Month: January 2014

Biggest Ferrari Gathering in New Zealand.

Hemingway Luxury Car Hire has welcomed many clients from New Zealand over the past few years and have happily provided supercars in nearly every major city in Europe. No doubt a few of our valued clients will be bringing their Ferrari`s to Hampton Downs and we look forward to seeing you again over here in Europe soon.

New Zealand’s largest ever single gathering of Ferrari road and race cars is all set to wow fans and enthusiasts alike when more than 130 examples of one of motoring’s most sought-after brands get together at Hampton Downs on Sunday January 19th.

Organisers of the New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing – which in 2014 celebrates Ferrari over two weekends at Hampton Downs (17-19 and 24-26 January) – are aiming to break the existing record for the biggest single gathering of Ferraris, which currently stands at 76.

The cars will all line up on the Hampton Downs grid at noon on the Sunday, with three Formula One Ferraris heading the line-up, along with several other competition machines and over 120 Ferraris owned by New Zealanders and representing the Ferrari Owners Club of NZ.

Most of the brands great cars will be represented, including the 250 GTO, 288 GTO, F40, F50 and Enzo Supercar models. The iconic 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza sports racing car from Southward Car Museum will be there on the second weekend. There will also be a huge quantity of vehicles covering many decades, including machines from the sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties, as well as more recent exotics.

At least nine Ferraris will take to the track for race action as well, including two 1500 horsepower 1985 Formula One Ferraris making the trip from Australia – the first time single-seater Ferraris have competed on NZ tarmac since the days of the Tasman race series when McLaren, Hulme and Amon took on the best the world had to offer.

Another rare racer on show will be a 308 GTB Challenge car making the trip from the United Kingdom in the hands of colourful motorsport personality and racer Frank Lyons.

The record attempt should be one of the key highlights of two massive weekends for Italian themed motorsport at Hampton Downs. The New Zealand Festival of motor Racing is the country’s biggest historic motorsports event and 2014 is its fifth running, A huge grid of Formula 5000 cars, Historic Muscle Cars, historic Formula Ford, Classic Trials, BMWs and classic saloons will keep action on the track at boiling point.

Thanks to @YahooNZSport for keeping us up to date with things down under.

Ferrari LaFerrari for sale at €2.38million.

Ferrari launched their flagship, the ultimate, the most advanced  car they ever made and they call it the LaFerrari. So in Italian, it’s La LaFerrari. It has a V12 that revs all the way up to 9000rpm and with KERS; combine power output well over 900 horsepower. 960 hp to be precise.

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It is the successor of the Enzo also known as F60 and the F40 and F50 are the predecessors of this hyper-car. Ferrari only make 499 cars of each so they made 499 Enzo,s and they are going to make 499 LaFerrari´s but you just cant walk into the Ferrari dealership in your town and order one. You need to go through a thorough background check before you certify as a customer of Ferrari , then you have to show your love for Ferrari brand and what better way to show that devotion than having at least 5 Ferraris in your garage. Yes, you need to own at least 5 Ferrari cars before you can qualify to buy one of these LaFerraris. LaFerrari is still in production and they haven’t rolled out all of 499 but they are all already sold. Some say these cars were sold out even before it was showcased at Geneva.

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If you love Ferrari and have 5 other Ferraris in your garage and missed you your opportunity to get one or you want this as your first Ferrari you can now buy one . One of the 499 LaFerrari´s is on sale. The very first production model is on sale at SEMCO GmbH in Germany. When launched at the Geneva motor show, it was priced at 1.3 million euros now this one is on sale for 2.38 million euros. It is clear that the seller wont have any trouble getting customers for this very first production LaFerrari.

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Article in www.indiancarsbikes.com

Image Courtesy: SEMCO

The F-type is the choice of A Listers this year.

Any unveiling of a new car is a special event. When it’s a car that has even the likes of Simon Cowell raving about it then that’s something else. Such was the launch of the Jaguar F-Type Coupe on the eve of last autumn’s Los Angeles Motor Show.

Cowell wasn’t alone either, with models Miranda Kerr and David Gandy plus Kelly Osbourne and Jodie Kidd in attendance.As well as solving the problem of the F-Type Convertible’s lack of boot space the introduction of the Coupe will also see the arrival of an even more powerful version.This is capable of the 0 to 60mph sprint in just 4.0 seconds and a 186mph top speed. If it turns out to be even half as good as the soft-top we’re in for a treat this year.

The €2 million Lamborghini Sesto Elemento arrives in London.

The Sesto Elemento (or 6th Element) was introduced at the 2010 Paris Motorshow as a track going weapon weighing in at just 999kg. It’s thought that a total of 20 could be built with a price tag in the €2 million region.

The car arrived here where it will be on show in the Lamborghini London dealership in South Kensington, London however it’s behind closed doors to the public so it was fantastic to not only see the car again in person but at home.

A lot of questions have been asked as to why the car is not started, the explanation is that it had just arrived at London Heathrow from Saudi Arabia. For transit, vehicles must be emptied of fuel and therefore on arrival it would need to be connected to a race pump to re-fuel and there was no time/access to one available, hence the engine could not be run sadly for me filming this!

A lot of elements of the Sesto Elemento helped in the development of the new £3.1m Veneno.

Thank you Schmee for sharing the video with us. http://www.shmee150.co.uk

http://youtu.be/YQYi5NRnpAQ

Brian Zuk posted this video of the Sesto Elemento on the road and you have to agree it sounds as good as it looks.

Free Lamborghini Aventador.

Yes, you read it right ! Buyers purchasing a penthouse in Damac Maison at the Dubai Mall Street will be given a free 2014 Lamborghini Aventador Roadster as part of the company’s Dubai Shopping Festival promotion.

Customers buying a penthouse in Damac Maison, The Dubai Mall Street during DSF will be given a 2014 Lamborghini Aventador roadster with their purchase,” the company said in a statement to Emirates 24*7.

“Damac Properties’ DSF promotion is always highly anticipated and we see some of the best results of the year during this time,” says Niall McLoughlin, the Senior Vice President, Damac Properties.

Other cars such as BMW or Mini Cooper are also available in this offer, depending on the property customers buy. Last year buyers were even offered a 2014 Audi R8, Audi A8, Audi A6 and an Audi A4, while in 2012 buyers of the developer’s premium buildings were given a Lamborghini. All this sounds amazing, but this leads to all the neighbours having the same cars in their garage. The free car is just a marketing gimmick, as the property rates are already high.

Over the years during the DSF promotion, Damac has not only given away luxury cars, but also yachts, a private jet and a private island in the Caribbean !

If you don’t fancy the penthouse but do want to drive the Lamborghini contact us at Hemingway Luxury Car Hire and we will deliver one to your hotel in Dubai or anywhere in Europe.

Lamborghini test drive the Veneno Roadster.

It’s good to see Bruce Wayne getting away from Gotham for the weekend to take one of his toys for a spin. Wait a second – that’s not Batman; it is just a Lamborghini test driver taking the Veneno coupe for a spin on the track.

Really though, watching someone cane the Veneno on a very wet Vallelunga track is just about as exciting as seeing the caped crusader.

The Veneno, though, is a cut above just another supercar. Only four Veneno coupes were built, and each of the three that were sold cost a sweet $4,000,000. The one we see in the video belongs to Lamborghini, and its track-day outing was to help woo customers for the release of the Veneno Roadster.

And let me tell you; if what we see in this video is any indication of what it would be like to own a Veneno roadster, then you can sign me up for one now. When the driver of the Veneno stamps on the throttle as he goes down the pitlane, the sound is, well, incredible. It sounds like Thor, god of thunder, is roaring as he is being fed into the turbines of an F-22 Raptor. And, as I already suggested, the Veneno looks more like it belongs in comic book than the real everyday world.

Good news for all of us that were won over by Lambo’s marketing: Lamborghini is planning on a much, much larger run of Roadsters … nine of them, in fact. But don’t worry; they are a steal at just $4,500,000.
The video comes from Supercar spotter Shmee 150 and thanks to  http://www.digitaltrends.com