Bentley’s new land-yacht, the Mulsanne, is a car made with exquisite attention to detail.
Mentioned in the Bentley website, “it takes more than two months to build a Bentley Mulsanne, of which more than 50 per cent involves hand craftsmanship.” Explains why the price resembles that of some real estate properties.
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I think Toyota has come to the realization that their road cars are borderline boring. Between the Camry, Corrolla and some of their other passenger cars, they don’t really have anything in their arsenal which makes your heart skip a beat. The Supra was the last car to do that in my opinion.
Differentiating itself from the likes of M and AMG (BMW and Mercedes respectively), Toyota’s new in-house tuning division – G’s Performance – will be rolling out sportier variants of their cars where certain exterior, interior and suspension components will be modified. The added value to their offering is that the customer can tweak some of these adjustments to his or her liking.
When asked if there was a fully-electric sports car planned at Ferrari, Amedeo Felisa (CEO) answered the following:
“If you look at global warming, the right solution is not full electric. It’s more a marketing solution than a real one, sound is just as important as design and performance for Ferrari. We will not make engine sounds with speakers.”
A brilliant and very artistic commercial relaying the important message of using your seat belt while driving.
The image above is not an official Ferrari rendering
In a time when most automakers are afraid to venture into the ‘high cost’ supercar realm, Ferrari sees it as a necessity for maintaining their brand image and overall vision. I couldn’t agree more! Which is why it was great to hear that CEO, Amedeo Felisa, has confirmed that a new Enzo is “on it’s way”!
The image above is not an official Ferrari rendering
Expect Ferrari to ditch the V12 engine – in the name of efficiency – for a high output V8, possibly twin-turbocharged, pushing 700 hp.
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Attempting to brainwash our minds that the Panamera is a true Porsche (just kidding – no offense to Panamera owners), the automaker from Stuttgart has come up with another clever TV advertisement.
Virgin Racing’s launch of it’s 2010 Formula 1 race car, the VR-01, is a special one. Why? They are the first team ever to design their car solely by using computer technology and not through the standard aerodynamic & wind tunnel testing. It will be really exciting to see if they will be competitive enough using this innovative approach when the season kicks off. The team also announced that its drivers will be Timo Glock (German) and Lucas di Grassi (Brazilian) for the 2010 season.
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Just a quick reminder for those of you who didn’t vote on this week’s Morning Coffee Poll. Want to know if you guys prefer the Audi RS6, BMW M5 or the Mercedes E63! The poll will close on Saturday evening. Thanks everyone!
Lamborghini cars are works of art. They instantly stand out in a crowd and need no introduction whatsoever. So why make advertisements when these cars practically sell themselves? Well, I for one am glad they decided to make these two ads for the LP 560-4 Gallardo. Enjoy!
Sébastien Buemi (Swiss) and Jaime Alguersuari (Spanish) will be piloting the new Scuderia Toro Rosso STR5 in this year’s F1 World Championship. This is the first Toro Rosso car designed in-house and not in coordination with the team’s big brother, the Red Bull F1 team.
This is not the usual type of video you would find on this blog; however, it does involve a motor-powered vehicle and you have to see what happens. Luckily, no one sustained any serious injuries when this accident took place in Turkey.
These three German rockets have been battling it out for quite some time now. The models are relatively similar in size & power, but driving dynamics is what truly splits them apart. Audi and BMW have not yet released their latest models of the RS6 and the M5 respectively, but Mercedes has recently introduced its newest E63. Which would you choose?
Audi RS6
Quattro all-wheel drive with a twin-turbo V10 engine pumping out 580 hp; 0-100 km/h in approx. 4.5 seconds.
BMW M5
Rear wheels churn out 500 hp thanks to the F1-inspired V10 engine. 0-100 km/h is approx. 4.4 seconds.
Mercedes E63 AMG
Powering the rear wheels is a 6.2 liter V8 engine with 518 hp catapulting the car from 0-100 km/h in approx. 4.6 seconds.
Renault F1’s 2010 contender has arrived, the R30! Surprisingly, Renault has decided to use its original racing colors, which debuted in 1978, of yellow and black. The confirmed race drivers are Robert Kubica (Polish) and Vitaly Petrov (the 1st Russian ever to race in F1).
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