For you Entourage fans on HBO who love Ferrari’s you will be in for a treat this weekend. Episode 2 which will be out this Sunday at 10:30pm will be featuring one of the main cast members driving one of the gorgeous Ferrari California’s. The car is powered by a V8 with 460hp and you might be shocked as to who will be driving it on the show this Sunday. If you want to cheat you can check out On Demand and watch the second episode trailer.

A major break through for the electric supercar OEM Tesla today comes from Charlotte, North Carolina. The major bank will offer financing packages for the Tesla Roadster. With a retail value around $100,000 you would be looking at a $1,650 payment roughly with a $20,000 down payment, the $7,500 federal tax credit, and 7.7% financing over 60 months. It looks like the goverment loans Tesla got are helping some people out there take them much more seriously as a car brand.

1. Who are you?

Scott Jared Oshry, born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. I have my BS in Automobile design and I love everything car. My number one hobby is restoring vintage Ferrari’s and second is car rallies.

2. What was your motivation to enter the Gumball 3000?

Being a lover of car rally’s there is no other rally in the world I would rather do than Gumball when it comes to new cars. For vintage it is the mille miglia which I hope to do one day but to do so I need the proper Ferrari which I do not own yet, but will soon. Gumball is a way of life!

3. What other cars do you have in your stable?

1960 Ferrari 250 GTE #2169 (pre-production and Paris car show car for the world wide launch of the GTE)

1968 Ferrari 250 Series II Cabriolet #1891

1967 206 Dino #222

2006 Ferrari F430

1992 Land Rover Defender

2006 Rolls Royce Phantom

4. What was your most memorable moment from the 2009 rally?

This is an impossible question to answer, I would say just being on the road driving!

5. What modifications are done to your Ferrari?

Exhaust, straight pipes, lowered and spaced out, multiple paint options to many to list.

6. How did your Ferrari hold up across the United States?

No issues after all it is a Ferrari. 20K miles on this car and no issues ever.

7. What equipment/electronics did you utilize on your rally?

Valentine 1

8. What was your favorite car on the rally (outside of yours)?

Maserati S, Steve’s car.

9. What stop did you enjoy the most on the rally?

Ritz Carlton eating a steak in the lobby bar drinking Manhattans after a 13 hour drive.

10. Do you have any plans to run the 2010 Gumball?

Working on trying to make it now, I have a bit of a scheduling issue.

With Robert Nardelli behind the wheel of Chrysler we may never know the truth about the Viper brand. He is not the outgoing CEO but while he was steering the ship the Viper brand went on sale. Robert claims they go no worthy offers for the brand while others in the company said they had offers that were three times what they were asking for. Regardless Chrysler has claimed the Viper brand is here to stay for 2010 and beyond.

While we didn’t attend the Targa Trophy 2009 run we did find this on a friends Facebook page today. In the middle of the run the car was engulfed with flames and burnt to a crisp. Out in the canyon they couldn’t get a quick response team to the fire and the Ferrari F-430 was a right off from what we were told. The driver was not the owner of the car from the information we have heard on top of everything else. This isn’t as heart wrenching since we recently saw that Ferrari Enzo that burst into flames but it still is a swift kick of reality in such a gorgeous color as well.

Source: Aaron Guardado

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?

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtveR8fyLsM

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

Gold+Rush+Trailer

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.