President George W Bush Former bought an Lamborghini Aventado

President George W Bush Former bought an Lamborghini Aventado
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Has the former President, George W. Bush bought a Lamborghini Aventador? People over at Luxury4play forum seem to think so, and they also have a picture to prove it (unless what we see is the work of Photoshop).

According to a "reliable source" Bush junior has purchased the Aventador out of Huston, and it seems like he preferred the car is a stealthy matt black finish.

It may not seem like the ideal car to own when living at a ranch, but nevertheless the car looks cool.

As far as the authenticity of this news, we are still waiting for more photos or videos to confirm it. 

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Lamborghini by Giugiaro uncovered 2011

Lamborghini by Giugiaro uncovered 2011

At a recent visit to Giugiaro, this 50 year old unnamed Lamborghini, never before seen, suddenly appeared like an undiscovered Shakespeare manuscript, discreetly displayed in a library with no-one paying attention.

Parked under some Greek temple-like stairs at the Giugiaro Design headquarters, the car sat on its period Borranis, painted in a yellow hue unseen this side of Ducati.

No details, no background, but the story is simple: Fabrizio Giugiaro found some of his father's old sketches from the Bertone era (1960-1965). He digitized one of them, milled it, painted it, put on wheels, headlamps, some brightwork around the windows and a period numberplate.

"Happy Birthday father," he then proclaimed on Giugiaro's 70th birthday. "This is actually from you to us, but we made it for you".

So what is it – apart from a beautiful birthday present?

The drawings were marked 'Lamborghini', and though the first Lamborghini was presented at the 1963 Torino motor show, the Torino design community had known for a while that a new Italian supercar was about to be born. Uninvited Pininfarina, Ghia, Vignale, Michelotti and certainly many more (Bertone confirmed that they too, had participated) submitted proposals, without knowing too much about the project.

A design by ex-Bertone (now freelance) designer Franco Scaglione was eventually chosen, but it disappointed many – even Ferrucio Lamborghini himself admitted it might have been a mistake so he sent it to Touring to have it reworked.

We have never seen any of the other designs so it is impossible to get an idea of how the original Lamborghini might have looked. But this sculpture might give an idea of what Bertone intended.

It is entirely different from all the other designs Giugiaro created during his time at Bertone, but that's no surprise. Giugiaro worked on super-disciplined production cars like the Alfa 2000 Sprint, Gordon Keeble, Fiat 850 Spider or Mazda Luce 1500 at the same time as free-wheeling fantasies like the Aston DB4 Jet, the Corvair Testudo (sold at Villa d'Este this summer to a businessman from Milan and now back at Giugiaro headquarters) or the Alfa Romeo Canguro.

Most of the 25 "officially credited" creations he worked on while at Bertone are nothing short of masterpieces.

This Lamborghini is completely different from both the other designs he worked on during that period and what everyone else was doing at the time. The flowing – some might say bulbous – lines recall the Ferrari P3 and P4, but those cars appeared years after young Giugiaro sketched these lines.

There wasn't anything in the Ferrari/Pininfarina portfolio that could have inspired these looks either. The 250 GT SWB, the 250 GT Berlinetta or the 400 Superfast were far removed from this concept car. Pininfarina's Corvair – the Coupé Speciale – was but a pale demonstration of what that car might become. And looking at the Testudo born at the same time, it was clearly evident who the original thinker behind the car was.

The flying buttresses on the Giugiaro Lamborghini are extremely interesting. If Scaglione had continued developing his BAT-series perhaps something similar might have appeared earlier. But he did not – this aesthetic was only publicly revealed on the Ferrari 250 LM Berlinetta, a car that appeared after these sketches were done. The Dodges with similar treatment ('fin shaped rear uprights' was Pininfarina's translated explanation in the late 1960s – it was coined 'tunnel back' in the US) did not appear until 1968/69.

So if this was a proposal for the Lamborghini debutante, why was it discarded? The weak front cannot be the explanation; that could easily be modified. The reason was probably that Lamborghini was after a car with a Gran Turismo image, not an uncompromising two seat sports car with track attitude.

For Bertone it was no disaster; he got his name on both the Miura and Espada – two milestones if ever there were any. But Giorgetto Giugiaro must have been disappointed and, after a lifetime at the top, there hasn't been any Lamborghini to officially wear with his signature.

Was he reminded of that when he saw this car? And was that why he re-ignited the ‘who did the Miura' discussion some time ago (he stated fairly clearly that the P 400 was as much his as it was Gandini's)?

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Bugatti Veyron tops top-10 list and prices of world’s most expensive cars

Bugatti Veyron tops top-10 list and prices of world’s most expensive cars

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is only four years old, but its reputation has quickly spread around the globe among elite automobile enthusiasts. It tops the list of the world’s top-10 most expensive cars. Here’s the list

Bugatti Veyron, $1,700,000

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the most powerful, most expensive, and fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a proven top speed of over 400 km/h (407 km/h or 253 mph). It reached full production in September 2005. The car is built by Volkswagen AG subsidiary Bugatti Automobiles SAS and is sold under the legendary Bugatti marque. It is named after racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939 while racing for the original Bugatti firm. The Veyron features a W16 engine—16 cylinders in 4 banks of 4 cylinders. According to Volkswagen, the final production Veyron engine produces between 1020 and 1040 metric hp (1006 to 1026 SAE net hp), so the car will be advertised as producing ’1001 horsepower’ in both the US and European markets. This easily makes it the most powerful production road-car engine in history.

Ferrari Enzo, $1,000,000

The Enzo Ferrari, sometimes referred to as the the Ferrari Enzo and also F60 is a 12-cylinder Ferrari supercar named after the company’s founder, Enzo Ferrari. It was built in 2003 using Formula One technology, such as a carbon-fiber body, F1-style sequential shift transmission, and carbon-ceramic brake discs. Also used are technologies not allowed in F1 such as active aerodynamics. After a maximum downforce of 1709 pounds (775 kg) is reached at 186 mph (301 km/h) the rear spoiler is actuated by computer to maintain that downforce.

Pagani Zonda C12 F, $741,000

The Zonda C12 F debuted at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show. It is the most extensive reengineering of the Pagani car yet, though it shares much with its predecessors including the 7.3 L V12. Power is increased to 602 PS (443 kW/594 hp) with a special clubsport model producing 650 PS (478 kW/641 hp). The company promises a 3.2 second sprint to 60 mph (97 km/h, a top speed over 374 km/h (225 mph) and it will be the queen in braking from 300 km/h to 0 (186 mph to 0). The Zonda F clubsport has a power to weight ratio of 521 bhp/ton (384 W/kg). Compare, for example, the Enzo Ferrari which has a power to weight ratio of 483 bhp/ton (356 W/kg).

Koenigsegg CCX, $600,910

The Koenigsegg CCX is the latest supercar from Koenigsegg. CCX is an abbreviation for Competition Coupe X. The X commemorates the 10th anniversary of the completion and test drive of the first CC vehicle in 1996. The CCX is intended to be more suitable for the U.S. market and thus engineered to comply with US regulations. The CCX is powered by a Koenigsegg designed and assembled, all aluminum, 4700 cm³ DOHC 32-valve V8 based on the Ford Modular engine architecture enhanced with twin Rotrex centrifugal superchargers with response system, 1.2 bar boost pressure and an 8.2:1 compression ratio.]]> The engine produces 806 hp (601 kW) and 678 lbf.ft (920 Nm) on 91 octane (U.S. rating) gasoline, 850 hp (634 kW) on 96 octane (Euro rating) gasoline and 900 hp (671 kW) on biofuel.

Porsche Carrera GT, $484,000

The Porsche Carrera GT is a supercar, manufactured by Porsche of Germany. The Carrera GT is powered by an all-new 5.7 litre V10 engine producing 612 SAE horsepower (450 kW). Porsche claims it will accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62.5 mph) in 3.9 seconds and has a maximum speed of 330 km/h (206 mph), although road tests indicated that in actuality the car could accelerate from 0-60 in under 3.5 seconds and to 0-100 in 6.8 seconds and has a top speed of 335-340km/h (209-212.5mph).

Mercedes SLR McLaren, $455,500

The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is a sports car and supercar automobile co-developed by DaimlerChrysler and McLaren Cars. It is assembled at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England. Most people presume ‘SLR’ to stand for ‘Sportlich, Leicht, Rennsport’ (German for ‘Sport; Light; Racing’). The car’s base price is £300,000 or $455,500. The SLR has a supercharged 5.5 (5439cc) litre dry sumped 90 degree V8. It produces 466.8 kW at 6500rpm (626 hp) and 780 N·m (575 ft·lbf) torque at 3250 – 5000 rpm

Maybach 62, $385,250

The Maybach 57 and 62 were the first automobile models of the Maybach brand since the brand’s revival by DaimlerChrysler. They are derived from the Mercedes-Benz Maybach concept car presented at the 1997 Tokyo Motorshow (which was based on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan). DaimlerChrysler attempted to buy the Rolls-Royce/Bentley marque when Vickers offered the company up for sale. When this attempt failed (they were outbid by BMW and Volkswagen respectively) they introduced the Maybach as a direct challenger in 2002. Both models are variants of the same ultra-luxurious automobile. The model numbers reflect the respective lengths of the automobiles in decimetres; the 57 is more likely to be owner-driven while the longer 62 is designed with a chauffeur in mind. The engine is a Mercedes-sourced 5.5-liter twin-turbo V12, generating 550 hp.

Rolls-Royce Phantom, $320,000

The Rolls-Royce Phantom is a luxury saloon automobile made by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a BMW subsidiary. It was launched in 2003 and is the first Rolls-Royce model made under the ownership of BMW. It has a 6.8 L, 48-valve, V12 engine that produces 453 hp (338 kW) and 531 ft·lbf (720 N·m) of torque. The engine is derived from BMW’s existing V12 powerplant. It is 1.63 m (63 in) tall, 1.99 m (74.8 in) wide, 5.83 m (228 in) long, and weighs 2485 kg (5478 lb). The body of the car is built on an aluminum spaceframe and the Phantom can accelerate to 60 mph (100 km/h) in 5.7 seconds.

Lamborghini Murcielago, $279,900

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Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 first drive 2012

Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 first drive 2012

According to Lamborghini, the all-new 691-horsepower Aventador LP 700-4 supercar can blast from 0 to 62 mph in a scant 2.9 seconds. How much time is that? About how long it takes to query, "How long is that?" This, of course, means the burst to 60 will be an even brisker 2.7, or "How long is..." Still better is Lamborghini's projected quarter-mile time of 10.5 seconds, a full tick ahead of the last 638-horse Corvette ZR1 we tested. Wow is right.

Supercars from Sant'Agata have always been known for crazy speed, so in the interest of full disclosure, the Aventador's top clip is an especially ludicrous 217 mph. Also ludicrous: a sticker price starting at $393,695, or over thrice the price of said ZR1. That's a lot of moola, for sure, but given the Aventador's scintillating stats, it begins to look less rip-off Vette and more bargain Bugatti, a car that costs roughly $2 million yet is barely quicker. All that said, when waxing lyrical about his brand's latest achievement, Lamborghini president and CEO Stephan Winklemann isn't as enamored with the Aventador's dynamite acceleration, or stratospheric top speed, or single-family-home price tag as he is with the supercar's handling. Yes, unlike Lambo's previous poster material -- last year's Murcielago, and the Diablo and Countach before that -- the Aventador's number-one development objective was to turn right and left as skillfully as it jets straight ahead.

If you don't believe me, consider the following: Instead of holding the Aventador's press launch at a multi-mile airstrip or high-speed oval, both of which are conducive for accel and Vmax testing, Lamborghini chose the Autodromo di Vallelunga, a tidy, 10-turn track just outside of Rome. This is a venue where the steering wheel rarely resides on-center. Further, the Aventador utilizes numerous high-tech advancements designed for conquering extreme lateral -- more so than longitudinal -- forces: electronically controlled Haldex IV all-wheel drive, a dry-sump oil system, F1-style pushrod and rocker-arm-actuated coil-over shock suspension, and a 150-percent-stiffer 325-pound carbon-fiber monocoque structure that helps reduce the body-in-white to 506 pounds, about 30 percent lighter than the Murcielago's. Ferrari flagships have always been superior track stars, a fact the Aventador is out to change.

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