Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Ferrari has unveiled a second made-to-order car for Edward Walson, son of Cable TV inventor John Walson. Walson first approached Ferrari in 2008 and wanted a modern interpretation of a 599 GTB Fiorano which was shown at the 1968 Fellini film Toby Dammit. And he got just that in the form of a gold-colored Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta.
The special car is street-legal and took 14 months to complete. It comes loaded with 612HP and a 6.0 liter V12 engine. The car weighs only 44 pounds thanks to the use of extensive carbon fibers. The price for the production of the Ferrari P540 Aperta was not disclosed.
(Source) Luxist
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
One out of three vehicles. That is the number associated with the Bugatti Veyron Vincero for the ultra-rich. One thing that wealthy people want is to have rare vehicles to which will get all the attention and of course be exclusively under their ownership. And in the case of this vehicle, you can be sure that you will definitely be at one of three potential owners who will have it (if you have €1.7m (£1.52m)).
With this super-Veyron, you shouldn’t have that problem. Because Mansory, the luxury automotive company that created this Vincero, is building only three. In that rare recession-proof stratosphere, this might just be the best way for the super-rich to show their friends who’s boss. They have Kourosh Mansory to thank. He made his name with loud and proud interpretations of Aston Martins, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces. His customers include Middle Eastern princes, European A-listers and Sylvester Stallone.
Recently he branched out from the British brands, reworking the Ferrari 599 GTB, but there was still the forbidden fruit, the one car no tuning house dared go near: Bugatti’s Veyron. Yet temptation proved too much when Mansory’s importer in Dubai commissioned three special editions. “The Veyron was such a special car, you can’t really win when you tune it, you can only lose,” he said. “But our importer wanted the cars and we knew it would be good publicity, so we decided to go ahead and create something truly special.”
(Source) Times Online
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Ferrari has unveiled a second made-to-order car for Edward Walson, son of Cable TV inventor John Walson. Walson first approached Ferrari in 2008 and wanted a modern interpretation of a 599 GTB Fiorano which was shown at the 1968 Fellini film Toby Dammit. And he got just that in the form of a gold-colored Ferrari P540 Superfast Aperta. 