For the Penske Porsches, it was a perfect 1-2 finish after a poor, but ultimately meaningless, start. For Acura, it was an almost awesome American Le Mans Series debut for legendary driver Gil de Ferran, and a better-than-expected third.
For the big, powerful Audis, there was nothing to say but “ouch.”Frenchman Romain Dumas and German Timo [...]
ON a recent Monday evening, Mariano La Manno, a good-natured man of 56, sat at a table in the back garden of his Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, Acqua Santa, and traced the long history of the cars in his life.
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*Marianno La Manno*
Brooklyn
Occupation: Restaurant owner
Car: �67 Ford Mustang
Date Acquired: 1985
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ON a recent Monday evening, Mariano La Manno, a good-natured man of 56, sat at a table in the back garden of his Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, Acqua Santa, and traced the long history of the cars in his life.
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*Marianno La Manno*
Brooklyn
Occupation: Restaurant owner
Car: �67 Ford Mustang
Date Acquired: 1985
Multimedia
Slide Show
Auto [...]
ON a recent Monday evening, Mariano La Manno, a good-natured man of 56, sat at a table in the back garden of his Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, Acqua Santa, and traced the long history of the cars in his life.
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*Marianno La Manno*
Brooklyn
Occupation: Restaurant owner
Car: �67 Ford Mustang
Date Acquired: 1985
Multimedia
Slide Show
Auto [...]
ON a recent Monday evening, Mariano La Manno, a good-natured man of 56, sat at a table in the back garden of his Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, Acqua Santa, and traced the long history of the cars in his life.
Skip to next paragraph
*Marianno La Manno*
Brooklyn
Occupation: Restaurant owner
Car: �67 Ford Mustang
Date Acquired: 1985
Multimedia
Slide Show
Auto [...]
ON a recent Monday evening, Mariano La Manno, a good-natured man of 56, sat at a table in the back garden of his Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, Acqua Santa, and traced the long history of the cars in his life.
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*Marianno La Manno*
Brooklyn
Occupation: Restaurant owner
Car: �67 Ford Mustang
Date Acquired: 1985
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Slide Show
Auto [...]
DETROIT%26You can get a matte finish on your photos or your cell phone, so why not on your car? Dull was the new shiny at last month’s North American Auto Show in Detroit, where at least eight cars from General Motors Corp., Volkswagen AG’s Lamborghini and Audi divisions, and others sported a gleam-free matte finish. [...]
It’s easy to see why automakers are keen on the trend. Ed Welburn, GM’s vice president for design, said nearly all automakers are experimenting with matte because it shows off the pure design of the car.”It reduces the design to the very core elements because you’re not influenced by the surroundings at all. You don’t [...]
