The Bentley Hunaudières Concept was released back at the 1999 Geneva Motor Show just one year after Volkswagen purchased Bentley. The Hunaudières concept was intended to be a supercar capable of excellent track results(It is named after the famous Hunaudières strait on the Le Mans race track), have an impressive design and most importantly road [...]
Monthly Archive for December, 2006
Fendi have released an iPod case designed by Karl Lagerfeld. The Fendi iPod case features a clip which can be attached to almost everything but is designed to be clipped inside a bag. The case features a front cover which can be opened for easy access to the iPod controls, the case is made of [...]
The annual Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race has ended and the winning yacht is Wild Oats XI, the same as last year. The Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race is an annual yacht race dating back to 1945 which starts on Boxing day in Sydney and usually ends two to three days later in [...]
The Italian pen maker Montegrappa have released the latest version of their Ferrari Challenge pens to go with the new F430 Challenge as oppose to the old pens which were designed with the now discontinued 360 Modena in mind. The new F430 Challenge pen is made of carbon fiber and sterling silver. Other versions are [...]
The so called Rolls Royce convertible Phantom will be officially announced and it is not expected to retain the name of the previous Rolls Royce convertible, the Corniche rather taking the name of the Rolls Royce flagship Phantom. The car has the same 6.75 liter V12 engine as the Phantom as well as having the [...]
Prada has teamed up with Aspen based luxury ski manufacturer Volant to make Prada Sport branded skis. Volant whose skis are renowned for their slalom abilities are in fact the high end subsidiary of racing skis manufacturer Atomic. As with all Volant ski’s the Prada skis are made of laser cut stainless steel and features [...]
Although cigar’s are best kept in a humidor but most humidors are too big to take around with you (Maybach offer a humidor built into the glove compartment). However a cigar will quickly spoil if you carry it unprotected so to combat this one uses a cigar tube. A cigar tube is usually an uninteresting [...]
The Great Antique Yquem Collection has finally been sold after a long period of bidding involving over twenty six bidders. The collection includes every vintage of Château d’Yquem produced between 1860 and 2003. This of course does not include the nine non existent vintages (1910, 1915, 1930, 1951, 1952, 1964, 1972, 1974 and 1992) in [...]
The Swiss phone maker GoldVish are offering complementary insurance with their phones. GoldVish who currently have two phone models, the solid gold Illusion and the limited edition diamond encrusted “Le Million”. GoldVish have teamed up with AXA Art (A division of AXA insurance) to provide complementary insurance to their customers.
Mercedes have released their Ocean Drive concept car which is in essence a convertible version of the S-Class. The Ocean Drive concept is based on the S 600 chassis and engine wise but due to its more aerodynamic design it is considerably faster. The car actually looks like a hybrid of an S-Class and a [...]