As an address, Via Abetone Inferiore 4 in the northern Italian town of Maranello won't stir the soul like Paris' Champs-Elysee or London's King's Road -- unless you're an aficionado of the automobile.

James May is very good at hosting television programs, and so his next adventure will be as the tour guide on a trip around Italy. Naturally, he wasn’t going to miss a visit to the Ferrari factory.

You know you’ve woken up in heaven when there’s a Ferrari V8 or V12 redlining past your hotel window every two minutes. It’s a place where red is more than just a colour and 458 is so much more than a ...