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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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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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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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…