Along with fame traditionally comes fortune, and for most of those who enjoy the privileged life, the new money opens them up to a world where they can purchase everything that he or she has ever dreamed about. This was the case for the world renowned soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo when he began to collect fine examples of modern day high speed art in motion. However, due to the 24 year old phenom being offered an incredible $128 Million to move across the English Channel and play for the pride of Spain, Real Madrid. In order to take the next step in his career, the young Cristiano must clear out his inventory of right hand drive vehicles.
A few of the exotic cars going up for sale are a Bentley Continental GT Speed priced at £114,950 and a Porsche 911 Carrera 2 Tiptronic S that the footballer is looking to get £69,995 for. One of the more mundane automobiles that the Ronaldo has to give up in order to make the move is a turbo diesel Mercedes Benz C220 CDI for £10,795. Don’t feel bad for multi-millionaire, because it is very likely that as soon as the young athlete settles down in Madrid that all of these cars will be replaced. Other cars in Cristiano’s collection include a Porsche Cayenne, a Bentley Continental GTC, an Audi R8 and the infamousFerrari 599 GTB.
BMW had their Art Cars and Mini has specialty celebrity designed automobiles, but Bentley decided to take things a step further and recruit contemporary artist Romero Britto to create the centerpiece for their “Come to my world” exhibition in Germany. The English automaker provided Mr. Britto with a Continental GT as a canvas, prepared with a Bentley Blue base coat for the South Florida artist to get to work.
The car is covered in colorful, comic-like figures featuring a large multi colored flower on the hood, winged heart on the driver’s door, ladybug inspired door mirrors and a few orange and purple stars. The negative space is covered with Britto’s recognizable signature, similar to the mathematical symbol for pi; it is consists of a “T” followed by a squiggly line that sometimes goes down like a backwards “J” and other times is just a continuation of the character before it. The entire feeling of this piece of 200 MPH artwork is that it is as playful as the GT is fun to drive.
As you know drinking and driving kills thousands of people every day! With so many obstacles on the road, how can anyone be expected to drive responsibly? Maybe a Formula 1 racing legend like Michael Schumacher can teach us how!
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.
In January of this year, footballer Cristiano Ronaldo had a nasty accident in a tunnel near Manchester Airport. Ronaldo’s Ferrari 599 GTB was written off and there was £20,000 in damage caused to the tunnel’s wall. After further investigation, police have determined that there was insufficient evidence to launch any prosecution. According to a police source quoted by the Telegraph, "Ronaldo said he simply lost control of the car and there were not enough independent witnesses to prosecute him for any driving offense."
Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher had the chance to get behind the wheel of Ferrari’s new 599 GTB Fiorano with the HGTE handling package. The former Scuderia Ferrari driver pushed the front engine GT car to its limits on the Ferrari test track that the car was named after, during one of the factory’s Pilota Ferrari driving courses.
The Handling GT Evoluzione package includes a lower, stiffer suspension, new tire compounds offering even higher levels of grip, modified magnetic suspension with new damper settings and an even higher performance exhaust for an even throatier note. The HGTE package also includes a number of styling touches that set it apart from the standard production car, including a more aggressive nose thanks to the new front grille, a set of proprietary 20 inch rims and excessive use of the wavy light weight black stuff throughout the interior.
This high performance handling version of the V12 super car is capable of lapping the Fiorano test track in only 1:26, that is just 1.5 seconds behind the factory tuned mid-engine F-430 Scuderia, which is the company’s track attack vehicle of choice. The extra handling will only cost you an additional $40,000 over the 599’s $240,000 base price, a small price to pay.
Jesse James has never been one to turn down a challenge. The man has been never been associated with the words ‘conservative’ and ‘meek’. So it comes as no surprise that James is set to take on yet another challenge that, should he be successful, would put him on the annals of the Guiness Book of World records.
In his latest show, Jesse James is a Dead Man, the impetuous engineer, stuntman, and resident whack job is set to attempt a stunt that is as every bit as dangerous as all the others he has done in his life. Using a hydrogen-powered vehicle, James will attempt to break the land-speed record and in doing so, add this achievement to an already stellar list of ridiculous stunts he’s done throughout his career.
The weapon of destruction James is set to use is actually no stranger to speed record attempts. Called the Streamliner, the machine was most famously used by Dees-Milodin Engineering in their own attempt at history. Despite being an artifact – it was built in the 60’s! – James is pulling all the stops in rebuilding the Streamliner into a speeding bullet. He’s putting in a twin-turbocharged 9.8L V8 engine from Chevrolet and will be exclusively using hydrogen gas to power his rocket ship.
The EcoJet Concept was revealed back in 2007 at the SEMA Show. If the woman in the Ferrari had these guys helping her to park, she would have been able to do it in only 15 moves.
The EcoJet concept car is powered by a Honeywell LT-101 turbine engine that runs on bio-diesel fuel and delivers 650-hp and 400 lb.-ft. of torque.
Check out the video of Jay Leno driving by in his EcoJet after the jump.
Hollywood is planning a biography on the King of Cool, Steve McQueen. The amazing actor, motorcycle enthusiast and LeMans racer is best known to car fans for his role in the film Bullitt. Ford sells a model in honor of the movie’s infamous car chase that pits a flying Mustang, McQueen’s car, against an all black Dodge Charger through the streets of San Francisco.
Contrary to prior reports that actor Brad Pitt was being prepped for a remake of Bullitt, it appears that he will be playing the role of McQueen in the upcoming biopick.
Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton hosted a get together at her new boyfriend’s house last Monday night. As can be expected, the LAPD was eventually called out to quiet the commotion and appease the restless neighbors. The story gets interesting when the boys in blue were called out again later on, this time due to the half a dozen exotics in the neighborhood that were either egged or keyed.
The cars vandalized consisted of two Bentleys, two Maseratis, a $1.4 Million Bugatti Veyron and then some. Paris claims that she was in bed by 3 a.m. and there were only a handful of party guests remaining. Paris commented that “We had nothing to do with this. My blue Bentley was egged and I even filed a victim’s report.” So the question is, who done it? Were the culprits disgruntled neighbors, raucous party goers or could it have been the paparazzi fighting back? The world may never know.
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