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One of the most highly revered British luxury marque, Land Rover has now teamed up with the iconic fashion diva, Victoria Beckham to bring about the all new Range Rover Evoque ‘baby’ Limited Edition SUV. This expensive luxury SUV has been unveiled in Beijing, China, on the eve of one of the biggest auto shows  of the year the 2012 Beijing Auto Show. The upcoming auto show is to serve as a platform for numerous luxury cars brands across the globe such as the likes of Rolls Royce, Ferrari, Lamborghini etc. who are flocking the Chinese markets in an attempt to woo the increasingly wealthy community of the Chinese rich and the affluent. The introduction of the all new limited edition Range Rover Evoque was conducted at a gala event at the upscale Cafa Art Museum, which witnessed the attendance of several high profile guests, such as the likes of Sebastian Wood , British Ambassador to China, Simon Fuller etc. The Range Rover Evoque ‘baby’ limited edition carries the si...

 Ford Motor Company has a rich history of making automobiles. It all started in 1903 with a batch of cars called the Model A. Only three of them were made in the first batch. One of the first batch of Ford Cars, which could possibly be the very first Ford car assembled, will be offered for auction at RM’s Hershey auction in October.  In 1903 the Model A was positioned as Henry Ford’s new light automobile. Henry Ford had founded the company in Detroit with eleven other investors and had designed the Model A as light runabout powered by a horizontally opposed 8hp 100-cu.in. two-cylinder engine. The vehicle with a 72 inch wheel base was priced at $850 compared the larger cars that were being sold for as much as $2,500 at the time. Ford Motor Company Vehicle Was Produced in July 1903 The first orders that came in for the Model A were very critical for the company as it was facing a financial crunch and could have collapsed without producing any car. The first...

  1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio is certainly the star of the show Auction house Gooding &Co. certainly has some goodies to sell this August at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this August---including a 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio, a Maserati A6G and a 1966 Shelby Cobra 427. Follow link to see the top 10 most expensive vehicles ever auctioned! 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio is certainly the star of the show The 1938 Bugatti was supercharged from new, and owned by Louis Napoleon, grandson of the nephew of Emperor Napoleon I of France. The prince was especially fond of Bugatti. Gooding & Co. said he owned dozens of them during his lifetime. The Bugatti boasts a special gearbox known as a preselector, which allows drivers to change gears without engaging the clutch pedal (while in motion). The preselector is perhaps an ancestor of semiautomatics like Porsche’s Tiptronic, made by the Cotal company. This 1955 Maserati A6G/54 berlinetta, with coachwork by F...

A report from Bloomberg says that BMW will sell cars over the Web for the first time as the world’s largest maker of luxury vehicles seeks an inexpensive way to reach more buyers to recoup spending on its electric models. The BMW i3 and i8 electric and hybrid cars that will launch in 2013, respectively 2014 would be the first to sell directly to customers over the Internet. BMW opened its first i showroom in London where prototypes are being displayed, but when the cars go on sale, the ordering process will take place online. The i3 electric car will reach the market in late 2013 and will cost around 40,000 euros ($48,500). The high-end hybrid sports car i8 will sell for around 100,000 euros. The site will allow BMW to skip the step of the middle man. Not having to go through a dealer mean 5 to 7 percent cheaper vehicles. BMW says that if all goes well, the online retail project could expand to include models in the brand’s regular line-up.

Ferrari, the legendary luxury super-car brand has now taken yet another leap in the field of charity, as the Italian auto behemoth placed its latest offering, the 2012 Ferrari FF under the hammer in Japan. This one a kind event by Ferrari was organized in an effort to raise funds to boost the rebuilding efforts after the devastating 2011 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami disaster that nearly decimated the country’s coastal regions in the month of April this year. The entire proceeds from the charity auction that amounted to a substantial $724,000 will be donated to the undergoing relief efforts in the Japanese city of Ishinomaki. The auction was held at the Japanese Embassy in Tokyo and the event was attended by none other than Ferrari Chairman, Luca di Montezemolo, along with more than 200 car collectors. The stunning 2012 Ferrari FF was claimed by Masaharu Seno, a Tokyo based architect who was personally congratulated by Mr. Montezemolo. The charity event even witnessed the pr...

Lamborghini Insecta - concept car Romanian industrial designer Iulian Bumbu has just released this Lamborghini Insecta concept car, inspired by insect exoskeletons. It is his take on what future Lamborghini styling might look like... BMW X9 CONCEPT BMW has seen some rather odd looking cars roll off the production line over the past 10 years, but Khalfi Oussama's new X9 off-roader concept coupe takes oddball Beemers to a whole new level. The 18-year-old designer hasn't offered any information about his concept that could be a proposal for a new Batmobile, but since he hails from the sandy desert landscape of Tunisia in northern Africa, it's fair to say that this is the equivalent of a modern day dune buggy. The X9 Concept blends the sporty bodylines of a coupe with the rolling stock of an off-roader - much like BMW's chunky yet sporty-looking X6 soft-roader. Limited edition Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Green Audi R8 V10 upgraded by Racing One Th...