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Europcar Prestige offers range of luxury and super cars
Whether you aspire to an Aston Martin, picture yourself in a Porsche or want to show off your bling in a Bentley, Europcar has a wide choice of vehicles to turn heads when out on the road. The credit crunch may be biting but achieving a celebrity lifestyle doesn’t have to cost the earth. Forget fly on the wall TV or dating a second division footballer to satisfy celebrity aspirations, Europcar has rolled out the red carpet and expanded its f... [more]
Historic Car Sales surge as investors move out of the stock market
COYS have seen unprecedented sales with millions of pounds worth of cars being sold since shares around the world started to plummet. Managing Director of COYS, Chris Routledge said: “We are reporting very strong sales, $8.5 million since mid Sept.” He added: “It would appear that people would rather buy a historic car and put it in the garage, than brave the current high’s and low’s of the stock market. Among the cars being sold by the com... [more]
Infiniti G37 Convertible will go on sale from summer 2009
Infiniti may have only just arrived in Europe but has already announced the next addition to its range of performance cars, the G37 Convertible, which will go on sale from summer 2009. The news coincides with the release of a second image of the car that shows how Infiniti’s designers have preserved the lines of the G37 Coupé, despite the need to accommodate the Convertible’s three-piece automatic retracting hardtop. The G37 Convertible p... [more]
Corvette ZR1 from £109,000
The 205 mph Corvette ZR1, available to order from UK Corvette retailers from October 2008, will be priced from £109,000 on-the-road. The fastest ever car from General Motors is the best value 200+ mph supercar on sale in the UK. GM has confirmed just two Corvette ZR1s will be delivered in 2008 and only single digit volumes will be available to order for delivery in 2009. Each customer of the ultra-exclusive ZR1 will receive an invitation ... [more]
Bentley Continental Flying Spur range refined and expanded
The new Bentley Continental Flying Spur is set to deliver even greater levels of refinement, comfort and opportunities for customer personalisation. The 12-cylinder luxury saloon will also be joined by the 600 bhp (610PS) Continental Flying Spur Speed. The most powerful 4-door car ever produced by the British manufacturer, the Continental Flying Spur has been an extraordinary success story for Bentley since its launch in 2005. Its combination... [more]
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Supercars in the news
Pearl-Qatar to host show on supercars for the rich and famous (Gulf Times)By Bonnie James THE Pearl-Qatar, being promoted as the most glamorous address in the Middle East, is gearing up to host Qatar’s first-ever exhibition of luxury and supercars on November 21 and 22. |
£2million spent on supercars to protect Gordon Brown (Daily Record)MORE than £2million has been spent on a fleet of supercars to protect Gordon Brown and key ministers from terrorist attack. |
Geneseo man will show rare 1969 car at Vettefest (Quad-City Times)Only three short hours after buying a brand-new 1969 Camaro Z28, Dan Rettig says he got a traffic ticket. |
Gordon Murray Awarded 'Idea of the Year' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)Automotive icon Gordon Murray, who headed up the design of supercars such as the McLaren F1 and the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, won 'Idea of the Year' at Autocar's annual awards ceremony this evening for "his vision for a unique car, the T-25, which can be mass produced and manufactured for any brand." |
The Buzz On Business (Modesto Bee)COMMODITIES TAKE A DIVE: Gold and most other commodities retreated Tuesday during another tumultuous day on Wall Street, as economic concerns once again weighed on investors. Gold for December delivery fell $9.30 to $732.70 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after rising as high as $745.60 earlier in the session. Other precious metals prices advanced. December silver rose 22 cents ... |
We hate your abandoned factories (City Pulse)At 2 p.m. on a Friday at Gus’s Bar along Michigan Avenue in west Lansing, Phillip O’Conner has at his fingertips a pack of Pall Mall cigarettes and a cold glass of Sprite. And in his mind, he has 30 years’ worth of memories of working for General Motors Corp. at plants in Lansing and Flint. |
Whincup determined to stay No. 1 (FOXSPORTS.com.au)THE 2008 V8 Supercar Championship is Jamie Whincup's to lose. The Team Vodafone star has been the man to beat all year and holds a 187-point lead with two rounds remaining. |
The finish line: Skaife calls time, as a driver (The Advertiser)ON A race weekend, Mark Skaife was the epitome of the hard-nosed, focused V8 Supercars driver. |
Motor Trend names Nissan GT-R as car of the year (AP via Yahoo! Finance)Motor Trend Magazine on Tuesday named the Nissan GT-R as its 2009 car of the year, saying that it delivers a world class level of performance at a much more affordable price. |
Nissan GT-R Clinches Motor Trend 2009 Car Of The Year (The Car Connection)Continuing its penchant for pithy one-liners, Motor Trend doles out a parade of them while gushing over its winner of the 2009 Car of The Year contest, the 2009 Nissan GT-R. Here's a brief sampling from Angus MacKenzie, editor-in-chief: "no 2009 contender crushes our criteria like the GT-R...the Nissan GT-R rewrites the .. |
