Cavallino Magazine issue 170

April / May 2009

LanguageAmerican English language icon American English
PublishingJohn W. Barnes, Jr., ISSN 0889-2504
Dimensions88 pages, 208 x 277 mm

The Journal of Ferrari History

Cavallino is the journal of Ferrari history, covering Ferraris old and new for over 40 years. It's the most reliable, most trusted source of everything Ferrari. Ever since the first issue in 1978 Cavallino presents extensive stories and detailed information from knowledgeable experts and enthusiasts who share the passion for Ferrari. All Ferraris are unique, and each one has its own chassis serial number. This is how the Ferrari world keeps track of all the great cars. Cavallino is the only publication that prints the serial number for every Ferrari mentioned in our stories, articles, and race results.

Cover of Cavallino Magazine issue 170, April / May 2009

Table of Contents

PageSectionDescription
2EccoEcco
What we have for you in this number 170

Ferrari SpA


3AttenzioneCavallino reader services
Making your life a bit simpler

Michael Gregg


6CorseFerrari F60 debuts at Mugello
FIA Formula One Championship

Cavallino Staff, Ferrari SpA


At the annual press conference in Scarper, on January 12, 2009, to present the new Ferrari Grand Prix car, the F60, Stefano Domenicali, Director of the Ferrari Formula One Team, was the first to speak about this car and its compliance with the new rules for the 2009 season. He then spoke about the team's goals for the 2009 season: "Staying on top."
8NotizieRétromobile 2009
More dealers, less parts, but still a must

Arnaud Meunier, Vincent Yernaux, Keith Bluemel

Arnaud Meunier, Hugo Garritsen


For it thirty fourth edition, the Rétromobile classic car show was in sync with the latest world automotive mantra of "going green" with the show's main theme, loosely translated: "New energies have more than one century." It presented about twenty historical vehicles of various propulsions, like the "Jamais Contente" (Never Satisfies) electric car from 1899, the Nantes's tram of compressed air from 1879 and the Krieger's Limousine electric from 1908.
11NotizieFerraris at the Scottsdale Auctions

Rick Carey


RM Arizona - January 16, 2009
Gooding Scottsdale - January 17, 2009
Barret-Jackson - January 11-18, 2009
Russo Scottsdale - January 14-18, 2009
14Feature125 C
A dream becomes a reality

Arnaud Blanfuney

Courtesy The Ludvigsen Library, Courtesy Adriano Cimarosti Collection, Courtesy Archivio Millanta, Courtesy The Klemantaski Collection, Courtesy Antic Car Club de Catalunya


Shortly after his separation with Alfa Romeo, at the end of the year 1939, Enzo Ferrari founded the company Auto Avio Costruzioni, a custom machine shop based at Modena in the buildings of his former racing team. He has arranged a particular to machine parts for the Roman Campagnia Nazionale Aeronautica. In December, Alberto Ascari and the Marquis Lotario Rangoni Machiavelli come to meet him at Viale Trento Trieste to ask him to build two cars to compete in the 1940 GP Brescia delle 1000 Miglia.
25FeaturePalm Beach Cavallino Classic 18

Cavallino Staff, Ed & Sherry Gilbertson

David Brady, Michael Gregg, Doc Pike


Ferrari Maserati Historic Challenge at Palm Beach International Raceway - January 23, 2009
Jet Aviation hosts "La Bella Macchina"
Showboats Yacht Hop exceeds expectations
Concorso d'Eleganza at the Breakers - January 24, 2009
Classic Sports Sunday at Mar-a-Lago - January 25, 2009
41HistoricaDeep in the Heart of Texas
Ferrari 375 MM, s/n 0286 AM

Michael T. Lynch

Dick Thompson / Ferrari Market Letter Collection


Ferrari 375 MM, s/n 0286 AM, had a glorious racing history spanning Italy, Germany, Mexico, both Coasts of the U.S. and Nassau. Its drivers included Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina, Luigi Villoresi, Luigi Chinetti, Phil Hill, Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles. After car's owner, Lou Brero, died from burns suffered at a race in Hawaii in 1957, Lou Brero, Jr. kept his father's Ferrari in a container in remote Northern California for almost forty years.
44LettereLettere
Some thoughts and opinions from your fellow readers, on a variety of subjects

Courtesy Alexis Callier, Courtesy Robert Donner, Courtesy Harley E. Cluxton, III, Jerry McDermott, Rain Tomson, Stanley Ross, Roland Bloch


50CalendarioCalendario
Where the Ferraris are and will be in 2009
51GuidaA Guide to all Ferraris produced
Plus the market as of April 1, 2009... from a survey of selected dealers
A list of all the Ferraris, with dates, s/n ranges, current values, and some comments from your staff.
59GalleriaGalleria
Some products and services of interest to you