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August 17, 2012
McLaren has one of those ‘stir crazy’ moments with its new X-1 one-off supercar
The familiar adage, 'The customer is always right', can sometimes prove horribly untrue. Well all I can say is that it must have been a 'very' important customer who requested this car, otherwise surely this is one step too far the fledgling McLaren Automotive.
August 17, 2012
Viper GTS Launch Edition makes an appearance at Pebble Beach
Viper Stripes. I had them on a MINI, but they seem kitsch next to the ones on SRT's Viper GTS Launch Edition Model, due to make its first official appearance at the renowned automotive events in Monterey, California this weekend.
August 16, 2012
BMW’s Pebble Beach surprise is… a roadster version of the Zagato CoupĂ©
The BMW Zagato Concept which will make its world debut at the Pebble Beach Concours this coming weekend looks like being an open-top version of the Zagato Coupé which was shown at the Villa d’Este Concours in Italy during May.
August 15, 2012
All-new BMW Zagato will debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance
BMW remain tight-lipped about their latest collaboration with design house Zagato, following its Zagato Coupé which was shown at the Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza in May.
May 28, 2012
The cars are the stars at Villa d’Este
Even if you're not a classic car buff, there was still plenty to feast your eyes on at The Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2012 this past weekend.
May 26, 2012
Aston’s new DBS appears in the guise of Project AM 310 at Villa d’Este
Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este is becoming a bit like Goodwood's Festival of Speed, where it may have started out as a celebration of historic cars, it has now become a popular launch spot for several car makers to show their most beautiful pre-production 'new' models.
March 15, 2012
Travel: Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari opens its doors in Modena
There's a great new addition to the list of '20-places-to-visit-before-you-die', following the opening earlier this week of Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari in Modena, Italy.
Designed by the late Jan Kaplický and architected by Andrea Morgante's Shiro Studio, the new EUR14.2m museum is built on the site of Enzo Ferrari's birthplace, making use of the former nineteenth century house and workshop of Ferrari’s father, with the addition of a new glass-fronted structure that curves around it.
August 24, 2011
Fiennes restores British honour at Pebble Beach
Fiennes Restoration is probably the most successful British engineering firm you've never heard of. What sounds like some antiquated back-street repair shop is one of those rare breed of companies who are innovating in the field of classic and historic restorations. Case in point - their machine shop boasts the highest number of CNC tooling machines used by an independent UK specialist restorer.






