Houston's Secret Ferrari Lab

Behind the doors of Houston's secret Ferrari lab: A rare, exclusive look inside car geek heaven

Risi Competizione — a Ferrari team based in Houston — is heading to Austin for a major race.

Photo by Kevin McCauley

First we pass through a large shop, where Ferrari road cars from every era receive maintenance and repairs. It looks like any repair shop, only more spacious and more expensive. We continue on to the next building. Inside, this workshop is a clean, bright, well air-conditioned laboratory with a row of cars on lifts. It’s eerily quiet. A few random road cars are parked around the space, the highlight being a Ferrari Daytona casually parked in the middle, while technicians are busy operating on a pair of Ferrari 458 Challenge racing cars.

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Car Talk

The best and most exotic new cars of the Houston Auto Show — including a $1.8 million stunner

Photo by Kevin McCauley

The Houston Auto Show has roared into town. Here's a look at the best and most exotic cars of the show.

Photo by Kevin McCauley

The Houston Auto Show [https: /www.click2houston.com/news/houston-auto-show-opens-to-public/30847040]is back at NRG Center, and it runs through this weekend. We checked out the latest and most significant cars and trucks on display so you know what not to miss. CultureMap was given access to the darkened Reliant Center late at night to take some experimental long-exposure photography and try to capture the energy of the most photogenic new vehicles. Two stunning cars parked beside each other were this Porsche 918 Spyder and the Lamborghini Huracan [https://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117426]. The 918 is Porsche's contender for the "Hypercar" crown — the new breed of 850-plus hp hybrid supercars. It uses batteries to supplement a 4.6 liter V8, and can drive electric-only for 12 miles, and achieve an EPA 67 MPGe highway overall — and reach 211 MPH flat out. Next to it sits the Lamborghini Huracan, the newest Lambo and the V10 replacement to the hugely-successful Gallardo.

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Houston's Secret Ferrari Lab

Behind the doors of Houston's secret Ferrari lab: A rare, exclusive look inside car geek heaven

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Car Talk

The best and most exotic new cars of the Houston Auto Show — including a $1.8 million stunner

Meet the Houston siblings bringing old school Tex-Mex to the Hill Country

Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr serves up a new pickleball bar in Midtown

Bun B opens new Spring location of his smash hit smash burger joint