Just in time for the holiday season, the promotions department at Lamborghini has come up with the perfect present that any Italian exotic enthusiast would love to find underneath their Christmas tree. Aside from the plethora of Lamborghini memorabilia that the super car manufacturer is already retailing, this Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni inspired box set is truly a unique piece of automobile memorabilia.
Headlining the Lamborghini Christmas collection for 2009, the gift package includes a trio of ceramic ornaments valued at $83 and finished in Blue Caelum and White Monocerus, two of the eight available colors for the rear wheel drive Gallardo named after the legendary test driver along with a pair of slow burning candles of in the same contrasting super car colors priced at only $65. In order to make sure that Lamborghini enthusiasts don’t lose track of the date, the Italia automaker is also offering a pair of 2010 calendars, the more compact desktop version is going on sale for $21, while the more colorful wall mounted one will set gift givers back $50.
If somebody told you a few months ago that you can now start your car straight from your iPhone, you’d be probably think that dude was nuts. Well, crazier things have happened because, apparently, you can now in fact start your car from your iPhone, thanks to a new application called the Viper SmarStart.
Ok, the idea isn’t exactly revolutionary – electronic car ignitions have been around for a while – but never has the technology come from a mobile phone. The application, which you can get for free, connects to the SmartStart hardware that has been installed in your car and the really cool thing about this particular system is that it does more than just start your car. It can also turn on the car’s heater, unlock the doors, and systematically manages the car’s alarm, ensuring you that it’s up and about at all times.
Unfortunately, while the application itself is free, the hardware isn’t. Word has gone out that the Viper SmartStart will go for around $300 and after getting a first-year service free of charge, users will have to shell out $30 a year to avail of the service. It’s a lot more expensive than we initially thought, but then again, you have to pay to avail of good service so everything pretty much rounds up.
It’s that time of the year again! With the holiday season just around the corner, you can expect that people are already lining up their wish lists on what they’d want to get this coming Christmas.
If you’re a self-respecting dude – and you’ve been a really good boy for the better part of the year - then we have something that we suggest you write on top of your Santa Claus wish list: the Top GearStig optical sensor mouse and power laps mouse mat.
It’s not all that mind-blowing as, say, a guest stint on the popular British show, but lets face it, even Santa would be hard pressed to land a gig with Jeremy Clarkson and the gang.
So if you’re not too extravagant with what you want to get for the holidays, this Top Gear-inspired optical mouse is perfect for you. The package comes with one Stig-inspired black hard top power laps mouse mat and a black optical sensor mouse that comes with its very own USB lead.
In the event that you’re not waiting with baited breath to find this on your Christmas stocking on Christmas day, you can still buy it for a rather friendly price of just £15.99.
The online auction house eBay can be a great place to find outstanding deals on very hard to find items, but now their car selling arm is trying to make every automotive enthusiast’s dream come true with their 2009 Motors Master Contest. Ebay is looking for do it yourselfers and grease monkeys alike as well as fans of eBay Motors to compete for a few bucks to spend on the website and more importantly a trip to the 2009 SEMA show in Las Vegas to show off your creation.
All you have to do is upload a short video featuring you and that thing in your garage that is taking time away from your significant other and then simply upload it to the new eBay based website. One posted, viewers will vote on the entries that they like and ultimately a winner will be selected, awarded with $2500 to spend on eBay Motors and a trip to the big show.
If you are a fan of this steering wheel setup from CTA digital then you definitely have a serious addiction to gaming. The reason iPhone applications have become so popular is because they allow users to pass the time with a quick escape from reality and then put them away for a return to real life. The last thing that we can imagine any iPhone user doing, is carrying the box containing the rather large device with them incase they get the urge to play Need For Speed on their cell phone. Imagine pulling the flat rimmed steering wheel out of your bag and then suction cupping the base to the table while your boss blabbers on and on, it just won’t happen.
The only place where you should use this thing is at home where you won’t be embarrassed to break out your adjustable steering wheel, but if you are a hard core enough gamer to own this then you will most likely have a full-fledged PS3, plasma TV, Xbox 360 surround sound stereo setup, much better than the couple of pieces of shiny plastic that are going to get used a handful of times before it is lost to the darkest regions of some hall way closet.
Not many of us can afford a Ferrari, but most of us wish to have at least something with the prancing horse logo on it. For around $420 you can get something like this new chronograph watch, and you won’t have to wait too long because it will be available in Ferrari Stores worldwide by the end of August.
The cronograph features high-precision Swiss movement, a digital display for two secondary time zones, a chronometer, partial time tachometer and a timer. The perfect accessory for any machine covered in Rosso Competizione.
In the world of high-performance automobiles there are two kinds of owners. First, there are those who buy an exclusive vehicle, only to hide it away, parked inside an enormous warehouse filled with the rest of their toys. Occasionally, those owners invite a friend or two inside to show off the pieces of automobile and maybe even take the classic out for a Sunday drive. Then there is the kind of sports car owner that just so happen to be a driver. These enthusiasts appreciate their vehicles in a way that the previous group only dreams of. There is nothing like fully stretching your super car’s legs or seeing just how deep into a turn your prized possession can go. For those drivers, there are these magical things called track days, a place where speed junkies can get full use out of their big boy toys.
Top Speed recently attended one of these Saturday afternoon visits to one of our local race tracks where we joined up with Henry Gilbert and got Hooked on Driving. The problem with most track days and even racing schools is the price. Not only is participating in one of these programs expensive, but the amount of actual seat time is rather limited. Most instruction programs will have you sitting in a class room for half of the day and then make you wait around amongst all the other pupils for your brief opportunity to make good on everything you learned earlier on in the day. Not at Hooked on Driving, they do conduct a brief chalk talk for first timers, which are always a good idea, but this track day program is geared towards giving clients the most seat time possible in a safe, responsible environment.
Finally, an office accessory that compliments the $250,000 supercar you show up to work in. Made by the century and a quarter old Scheldoni, the same leather crafters that Ferrari turns uses to make the fitted luggage for all of their road cars, this carbon fiber briefcase is a work of art. Once they receive the finished carbon shell, the artisans get to work lining the case with the finest tanned leather that Italy has to offer. You can show this carbon fiber briefcase off to everyone at your next board meeting for only $4,400. But for me it would be too distracting for me to get any work done.
If you get bored Schedoni also makes a similarly crafted backgammon set complete with titanium pieces for $5,800.
Have you ever wanted to be a race car driver, but are a little hesitant about the inherent dangers associated with hitting a wall at 200 MPH? The designers at Elite Sim Design have just what you are looking for. The problem with traditional simulators is the high cost of ownership. The Elite Racer Pro, is a fully functional racing simulator at a fraction of the price.
Do you have too many big boy toys cluttering up the front yard and not enough space in the garage for you collector car? The English built Cardok is the perfect solution. The unit utilizes a hydraulic lift that allows the storage of one vehicle underground and is strong enough to support a full sized SUV on top. Doubling the amount of parking space. But if you watched the video you already knew that.
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