Ferrari
12Cilindri gets Gold
02 May 2025
“Once again, Ferrari has magically succeeded in creating a form that is both thrilling and reassuring”. So said the iF Design Awards judging panel when the Ferrari 12Cilindri and 12Cilindri Spider rec
Special Treatment
29 Apr 2025
Expectations are sky-high for the new Ferrari 296 Speciale, and not only because it promises to inject even more excitement into the 296 GTB, the fun-to-drive benchmark.
Mythbusters: hybrids
24 Apr 2025
Hybrids save CO2 but Ferrari has proved they can unlock incredible performance too
A V12 Fit For A King
22 Apr 2025
Pop star and 'King of Mandopop' Jay Chou specifies his dream 12Cilindri Spider with Ferrari Tailor Made
Bloodlines: Special-Series V8s
17 Apr 2025
From Challenge Stradale to 488 Pista, Ferrari’s special-series V8s join the dots between mid-engined sports cars and motorsport
The Ace of Clubs
16 Apr 2025
Club Competizioni GT is an exclusive club for Ferrari GT racing cars produced since 1989. Round two saw a spectacular return to Le Castellet
Born for speed, reborn for beauty
11 Apr 2025
Ferrari’s new Collectibles range stars at Milan Design Week, showcasing the beauty of high-performance engineering
Hot models in miniature
08 Apr 2025
Hot Wheels and Ferrari share a history dating back to 1969. Now, for the first time in over a decade, Ferrari and Hot Wheels are reuniting to produce a collection of iconic Ferrari sports cars and racecars.
Going the extra mile
03 Apr 2025
The Half Marathon of Italy raced through iconic Ferrari locations, raising funds for a good cause along the way
Lap Land
01 Apr 2025
The exclusive Corso Pilota On-Ice course teaches drivers how to control Ferraris beyond the limit in a sub-zero Finnish playground
Featured
Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
