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May 25, 2012
BMW Zagato Coupé revealed at Villa d’Este
BMW and Zagato have collaborated on a stylish new coupé which will premiere at this year's Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Although purely a one-off, the last car Zagato created for Villa d’Este was the Aston Martin V12 Zagato, which enters production later this year.
May 25, 2012
Lotus CEO Dany Bahar suspended for misconduct
I use the word suspended, even though that's not a term one would normally use when a CEO is removed from his post, however during the past few hours that's the phrase which has been used when I spoke to those people close to the matter.
May 25, 2012
Official: Introducing the Renault Alpine A110-50 in motion (w/VIDEO)
Produced with the renowned expertise of Renault Sport Technologies, the Renault Alpine A 110-50 concept car is imbued with the world of motorsport. It benefits from the experience gained from the racing Mégane Trophy by using the same technical platform.
May 25, 2012
BMW gives the 7 Series a mid-life LCI boost
"LCI" or Life Cycle Impulse is BMW's terminology for a mid-life facelift and with the 7 Series now half-way through its 7-year lifespan BMW engineers have been hard at work sprucing, fettling and updating their flagship model.
May 24, 2012
Renault Alpine A110-50 Concept revealed
Excitement is building prior to the official launch of Renault's Alpine A110-50 Concept on tomorrow's Monaco grand prix 'rest day', and whilst the images look great, it’s probably worth reflecting on the most recent models to be produced by Alpine’s Dieppe factory.
May 24, 2012
VIDEO: McLaren’s new Abu Dhabi showroom is full of eastern promise
Exotic, delicious, full of eastern promise.. That was the tag line used in the 1960's advert for Fry's Turkish Delight, and perhaps that's what McLaren's new Regional Director for Middle East and Africa - Mark Harrison - had in mind when commissioning the car maker's latest short film.
May 23, 2012
BMW opens its first brand retail store in Paris and aims for the utopian single customer experience
Ferrari were the innovators in this space back in 2007, led by their Head of Sales, Marketing and Communications at the time - Dany Bahar. The Ferrari Store was then joined by Ferrari Artelier - providing an area within flagship stores where customers could feel and experience its products and the type of customisations on offer.
May 23, 2012
Monaco preview: When Nico met Mika
Mercedes-Benz are notorious for their somewhat awkward product placements featuring Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher and Mika Häkkinen, but sometimes they work - such as in the excellent 'Sunday Driver' commercial from Christmas 2010.







