Vroom! Touring Italy’s supercar factories

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New York Times: What it's like to drive a Lamborghini through Italy's famed Motor Valley.

In the country’s “Motor Valley,” racecar enthusiasts can admire, and even drive, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Ferraris and more. It costs about €14, or about $26, per minute to drive a rented Lamborghini on the public roads of northern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region. This feels especially exorbitant in a place where a couple of coins buys a glass of world-class wine.

Even more grating, however, is that the experience is actually worth the money. Stomping a supercar’s pedal to the metal is exhilarating at an undeniable, visceral level. The chaperone in the passenger seat during my own supercar test drive had to ask me to stop shouting with joy as I accelerated.



Twice. I hadn’t even realised I was making a sound..