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The revived Lincoln Continental to showcase the future of “quiet luxury”

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 by Editorial Team

Lincoln Continental revived. A new face for Lincoln. Lincoln Motors revives its Continental‬ Concept at 2015 New York International Auto Show, “signaling an all-new full-size sedan coming next year and the future of quiet luxury.” “Luxury at its best is about simplifying and quietly exceeding expectations, rather than being the loudest statement on the road,” … Read more

570S Coupé – the first model to be launched in McLaren Sports Series family

March 31, 2015 by Editorial Team

The McLaren 570S revealed ahead of its New York debut. Technologically advanced high performance sports cars manufacturer McLaren has announced that the first model to be launched in its Sports Series family will be called the 570S Coupé. This V8 powered, carbon fibre structured two seater debuts at the 115th New York International Auto Show (from … Read more

SALT – a dreamy glass sailing yacht concept by Lujac Desautel

March 27, 2015 by Editorial Team

This futuristic ‘floating construction’ may well be just what one enthusiast millionaire is after. SALT is a glass sailing yacht conceived by young architecture and yacht designer Lujac Desautel. The superyacht concept aims to redefine leisure sailing with a flexible and transparent environment for life on the water. Desautel’s SALT concept is a 180-foot vessel with huge … Read more

Bond in Motion’s first anniversary at the London Film Museum

March 27, 2015 by Editorial Team

Creative action vehicles play a pivotal role in all 23 James Bond movies. The high performance machinery and the unique 007 defining inventions are essential to the continuing James Bond story.

‘Bond in Motion” is the largest collection of original Bond vehicles in the world, currently celebrating its first anniversary at the London Film Museum.

The exhibition has over 100 individual original items on display from all 23 James Bond Films from concept drawings, storyboards, scripts, model miniatures and full size vehicles from cars, boats, bikes and gyrocopters. There are no replicas – every vehicle exhibited is an original used for filming. The majority are loaned from the archive of EON Productions who produce the movies and the Ian Fleming Foundation who have located and restored many of the vehicles.

In the main exhibition space the numerous vehicles on display include the archetypal Bond car, the Aston Martin DB5, Goldfinger’s majestic Rolls-Royce Phantom III and the unforgettable Lotus Esprit S1 submersible from The Spy Who Loved Me. Displayed alongside less predictable 007 modes of transport such as the Citroën 2CV and the Crocodile Submarine the exhibit also includes a variety of aircraft, boats and motorcycles.

Bond in Motion One Year Celebration Week-end included vehicle displays in the Covent Garden Piazza by Aston Martin and the Aston Martin Owners Club. Among the line-up on show for one weekend only was an original Aston Martin Vanquish from Die Another Day, as well as the Aston Martin DBS sports cars used in Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. There was also a selection of current Aston Martin models on display, as well as a line-up of classic Aston Martins courtesy of members of the Aston Martin Owners Club.

The closest you can get to racing an F1 car

March 27, 2015 by Editorial Team

The ultimate home racing system in the world

Lets Race is home to the UK’s only Full Motion Formula 1 simulators. Their mobile simulators bring home the most exclusive home racing systems in the world. The professional race car simulators look and feel exactly like an F1 car, and move in motion as you would expect the car to on the track.

The car gives the driver the most realistic experience and encourages use of peripheral vision similar to that used by the real F1 stars of today.

“The mobile simulator is a true replica of the versions we use here at Lets Race, the only difference is that it is not linked to nine other competing vehicles on the grid,”. commented Ben Stephenson, Commercial Manager at Lets Race.

“The software installed allows users to race on over 90% of the world’s racing circuits including the renowned Silverstone, Nurburgring, Monaco and Monza to name but a few. What’s more, users have the ability to select from one of thirty thousand car models from the original F1 pre-war era engines to the brand new V6 turbo engines of today,” added Stephenson. Now, let’s race!

Top Gear Live’s future in doubt after Jeremy Clarkson dropped by BBC

December 31, 2019March 25, 2015 by Editorial

Top Gear is not only a show. It is the quintessence of what means “a passion for cars”. And without Clarkson – it will be only just a show, like any auto show.

It is the only show, who presents directly, with no curtain what is good or bad with a car, no matter the brand. We love the show just because its objectivity.

2LUXURY2’TEAM is a great fan of what Top Gear means and we want him back.

This article titled “Top Gear Live’s future in doubt after Jeremy Clarkson dropped by BBC” was written by Mark Sweney, for theguardian.com on Wednesday 25th March 2015 16.32 UTC

The future of the BBC’s £11m global Top Gear Live tour has been thrown into doubt after the corporation said it will not be renewing Jeremy Clarkson’s contract.

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has already been forced to postpone four shows in Norway scheduled for this weekend, affecting 18,000 people who paid ticket prices ranging from £45 to £100.

A spokesman for BBC Worldwide, which runs the shows as a joint venture with Brand Events, said the business had to work through the implications of the corporation’s decision not to renew Clarkson’s contract following an inquiry into his attack on Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.

“We are working through the implications of today’s announcement with our partner Brand Events and will make a definitive statement on the Live tour as soon as possible,” he said.

Live Nation, which promotes the UK shows, is adamant that the events planned for Belfast in May, Sheffield in June and at London’s 02 in November will go ahead.

“Absolutely the tour is going on,” said a source close to Live Nation. “Clarkson and the boys will be appearing in the live shows.”

Top Gear Live has a string of international events lined up this year, with the next under threat potentially Sydney and Johannesburg in June.

BBC Worldwide has not announced new dates for the postponed shows in Norway.

The BBC’s joint venture with Brand Events, known as Sub-Zero Events, made £11.4m in revenues in the year to the end of March last year, according to the most recently filed accounts at Companies House.

The business is likely to have been on track to make significantly more this year, given the announcement of Top Gear Live’s “first-ever UK-wide arena tour”.

In a press release announcing aspects of the shows in the UK tour, Clarkson is quoted as saying: “What could possibly go wrong?”

BBC Worldwide makes about £50m in revenues from commercialising the Top Gear brand globally, from sales of the TV programme to over 200 territories, to books and DVDs.

“BBC Worldwide remains strongly supportive of and committed to Top Gear – which is fully BBC owned – as a key property within our catalogue and brand portfolio,” said a BBC spokesman. “We will continue to work closely with BBC Television and all our partners on plans for its renewal and return in 2016.”

Clarkson’s departure could have major ramifications for BBC Worldwide’s global TV deals. The corporation’s decision to postpone airing the final three episodes of the current season, following Clarkson’s suspension, could already end out costing millions of pounds.

BBC Worldwide broadcasts the show to 214 territories and an audience of 350 million, it is the biggest factual TV show in the world, complete with entry in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The BBC could be liable for penalty payments for failing to deliver the episodes on time, as well as renegotiating for potentially failing to deliver a full series.

BBC director general Tony Hall said on Wednesday that he is exploring how to complete filming and broadcast the three postponed episodes.

There could also be implications for BBC Brit, the corporation’s global commercial channel showing factual entertainment shows, as it relies heavily on Top Gear, with the BBC saying earlier this year that “BBC Brit is the destination for Top Gear”.

Rather than the giant effigy of The Stig that was used to launch the channel in Poland in February, the BBC has decided to use “a different stunt idea” this time, according to a spokeswoman.

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