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    EVENTS: Eighth Annual Miami Concours Reportage

    February 25, 2025 - By 

    Written By: Alicia Kunkel The Miami Design District recently celebrated their eight annual Miami Concours. A bright and glittering auto event that showcases some of the most rare and exotic vehicles in private collections. They rolled out the red carpet for these wild stallions who are more familiar with curved asphalt and the wide-open road. It was a stunning and vibrant collaboration with some of the finest fashion and music in Miami, with a philanthropic focus supporting Ride2Revive, a nonprofit dedicated to providing uplifting experiences for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. “Miami Concours represents a new era in automotive events,…

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    AUTO: Porsche 963, Manthey PureRxcing wins GT3 class

    March 8, 2024 - By 

    WRITTEN BY: GIUSEPPE MAUTONE It’s no surprise to see Porsche in the winner’s circle, but a triple win by the team is certainly noteworthy. Porsche Penske Motorsport claimed it’s first victory with the Porsche 963 in the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. Opening the season in Qatar, works drivers Kévin Estre (France), André Lotterer (Germany) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) crossed the finish line first at the wheel of the No. 6 car. The No. 5 sister car wrapped up the 1,812-kilometre event in third place. The customer team Hertz Team Jota triumphantly rounded off Porsche’s second place win overall. In…

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    AUTO: Porsche’s Newest Taycan & Taycan Gran Turismo

    August 26, 2021 - By 

    The Taycan and Taycan Cross Turismo will start the new model year in September with extensive changes. Thanks to technological developments, the day-to-day range of the electric sports cars will be improved. Further significant upgrades include the deep integration of Android Auto in the Porsche Communication Management (PCM) system, as well as the availability of Remote Park Assist for the first time on the Taycan. With this new optional assistance system, the process of parking the car can be controlled via a smartphone, without the driver needing to be at the wheel. With the new Paint to Sample and Paint…

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    PININFARINA’S BATTISTA AT THE QUAIL

    August 6, 2019 - By 

    This ground breaking hypercar is the namesake of Battista “Pinin” Farina, founder of Carrozzeria Pinin Farina, which he started in 1930, the beginning of a legacy. While its moniker is a nod to the past this driving devil is designed for the future. The exciting partnerships that Pininfarina has announced in the design of the Battista, with Karma Automotive for the environmental sustainability in luxury design, and Way Ray the Swiss based deep tech company that develops built-in holographic augmented reality displays for cars, proves that their eyes are firmly set on tomorrow. As the Battista’s wind tunnel and simulation…

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    MCLAREN: SPEEDTAIL DEBUT

    April 21, 2019 - By 

    Only a select group of people, 106 to be exact, will have the pleasure of cruising the streets in their new personalized hand-built McLaren Speedtail starting early next year. These coveted few will even be designated a Bespoke Liaison Manager to ensure their dream car becomes a reality and that the car is tailored to them as its new captain. To help aid this process, McLaren’s Colour and Material design team created three collections, Urbane, Visionary and Dynamic, each with their own themes. Each of these collections and themes offer their own set of impressive details such as gloss 1K…

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    ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE GT3 DEBUT

    October 3, 2018 - By 

    It has just been announced that Aston Martin Racing will give the new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 its Nürburgring Nordschleife race debut in round eight of the VLN Endurance Championship, a four-hour race which takes place on 6 October. This is the first occasion the car, driven by three-times Le Mans class winner Darren Turner (GB) and 2016 Nürburgring 24 Hours winner Maxime Martin (BEL), will have been matched against GT3 opposition. The Vantage will race in full GT3 specification, but is not yet homologated, so will run in the VLN’s unique SPX class and hence will be subject to…

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    BUGATTI: DIVO WORLD PREMIER

    August 28, 2018 - By 

    This year at The Quail, the exclusive motorsport gathering in California, the prestigious French luxury brand Bugatti, presented the world premier of their latest racing stallion in Monterey, where the elite members of the event were at once besotted by the beauty of Divo. Stephan Winkelmann, President of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S., shared his thoughts and inspiration for this exotic addition to the lineage of the brand, with a unique character to its elder sibling, the Chiron. “When I took up my position at Bugatti at the beginning of the year, I soon learnt that our customers and fans were waiting…

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    KOENIGSEGG: GHOST SQUADRON

    July 31, 2018 - By 

    Exotic car manufacturer Koenigsegg recently held their annual owners tour as they invited a select few to join together, united by their love and ownership of these rare hyper cars. The group now goes by the moniker Ghost Squadron. The event, which has previously been held in Scandinavia, had a change in location and this time the collectors explored a breathtaking route beginning in southern Germany, the ancestral home of the Koenigsegg family. The winding mountain roads of the Black Forest provided the perfect ambience for such an adrenaline filled drive, while the Brenners Park Hotel and Spa served as the…

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    FERRARI: PORTOFINO

    April 8, 2018 - By 

    Making its Australasian debut the new Ferrari Portofino unveiled itself along the breathtaking coastline of Byron Bay; under the stars and surrounded by them. The glamorous guests, which included Australian model Erin Holland and Australian actor David Berry from Outlander, enjoyed an evening of ‘barefoot luxury’ at the exclusive Elements of Byron Resort & Spa where they were treated to champagne and canapes, dinner, an action packed drum performance complete with flame throwers and the highly anticipated unveiling of the Ferrari Portofino on the sand. The Ferrari Portofino is the new V8 GT ready to dominate the market due to its streamlined…

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    KOENIGSEGG: THE FASTEST CAR IN THE WORLD

    January 24, 2018 - By 

    The Koenigsegg Agera RS recently surpassed the Bugatti Veyron to be the fastest production car in the world, triumphing at whiplash speeds of 447.19 km/h (277.87 mph). Driven by factory driver, Niklas Lilja, in Nevada he achieved five new world records for a production vehicle and completed the 0-400-0 km/h run in just 33.29 seconds, beating the previous time of 36.44 seconds set by the same car in Denmark in October 2017. In true northern European style of purity and essentialism, where world class engineering and technological innovation compose a mathematical melody of precision that has has become an iconic…