Five alive

Lamborghini Fenomeno

Build up slowly. Get a feel for the power delivery. Work through the modes gradually before pulling the pin in ‘F5’ mode. That’s F5 as in the highest designation on the Fujita scale for tornadoes. It’

It is a beautiful day on the shores of Lake Maggiore, although a summer storm is bruising the sky as I drive out in this 1986 Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole. If every Countach is a special c

Or perhaps not. Anyway, for the full ‘F1 team principal on the pitwall’ vibe, the Valkyrie comes equipped with a set of purposeful motorsport cans, complete with mouthpiece and trailing cables. For th

WALTER RENALDO SMILES at me, his round glasses on his round face doing little to disguise the physical strength of this 74-year-old, a characteristic that is still very evident in his thick forearms t

The Saturday before last, an email hit my inbox bearing news that the Bugatti Chiron’s production car speed record was toast. This was notable for two reasons. First, Saturday is an odd time for a big