Italian Super-car Road-trip - A Lamborghini Huracán Delight
A Huracán Delight The Auto Channel
Ear plugs are not the first thing one thinks of when heading to the Lamborghini factory, situated in the glorious Emilia Reginnio region of Tuscany about 20 miles from Modena, but upon arrival to the most hallowed ex-tractor factory on earth, I was greeted by the awesome matte pearlescent white spyder V10, waiting for me next to the dark glass walled reception, intimidating and inviting all at once.
Before I could retrieve the black key fob with its proudly engraved bull, I immediately ran into my old dear friend and automotive legend Antonio Gini, who up until he was hired, like so many others now roaming the corridors at Sant’ Agata, was a senior executive at Ferrari, in Antonio’s case, running the communications department for 20+ years. Along with the genuinely good, really smart & humble, all around good guy Stefano Domenicali at the helm, and the bean counters taking over
Nirav Tolia: Honestly, it’s an honor. I’m a huge fan of the publication.
This is our second attempt to do a year-long sabbatical in Florence. We originally arrived in August 2019, but we went back to San Francisco in early March when Covid started to ramp up in Italy. We watched as Italy handled it better than America and decided to come back. That entire time, we were reading
The Florentine and really enjoying it.
HF: What we have in common is the central idea of community. This is what Nextdoor was about when you launched it, right? Maybe you could talk me through your career so far and what community means to you?