This is the best piece I have seen Gumball 3000 produce from this 2009 rally to date. It really gives you a true feeling of the insanity going on during the seven days your on the road attempting to make it across the country. This is a must watch clip for any Gumball fans.
Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_htY5AFrpGo
A Lamborghini only series which has finally arrived and this video from Lamborghini München Team Holzer is above. The drivers are Achim Winter and Uwe Alzen and they started this race at P4. Something about a gaggle of Lamobrghini LP560’s flying around a track really gets us excited so please enjoy it as much as we did.
Normally I never encourage anyone (including myself) to take Jeremy Clarkson seriously but his new review of the SL65 AMG black really caught my attention. The most uncomfortable car he has ever sat in which he compared to a pile of rocks. A 5 speed transmission and no electronic suspension all comes with a $299,999 price tag from Mercedes. While the SLR has a MSRP of $495,000 it is not a far comparision to the AMG black test they conducted. Watch the video for yourself and let us know what you think, was the review fair?
Global Motorsports Group (GMG) is known as one of North America’s top performance tuning facilities. The 15,000 square foot shop is located in Santa Ana, California which is nestled right in the heart of Orange County. The shop was founded in 2001 by James Sofronas and Fabryce Kutyba where they have grown from a 1,200 square foot facility. The current GMG location is located right across the street from Porsche Motorsport North America giving them some of the best access to Porsche tuning and development of race products.
GMG has grown within the exotic community with it’s Porsche racing legacy they have established. Just over the fourth of July weekend the StopTech/GMG guys took home first place in their Porsche 911 GT3. Dino Crescentini drove the Porsche to victory at the Watkins Glen event. SPEED TV has a delayed broadcast on the event so you can check it out Tuesday, July 22 at 2 p.m. (EDT). The SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship next travels to Autobahn Country Club for Round Seven, July 24-26th if you want to see these guys in action.
GMG also stands out from most shops here in Southern California as they produce their own line of parts mainly for the Porsche segment. Above is a photo of the Porsche 997 GT3/RS WC-Sport Center Section exhaust that you can purchase. They even have an amazing sounding exhaust for the Porsche Carrera GT which you have to hear for yourself to believe.
In case your busy or don’t live anywhere near Orange County we took a whole shop tour for everyone at LuxuryVice to check out. Fabryce Kutyba was kind of enough to open all the doors to the shop for us and give you guys a full profile of what is going on over at GMG currently.
Check out the shop: http://luxuryvice.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=20
The 2009 Gold Rush Rally started in San Francisco and finished up in Las Vegas this year. They took 50 cars over a span of 800 miles to complete this mini rally. Above is a preview video running almost three minutes covering some of the great machines in the rally including the guys who went as far to wrap their cars in gold.
A true Lamborghini fan probably has to pick his jaw up off the ground right now but these black and white stills are just breath taking of the Lamborghini factory from the 1960’s. The car above is a Lamborghini Miura is the car above was the car that set the mid-engine layout standard for future Italian machines. Only 764 were built in history from the Lamborghini factory. You can enjoy more photos over at Jalopnik who put together this whole piece.
Source: http://jalopnik.com/5306871/lamborghini-the-early-years-an-exclusive-gallery/gallery/
The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 is based off the LP560-4 and will be limited to 250 units worldwide. The de-tuned 5.2L V10 engine will produce 550 horsepower and ditch the all-wheel drive system. E-Gear is optional in this model as well. The LP 550-2 runs 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds and has a top speed of 199mph. Sticker price if you can find one of the 250 units is set at $219,800! Enough about all these little detals let’s just drool over this great machine.
I remember years ago back before YouTube and Streetfire the automotive scene would trade/share/post videos in .mpeg or .wmv formats on car forums and other places. Back in that area I remember the Norcal guys had one of the best street racing scenes I had ever seen. This video brings me back to those Bay Area memories as a yellow Porsche Carrera GT battles a 2009 Corvette ZR1, a Porsche 911 997 Evotech Kit, and a camera car Nissan GT-R.
I spotted this on Faifax a few days ago and have been meaning to post this up but I keep forgetting it. Fairfax Avenue between Sunset and Melrose has been a hot bed of car spotting for me including a Gumpert, two Bugatti’s and now this TVR. The car did have dealer plates but I couldn’t find a listing of it for sale anywhere. This car got me off guard on the way to LAX so I have to snap this with my Blackberry instead of a good camera.
A quick visit to Village Coffee Roasters we found some great machines sitting in the parking lot even though we showed up a little late. We found two Vector’s, a Tesla Roadster, and a great group of Porsche’s. Visit our gallery for some great highlights of the event and we will be attending more soon.
Check out the gallery: http://luxuryvice.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=19
