Aston Martin's heritage special

THE DB 5, the Aston produced between 1963 and 1965 is - perhaps - one of the most known and iconic model of the English sport car producer (it has been James Bond's car in "Goldfinger" featuring pop out gun barrels behind the front lights and a bullet shield behind the rear window).

 Built in 1.021 pieces (123 in the cabriolet "Volante" version) n England, the body-work has been signed by Milanese's Touring coach builder: that's why all these masterpieces show the "Superleggera"label.

The engine is an in-line 6 cylinder of 3.995cc capable of 282cv and of a top speed of 238km/h.

Special version of DB5 are the DB5 Vantage (314cv), built in 1964 in 65 pieces and the DB5 Volante, the cabriolet. One of them has been used by Prince William and Kate leaving Buckingham Palace after their wedding.

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a car stick to the road like geckos to a wall

Wiesmann is (another) German automobile manufacturer born in 1985 by 2 brothers specilised in manufactured custom hard-tops for convertibles.

It takes over 350 hours and 11O People to build a Wiesmann : every piece is built by hand, and finished according to precise customer specifications - from the paintwork to the last stitch in the leather.

the MF3 Final Edition

No mass production in the Westphalian town of Dülmen!

The Wiesmann sports cars are all absolutely unique and each one expresses its owner’s very special philosophy of life.

The Roadster MF4 interiors

One of the reasons for this is the high production intensity. All stages in the production process are performed by experts in the areas of development, plastics and metalworking, electrics/electronics, saddlery and assembly.

The Roadster MF5

The Wiesmann logo portrays a gecko, as Wiesmann cars "stick to the road like geckos to a wall".

The GT MF4 comes with a V8 4.4 litre twin turbo and as a result of the GT’s low weight, this 407 hp engine can achieve an outstanding 0-100 km/h in 4.6 seconds and a maximum speed of 291 km/h.

The S version delivers 13hp more than the sister while the top speed is nearly the same.

Prices: starting from 109.000 € with standard equipment.


The Roadster MF5 opens up a brand new dimension of driving enjoyment with a top speed of 311 km/h and acceleration from 0 to 100 in just 3.9 seconds, plus an exceptionally low power-to-weight ratio of only 2.5 kg/hp. It is a superlative sports car that fascinates even experienced sports car enthusiasts. The 555 hp V8 TwinScroll twin turbo engine with 680 Nm of torque guarantees maximum intensity driving.

Prices starting from 162,605.04€.

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The 2nd most expensive car in the world

In the second place of our rich parade, ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to welcome the Aston Martin One-77, unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Motorshow with a chorus of oooooohhhhh.
One-77 since it will be produced in 77 units but also a star in various videogames like Forza Motorsport 3 and Test Drive Unlimited 2, and in 2009 Top Gear described it as “stunning.”

Despite a $2 million price tag, the two-door coupe with the 7-liter V12 engine sold out its entire production run almost immediately. However, the truly affluent had a brief window of opportunity to really show off and buy the car in India, where it sold for the equivalent of $4.4 million. Why pay less?

IAA 2001 > the JAGUAR C-X16 > WOW!

Yesterday Jaguar unveiled its C-X16 Concept, the show car that anticipate the 2-seats coupé, direct concurrent of the Porsche Cayman.

It will deploy an innovative supercharged 3.0-litre V6 producing 380PS (280kW) and 332lb ft (450Nm) of torque. 

The top speed of 299,34 km/h (186mph) and 0-100 km/h (0-62mph) in 4.4 seconds.

The steering wheel will mount a ‘Push to Pass’ button that will controls the hybrid boost function and the eight-speed ZF gearbox will be available with Quickshift changes.

The seats will be stiffened with a carbon-fibre central spine.

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The most glamorous (and costly) firetruck in the World

While in the USA the Tipo 8 became glamorous and famous thanks to Rudolph Valentine and its part in the Sunset Boulevard film, Casalpusterlengo's firemen, 55km far from Milan, used to run on a bright Isotta Fraschini 8A with a fire engine installed on its front bumper...

Of course we are talking about Isotta Fraschini, the world-known luxury car manufacturer, the brand founded by Cesare Isotta and Vincenzo Fraschini in January 1900 which first equipped their masterpieces with four-wheel brakes and overhead camshaft and that in 1908 one of its cars set the new world record of average speed: 105 km/h.

But the history of this car has... something magic. It was the Second World War and in Milan, the Nazi troops were raking over all valuable goods. So the owner family, very rich indeed, decided to donate its jewel to the Firemen Brigade who transformed it into the most expesive firemen truck of the history.

For a few years the 8A has been used for real interventions among the bombed streets of Milan. While now you observe it at special venues, like today in Torino, for the National Gathering of the Italian Firemen.

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