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Video: Supercars on Trailer in Thailand go up in Flames
When it comes to cars, nothing breaks our hearts more than seeing a supercar go up in flames. So, imagine the depression in the room when we watched this video. A trailer full of exotics - four of them, actually - all turned into scrap metal after a fire in a BMW eventually led to all four cars getting completely engulfed in a fiery blaze. According to news reports in Thailand, the cars were an unidentified BMW, a Lamborghini Murcielago, a Ferrari F430 and a Bentley Continental. The cars were being towed on a trailer with the driver saying he was transferring them from a showroom in Bangkok to a gas station in the Si Sa Ket province on the Thai-Cambodia border, where an "unknown person" would be there to pick them up. Sounds like a shady transaction, huh? But all that changed when all four exotics caught fire, not only destroying some fine supercars but also costing a total of 100 million baht, which is about $3.3 million based on current exchange rates. This isn’t the first time a supercar has unexpectedly gone up in flames. Click past the jump to see previous occasions where an exotic met a rather untimely and fiery demise. Full story
Video: Very Young Kids Driving a Ferrari F430
For most kids in the world, the biggest joy will be to drive the bike he or she always dreamed about. But how about a Ferrari F430? No, not a toy one; a real-life one with a 483-horsepower, V-8 engine under the hood and that sprints to 60 mph in just 4.5 seconds. Yeah, that one. Apparently, to these two Indian children, who look no older than 8-years old, this powerful supercar is a toy. This is all too evident with just how well they handle this machine on the public roadway. Apparently, the two childrens’ parents were there, or at least some adults were there filming, so we can only assume they had permission. However, we cannot stress enough to you just how stupid it is to let your kids take control of any car, let alone a powerful supercar. Especially when the need the New York City telephone book to see over the steering wheel…
2011 Ferrari F430 Scuderia Carbonio by DMC 
DMC’s special edition program for the Lamborghini Aventador may be getting all of the buzz, but don’t sleep on the German aftermarket company’s ability to multitask when they’re tuning vehicles. That’s exactly the case now because, in addition to the Aventador, DMC’s also working on a new iteration of a previous program for another Italian supercar: the Ferrari F430 Scuderia. The project is called Carbonio, and as the name evidently suggests, it involves the prevalent use of carbon fiber in dressing up the F430 Scuderia. The photos DMC released don’t paint the entire picture of the soon-to-be carbon-fiber-clad supercar. There are hints of what to expect, particularly the entire front bumper, which has already been fitted with carbon fiber. Notice also the front lip, called "the Sword,” that you can fit into the front bumper. There’s still more details left to be discussed, but it seems that DMC is keeping all the info to itself until the entire project is completed. Either way, we expect a whole lot more, especially with the F430 Scuderia’s 4.3-liter V8 engine. We already love its 483 horsepower and 343 pound-feet of torque numbers, but we’d love to see some output spikes on this Italian bad boy, too. We’ll see if DMC delivers the goods or not soon enough.
Our carwash dreams come to life with two babes cleaning a Ferrari 430 Scuderia and a Bentley Continental GT
Ever drove into one of those car washes and a portly, middle-aged man proceeded to give your car the soap and water treatment? Doesn’t do much in the way of your imagination, does it? Well, what if we told you that you can replace Larry the Cable Guy with two gorgeous models identified as Veronica Popa and Bryana Holly? See, now we have your undivided attention. Featuring a Ferrari 430 Scuderia and a Bentley Continental GT, together with Popa and Holly, the photo spread shows the two beautiful babes cleaning, posing, and downright flirting with the two exotics. All in their microscopic bikinis, no less.
Lamborghini GoldRush Gets a Scantily Clad Accessory
When you’re a photographer plying your craft in the auto industry, it must be a sweet job getting some alone time with some of the finest supercars on the planet. So excuse us if we have a slight tinge of professional envy when it comes to photography studios like ItzKirb Photography. In one of ItzKirb’s more recent photo spreads, the man was able to get a hold of a GoldRush Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera and a Ferrari F430. Pretty sweet, right? But what if we told you that they also have Grace, a voluptuous and downright flirtatious model that bared a lot of skin in the photos. There aren’t a whole lot of explanations on this one because the pictures pretty much speak for themselves. Two supercars and one hot model equates to a photo spread that’s certainly worth your time. So have at it and check out ItzKirb Photography’s new spread in the gallery below.
Caitlin Hixx flirts with a Ferrari 599 and an F430 Scuderia Spyder 16M
By all accounts, Caitlin Hixx looks like a nice, smart girl who’s got a good head on her shoulders. We get all that, but there’s one thing that we just can’t seem to let go. This blonde is so hot it hurts us to even type these words. When you put her on top of a hood of a Ferrari 599, then all bets are off. We’re throwing ourselves over a bridge. But before we actually consider that, it’s important to show that on top of the 599, Hixx is also shown playing around with an equally hot Ferrari F430 Scuderia Spyder 16M. Give the props to professional photographer Nino Batista for being able to capture these images like only he can. Nino wants to provide us with photos of hot women with hot cars. In this instance, he really smacked one out of the park. Check out the gallery featuring Catie Hixx and the pair of Ferraris below.
Porsche Carrera GT with Sophia Michaelson by Nino Batista Photography
When you have the gift of capturing images through a camera lens, it’s something that you can make a good living doing. Nino Batista is one of those people with that particular set of skills and to our good fortune, he’s taken his talents into the world of auto photography. One of his newest photo sets features sexy hottie, Sophia Michaelson, but it’s not just this long-legged brunette that got our attention. Batista also managed to gather some of the finest exotics in the land to be part of the photo shoot. There’s a Porsche Carrera GT in there, as well as a modified Porsche GT3, a Ferrari F430 Scuderia Spyder 16M, and yes, even a Maserati Cambiocorsa Spyder GT. Somehow, we couldn’t escape the idea of having one girl flirting with all these supercars. Makes us think that we probably should be in there too, only because we think Sophia’s getting too cold wearing that skimpy bikini. Then again, if we can’t make it in the photos, we’re perfectly fine staring at them. Check out Nino Batista’s spread of Sophia Michaelson in the gallery below!
Sexy Jenna Baisley Cozies up to a Ferrari F430
Secret Entourage photographer, Ronnie Renaldi, never fails to deliver. Whether it’s a brunette, a blond, or even a combination of both, the man has an incredible eye on the camera. But girls aren’t just what makes Renaldi one of our fave photogs; the man also knows his exotic super cars. In 2011, Renaldi took his lens and did a photo shoot featuring Jenna Baisley and a garage-worthy list of super cars, headlined by the Ferrari F430. Suffice to say, the photos are awesome. There’s plenty of skin in there - oh my, those legs! - and Baisley’s luscious and inviting stare just draws us to her like moths would to a flame. Don’t forget about those exotics, too. If there was ever a time to bring out the popular catchphrase "epic!" from the drawers, this is the time to do it. Jenna Baisley. A Ferrari F430. Ronnie Renaldi. The perfect combination, if you ask us.
Car and Athlete: Andrew Bynum may no longer be a Laker, but he’s still a bonafide car nut
Philadelphia 76ers center Andrew Bynum - yeah, he’s not a Los Angeles Laker anymore - is a pretty tall dude at 7’0", but even with all that length, not to mention the bulk of being close to 300 lbs, the 24-year old certainly has a pretty strong affinity for top-of-the-line supercars. As we previously showed in the last installment of Car and Athlete, athletes with this kind of financial security have become more adept at splurging their dollars on something as insatiably satisfying as a limited edition model. Andrew Bynum fits into this mold because the man is more than just a highly-paid basketball player; he’s got the garage to back it up too. So have you ever wondered what kind of cars Bynum has in his garage? True to his reputation as one of the most popular auto enthusiasts in the world, Bynum’s list of cars run long and impressive. Find out what kind of cars Andrew Bynum has tried to fit his seven-foot frame into after the jump. Full story If You Can’t Own a Supercar, You Can Drive one for Under $100 At one point in every automotive buff’s life, he has a dream about driving a supercar down a racetrack. Then he wakes up, looks out the window and his 1993 Metro is staring him in the face. Well, you can hop into that Metro, drive to New York and live your dream for $99. Yup, an exotic car rental company that typically rents Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Mercedes, and other high-end cars for thousands of dollars per day is allowing people to take these monsters around a racetrack. Gotham Dream Cars has taken its Dream Car Sprint program to the New York Auto Show, which opened up to the public today. The Dream Car Sprint program typically charges $249 for three laps around their parking lot-based racetrack, but at the New York International Auto Show they have brought along a Ferrari F430 and a Lamborghini Gallardo, and have discounted the three-lap price to just $99 + tax. The track is roughly one-mile long and you have to drag an instructor along with you. This pretty much means that you can’t really have any fun in these supercars, but just to be behind the wheel is enough to make us happy. As the auto show progresses, the Gotham Dream cars might add other vehicles to this program, but for now we only know of the Ferrari and Lamborghini. So, if you are over 21, have a valid driver’s license and car insurance, plus a spare $105.93, you can hop in one of these and see just how far the push these cars until the ride-along instructor stops you. We bet one of us could end that drive in about 15 seconds… | Ferrari 430 latest reviews:Ferrari 430 tuning:
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