How Much Does It Cost To Polish A £2.1m Bugatti Veyron

Two Topaz experts buffer the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse worth £2.1million in the Jack Barclay Showroom in Mayfair 

  World's Most Expensive Car Gets The World's Most Expensive Polish: £3,000 Paint Job Uses A MICROSCOPE To Spot The Tiniest Imperfections In £2.1m Bugatti Veyron -- Daily Mail

 * The Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is the world's most expensive car
 * It has been brought to the Jack Barclay showroom in Mayfair to be sold
 * Experts from Topaz Detailing inspect car's lacquer coat with microscope
 * After examining scans of car's paint on laptop they correct imperfections
 * Process took eight hours and can cost between £2,500 and £3,000

Worth a staggering £2.1million, the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse is no ordinary car.

So when it comes to getting a polish, a quick once-over just won't do.

After announcing that the world's most expensive new car was going on sale, the London dealership displaying it spent £3,000 making sure every inch of its lacquer coat was perfect.

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My Comment: I guess this is not a car that you take to the local car wash.

Supercar Yacht?

Introducing the $1.1 million Lamborghini-inspired supercar yacht, on show at the Miami Boat Show.

Supercar Yacht: Dream Machine Or Ego Gone Mad? -- CNN

(CNN) -- The height of luxury -- or a vulgar monstrosity?

To its owner, this 15-meter, Lamborghini-inspired speedboat is the apex of nautical engineering. A sleek, innovative, gutsy vessel worthy of its $1.1 million price tag.

But others disagree. When Gino Gargiulo turned up at the Miami Boat Show with his banana-yellow beauties in tow -- the boat and the $750,000 car it resembles -- a small crowd quickly gathered around. 

"This is the best boat you can buy -- it's the Lamborghini of boats," says the 48-year-old automobile and restaurant mogul from Miami, Florida.

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My Comment: If it is attention that he wants .... he certainly got it with this boat/car.

Vehicles Will Soon Be Able To Talk To Each Other

Vehicles May Soon Be Talking To Each Other -- Voice of America

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators are close to approving new standards for enabling vehicles to communicate with each other, hoping the new technology will reduce traffic accidents.

Within as little as three years, automakers may be required to equip all new cars with the so-called ‘vehicle-to-vehicle’ communication devices.

Vehicle-to-vehicle, or V2V, is a short-range communication technology that enables vehicles to exchange vital information 10 times per second, about location, speed, acceleration and braking.

Cars will be able to calculate the hazard risk within about 300 meters and alert their drivers or even take automatic collision-avoidance action.

The drivers will be able to see, hear and even feel the hazard signals through vibration of the seat.

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My Comment: Another reason to increase car prices .... but what am I interested in is .... can such a system be rigged to warn drivers of speed traps?

Most Expensive Cars In The World (Video)

Trion SuperCars Wants To Develop The Nemesis, An American Supercar With 2,000hp

Trion SuperCars plans to introduce a prototype for the Nemesis, an American supercar with 2,000hp. Yahoo News

2,000-hp Trion Nemesis Angling To Be America's Next Great Supercar -- Autoblog

You can add one more name to the list of boutique builders hoping to break into the automotive industry. This time it's a California-based outfit called Trion Supercars that is launching the 2,000-horsepower Nemesis. It's supposed to be a driver-oriented sportscar and is aimed at the wealthiest people in the world. At the moment it still only exists in renderings, though. "We want to be the Nemesis of the Europeans," said company leader Richard Patterson to Autoblog about in the inspiration for the name.

The company claims the it's going to be one of the world's fastest cars when it's ready, theoretically packing a twin-turbo V8 with more than 2,000 hp and an eight-speed sequential gearbox. The company believes that its creation could hit 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds and reach a top speed of over 270 mph. If that is the case, then it would put the newcomer against the heavyweights like the Hennessey Venom GT and Koenigsegg Agera One:1.

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More News On Trion SuperCars Wanting To Develop The Nemesis, An American Supercar With 2,000hp

US firm developing 2,000hp supercar -- Yahoo News
Trion Supercars Nemesis promises the US a 2000hp street bullet -- Slash Gear
With ‘Predator Mode’ and 2,000 horsepower, Trion’s Nemesis is as mythical as it sounds -- Digital Trends Trion Nemesis 2,000-hp Super Car Imagined by American Firm -- Motorward
Trion Nemesis Supercar Sports 2,000hp For Top Speed Of Over 270mph -- Geeky Gadgets
The Trion Nemesis Is A Ridiculous 2,000-HP Supercar For Tall People -- Jalopnik

Tesla Motors Wants To Replace Sideview Mirrors With Cameras

Tesla Motors Leads Campaign To Replace Sideview Mirrors With Cameras -- Digital Trends

The car has been around for so long that it’s easy to take things for granted. Things like side mirrors.

Tesla Motors is leading a campaign to replace those reflective pieces of glass with cameras, Automotive News (sub. required) reports.

The Silicon Valley carmaker has teamed up with the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers – a trade group that represents 12 major car companies – to ask the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for its OK.

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More News On Tesla Motors Wanting To Replace Sideview Mirrors With Cameras

Automakers lobbying to replace rearview mirrors with cameras -- FOX News
Tesla, Auto Alliance Submit Proposal to Eliminate Side Mirrors -- Motor Trend
Tesla Wants To Put Side Mirrors In The Rearview Mirror -- Huffington Post
Camera happy auto industry? Tesla, auto makers looking to replace side-view mirrors with cameras -- Tech Times
Tesla Wants to Replace Side-View Mirrors With Cameras -- PC Mag
Tesla behind lobbying push to ditch side mirrors -- Autoblog
Why It’ll Be a While Before We Can Replace Car Mirrors With Cameras -- Damon Lavrinc, Autopia/Wired

£300,000 Lamborghini Aventador Wrecked After Three-Car Crash In Centre Of Knightsbridge

 

  Oops! £300,000 Lamborghini Aventador With Top Speed Of 215mph Is Wrecked After Three-Car Crash In Centre Of Knightsbridge -- Daily Mail 

 * Vehicle has been filmed being driven aggressively in the past with flames firing out of its uprated exhaust
 * Parked BMW and Mazda 5 worth a fraction of the price also involved in yesterday's accident on Sloane Street
 * Lamborghini apparently involved in collision with Mazda, with the supercar then hitting stationary BMW
 * Dozens of curious bystanders surrounded Lamborghini to take pictures and film badly-damaged matte black car

This 217mph Lamborghini Aventador was going nowhere in a hurry after it was involved in a three-car smash on one of London's most expensive streets

The £300,000 top-end vehicle has been filmed being driven aggressively in the past with flames firing out of its uprated exhaust.

But it was turned into a depressing wreck yesterday afternoon after suffering serious frontal damage with bits of its bodywork strewn all over the road.

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My Comment: No sign of the driver .... I guess he had to go somewhere to cry. On a side note .... it is amazing to see how the spectators were treating the crash .... taking selfies and/or videos.

A Gold Vinyl Ferrari 458 Spider

The £200,000 supercar belongs to kickboxing world champion Riyadh Al-Azzawi 

  Ferrari Rocher: Undefeated Kickboxing World Champion Covers £200,000 Supercar With Garish Layer Of Gold Vinyl -- Daily Mail 

 * The Ferrari 458 Spider belongs to kickboxer Riyadh Al-Azzawi
 * It reportedly cost £4,000 to cover the car with gold vinyl
 * It was snapped while the fighter was training at a nearby gym

Supercars are always something of a status symbol and Ferraris come pretty high up even that lofty hierarchy.

However, for kickboxing world champion Riyadh Al-Azzawi just buying one of the flashest cars on the market isn't enough.

The Iraqi fighter went even further, wrapping his £200,000 458 Spider with gold vinyl - for the comparably reasonable price tag of £4,000.

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My Comment: I prefer the colour fire-engine red .... but this colour is not bad.

1200 HP Bugatti Veyron Vitesse vs Koenigsegg Agera R x 4

Is Koenigsegg One The Fastest Car In The World?

  Is This The World's Fastest Car? Swedish 'Megacar' Clocks Nearly 274mph With A Five-Litre V8 Engine And An Enormous 1,322 Horse Power (That's TEN Times More Powerful Than A Ford Fiesta) -- Daily Mail 

 * The Koenigsegg One:1 is described as the 'world's first megacar'
 * Incredibly, it should be able to go from 0-250mph in just 20 seconds
 * Koenigsegg unveiled the car at this week's Geneva Motor Show
 * Five models being built have already been sold for £1.67 million each

A Swedish manufacturer has raised the speed stakes by unveiling the world's fastest car - a jaw-dropping machine capable of almost 275mph and cost £1.67 million.

The Koenigsegg One:1 is being described as the 'world's first megacar' and is the most powerful production car ever built.

It is powered by a 5-litre V8 engine which develops an enormous 1,322bhp - more than ten times as much as Ford Fiesta.

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My Comment: Forget about the speed .... it is a sharp looking car.

The 20 Most Expensive Cars In The World

Maybach Exelero 

  The 20 Most Expensive Cars In The World -- The Richest 

Interestingly enough, a list of this magnitude makes cars like Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche appear quite reasonably priced, for the richest of the rich that is. Many of the speedy, goosebump-inducing, high-performance vehicles listed here are made in limited quantities and are sure to pack a punch. Some of these car manufacturers are unheard of, but those driving them can definitely afford to consider looking into other modes of transportation, you know, such as jet planes or yachts — no big deal.

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My Comment: The Maybach Exelero is the most expensive .... at $8 million. Wow .... a car that is worth $8 million .... what a strange world that we live in.

Spanish Ferrari Driver Flees Crash Site Because 'He Couldn’t Bear To See It Smashed Up'

An Italian supercar owner fled the scene of an accident because he couldn't bear the sight of his crumpled Ferrari after he smashed into a skip 

  SOBER Spanish Ferrari Driver Flees Scene After Crashing His £150,000 Dream Car Into A Skip Because 'He Couldn’t Bear To See It Smashed Up' -- Daily Mail 

 * Gabino Gamez Gonzalez crashed the Ferrari 458 into a skip in Madrid
 * 'I remember just walking off saying to myself 'no, it can't be true,' he said
 * Breathalyser proved the driver had not been drinking
 * Gonzalez still faces charges of speeding following the write-off

An Italian supercar owner fled the scene of an accident because he couldn't bear the sight of his crumpled Ferrari after he smashed into a skip.

Gabino Gamez González, 45, told police that he was so dazed by crashing £150,000 his cherry red Ferrari 458 in the capital Madrid that he just walked off.

Mr González told local media: 'I had always wanted one of the cars and it was my pride and joy even though it cost me an arm and a leg.

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My Comment: Ouch .... that must hurt.

A Look At Some Amazing Cars That Students Are Driving At The American University In Dubai

Lamborghini Gallardo 

  The Parking Lot At The American University In Dubai Is Full Of Amazing Cars [PHOTOS] -- Business Insider 

Dubai's police force is known for having a stable of amazing vehicles, and it turns out the city's students aren't doing too badly, either.

Meeka Nasser is a student at the American University of Dubai, and took these photos of the amazing cars that fill the school's parking lot.

He wrote: Because Cayennes and Range Rovers are a dime a dozen here, I only included a few of them in the album.

Keep in mind, almost all of the students are between 18 and 24 years old, as the graduate program is pretty tiny here. The students that drive the insanely expensive cars (Rolls Royces and Bentleys etc.) are usually local (Emirati) for those wondering.

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My Comment: So much for the image of the poor university student.

Forgotten Bugattis

Forgotten Bugattis pic.twitter.com/3aRvfxINbz
— Abandoned (@AbandonedPics) March 18, 2014

My Comment: You better check grandpa`s garage.