Category: DRIVE
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Spyker survives. Saab parent company to sell Spyker to U.S. firm
Saab parent company Swedish Automobile plans to sell its Spyker luxury-sports-car brand to U.S. private-equity firm North Street Capital for about $44 million. Spyker has been careful to point out to European news sources that the agreement has not been made final. Swedish Automobile had originally signed a deal with British company CPP Global…
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Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes 2011 – A Mirror of the Sector and a Barometer of the Trends
The richness of the offer of the 34th Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes, presented at the Vieux Port and Port Pierre Canto, attracted a new profile of showgoers, even more international and of an extremely high quality, not only through the magic and elegance that make this show a unique and major event in…
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1921 Bentley Chassis 3, The Oldest Surviving Production Bentley
One of the most important Bentleys in existence, 1921 Bentley 3 Litre was the first customer car to leave the Bentley factory. Bentley Chassis 3 is an extraordinary, matching-numbers car with brass brightwork and an original aluminum body with fully disappearing top as specified by the first owner. It’s participation in Vintage Bentley rallies, and…
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Project Utopia to break stereotypes about naval architecture
Project Utopia by “Yacht Island Design” & BMT Nigel Gee– A Magnificent Luxury Island Yacht Project Utopia, an avant-garde vision of a future concept breaks the traditional naval architectural mould which the market has come to expect and offers a truly unique outlook free from any conventional design constraints. Measuring 100m in length and breadth,…
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Antalya rivals giants in luxury yacht production
Turkey’s southern tourism hub of Antalya has been ranked among the top in global luxury yacht production. In the past 11 years, companies based at the Antalya Free Zone produced 187 yachts and are expecting to finish 20 more by the end of the year. Zeki Gurses, the general manager of Asbas, the free…
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Maserati GranCabrio Fendi
A masterpiece of technology and craftsmanship, the Maserati GranCabrio Fendi will be introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The Maserati GranCabrio Fendi is crafted in the historical Maserati headquarters in Modena, with exclusive materials bespokely created in various colours for this project. The three-layered body colour named Grigio Fiamma Fendi is a special dark grey…