Author Archives: Tim Wu

Autoblog’s Desert Date with the Lamborghini Veneno

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Exclusivity is an interesting concept. Owning, let alone driving a Ferarri is an exclusive privilege. Even more exclusive than that? Owning a Bugatti Veyron. And as Autoblog puts things into greater perspective: “Twelve humans have walked on the moon, yet only three humans will own a Lamborghini Veneno coupe.” Just wrap your mind around that for a [...]

McLaren MP4-12C Joins Dubai Police Force

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It’s a proverbial arms race the likes of which we can’t even begin to begin to explain. With the Dubai police force recently acquiring in their lineup a Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari FF and a 700-horsepower Brabus-tuned Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, it does make you wonder just exactly what sort of active duty these police force vehicles are actually performing. At the [...]

What Was the Best Concept Car of 2013?

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I have a love/hate it relationship with concept cars. On one hand, concept cars are the ideal. They’re the clay figurines, design language and concepts, heritage, and auto-maker stories embodied into one off models made of real car composites. On the other hand, they can be shells of empty promises. Nothing but wishful thinking and [...]

Car and Driver Details 2014 Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4

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Though we’ve covered the new Lamborghini Huracán to hell and back already, we’re still excited to to see the official launch of the Huracán later this year at the Geneva auto show. It’s a highly-touted, highly capable supercar with styling cues reminiscent of both the Lamborghini Aventador and a long legacy of wedge-shaped monsters like the Countach [...]