Bentley Motors is today announcing full details of its pinnacle, sector-defining new model, the Bentayga. The Bentley Bentayga combines unparalleled luxury with effortless performance and everyday usability. With an all-new W12 powertrain, the Bentayga is the fastest, most powerful, most … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
Silverstone Auctions’ Salon Privé Sale A Resounding Success
Silverstone Auctions’ second-ever Salon Privé sale has been a resounding success. Held in the grounds of Blenheim Palace on Friday 4 September, the auction house sold a plethora of noteworthy cars, generating a total sales value of £5,000,000*. Headlining the evening’s sale was an original 1968 … [Read more...]
JD Classics Takes Class Win As Its Cooper T33 Returns To Brighton Speed Trials For The First Time Since 1955
History repeated itself at the weekend as the JD Classics-owned 1954 Cooper T33 took a class win at the Brighton Speed Trials, just as it did at the same event sixty years ago. The latest victory adds even more heritage to the Cooper’s already-impressive competition history. The Brighton Speed … [Read more...]
Bentley To Launch New Luxury Collection At Frankfurt
Bentley Motors is delighted to announce a luxurious and stylish new Bentley Collection which will debut at Frankfurt Motor Show on September 15. More than 300 new items embody the essence of the Bentley brand – unparalleled craftsmanship and incredible attention to detail. The range comprises … [Read more...]
Rolls-Royce Dawn – Uncompromised Drophead Luxury
“Our new Rolls-Royce Dawn promises a striking, seductive encounter like no other Rolls-Royce to date, and begins a new age of open-top, super-luxury motoring. Dawn is a beautiful new motor car that offers the most uncompromised open-top motoring experience in the world. It will be the most social of … [Read more...]
Salon Privé 2015 Blenheim Palace
Salon Privé was not on my agenda but I soon realised that I was heading up to Bedford for the supercar Sunday and figured I could leave earlier on Saturday and get to Blenheim Palace to have a mooch around and thus kill two birds with one stone. I arrived at Blenheim Palace after I chased Lord … [Read more...]
Introducing The New Range Rover Sentinel: A Luxury Fortress On Wheels
The new Range Rover Sentinel is the first luxury armoured vehicle to be fully engineered by Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations, (SVO) hand built at its Oxford Road facility, providing the highest levels of protection an SUV can offer against a wide variety of attacks. The Sentinel is based … [Read more...]
Unique Ferrari Headlines Hexagon Classics’ Collection At Salon Privé 2015
From a one-off Ferrari to the finest examples of icons from Maserati, Mercedes, Jaguar and Aston Martin, Hexagon Classics has something for all tastes at this year’s Salon Privé. The leading London car dealer is showing off several cars from its classics department at the Blenheim Palace event, … [Read more...]
New Porsche 911 Carrera Boosts Efficiency And Expands Dynamic Repertoire
New engines, an advanced chassis, new Porsche Communication Management A new Porsche 911 is always highly anticipated - and the latest generation announced today is no exception. The core appeal of the rear-mounted flat-six engine in the 911 and its characteristic sporting driving experience … [Read more...]
Mclaren Returns To Chantilly Arts & Elegance With Bespoke 570s Coupé
McLaren Automotive will showcase the best of British luxury at this weekend’s Chantilly Arts & Elegance Richard Mille (6-7 September) taking place at Domaine Chantilly, north of Paris. The second edition of the glamorous event will see a stunning display of automotive extravagance including a … [Read more...]
LaFerrari Powerslides Right Into Oncoming Traffic #Video
If you are lucky enough to be sat in the driver's seat of a Ferrari LaFerrari then you will be aware that you have a bucket load of power right under your feet. However you do need to do a little bit of forward planning. This owner of his Ferrari LaFerrari is enjoying his black Laferrari quite a bit … [Read more...]
A Petrol Heads Dream House?… Quite Possibly…
Now this is a house you would expect to see a petrol head footballer own and I have to say this house has its priorities right. This West Bellevue House in Washington, USA is massive, but yet it is only two bedrooms and two and half bathrooms. I dont know what the owners were thinking when … [Read more...]
Magical Carfest Shines At Laverstoke
CarFest returned to its spiritual home of Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire over the August Bank Holiday Weekend (28-30 August) for the second of this year’s two sell-out family festivals. It was back in 2012 that Laverstoke, owned by 1979 F1 World Champion Jody Scheckter, was home to the very … [Read more...]