The all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E sounds like a sci-fi fantasy – so much that it inspired Detroit-based electronic music artist Matthew Dear to transform its sound into song. Inspired by classic 80’s sci-fi cinema, Ford sound designers worked with the studio Ozone Sound to craft electronic sounds that can be heard inside and outside of the Mustang Mach-E while the car is moving.
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MMXX: Maserati new era World Première
The Maserati new era World Première will be held on September 9, 2020, at 2:30 pm EDT
Live streaming directly from Modena, Italy, we will take you into the future.
Watch the show online here: https://houseof.maserati.com/
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FIRST-EVER FORD GT HERITAGE EDITION TO CELEBRATE STORIED ’66 DAYTONA WIN, PLUS 2021 STUDIO COLLECTION GRAPHICS PACKAGE
The Ford GT is America’s only Le Mans-winning supercar, and taking this pinnacle of Ford Performance even further for 2021, Ford is revealing two new enhancements today – the first-ever Heritage Edition inspired by the original model’s first endurance win at the 1966 Daytona 24 Hour Continental race, plus an all-new Studio Collection package offers even more exclusivity and design enhancements.
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TROFEO: The Most Powerful Maserati Collection Ever
Maserati writes a new chapter in its history by expanding its Trofeo collection. Following the 2018 launch of Levante Trofeo, the SUV’s most extreme, most powerful version, the new Quattroporte and Ghibli Trofeo are now available, achieving the pinnacle of performance, sportiness, and luxury.
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MECUM RETURNS TO KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, FOR LIVE AUCTION AUG. 27-29
With health and safety protocols that exceed national standards and enhanced bidding options available in-person, online and via telephone, Mecum’s Kissimmee Summer Special collector car auction will kick off at the Osceola Heritage Park grounds in Kissimmee, Florida, this Aug. 27-29 featuring an estimated 1,000 vehicles.
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BUGATTI DIVO – DELIVERIES TO CUSTOMERS BEGINS
Highly customized, high-performance, and very exclusive. Since its world premiere in August 2018, the Bugatti Divo1 has been amongst the world’s most extraordinary hyper sports cars. Now the first of a total of only 40 Divo are being handed over to customers from the Atelier in the Alsatian town of Molsheim – at a net unit price of €5 million. This marks the end of a challenging development process lasting almost two years.
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PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM ANNOUNCES COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS AND LIST OF JUDGES AHEAD OF ITS VIRTUAL CAR WEEK
The Petersen Automotive Museum announced today its complete schedule of events and list of judges for Petersen Car Week Presented by Michelin, which will take place from August 12-16, 2020. The week-long event will feature over 25 hours of original content.
Viewers can tune in daily to watch original content from manufacturers, enthusiasts, automotive lifestyle events, and auction houses. Videos will be broken apart into hour-long episodes that will premiere on the Petersen’s YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/user/petersenmuseum).
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BUGATTI'S HYPER SPORTS CARS OF EXTREMES FROM A DESIGNER’S POINT OF VIEW
Extremely fast and extremely agile. With the Chiron Super Sport 300+1 and the Chiron Pur Sport1, Bugatti is offering two entirely distinct and extreme hyper sports cars: for breathtaking longitudinal dynamics and extraordinary lateral dynamics. Both vehicles are unique in their own way – not just in terms of technology, but visually too. The right vehicle for every purpose – entirely in line with the philosophy of company founder Ettore Bugatti.
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BUGATTI DIVO – FIRST CUSTOMER VEHICLES JUST BEFORE DELIVERY
A special film covers the carbon body, protective covers are in place throughout the interior. A special test cover replaces the underbody to avoid damage to the customer vehicle. The first Divo1 will soon leave the Atelier in Molsheim in Alsace, France. But before Bugatti delivers the first Divo vehicles to customers, each individual car must prove that it meets the French luxury manufacturer’s high standards of perfection – in an extensive final approval test drive.
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MULLIN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM TO DEBUT “UNDER THE HOOD” SERIES ON YOUTUBE
The Mullin Automotive Museum will debut a new five-episode “Under the Hood” series on its YouTube channel. Beginning Friday, July 24, 2020 at 12 p.m. PT, and airing every Friday for five weeks, each episode allows viewers to learn about the engines that power the extraordinary French automobiles in the museum’s collection.
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As Jeff Zwart prepares to tackle Pikes Peak with Porsche’s new 935, the legendary filmmaker reveals how the Colorado Hillclimb – and the Porsche cars he’s taken there – captured his heart.
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1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype 5R002, The First R-Model Built (Lot F140) sold at $3,850,000
MECUM EXCEEDS $74 MILLION IN INDY WITH A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO LIVE AUCTIONS
Headlined by the offering of the John Atzbach Shelby collection, the 2020 Indy auction was not only a historic event for Mecum, but it also added to the history books for the Ford Mustang, as 5R002—the 1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype (Lot F140) from the Atzbach stables—became the world’s most valuable Mustang ever sold. Demanding a final sale price of $3.85 million, the car exists as the first Shelby R-Model competition car built and the first Shelby Mustang to win a race, easily qualifying it as the most historically significant Shelby Mustang in the world; its record-setting sale in Indy marked yet another first-place finish for The Ken Miles “Flying Mustang” as it eclipsed the world-record sale price of the original McQueen “Bullitt” Mustang sold by Mecum just six months ago.
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Welcome to Geneva, CHIRON Pur Sport!
The Jet d’Eau, the most impressive jet stream in Europe, meets the most agile BUGATTI of the 21st century. Welcome to Geneva, CHIRON Pur Sport!#BUGATTI #BUGATTIChironPurSport #CHIRONPurSport #PurSport pic.twitter.com/1nffRmDk2X
— Bugatti (@Bugatti) July 15, 2020
Yoshihiko Matsuo, the designer of the iconic Datsun 240Z, is dead at 86.
Yoshihiko Matsuo, the designer of the iconic Datsun 240Z, is dead at 86.
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A Leap in Time: McQueen's Le Mans
Fifty years ago, Steve McQueen began shooting his movie epic Le Mans—the most famous film sequence featuring a 911. Today, the new Porsche 911 Targa 4S Heritage Design Edition would be perfectly cast for the role.
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MASERATI AND THE ITALIAN TRICOLOR, APPLIED BY HAND. A PROJECT FOR RENEWAL.
The Maserati Levante Trofeo and GTS, equipped with the powerful V8 engine, are the stars of the renewal project and are now displaying a very special livery dedicated to Italy. A tricolor band of green, white, and red stripes, applied by the skilled operatives of the Modena Plant’s Paint Shop, run over the bonnet and on the roof of the car, underlining its Made in Italy excellence.
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Ducati starts production of the Superleggera V4
The first Superleggera V4 has come off the Borgo Panigale production line This is #001 of 500 units scheduled in a limited and numbered series; the only motorcycle in the world approved for road use with a frame, swingarm and carbon fiber rims, is finally available. A masterpiece of mechanical engineering, technique, and "made in Italy" design, which sets a new benchmark in terms of performance, style, and attention to detail.
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The Barrett-Jackson Online Only July 2020 Auction will include this Shadow Black 2018 Ford GT with alloy racing stripes, which will be the first time in history a 2018 model will be offered at auction.
Barrett-Jackson to Kick Off “Road to 50” With Online Only July 2020
–Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions, will kick off its “Road to 50” leading to its January 2021 50th Anniversary with its Online Only July 2020 Auction, which begins Monday, July 6, with a finely curated selection of premium collector vehicles. The Online Only Auction will include a Shadow Black 2018 Ford GT with alloy racing stripes, which will be the first time in history a 2018 model will be offered at auction. Bidding in the collector car and automobilia auctions will open on July 6, ending on July 9 for the 250-plus automobilia items and on July 10 for the collector vehicles.
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New Luxury Silk Face Masks, From The Outlierman, Handcrafted in Como, Italy
The Outlierman, makers of handcrafted luxury automotive-inspired accessories, has reopened for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic with the release of a beautifully designed collection of non-medical face coverings, featuring some of the company’s most popular automotive designs.
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