The Car Enthusiast’s Guide to Touring Italy
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The Car Enthusiast’s Guide to Touring Italy
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The northern region of Italy is home to most sites that are on an Italian car enthusiast’s lists.
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Turin is Italy’s fourth largest city in the Piedmonte region and is known for its chocolate, historic cafes and for being the home
to the Fiat.
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The Museo Dell' Automobile is one of the oldest automobile museums in the world.
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Over 200 cars dating from the mid-19th century to the present from all over the world are on display here.
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The area around Modena is known as the motor valley and is where the best-known and most prestigious sports car
manufacturers are located.
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Maranello, very close to Modena and about an hour from Bologna, is home to Ferrari. This is the original entrance to the Ferrari
factory since 1940.
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Make your first stop to the newly renovated Ferrari Museum. The museum holds vintage Ferraris, multimedia displays including a
Formula 1 simulator and rotating exhibitions.
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The Lamborghini museum is inside the Lamborghini factory and is located in the town of Sant’Agata Bolognese.
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The museum displays the first production model built by Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1964, the 350 GT, up to more recent concept cars.
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Lamborghini offers the opportunity to tour its factory floors, where you can see the assembly line of the Gallardo LP 560-4 or the
Aventador, including the car’s famous handcrafted engine.
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Like Ferrari, only Maserati owners are allowed to visit the factory.
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The Museo Panini is located in Modena and is Umberto Panini’s private collection of Maserati cars. Tours are available from March
to October and must be booked in advance.
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Based in San Cesario sul Panaro near Modena, Pagani is a newcomer to the Italian luxury car market and is founded by
Horacio Pagani.
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Tours are available by request and you can see the Zonda and the Huayra.
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The million-dollar Pagani Huayra is the world’s most expensive car.
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Mille Miglia is a vintage automobile race which happens in the month of May. Only cars manufactured from 1927-1957 are
eligible to participate in this event.
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The route takes drivers through some of Italy’s most magnificent countryside in a 1,000 mile route between the cities of Brescia
and Rome.
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There are luxury divisions of most well-known car rental companies where you can rent a Ferrari or a Lamborghini
and drive it on the Italian Autostrada.
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Be aware that country roads are often narrow and curvy and that the Italian Autostrada does have rules and speed limits are strictly
enforced.
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