The 458 Italia is the replacement for the F430. Although the basic ingredients are the same the 458 is to baby Ferrari’s what the jet engine was to civil aviation – a quantum leap. On paper the scale of the difference is less than obvious but the 4.5-litre direct injection V8 is related to that […]

First things first, I don’t like the name, they should have swallowed their pride and called it the M1. I know there was a mid-engined supercar called the M1 about 30 years ago, which wasn’t very successful, but it would be impossible to confuse these two machines. I’ve always preferred light, small, focused cars above […]