Maranello, 1 September – August was a record month for the museum of the Prancing Horse with more than 30,000 visitors, which will lead to over 200,000 by the end of the year.

Great success also for the other Summer initiative: another iconic place in the world of Ferrari, the Fiorano circuit, was open to guests for guided tours in some days of the week.

This September the Red Campus programme, dedicated to students from secondary and high schools, starts with didactic tours to widen the young visitors’ knowledge of the production areas that make Ferrari a model of excellence in the automotive field.

An area of the museum now hosts the new Galleria Ferrari Red Campus Laboratory, developed in collaboration with Shell. The laboratory is dedicated to the students, but can also be enjoyed by the other guests. The didactic tour allows visitors to discover the world of Ferrari via direct and virtual experiences in the areas of Technological Innovation, the Team and the Organisation, and Emotion.

The experience is completed with the visit of the halls where the cars produced by Ferrari can be seen and the “Sala delle Vittorie”, the Hall of Fame, where the World Champion single-seaters from 1999 to 2008 can be admired next to 120 trophies out of the over 200 GPs won by the Scuderia with the Prancing Horse, and a sound box, to experience the emotion of Ferrari engine sounds on the track and on the road. 

Here are some bonus shots from the recently held Need for Speed tour in Chicago which we featured a couple of posts back.

The almost 11 hour hostage drama in the Manila turned deadly yesterday as an ex police officer shot dead several of his hostages and then shot it out with law enforcers.

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The police started their assault after the driver of the bus was able to jump out of a side window, ran to the media,  and screamed that everybody inside was dead.

Priced at a about Php1.1M,  the Mitsubishi ASX stands poised to take away the thunder of Hyundai in the local SUV market.   The ASX looks like the big brother of the Lancer EX as its stylish exterior brings a lot of aggresive styling to the street.  It has broken sales records in different foreign countries, and should do well here in the Philippines as well, provided that the price points are at a reasonable level.  Take a peak at the latest Mitsubishi SUV in the pictures below.

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Need for Speed Hot Pursuit “On Tour” was in Chicago last week for another promotional VIP/ Media party to promote its upcoming Need for Speed Hot Pursuit game as well as its other gaming properties.  The event was held at  the Debonair Social Club in the Wicker Park area of Chicago, the event kicked off at 7pm and for two hours was open exclusively to media, celebrity VIPS, and fans of Need for Speed who registered through the On Tour site.

Take a look at some of the event highlights.

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