Kim Kardashian is a celebrity that needs no introduction, from her scandalous home video with rapper Ray J to her hit reality cable show on TV, Ms. Kardashian is becoming a piece of contemporary pop culture. But did you know that aside from being a hot chick, the daughter of O.J. Simpson’s defense attorney is also an automotive aficionado. It looks like Kim has made friends with the crew over at Platinum Motorsports because all of her exotic rides are wearing the tuning shop’s decorative plate on the front of all her vehicles.
The superstar’s lineup consists of a white Range Rover complete with obligatory Strut grill and what look to be 24 inch rims. Kim K owns a pair of Bentleys, a white four door Flying Spur and a blacked out drop top Continental GTC. She also enjoys taking some time out of her day to pose for a few quick snapshots in front of her Lamborghini Gallrdo Spyder. The latest addition to the Kardashian garage is a smooth silver Ferrari F430.
Formula 1 drivers live a fast paced life filled with exotic race cars beautiful women and the finest luxuries, especially in Monaco. So it is very surprising to hear that a model was causing such a distraction for the men behind the wheel at this year’s Grand Prix, but maybe you would too if you were coming out of the slowest corner in F1 only to look up and see the face of an angel staring back at you with a five foot wide smile. The race’s winner, Jensen Button, said that "every time you passed her, it was as though she was looking right at you."
It was the San Francisco native, and face of Martini’s advertising campaign, Jessiqa Pace, whose image was strung up in the air just after the Lowes hairpin, promoting the Italian winemaker’s iconic vermouth. Last year’s champion Lewis Hamilton had an incident around the banner during the Saturday qualifying session that left the mechanics rebuilding the Mercedes chassis all night and the youngest F1 Champion of all time starting from the back of the grid on Sunday.
Pace happened to be in Monaco for the race weekend, and when she learned of the unfortunate incident told reporters that "obviously it’s very flattering that I’m distracting the drivers so much, but I’d feel terrible if someone got hurt." This just goes to show, the 2009 Formula 1 season has turned the sport on its head. First Button starts winning races for Brawn GP the major manufacturers can’t find the podium and now beautiful women will have to be removed from the racetrack. At least Ferrari showed they has a little more pep in their step, coming in third and fourth at the grand prix.
Britain has two great mini icons for the 60s: the skirt and the car. So now that the original BMC Mini is celebrating 50 years, the organizers of the Goodwood Festival of Speed decided it would be a good idea to promote the event by bringing the two icons back together. We couldn’t agree more.
First, we’ve got Danica Patrick in her 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit spread. Second, we’re got a Shelby Cobra (replica). Now go grab a beer... BOOM! it’s a trifecta.
In fact grab a six pack because we’ve got plenty more in the image gallery.
We don’t really have the details why Taťána Kuchařová, Miss World 2006, is posing with a Maserati Quattroporte S, but then again some great things in life don’t need explanation. Just sit back and enjoy two very beautiful things. There’s a few more pics after the jump.
There wasn’t a whole lot new coming out of the Thailand Auto Show (pretty much only the Ford Ranger made news there), but it may have been worth going just for the women.
Like any good tuner car show, Essen didn’t forget to include a few booth babes. For those who could take their eyes off the Audi R8 LMS, there were a few extra rewards around the German car show.