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The Aventador goes on a long trip, good call?

Matt Farah is given a Lamborghini Aventador to drive to Vegas and in this YouTube clip answers many questions we are asked about driving this car for long distances.

Matt asks “What could be the perfect car to ride you to a major tuning show?”  One that costs at least half-million dollar of course! Enter in the Lamborghini Aventador used by Matt Farah on his 700-mile road trip.

 

With a 6.5-liter, V-12 engine that delivers a total of 700 horsepower at 8,250 rpm and 509 pound-feet of torque at 5,500 rpm in tow, the Aventador is able to rocket from 0 to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds and up to a top speed of 217 mph.  Comfort, on the other hand, is not part of the Aventador package, according to Farah.

With an average fuel consumption of 14 mpg, it means that Matt needed at least 50 gallons of gas for this trip, and with an average of $3.20 per gallon, he had to pay $160 to get to LA. That number may have been slightly lower, had Farah kept his cool and not maxed out the V-12 at every opportunity. Then again, could we really resist the temptation to hear that sweet V-12 scream at us? We highly doubt it.

 

Check out the video to see if Matt finds the Aventador the right car for such a long journey!

 

Thanks to Simona at www.topspeed.com and of course Matt Farah.

 

 

 

 

Ronaldo and his car history

Ronaldo has shown a keen interest in the worlds best cars and we thought we would give you a potted history right here. Any of the cars you see are available to be rented through Hemingway Luxury Car Hire anywhere in Europe.

Ronaldo in 2008 arriving on the red carpet at an award ceremony in the Audi Q7 SUV. Even by luxury 4×4 standards, the Q7 is a big hunk of car. It’s over five metres long and tips the scales at over 2,200kg in its most slimline guise.

Audi’s mighty RS6 is a fire-breathing monster amongst sensible estate cars. It packs a twin-turbo V10 engine with over 570bhp. The sprint to 62mph takes 4.6 seconds and Audi asked customers for nearly £80,000 for the privilege of scaring themselves, four passengers and a flat-pack wardrobe witless.

This is Ronaldo in his silver RS6 while house-hunting in Spain in 2009. He’s in good company: both messrs Beckham & Rooney have been seen in these uber-estates recently.

The R8 is the must-have supercar of the season so few surprises that Ronaldo has owned one.

Bentley’s Continental GT has carved out a reputation as a favourite runabout for well-heeled soccer stars and Cristiano seems to have fallen for its charms. This is the man himself in 2007 driving the convertible GTC model.

Rumour has it that Ronaldo has owned a number of Porsche Cayennes including this eyeball-shattering monstrosity by Porsche tuner Techart. Finished in white and wearing a bold bodykit and wild 22-inch wheels, it could rocket to 62mph in 5.6 seconds and sold for £35k recently.

BMW’s M6 has a 500bhp V10 engine and a £90,000 price tag but compared to the super-exclusive hypercars in Cristiano Ronaldo’s collection it actually looks quite modest.  Ronaldo is pictured here in August 2006 leaving a cafe in Alderley Edge, Cheshire. He’d recently returned to train with Manchester United after the 2006 World Cup, in which a frank discussion with fellow Man Utd player Wayne Rooney during the England v Portugal match put him on both front and back pages.

Bentley GTC Speed with a 600bhp W12 twin-turbo engine, a top speed in excess of 200mph and four-wheel drive, this is the perfect car to show off in. Ronaldo owned this one before selling it for around £114,000 in 2009.

Ronaldo signed for Real Madrid in 2009, leaving Manchester United after 196 appearances and 84 goals. He’s pictured here getting into his £80,000 black Audi RS6 in that same year.

This is Cristiano filming a commercial in Madrid in March 2011. He’s at the wheel of a Maserati GranCabrio, the drop-top version of Maserati’s gorgeous GranTurismo coupé. The car costs £98,000 and is powered by a 434bhp V8 engine.

Hold the footballer jokes please, because Cristiano really did buy a Porsche 911 Cabriolet before selling it for around £70,000 in 2009. Surprise, surprise, but it was finished in proper footballer spec, with bling 19-inch Turbo alloys, a tiptronic auto box and, of course, that canvas roof.

Rumour has it that Cristiano’s fleet of automotive exotica has featured Aston Martin’s elegant grand tourer. The £130,000 asking price certainly puts it in his exclusive ball park and the 470bhp V12 engine can see it to 60mph in 4.6s.

This is Cristiano in 2007 riding aboard a modified Porsche Cayenne being driven into the Manchester United training ground by a friend. In high-performance Turbo form, the Cayenne turns in fearsome performance thanks to its V8 engine packing close to 500bhp.

Sometimes global football superstars need a break from their exotic cars and like to get behind the wheel of something less plush. Here’s Ronaldo ‘slumming it’ with a Mercedes-Benz C-Class Sports Coupé while on holiday in Madeira in 2007.

Most of us would feel privileged to drive the tidily-styled little Mercedes coupe but with prices kicking off at under £20,000, it was hardly in the same league as Ronaldo’s other motors. The Sport Coupé was facelifted and rebadged as the CLC in 2008.

The long wheelbase Audi A8 is a fine way to travel, particularly if you’ve the means to pay a driver and sit out the journey in the roomy rear seats. Cristiano is looking suitably refreshed after a ride in the extended Audi in this December 2009 picture.

Proving to have something of a penchant for convertibles, Ronaldo dropped more than three hundred thousand big ones on the Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé – probably the most regal drop-top you can buy. >p Ronaldo raced a Bugatti Veyron on foot – and beat it – for a TV advert and was apparently so impressed with the 253mph Bugatti that he placed an order for one.

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The first test drive of the Porsche 918

Some photo´s taken by amateur camera, quality is compromised.

Just over one year ago, Porsche announced to the world that the 918 could lap the Nurburgring in 7 minutes, 14 seconds thanks to its 795-horsepower V8 hybrid powertrain. Then just a few weeks ago, Porsche subsequently announced that the car actually develops 887 hp and can lap the Nurburgring in a mere 6 minutes, 57 seconds, which is faster than any other production road car in history.

Make of that what you will, but what matters now is that the 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder is here in its final specification, costing $845,000 to start or $929,000 in its 90-pound-lighter Weissach Pack form.For the time being it is the fastest road car on the planet.

Porsche’s official performance claims for the Weissach Pack 918 are nothing short of breathtaking. How about zero to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds, zero to 124 mph in 7.2 seconds, zero to 186 mph in 19.9 seconds and a top speed of 215 mph?

According to Porsche’s legendary test driver Walter Rohrl, the 918 is “quite a lot quicker than the [Bugatti] Veyron up to 180 mph,” beyond which it’s debatable whether anything else matters.

Driving the 918 is a slightly strange experience to begin with, even though one of Porsche’s main targets when fine-tuning the car was to make it as natural and intuitive as possible. In E-drive mode, for instance, it’s powered purely by the two electric motors: one for the front axle, the other for the rear. Together they generate enough power to launch the 918 from zero to 60 mph in 6.2 seconds.

The spooky thing in E-drive is that there’s no perceptible noise from the two electric motors. Instead you just turn the key, select Drive, press the throttle and glide away. With the lithium-ion battery pack fully charged, there’s about 20 miles of range in E-drive.

Press harder on the accelerator and — boom! — the V8 is awakened and you find yourself being propelled by a combination of gasoline and electric power. At that point the monster from within reveals its true colors and you realize that the 918 is, in fact, still just a good old-fashioned V8 supercar at its core.

The transition is surprisingly smooth so long as you’re not clumsy with the pedal, and if you then back away from the throttle for a few seconds, the V8 will switch off and you’re back into electric mode again, listening to the air rushing by the massive 21-inch diameter, 325/30 Michelin Pilot Cup 2 tires rumbling away beneath.

Select Hybrid mode and you get an instant combination of the gas and electric motors, but still with relaxed responses from the throttle and the seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox. Select Sport and the responses from everything (engine, gearbox, V8 and both the electric motors) become sharper and keener, and then you can go up again to Race mode. Even more aggressive still is the “Hot Laps” program, in which the ESP allows a bit of slip from the rear and dishes out even more torque to the front axle under wide throttle openings to dial out mid-to-late-apex understeer.

But it’s the initial hit of torque from the electric motors that provides it with such shattering response. In 7th gear at 50 mph it picks up with the same kind of thump that a GT3 delivers in 3rd gear at 70 mph, no exaggeration. And that’s in cuddly old Hybrid mode, remember.

Twist the dial on the steering wheel round to Race and then hit the throttle and the response goes from “good” to “good grief.” And in “Hot Laps” mode it goes up a big notch again to the point of feeling uncomfortably explosive in the way it leaps forward at the mere whiff of a decent throttle opening.

Don’t even try to think about what it feels — or sounds — like at 8,000 rpm in a low gear because things happen so fast in the first three ratios that you won’t actually be able to recall the details. Only by selecting a high gear at low revs is it possible to drink in what occurs in this car in its most potent setting, and even then the din from the V8 is so loud, and the speed with which you are thrust toward the horizon so completely overwhelming, that you may not be able to remember much about that either.

The way it changes direction is astonishing for something so big. Understeer is pretty much nonexistent at sane speeds, and the flatness with which it corners — and the composure it displays as a result — boggles the mind. The steering is also quite brilliant in both its accuracy and precision, even though it may lack the last millimeter of feel beside the very best analog systems. The rest of the driving experience is so intense that there isn’t room for a hit of old-school-style driver appeal. Better still, Porsche would appear to have all but eradicated the artificial feel to the brake pedal that early prototypes apparently suffered from.

 

This Is the Sports Car of the Future.

In isolation the 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder is a really quite fantastic amalgam of ultra-high-tech and conventional engineering and, as a result, provides a hitherto undreamt about combination of massive performance, reasonable refinement, surprising drivability and quite incredible real-world economy for a car of this kind.

But the best bit about it is how natural and pure it feels to drive. At its core, and despite its dizzying technology, the 918 is just a cracking good thing to climb aboard and go for a blast in. And it’s cataclysmically fast, too, without ever feeling scary or edgy or overwhelming.

Most drivers could, after a while, get quite close to what this car can do near its limit. It really is that friendly to drive. And some people will get closer to the edge in it than ever before. There are other similar supercars on the horizon like the McLaren P1 and LaFerrari, but they will need to be very special to deliver a wider range of abilities than the 918.

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Even Santa cant help

Even Santa can’t help now—LaFerrari is sold out . CNBC’s Robert Frank reports only 499 models of LaFerrari were made and all models have been sold. Marco Mattiacci, Ferrari North American president and CEO, provides insight on the success of this car already.It’s the fastest production car Ferrari ever built. And the most powerful. And, priced at $1.4 million, it’s the most expensive.

But even if you have the money, you probably can’t get the LaFerrari. It’s sold out. Heminway is currently negotiating for this car and hope to be able to offer it to clients from mid 2014.

“This car is going to be the benchmark of the auto industry,” said Marco Mattiacci, the president and CEO of Ferrari North America. “The combination of incredible design, Italian heritage, make this car the hottest car in the world right now.”

Unveiling the car for the first time on U.S. national television, Mattiacci said, the plan was to build just 499 LaFerraris of which 120 will go to the U.S., but all are already sold.

LaFerrari is Ferrari’s first supercar in more than a decade, after the Enzo launched in 2002. LaFerrari is a technological wonder, with a semihybrid engine that combines a 12-cylinder, 6-liter combustion engine with an electric engine that creates a combined 960-plus horsepower.   Source: Ferrari   LaFerrariThe car can do zero to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds and has a top speed of 220 mph. It set a record for the fastest time ever for a production Ferrari at the company’s Fiorano test track.

LaFerrari is also part of a new strategy for Ferrari to make its brand and its cars more exclusive. While Ferraris have always been one of the signature toys of the very rich, the rise of even pricier, more limited-edition supercars—like Bugatti and Pagani—have driven Ferrari to limit production to give its brand even more cache.

The company announced this year that it will build only 7,000 cars—down from just over 7,300 last year. In the nine months ended in November, Ferrari’s revenue is up more than 6 percent to $2.3 billion and profit is up 20 percent to $350 million.

Mattiacci said wealthy consumers right now are increasingly seeing Ferraris as investments—especially as prices for vintage collectible Ferraris soar. A 1967 Ferrari N.A.R.T. Spider sold this summer for $27.5 million, making it the most expensive Ferrari ever sold at auction.

Ten years ago, the Enzo had a sticker price of $650,000, and Enzos are now selling for about $2 million, said Mattiacci. LaFerrari, he said, will likely follow the same value curve.

“The trajectory of [the LaFerrari] car is going to follow exactly the vintage Ferrari cars. This is a unique piece, the first hybrid Ferrari,” he said.

sourced from CNBC’s Robert Frank.

London ready to welcome back Miss Saigon

It’ll be a silver jubilee at the Prince Edward theatre in London´s West End.

We always knew it would happen. The famous helicopter in the musical (actually, it’s a through-sung rock opera, but let’s not quibble) Miss Saigon is set to land again in London–along with the rest of the show, in a new production. The occasion is the 25th anniversary of the original and will reunite several of the original team, notably producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh, and composer and lyricist Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil. The cast is mostly new, with one or two returnees and promotions.

As with the original production, Mackintosh undertook an international search for someone to play the hugely demanding title role. They found the 17-year-old Eva Noblezada and will no doubt be hoping for a similar “Kim effect” as happened with Lea Salonga, their first Kim, who went on to musical theater stardom.

The new Kim is an American of Philippino extraction, resident in North Carolina and, according to a just-released promotional film, her audition video blew the creative team away. From the Philippines themselves, Rachel Ann Go was selected to play the supporting role of Gigi (it’s a disproportionately important role relative to its size, because Gigi has the first verse of the show’s first solo number, the haunting “Movie in My Mind.”) And Go is a star, herself, in the Philippines, having won a TV talent competition.

Rent a luxury car with Hemingway from May 2014 you could include a visit to this iconic show in the West End and arrive in style. Ask us about our exclusive chauffuer service too.

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Happy Birthday Maserati

Get ready to spend the next year wishing Maserati a happy birthday–as the Italian automaker enters its hundredth year in business this December. The company was officially founded on December 1, 1914, starting operations on December 14, 1914. That makes December 2013 the start of its hundredth year, and for the next twelve months, the historic marque will host celebrations all around the world.

There’s plenty to celebrate: Maserati’s history is long and illustrious, even when compared to fellow domestic marques like Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and Lamborghini. The firm produced its first car, the Tipo 26, in 1926. It took its first victory that year in the Targa Florio, the first of many for the marque in virtually every major racing event. Maserati has taken two Indy 500 victories, 9 wins in Formula 1, and the 1957 F1 World Championship at the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio. It produced its first passenger car in 1947, and since then Maserati has also been known for beautiful luxury sports cars and sedans–something that continues to this day.

A series of activities is planned to celebrate the centenary, and all will be held under a new centennial logo. It features the familiar Maserati Trident–inspired by the Neptune fountain in the center of Maserati’s home city, Bologna–the Maserati text, and the 1914 and 2014 numerals. Maserati has also set up a website–maserati100.com–to keep owners, fans and collectors informed of the year’s festivities.

The biggest event will be an official Maserati gathering in Modena from September 19-21, 2014. As many as 250 Maserati models from all over the world are expected to descend on the town, with driving routes on local roads and even track sessions available. If  need to rent a Maserati through Hemingway for the event make sure you contact us now so that we can reserve the Maserati of your choice. The Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari in Modena will also host a series of historic models, and this Friday, Maserati will be presented with a special centennial book to celebrate its last 100 years.

Want to keep up with all of this on Twitter? There’s even an official #Maserati100 hashtag. Here’s to the next 100 years.

Courtesy of www.motorauthority.com.

Lamborghini Veneno Launched

The 3.3 million euro Lamborghini Veneno car has made its first public debut in a manner befitting such an expensive and exclusive car – on a fighter aircraft. Now Lamborghini has come out with an official release and pictures of the car’s grand premiere. Here’s the official word – listing out all the details about this super exclusive machine along with a few more images.

Sant’Agata Bolognese, 2 December 2013 — The Lamborghini Veneno Roadster made its public debut on board the Italian naval aircraft carrier Nave Cavour on 1 December 2013.

At an exclusive ‘Italian evening’ attended by authorities, clients, VIPs and media, the limited edition super sports car, of which only nine will be produced, was formally unveiled on the flight deck of the 240 metre ship while docked in Abu Dhabi’s Mina Zayed port.

“The Lamborghini Veneno Roadster is one of the world’s most exclusive cars with the most extraordinary performance,” says Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Lamborghini, commenting on the event. “We are honored that Lamborghini was chosen to represent the Italian car industry in the UAE, as a perfect example of iconic Italian super sports cars, and that we have the opportunity to show the Veneno Roadster for the first time in Abu Dhabi. Lamborghini has an extremely strong following in the region for its super sports cars, with the Middle East one of our largest markets in the world.”

The Lamborghini Veneno Roadster is a fully road legal, open top car, bringing the aerodynamic efficiency of a racing prototype to the road, with extreme design and breathtaking performance. The nine units will be built during 2014, priced at 3.3 million euro excluding taxes.

Lamborghini Veneno official World Premier Italian aircraft carrier.

With a maximum power output of 552 kW / 750 hp, the V12 Veneno Roadster accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.9 seconds, with a top speed of 355 km/h. Shown in Abu Dhabi in the specially developed colour ‘Rosso Veneno’, each client will be able to individualize the colour of his Veneno Roadster to suit their personal preference.

The Lamborghini Veneno Roadster was unveiled in the presence of His Excellency Giorgio Starace, Italian Ambassador to the UAE and the Admiral of High Seas Forces, Paolo Treu. Guests on board Nave Cavour enjoyed hospitality from chef Corrado Corti of Italy’s famous Hotel Splendido in Portofino, who flew in especially for the occasion. Singer and actress Elena Bonelli opened the event with the Italian national anthem; fashion designer Giada Curti offered a tableau vivant of her creations with ten top models. One of the happy few to sit in the Veneno Roadster was former captain of the National Italian soccer team and 2006 world champion Fabio Cannavaro.

Lamborghini Veneno Roadster – a collector’s Masterpiece of Engineering and Design.

The Lamborghini Veneno Roadster is an open racing prototype with an extreme design and breathtaking performance. And it is one of the world’s most exclusive automobiles – not more than nine units will be built during the course of 2014 and sold at a price of 3.3 million Euros (excl. tax).

The Veneno Roadster is extreme and guarantees an intense driving experience – because open means truly open. There is no roof, just a strong rollover bar for optimum safety. The design is focused on optimum aerodynamics and stability through fast corners – with handling akin to that of a racing prototype. Yet it is fully road legal.

With a maximum output of 552 kW / 750 hp, the Veneno Roadster accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.9 seconds and top speed stands at 355 km/h. The Lamborghini Veneno Roadster is driven by a twelve-cylinder engine with a displacement of 6.5 liters and is equipped with the extremely fast-shifting ISR transmission with five modes, permanent all-wheel drive and a racing chassis with pushrod suspension and horizontal spring/damper units.

Lamborghini Veneno official World Premier Italian aircraft carrier.

The Lamborghini Veneno Roadster brings the aerodynamic efficiency of a racing prototype to the road. Every detail of its form pursues a clear function – exceptional dynamics, optimum downforce with minimal drag and perfect cooling of the high-performance engine. Therefore the Veneno Roadster is unmistakably a Lamborghini; it sticks firmly to the consistent design philosophy of all the super sports cars from Sant’Agata Bolognese. That includes the extreme proportions, as well as the powerfully arrow-shaped front end and the interplay between razor-sharp lines and precise surfaces.

The entire design of the Lamborghini Veneno Roadster has been laid out for perfect airflow and downforce. The front end works as a large aerodynamic wing. The visual division of the rear fenders from the car body is a reference to the world of racing cars and optimizes the aerodynamic flow. The smooth underbody transitions into a substantial diffuser framing the four sizable exhaust pipes divided by a splitter. Large openings serve to ventilate the engine bay and direct airflow to the rear wing. The design of the adjustable rear wing is the product of motorsport experience and extensive aerodynamic simulation to ensure optimum airflow in the interaction of the rear wing with the rear diffuser.

The design of the exclusive alloy wheels is also determined by aerodynamic functionality – a carbon-fiber ring around the wheel rim works like a turbine to deliver additional cooling air to the carbon-ceramic brake discs. The intense paint color “Rosso Veneno” was developed exclusively for the Veneno Roadster, although each single customer will be able to individualize his own vehicle to suit his personal preferences.

The Veneno Roadster is further proof of Automobili Lamborghini’s unique competence in CFRP-based lightweight design. A monocoque made from carbon-fiber reinforced polymer forms the basis of the Roadster. All exterior parts are made from CFRP. The Veneno Roadster meets all safety and registration requirements worldwide, and naturally also incorporates a full complement of safety systems from airbags through to the adapted ESP handling system.

Carbon fiber dominates also the interior of the Veneno Roadster. The carbon fiber monocoque is visible inside the car around the central tunnel and the sills. The two lightweight bucket seats are made from Lamborghini’s patented Forged Composite. The woven carbon-fiber CarbonSkin is used to clad the entire cockpit, part of the seats and the headliner. Like a hi-tech fabric, this extremely fine-looking carbon-fiber matting fits perfectly to any form and reduces the weight of the vehicle.

The systematic, carbon-fiber, lightweight design of the Veneno Roadster is not only visible, it is also evident on the scales: with a dry weight of just

1,490 kilograms (3,278 pounds), the Veneno Roadster benefits from a powerto- weight ratio of just 1.99 kg/hp (4.38 lbs/hp) which guarantees a performance that is nothing short of mind-blowing. Even the stunning acceleration figure of 2.9 seconds cannot adequately describe it. Despite an aerodynamic setup configured for extreme downforce, the Veneno Roadster possesses exceptionally low wind resistance which allows it to reach a top speed of 355 km/h (221 mph).

Thanks to Motoroids.

 

Ian Wright and his Ferrari 360

Unearthed in the Jalopnik archives Ian Wright brings a smile to our faces and we decided to share this with you.

Ian Wright, the British star soccer forward, famously totalled his Ferrari 360 Spyder back in 2004. He blamed the traction control, which he apparently turned off while downshifting going up a hill. He described the incident with a smile on a Top Gear interview back in 2005.

 

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Priyanka Chopra to buy a Rolls Royce

Bollywood stars are famous for their lavish lifestyles and propensities to spend huge sums of money on various things, one of them being cars.

Most popular stars in Bollywood, especially actors, are known for purchasing luxury models from firms like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Bentley and Ferrari. One car brand that is loved by a number of top stars is Rolls-Royce, which is known throughout the globe for manufacturing ultra-luxury vehicles.Now, according to reports, the latest celebrity to join this bandwagon is actress Priyanka Chopra, who looks set to purchase a Rolls-Royce car. Although nothing has been confirmed by Chopra herself, sources suggest that she is getting the car customised.

Priyanka Chopra set to purchase a Rolls-Royce Priyanka Chopra set to purchase a Rolls-Royce

 

 

It is being said that the actress had booked this car a few months back and was scheduled to get the model soon. However, Priyanka Chopra, reportedly, wanted to get some customisation done to this car, which would suit her style. Since the star is paying a hefty amount, she is making sure that everything is in place. Sources claim that the price of this Rolls-Royce car is in excess of Rs. 2 crore, which is quite a huge amount. Notably, Priyanka Chopra is going to be charged extra for whatever customisation she gets done in this model. Reportedly, the former Miss World will be ensuring that her new car comes with a superb music system. Industry experts feel that this purchase of depicts the kind of economic power and statuses Bollywood actresses possess in today’s times.

Many actors in Bollywood are known for their love for Rolls-Royce cars. Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Sanjay Dutt are among other stars who own a model from the coveted luxury car brand. These facts and figures show the popularity of the company in the Indian market. Industry experts feel that possessing a Rolls-Royce elevates the social status of a person drastically, considering the exclusivity of its cars. A few months back, the legendary British car maker launched the Wraith model in India. Officials from the company spoke about how they thought that the demand for this car was inelastic and is unlikely to get affected by market conditions. Also, reports in the recent past have suggested that the scope of luxury cars in India is getting better with time.

Known to a lover of automobiles, Priyanka Chopra already has a number of other cars. Currently, she is the owner of Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Porsche Cayenne and BMW 7 Series. In recent times, the National Film Award winner has gained a lot of popularity in the international circuit due to her singing prowess. Her song Exotic, which features rapper Pitbull as well, has become a hit throughout the globe. Chopra’s most recent film, Krrish 3, was a blockbuster, breaking all sorts of box office records. The Barfi! star was also seen in an item number in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s saga Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela. Upcoming projects of the actor include Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh starrer Gunday and a biopic on famous boxer Mary Kom.

London Restaurant News

After a run of over a decade, Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant at Claridge’s Hotel in London closed its doors in June this year. Ramsay has kept busy with his many other ventures (including much-hyped Union Street Cafe in Southwark, in the end without pal David Beckham), but we now know what’s to come for Claridge’s too: chef Simon Rogan, of two-Michelin star restaurant L’Enclume in Cumbria, will take the helm.

The new restaurant will open in Spring 2014, and as befits a hotel like Claridge’s, even the construction is done in style. Passing by the hotel recently, the restaurant section on Davies Street has been covered with a ‘fake’ facade, which pretty successfully obscures what goes on inside.

No word yet on whether the restaurant will simply be called “Simon Rogan at Claridge’s”, or something a touch more imaginative will be thought of between now and next year. The use of fresh ingredients will be a “defining factor” for the restaurant (we’d be surprised if they weren’t, at this price and quality level), which will probably come in part from Rogan’s own farm in Cumbria. Everything else is still unknown, down to the interior design or who will be responsible for it.

When you rent an Aston Martin or Range Rover for your trip to London anytime from Spring 2014 put the new Claridges Restaurant on your list of things to do, then send us a review to share with other clients.

Thanks to www.hotelchatter.com and JasonD for the news.