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.
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The world’s oldest retailer of the lightweight English sports cars, Bell & Colvill Lotus are offering some very reasonable special edition of the automaker’s Elise model. The new Elise Black & White Editions are available in both the R or SC spec and offer quite a bit of kit for the money. The more sinister Lotus Sport Black version and comes with a trio of Phantom Black stripes running the length of the car, while the Aspen White version wears the same stripes in Ice White. One would think that the combination of choice would be white with black stripes or black with white stripes, but the black on black and white on white treatment sets these Elises further apart from the Lotus crowd.
The interior features a microfiber trimmed dash and similar treatment on the sport bucket seats and door skins. The value package also adds a set of black forged wheels wrapped in ultra sticky rubber while out back there is an all new diffuser. Other additions are traction control, air conditioning and a compulsory option for the Lotus Sport base paint. The retailer sells this package for about a $3,000 premium over a standard Elise R or SC, but I all the options were added individually, the sum would be closer to $8,200. Whether you choose Black or White, these dealer direct special edition Elises are a tremendous savings over buying the options one by one. Bell & Colvil are now taking orders.
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It is lamentable that European Nissan enthusiasts don’t have the opportunity to try out the Nismo 370Z. However, they are receiving a special edition that looks pretty good! The new Nissan 370Z Yellow will be available in limited numbers starting in September with prices ranging from a manually shifted £31,650 to £33,050 for an automatic.
The 370Z Yellow is painted in the sun inspired color and wears a set of 19 inch RAYS forged alloy wheels, but what really sets this Z car off are the 1970s Porsche RS inspired side stripes that spell out exactly what is driving down the road. Both items set off the gleaming yellow body to perfection.
The interior is another story all together, consisting of black leather and suede, the inside of the Yellow 370Z is both comfortable and grippy. Electronics consist of an integrated satellite navigation system and a BOSE audio with eight speakers and a built in six disc CD changer. Touches like illuminated entry plates and special mats greets the driver as he or she enters and sits back in the heated racing buckets. This 370Z includes the speed limiter and all the other features from the 370Z GT Pack on which the special Yellow model is based.
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Apparently, one of the perks of working for Lamborghini, especially if you’ve been with them for over 40 years, is having a car named after you.
Talk about company benefits.
Valentino Balboni, Lamborghini’s long-time lest driver is having a car named after him, aptly called the LP 550-2 Valentino Balboni. The car, which is a special edition rear-wheel-drive Gallardo – is a tribute to the man hired by the company’s founder, Ferrucio Lamborghini, way back in 1967. While Balboni has long hung up his test-driving boots, his contributions to developing and propagating the popularity of Lamborghinis all over the world has not gone unnoticed by his former employers.
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The ex-English automaker, Jaguar, has prepared a very special version of their two door coupe, the XK, for this weekend’s Festival of Speed. On July 3-5, the Earl of March will open up his estate to almost 200,000 automotive enthusiasts and spectators. The Jaguar XKR Goodwood Special will be powered by a supercharged 5.0 Liter V8 pumping out 510 HP. The sleek Jag will also feature a throatier exhaust note thanks to a some free flowing pipes.
It will be hard to miss the hardtop XKR painted in a shocking lime green when it has a go at this hill in the Sunday Times Super Car Run up the 1.16 mile course. The equally menacing front fascia made up of a new satin graphite grille, headlamp surrounds, flat painted mirrors and even the louvers on the forward opening hood set this ferocious feline apart from other Jaguars. The XKR Goodwood Special also receives some upgraded rolling stock in the form of a set of signature 21 inch rims.
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Ever since the Lamborghini Diablo, the exotic Italian super car manufacturer has been offering their high horse power machines with the beauty of rear wheel drive. The added traction not only allows the engineers to pump more horsepower through the raging bull’s drive train, but the future owner will have also have an easier time making use of it. Unlike all of the current Lamborghini models, the automaker is considering a new two-wheel drive version of their smaller Gallardo super car.
The proposed LP550-2 would send all 550 HP from the Lamborghini’s mid mounted V10 directly to the rear wheels, without having to worry about spinning an auxiliary power robbing driveshaft. The LP would be a much more pure driver’s car that should not only give the driver more feel, but also even better top end performance than the standard version.
The new two-wheel drive Lamborghini will be 10% cheaper than the LP560 and will also be about 70 pounds lighter. The simplified Lamborghini will sprint from 0 to 60 MPH in just 3.9 seconds and only 250 examples will be made. You can expect to see a rainbow of power slides when the Italian coachbuilder releases the LP550-2 in variety of 8 wild exterior finishes. What’s not to like, the cheapest Lamborghini is also the fastest and one of the most exclusive, we can see no reason why collectors around the world won’t snatch these up as soon as they roll out of the assembly plant.
Gallardo is best sold Lamborghini of all the times. Valentino Balboni is a remarkable test driver. Together they offer the most exclusive Gallardo ever: the LP 550-2 - the 550 stands for the power output in hp and the 2 is for rear wheel drive.
The Gallardo LP 550-2 is powered by a 5.2 litre V10 engine that delivers 550 hp. With a weight of only 3042 lbs, the car sprins from 0 to 60 mph in just 3,9 seconds and can hit a top speed of 199 mph.
On the exterior the car features a color strip in white and gold running from the front panel over the roof and parts of the engine cover all the way to the rear spoiler, with inspiration from the classic sports cars from the ’70s.
The supercar will be limited to only 250 units, priced in USA at $219.800.
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Ferrari unveiled a new image gallery of their special edition 599 GTB HGTE. The handling package includes a modified set-up with stiffer springs and rear anti-roll bar as well as new calibration settings for the magnetorheological shock absorbers when the manettino is at its sportier settings. The ride height has also been lowered which in turn lowers the car’s centre of gravity. This combined with the new set-up helps improve body control. The package also includes specifically optimized tires featuring a compound that offers even better grip.
Celebrating the 45th anniversary of Ford’s introduction of the Mustang at the 1964 World’s Fair, there will be only 45 hand sculpted examples of America’s favorite pony car to celebrate the father of the Mustang, Lee Iacocca. The limited edition Mustang was a collaborative effort between the man himself, Iacocca, designer Michael Leone and the Gaffoglio Family from Metalcrafters. If that last name doesn’t ring a bell, those are the California based Argentines that brought the world one off beauties like the Chrysler ME Four-Twelve concept car. The special edition Mustangs will be painted in special shade of grey known as “Iacocca” Silver and will be available sometime in late July.
The car is based on the 2009 Ford Mustang, but the body has been beefed up and smoothed over to create the kind of strikingly bold appearance that you can only get with hand crafted metalwork. These cars will stand out in any blue oval enthusiast’s corral, especially sitting on top of those 20 inch polished five spoke rims. Under the hood, the Iacocca Mustang will be powered by a naturally aspirated 4.6 Liter modular V8 rated at 320 HP, or there is an optional supercharged power plant that makes 400 HP as well as a 14 inch Ford Racing brake kit to bring all that fun to a halt.
Inside the Iacocca Silver Mustang there are luxurious touches like the Iacocca-badged aluminum door sill plates, the Iacocca Diamond Design leather seats with custom embroidery, leather-wrapped steering wheel wearing an "I" badge and an Iacocca signature dash plaque with serial number. These limited edition pony car’s will be available exclusively from the Los Angeles based, Galpin Ford.
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Kia has unveiled a new special edition SOUL. Called Denim Soul, the new special edition is priced at $17,301 with a five-speed manual transmission, and $18,250 with an automatic.
The new Denim Soul features a unique denim exterior color, striking white side-view mirrors with matching white 18-inch alloy wheels, front fender turn signal indicator lights, a wing-type rear spoiler and a bold off-set white racing stripe completing the rally-inspired look. The Denim Soul is based on the Soul+ model and is fully loaded with the Audio Upgrade Package (center speaker, subwoofer, external amplifier and speaker lights that pulse to the beat of the music), an iPod connection cable for full functionality via the radio head unit and steering wheel controls, carpeted floor mats, moonroof and fog lights all included for this special edition.
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