Archive for April, 2009:

Four Bugatti Veyron Centenaires Add Splash Of Pseudo-Historical Color

What better way to celebrate a storied past of racing heritage than unveil a quartet of paint-and-chrome, never-gonna-see-a-track-day Bugatti Veyron Centenaires at the uber-snooty Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este?he fraternal quadruplets are decked out in the colors of some of Bugatti’s most successful racers, who drove the legendary Type 35 to well over 2,000 wins during [...]

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$1.75 Million Aston Martin One-77 Wins Fancy Award At Villa d’Este

Showing off the completed interior and exterior in one place for the first time, the super expensive Aston Martin One-77 won the design award for concept cars at Villa d’Este this weekend.The £1.2 million supercar is suffering from exchange rate fluctuation-itis. Back in March it would have cost you just $1.4 million freedom dollars, but [...]

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635 HP 1995 Wide-Ass Toyota Supra for $43,995!

Are you painfully introverted? Need a car to break out of your shell? It’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe time, and today we have a Supra that’ll turn you from shy to fly.
The Toyota Supra is an enigma among the brand’s models- it has an actual personality, and more flair than an entire Tchotchke’s franchise. [...]

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The Fabulous Lifestyle of Ueli Anlicker, The Red Gold SLR Guy

When we saw the Red Gold SLR this morning, we had no idea its creator would become our new hero. He even keeps shots of his model girlfriend’s boobs on his gold-plated laptop. NSFW
Ueli Anlicker lives in Winznau, Switzerland where he own a museum devoted to his red and gold custom cars and motorcycles, a [...]

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2010 Corvette: Launch Control System Won’t Void Warranty

The 2010 Chevy Corvette is keeping up with the Nissan GT-R with a “Launch Control” system on the entire range of manual transmission Vettes. Best part? Unlike the GT-R, it won’t void your warranty.
We’ve already seen the 2010 Chevy Corvette Grand Sport revealed at the 2010 Corvette seminar at the National Corvette Museum’s C5/C6 Bash, [...]

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The Perfect Family Cars are Made in Italy With V12s Up Front

You don’t necessarily have to consign yourself to minivan hell when you have kids. Lamborghinis and Ferraris make for lovely ways to transport a growing family. Here’s how.On a lovely autumn day in 2006, I folded myself out of the back seat of my friend Larry’s Lamborghini Espada and had a revelation: I have just [...]

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Lamborghini Bones Hyundai SUV

A Lamborghini Murcielago rear-ended a much slower-moving Hyundai Sante Fe on Seattle’s I-5 freeway on Monday. Nobody was hurt, but we have the latest unfortunate coupling to add to the car sex archives.Nobody was injured in the accident, but we suspect the Sante Fe was stopped in morning traffic and the Lambo owner wasn’t paying [...]

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Bugatti Veyron 16.4

Volkswagen, things with Bugatti are getting out of hand. Stop it! Inventing special editions like the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Centenaire, to be unveiled in commemorative colors, isn’t a substitute for building a new car.These colorful cars apparently commemorate the racing careers of Grand Prix drivers Jean-Pierre Wimille, Achille Varzi, Malcolm Campbell and Hermann Zu Leiningen, [...]

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2010 Corvette Grand Sport

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Absent since the C4’s demise, the Corvette Grand Sport is back for 2010, this time sporting wider Z06 bodywork, larger brakes and the option of either a Coupe or Convertible. Another commemorative sticker package? Not-so-much.
We know what you’re probably thinking and to be perfectly honest, we were thinking it too. This is not another commemorative [...]

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Mercedes CL65 ASMA Design

Although BSG’s over, apparently tuner ASMA has other plans with it’s PhantASMA CL65 Wide Body. Prepare yourself, because even with the 735 HP V12, it’s a tour de force of questionable Mercedes tuning. Yes, it’s got a twin-turbo V12 good for 735 HP and 870 lb-ft of torque, yes it’ll do 0-62 MPH in [...]

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