Vito J. Racanelli

Mar 7, 2024 | marketwatch.com | Vito J. Racanelli

The “Pineapple Express” sounds vaguely attractive, like a train full of tropical fruit. No, instead it’s a nasty atmospheric phenomenon originating around Hawaii, which then moves east to dump rain, and lots of it, on California. The Pineapple Express dropped so much water on Southern California earlier this year that a lake formed in Death Valley. Thus, in early February, Penta faced a daunting task: test drive the 2024 Boxster Style Edition, a small gem of a convertible, in Los Angeles.

Feb 22, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Marcella Prete |Vito J. Racanelli |Patrizia Leone |Elvira Favoino

1 CASE PRESENTATION A 51-year-old woman complained of multiple right leg lesions, apparently due to trauma to the knee as a single lesion that progressively worsened as similar lesions appeared all over the leg in the course of about 1 year. She referred having taken prednisone 1 month earlier (prednisone 0.5 mg/kg/day, then tapering) without benefit.

Feb 5, 2024 | marketwatch.com | Vito J. Racanelli

Chances are you never heard of Czinger Vehicles. However, when you do see one of its cars, you’re not likely to forget it. The Los-Angeles based maker of high-performance and uniquely designed cars was born only a few years ago, in 2019, founded by CEO Kevin Czinger, his brother, Lukas Czinger, and the chief of design, Dave O’Connell. It sells vehicles in rarefied air, with a starting price of US$2 million. Of course, you can go up from there pretty quickly.

Dec 11, 2023 | barrons.com | Vito J. Racanelli

Text size Penta had the opportunity recently to test drive a 2024 Mercedes Maybach GLS 600, a wonderfully opulent and giant SUV brought to you by the engineers and designers in Stuttgart, Germany. Mercedes has given its GLS large size family of SUVs the full Maybach treatment. In a few words: Grand opulence, smooth limousine ride and a lavish interior that will bring a wide smile to the face of anyone who can afford it. Cost? US$175,500 (MSRP).

Sep 20, 2023 | kanebridgenews.com | Vito J. Racanelli

To most driving enthusiasts, there is nothing as pleasurable as a warm day tooling round country roads in a ragtop. The smell of freshly mown lawns wafts in your nostrils; the sun’s rays bathe the atmosphere in warm tones. It doesn’t get much better. Well, actually it does. Make the car a Bentley Continental GT. Glutton for more fun? Make that Bentley a convertible, or GTC Speed. Recently, Penta had the opportunity to wend our way around Sullivan County, New York, and put a GTC Speed through its paces.