Author: Lawrence Ulrich
LAKE MAGGIORE, Italy — Maserati’s Trident logo gets three-pronged inspiration from the famous fountain of Neptune in Bologna, where the automaker got its start in 1914 before packing up and moving to Modena. And a logo that denotes mastery over the water is acceptable for the all-electric motorboat that floats us in style around Italy’s Lake Maggiore. Beckoning dockside, the Tridente is a ten.5-meter superyacht tender, the boat that takes you to an even bigger boat. But it surely’s also advantageous for swanky solo cruises on lakes or ocean coasts, with a roughly 50- to 70-kilometer range (31 to 43…
MARANELLO, Italy – Bentley built its final W12 in April, an engine VW Group introduced in 2001. Mercedes and BMW already bid auf wiedersehen to 12 cylinders. But Ferrari is Ferrari. Defying trends and regulators, the corporate has created a radically reimagined GT whose name rivals “LaFerrari” for on-the-nose intent: The 12Cilindri. The brand new Ferrari 12Cilindri was just officially revealed in Miami, but I got a deep-dive viewing two weeks ago at the corporate’s sleek Centro Stile (“design center”) in Maranello. With all respect to the 812 Superfast, the breathtaking, Delta-themed 12Cilindri crumples and tosses its predecessor’s evolutionary design.…
