22 April 2022 The Lamborghini Countach, the motor car that embellished a thousand x thousand bedroom walls and yet in sales terms, only 2,000 were sold over a 16 years production run. To provide some context, 3,000 Diablos sold over 11 years, 4,000 over nine years and 10,000 Aventadors since 2011. These names will live […]
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22 April 2022 A London based company, Charge Cars, describe their ethos as ‘We don’t restore cars. We redefine them.’ Many think their latest fabrication, an electric 1967 Ford Mustang is their best redefinition. The Mustang has always been regarded as an icon if a little unreliable. Charge Cars have dealt with the lack of
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22 April 2022 The early 2000s saw the SUV revolution with as much speed or energy as possible, forging ahead with an aggressive marketing poliocyy. Even Porsche got in on the act. To the chagrin of purists with the announcement of the Cayenne for the 2003 model year. The same year as the Porsche announcement
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15 April 2022 The Maserati Boomerang was first displayed as a concept at the Turin Motor Show in 1971, as a full working model by the Geneva Salon in March 1972. The Boomerang missed the 1973 Motor Show circuit, but in 1974 it was successively shown at the Paris, London and Barcelona motor shows and
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14 April 2022 The Pagani Huayra has been with us for over ten years now, meaning it requires replacement. Pagani was very unhappy after the images of the Huayra successor were leaked online in January this year. However, now the prototype has been spotted out on the streets of Italy. As noted from the previously
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13 April 2022 George Brough made Brough Superior motorcycles in Nottingham from 1919 to 1940. The Brough Superior was dubbed the ‘Rolls-Royce of Motorcycles.’ The Brough Superior AMB 001 has eventually arrived following its debut three years ago at the Milan Motorcycle Show. There will be only 100 of the ‘track-only’ motorised velocipedes. Initially scheduled
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12 Apil 2022 A recent American study has produced some fascinating data regarding the popularity and opinion of my favourite subject, the fantastic motor car. According to the study, the most searches between 2019 and 2022 were for the Nissan GT-R, probably reflecting the younger age range of the respondents. The GT-R was also the
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11 April 2022 We are becoming accustomed to modern descriptives, like, Supercar, Hypercar, Megacar and now Supercraft; what next? American startup VonMercier has ‘launched’ a sporty amphibious vehicle claimed to be the ‘world’s first luxury hovercraft.’ This amphibious beast is named the Arosa; it seems Arosa means, Gentle Awakening; perhaps that will be the reaction
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08 April 2022 The Koenigsegg Gemera debuted in March 2020 as the brand’s first four-seat hypercar. The Swedish automaker now has its prototype with all of the systems onboard just over two years later. Apart from the four-seat configuration, this giant of a motor car is powered by a mid-mounted, twin turbo-charged 2.0 litre, 3-cylinder
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01 April 2022 When the new management took over Aston Martin in the early 1970s, there was one hidden asset, a design for a long-wheelbase four-door model to bear the Lagonda name. This car was supposedly born out of David Brown’s desire to be chauffeured in a car manufactured by Aston Martin. Though widely acclaimed