Today, the Ferrari Panamerican 20,000 arrives at its destined finish line in New York, 84 days and 20,000 miles after it set off from the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil. After leaving the home of the automobile, Detroit, on Monday, the two Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano sports cars looped into Canada, the sixteenth country to be visited by the Tour. After stopping in Toronto they returned back to the United States on Wednesday. Having covered a last short section yesterday, the Panamerican 20,000 will finally reach New York today (Friday) where a big welcoming party will await the Tour and its members.

Toronto, 14th November 2006 - The two Ferrari Berlinettes stop for the day in Toronto. In the morning the team assists the press at the local Ferrari dealer where the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano is launched on the Canadian market. Press and TV-journalists - even from an Italian network is among the guests who gather around the car. The Italian community of Toronto is around 600.000, consisting of immigrants and their children. The local Ferrari dealer in Toronto, Remo Ferri, is Italian, he emigrated to Canada as a young boy. After the press conference the cars drive through the city while the journalists shoot their photos and the cameramen film the cars with the most characteristic backdrops of Toronto. Tomorrow the two Berlinettes from Maranello will drive through Little Italy to greet the Italian community. In the evening the cars and the team members are welcomed for a cocktail party at the local dealer's biggest garage in the city where also Ferrari North America president Maurizio Parlato comes to greet the team.
 

As usual the cars of the Panamerican 20,000 are admired by numerous existing and new customers who also have a look at the other cars exposed: amongst them also a Formula 1 single-seater from 1999. Ferri and Parato outline Ferrari's image in the United States, while Davide Kluzer, from the press office, speaks about the Tour and its importance for the brand. Tomorrow the cars will leave in the direction of Buffalo and the famous Niagara Falls.

Buffalo, 15th November 2006 - This section for the two Ferrari Berlinettas is short. From Toronto the Tour drives to one of America's tourism hot spots: the Niagara Falls. Before the team leaves Toronto they ride through Little Italy. This part is full of billboards in Italian and English and celebrates the two Berlinettas from Ferrari. Of course, the team members stop at a bar to have some real Italian Espresso. Then they leave in the direction of the Niagara Falls. The Niagara river is short and carries water from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. The Falls themselves are spectacular. While one part is on the American side the other one is on Canadian soil. The river Niagara also forms the border between the two countries and the shores belong to the USA and Canada respectively. Those who wish to enjoy the falls should be prepared to get wet, as the falling waters create a steady dew - even the two 599 GTB Fiorano sports car and the team members get wet.