Writes about grand tourers, luxury flagships, and the finer side of automotive life. Believes a great GT should be as comfortable crossing continents as it is crossing the speed limit.
Lamborghini’s Accademia program kicked off its 2014 calendar at Imola Racetrack from June 2 to 4, and the car occupying center stage was the Huracán LP 610-4, fresh from its debut at the Geneva Motor Show just months earlier. Organized by Lamborghini Squadra Corse, the Accademia is the company’s own
Jeroen Mul left no ambiguity at the second round of the 2014 Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Europe season. The Dutch driver, racing the No. 22 Gallardo Super Trofeo for Automobili Lamborghini Racing Team Germany, won both races at Silverstone on May 25, 2014, controlling each from lights to chec
On May 22, 2014, Lamborghini President and CEO Stephan Winkelmann walked into the Museo delle Auto Storiche della Polizia di Stato in Rome and placed the keys of a freshly liveried Huracán LP 610-4 into the hands of Prefect Alessandro Pansa, head of Italy’s State Police. The venue was no accident. A
The Lamborghini Egoista, a single-seat concept car that caused genuine confusion about whether Lamborghini’s design team had collectively lost its mind, now occupies a permanent spot at the Lamborghini Museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese. After spending time in the headquarters showroom, the car moved in
In May 2014, Lamborghini brought the global automotive press and its international dealer network to Marbella for a program it titled “Dusk and Dawn,” a two-week rotation built around a single, high-stakes question: could the Huracán LP 610-4 make the world forget about the Gallardo? The format left
Sepang International Circuit is punishing enough in the early evening. Scheduling a Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia race at midday, when Malaysian track surface temperatures can exceed ambient readings by a wide margin, turns the event into something closer to an endurance test disguised as a sprint. La
When the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia Series returned to Sepang International Circuit for its third season in 2014, a grid of Gallardo race cars lined up on a track capable of holding 130,000 spectators. Malaysia was the first stop on a calendar that would wind through Indonesia, Japan, K
Fondazione Emblema’s Employer of Choice 2013 survey delivered a result that will sting in certain Emilian zip codes: when asked which company they most wanted to work for, recent graduates and final-year students at Italy’s leading universities chose Automobili Lamborghini. Not Ferrari. Not a global
Lamborghini brought two very different statements to the Beijing Motorshow in April 2014. One was the Huracán LP 610-4, the long-awaited successor to the Gallardo and the car that would anchor Sant’Agata’s volume business for years to come. The other was a one-off Aventador LP 700-4 configuration ca
The sixth season of the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Europe opened at Monza in 2014 with numbers that told a story beyond simple growth. Lamborghini confirmed up to 25 cars across 12 teams for the season, a high-water mark for the series. The Monza opener itself drew what the company called a
