceremonial handover to one of Ferrari’s most dedicated customers, the car was immediately put through its paces in a series of hot laps. Designed by the Ferrari Design Centre on the chassis and running gear of the […]
Challenge Accepted – Ferrari 488 Challenge that is.
Ferrari 488 Challenge in New Zealand The Ferrari Challenge is the widest ranging and most envied one-make series in the world and for the first time ever, it was held in New Zealand. Fittingly, Hampton Downs Motorsport Park played host to a weekend of high performance, high drama and ultimate luxury in an event like […]
Shmee150 – on Living the Supercar dream | Car-Tell
Shmee exclusive New Zealand Interview Tim Burton is an electronics salesman, a ski instructor, an analyst, an entrepreneur..no wait, Tim Burton is an absolute Social Media Motoring Giant. Over the past decade he has managed to amass a multi, multi, million amount of followers, has gained the respect of virtually ALL the Luxury and Performance […]
Modern Day Family Values
Ferrari GTC4Lusso T Review New Zealand It seems to me that modern day family life is not only getting unbelievably busy but it’s also getting more and more disjointed. What used to be a weekend, is now a series of ‘events’ and what used to be interaction, now seems to be a group of people […]
Monzu – Food fit for a King (quite literally).
Having the Ferrari GTC4LussoT for the weekend, it seemed rather fitting to take the family out for an Italian meal, we chose somewhere rather special. Behind the door of a seemingly unremarkable building in 365 Dominion Road is Napoli, well certainly its cuisine. Monzu serves up some of the finest Italian food on the planet, […]
Felice 70th Anniversario Ferrari
It was on 12th March 1947 that Enzo Ferrari headed out of his modest factory and onto to the Via Abertone Inferiore in his 125 S. With a smile on his face as wide as the gates he had just driven through; he began testing the car’s V12 around the glorious mountainous roads of Maranello […]
Ferrari California T Handling Speciale – Everyday Attraction
Just like Supermodels, Supercars are there to be exalted. They grace the pages of glossy magazines, posters of them adorn walls of pubescent youths (and sometimes older folk) and are leered at lustfully whenever possible. We covet them, desire them and crave knowledge about them, often seeking out and rating their performance against others in […]
Ferrari showroom – Galleria d’arte
Auckland city opened a new Art Gallery last week and it promises to hold some of the world’s finest and most desired treasures – namely Ferrari’s. Positioned up high at the start of Newmarket’s prestigious vehicle dealership collection, this hand-picked location was undoubtedly selected for both its visibility and dominance. This 450m2 of state of […]
Ferrari F12berlinetta – All the King’s horses
On a morning cold enough for my breath to make its ghostly aura visible I stood and admired the thoroughbred that lay before me. Beads of pure morning dew ran slowly down its sculptured face and dropped silently to the ground below while the sun struggled to permeate through the menacing looking storm clouds above. […]