22 July 2022 ‘The Parties were bigger. The pace was faster. The shows were broader, the buildings were higher, the morals were looser, and the liquor was cheaper.’F Scott Fitzgerald on the 1920s. Al Capone, or Alphonse Capone, also called Scarface, was an American Prohibition-era gangster who dominated organised crime in Chicago and became perhaps […]
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15 July 2022 The Auto Union V16 Type C Streamline ’37 was a race car produced by Horch and Auto Union. That’s when, in 1932, the four companies Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer joined to form Auto Union AG, which would later become AUDI AG. And the company needed a new logo. The four interlocking
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15 July 2022 Exclusive! The new Bugatti will still use the W16 and be a Roadster. Back in mid-2020, a rumour regarding Bugatti building a one-off Chiron roadster was ‘doing the rounds; it kinda’ made sense since Bugatti hadn’t used the Chiron architecture for open-top. Before the Chiron, the Veyron offered the Grand Sport Roadster.
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15 July 2022 It doesn’t seem possible that it was as far back as late 2012 when the McLaren P1 debuted at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. Sales of the P1 began in the United Kingdom in October 2013, and by November 2013, all 375 units had been sold. The McLaren P1 is one of
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15 July 2022 The 1947 Geneva Motor Show saw the launch of the first Gran Turismo in Maserati history: the Tipo A6, better known as the A6 1500 Gran Turismo. The A6 1500 Gran Turismo was the first road-going Maserati automobile—a profound sports car designed by Pininfarina. It was the first road-going Maserati, of which only 61 examples were ever built.
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15 July 2022 As with several manufacturers, a separate luxury division exists, for example, Toyota and Lexus, Hyundai and Genesis, so it is with Citröen and DS Automobiles. Enter the DS E-Tense Performance is an electric concept car. Little is known at this juncture about the DS E-Tense except that it uses two electric motors
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08 July 2022 Rolls-Royce debuted A New Exclusive Boat Tail at the 2022 Concorsa d’Elegance, Villa d’esme. A client whom I understand is a patron of the arts with extensive knowledge of luxury commissioned the car. The car, or should we say ‘her’ as is customary when referring to matters maritime, has been customised to
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08 July 2022 It appears that Aston Martin is looking for a nine-figure cash injection, the likely sources are an American finance house, or Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund both prepared to invest £200million into the company. When the news hit the market, Aston’s share price dropped by 14%. Aston’s management stressed that they were
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08 July 2022 Lamborghini Faena Coupé Quattro Porte by Frua The Italian coachbuilder Pietro Frua created the only four-door Lamborghini in existence in 1978; the Frua Faena was built on a reinforced 1974 Espada Series II chassis. This four-door Lamborghini Grand Tourer was built in 1978 and was intended to be a prototype. Lamborghini already
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08 July 2022 When Portugal won the Euro 2016 football championship, its then star player celebrated with a new car. A Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse. Recently, whilst holidaying in Majorca, it has been alleged that Christiano was not driving his Bugatti Veyron Vitesse when it hit a wall in Majorca. It was his
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