Category: DRIVE
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Highly anticipated Princess V57 and V39 to debut at 2012 London Boat Show
Princess Yachs is set for another landmark London Boat Show in January. The Plymouth boat builder that epitomises the best of British manufacture, will launch both the smallest vessel it has produced for over a decade and the largest the luxury brand has ever built. The highly anticipated Princess V39 receives her world premier and…
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Special Luxury Lifestyle & Supercar Showcase at 2012 Tullett Prebon London Boat Show
Tamara Ecclestone to Open the 2012 Tullett Prebon London Boat Show London‘s biggest and best-loved boating experience, the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show, returns to ExCeL London from 6 – 15 January, bringing a host of great Show attractions and regular Show favourites to the capital. Model, heiress and broadcaster Tamara Ecclestone will officially open…
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The most expensive and most precious model car in the world
Model carmaker builds world’s most precious Lamborghini Automotive engineer Robert Gülpen has created what must be the most expensive sports compact in the world. Actually it’s a precision-built scale model Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4, which Gülpen anticipates will sell at auction for a record 3,5 million euros. The project will actually secure three entries into…
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Chris-Craft to debut new Launch 32 at the 2012 Miami International Boat Show
Chris-Craft will introduce the newest member the Launch family at the Miami International Boat Show, February 16-20, 2012. The Launch 32 is the newest member of the Launch family and it is also the largest. Steve Heese, Chris-Craft President, said: “The Launch 32 is the logical next step for the active boater that still wants…
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Hybrid offensive: Mercedes-Benz launches the world’s most economical luxury vehicle
Mercedes-Benz to Offer World’s Most Economical Luxury Vehicle: E300 BlueTEC HYBRID – 4.2 l of diesel/100 km and E400 HYBRID: combined fuel economy of 27 mpg (estimated) Mercedes-Benz is opening a new chapter in its core segment while at the same time setting new standards for luxury sedans. The E300 BlueTEC HYBRID impresses with new…
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Any Orbit. Any Time: Paul Allen invests in pioneering Stratolaunch Systems
Stratolaunch Systems, A Paul G. Allen Project Entrepreneur, Microsoft Co-Founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen and aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan have reunited to develop the next generation of space travel. Allen and Rutan, whose SpaceShipOne was the first privately-funded, manned rocket ship to fly beyond earth’s atmosphere, are developing a revolutionary approach to space transportation:…