September 23rd, 2011
Wally//One
Wally//One
GDC Members on Wallypower73 as part of our Ultimate Grantour
Wally has released the first official pictures of its new luxury day boat, Wally//One, coinciding with its Monaco Yacht Show debut. Gentleman Drivers Club members were fortunate enough to sample a Wallypower73 Wally yacht on our recent Ultimate Grantour – and we can vouch for the exquisite detailing of these craft.
The Wally//One has been designed to deliver superior performance, technology, comfort and space and is the successor to the Wally//Tender.
Speaking in Monaco, Wally founder and president, Luca Bassani Antivari, said, “There has been strong interest in Wally//One on the first day of the show; a smart evolution of the tender, with a greater emphasis on fun, the flexible seating, increased sunbed space and luxuries that are included have really appealed to our customers.”
Full technical specifications follow. Wally//One is priced from €580,000.
Wally//One can be seen at the Monaco Yacht Show until 24 September at Quai Chicane stand QC9.
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September 15th, 2011
Fendi Maserati
Fendi Maserati monogramed seats
Fendi Maserati
We are not really big fans of forced collaborations by fashion brands with automotive brands. Yes, we understand that it opens up new opportunities within each others client base, but would a driving enthusiast prefer a Versace Lamborghini to a nice standard car? I don’t think so. Therefore, these ’specials’ must be targeted at those fashion luvvies that dress up small pooches in matching accessories. For example, please step forward the ‘Gucci Fiat 500′. An automotive handbag if ever there was one.
Therefore, what are we to make of the Maserati collaboration with fashion house Fendi?
Maserati have created a special edition GranCabrio with Fendi, each of which will be individually numbered. The Maserati GranCabrio Fendi (quite a mouthful in itself) comes painted in Grigio Fiamma Fendi a unique dark grey with an iridescent golden finish with Trident wheels with Fendi yellow brake callipers. The interior features ‘Pergamena’ – a Fendi wood trim and the seats have the Fendi F monogram stitched into them with the Maserati trident embroidered into the headrests in Fendi yellow.
We appreciate that Fendi also create rather lovely interiors, so should we see this as more of a special edition with an interior designers embellishments? Probably. Does that make it any more credible. I tiny bit, maybe. Personally, I like the colour of the car and the brake callipers in yellow (I doubt the disks are ceramic?!) – but please, sod off with your Fendi ‘F’ monogram stitching…
Available now at all good designer high streets, I’m sure.
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September 13th, 2011
Sesto Elemento
Sesto Elemento
A technological demonstrator, presented a year ago at the Paris Motor Show, the Sesto Elemento represents the future of super sports cars in line with the Lamborghini Manifesto: according to this, development focuses on handling and acceleration, with lightweight design an increasing priority – now and even more so in years to come.
Not since the revolutionary carbon fibre prototype, the Lamborghini Countach Evoluzione in 1986, has a super sports car brand produced a car weighing less than 1000 kg.
With the Sesto Elemento, Lamborghini’s Research & Development engineers have fine-tuned a cutting-edge package. Beginning with its pure, radical design, Sesto Elemento is the perfect blend between an extremely light weight 999 kg body; a drive train taken directly from motorsport; a power output of 570 hp; a highly responsive V10 engine and superior handling stability guaranteed by Lamborghini’s four wheel drive system. An exceptional power-to-weight ratio of just 1.75 kg per hp guarantees unrivalled performance levels; the Sesto Elemento goes from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.5 seconds. These values are possible due to the use of a carbon fiber monocoque made of Forged Composite and extensive use of carbon fiber throughout the car, illustrating Lamborghini’s international leadership in composite materials technologies.
Stephan Winkelmann stated: “The excellent feedback and the numerous requests we’ve had from our customers have really convinced us to embark on the challenge of producing a vehicle with unique characteristics. We are proud that what a year ago was just a ‘technology demonstrator’ of future super sports cars, even though in working order, will become a small series reality.
Only 20 units of the new Sesto Elemento super sports car will be produced, and will be destined only for track use. We’re planning to deliver the first cars at the beginning of 2013.” As for the price, if you have to ask, you probably can’t afford it…
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