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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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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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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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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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…
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Take it to the street, off-road, or through the snow, Lamborghini has a few new tricks up its sleeve. Lamborghini introduced its third model this month in Italy, the Lamborghini Urus, the first Super Sport Utility Vehicle, dynamically creating a new niche in the luxury segment with benchmarking power, performance and driving dynamics, unparalleled design, luxury and daily usability. “The Lamborghini Urus is a visionary approach based on the infusion of Lamborghini DNA into the most versatile vehicle, the SUV. The Urus elevates the SUV to a level not previously possible, the Super SUV. It is a true Lamborghini in…
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BBC’s coveted TopGear Magazine Awards has honored the Bugatti Chiron with the accolade of “Hypercar of the Year”. The final decision by the judging panel was confirmed and they stated, “The thrust from rest to 100 mph (161 km/h) is insane but the way it bulldozes its way through the next 100 mph is spooky, and it just keeps going.” To date, the awarded of “Hypercar of the Year“ accolade has been bestowed five times since it was first presented in 2006. Bugatti is the only brand to have won the award twice. The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 took its place on the…
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Here is a look at the new Porsche Design Tower Miami in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida that is making the luxurious ambience and technical prowess of their exotic sports cars a 24/7 experience. The dramatic cylindrical tower rising above the city allows for epic views of the changing turquoise ocean. It also provides ample room for the very covetable feature the ‘Dezervator’, a patented, revolutionary automobile elevator lift system that floats both residents and their vehicles up to their luxurious home in the sky. The sleek modern interiors of the 132 residences are comfortably contemporary, spacious and showcase the stunning…
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Bugatti has already begun production of their highly anticipated super sports car, the Chiron, in the snowy terrain of Molsheim in Alsace, France. Creating up to 70 of these exotic cars this year alone means the production house is currently in full action, and to bring this racing dream into reality takes an exceptionally skilled crew and an advanced production building, which Bugatti calls their ‘Atelier’, due to the fact that their focus isn’t so much on producing a vast quantity of cars yet to create a small bespoke collection of hand crafted perfection tailored to their customers every need.…
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ACCELERATED ASSETS Indulge in exotic passions. A rare breed of horses live under sculpted aluminum and steel, the kind that stampeded in brilliant flashes across Targa Florio, Spa-Francorchamps, and Le Mans . Now there is a new and ever competitive race to bring these wild stallions into captivity. The thrill of the chase is felt on and off of the racetrack with pounding hearts battling it out at the world’s most exclusive classic and exotic car auctions. This year’s Artcurial Motorcars auction in Paris exemplifies this as the world’s most expensive car ever sold just went under the hammer for…