Polo Storico restores one-off Lamborghini Miura SVR
Polo Storico, the vehicle preservation and restoration arm of Automobili Lamborghini, has completed restoration on the iconic Lamborghini Miura SVR, chassis number 3781, and exhibited the car at the Nakayama circuit in Japan. Originally a Miura S in green with black interior, the car was delivered to a Torino dealership in 1968 after its […]
Lamborghini launches Urus ‘super-SUV’ at Sant’Agata, tying it to LM002 spiritual predecessor
Jacopo Raule Lamborghini has unveiled its Urus, the production version of its ‘super-SUV’ originally previewed in 2012 as a concept. Named after the ancestor of modern cattle, rather than a Spanish fighting bull as with many Lamborghinis, the Urus was shown at a première at the company’s home of Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy. Like […]
Lamborghini Museum at Sant’Agata Bolognese to host Ayrton Senna exhibition from April 12
The Lamborghini Museum at Sant’Agata Bolognese will host an exhibition honouring the late Formula 1 champion, Ayrton Senna, beginning April 12 and running to October 9, 2017. Ayrton Senna: the Man and the Legend commemorates Senna’s test drive at Estoril in 1993, in a McLaren MP4/8 with a Lamborghini V12 engine. The museum […]
Stefania d’Alessandro Luisa Via Roma, styled LuisaViaRoma, is a familiar sight to the fashion scene: it’s one of the biggest international concept stores in Firenze and its history goes back to 1930. With Bugatti having extended its brand into lifestyle, using founder Ettore Bugatti’s name for its collection, Luisa Via Roma is an ideal […]
Irina Shayk, Lena Gercke, Jason Statham, Ann-Kathrin Brömmel among guests at Audi Night at Kitzbühel
Gisela Schober, Lennart Preiss Audi’s stressing its off-road credentials at the Hahnenkamm, Kitzbühel ski races this winter, sponsoring the Audi FIS Ski World Cup on the Streif. Its Quattro models, which revolutionized the use of four-wheel-drive in a premium line from the launch of the first car in 1980, are a favourite of those seeking […]
David Gandy and Jodie Kidd lead Jaguar’s Mille Miglia line-up; Bentley fields 1930 Blower
Top The nine Jaguars taking place in this year’s Mille Miglia. Above Almost Bondian: the 1930 Bentley 4½-litre with a Vanden Plas Open Sports four-seat body and a supercharger by Amherst Villiers competing in the 2015 Mille Miglia. British car makers are taking this year’s Mille Miglia seriously. Jaguar is taking part with a large […]
St Regis İstanbul launches sumptuous, car-inspired Bentley suite
Eric Laignel The St Regis İstanbul hotel has débuted a Bentley suite, named for the car brand, its interior inspired by the current Continental GT model. A collaboration with St Regis Hotels & Resorts, the suite features a balcony overlooking Maçka Park with views of the Bosphorus and the city. There are floor-to-ceiling windows […]
Juliette Binoche, Nicole Kidman, Audrey Tautou, Toni Garrn at first night of Berlin film festival
Franziska Krug Isabel Coixet’s Nadie quiere la noche (Nobody Wants the Night) kicked off the Berlinale, the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, on Thursday, with one of the event’s most glamorous red carpet entrances. The Juliette Binoche starrer, a bio-pic about Josephine Peary and her 1908 North Pole trek to find her husband, Robert […]
Shang Xia, a Chinese lifestyle brand, has launched its new Le Chant du Thé campaign images, photographed by Paolo Roversi. Jiang Qiong Er, the artistic director of Shang Xia, with the collaboration of the Fred & Farid agency in Shanghai, and Roversi himself, came up with the concept, playing on the brand’s Chinese roots. Jiang […]
Bentley gauges interest with Grand Convertible concept as it guns for Rolls-Royce Drophead
Since Volkswagen took over Bentley, the company has only fielded one convertible line in the top tier, the Azure. Since 2010, the marque has left the convertible market for the Continental GTC to pursue, but those wanting something more exclusive have had to turn to Bentley’s former sister brand, Rolls-Royce, which had tapped into the […]
