Author Archives: Tim Wu

Bugatti Sitting On $85M Worth of Veyrons

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Here’s an interesting bit of information and perhaps a nice chunk of news for the ballers. Famed  hypercar manufacturers, Bugatti (and undisputed king of automotive opulence) is reported to be sitting on a total of 40 Veyron Grand Sports. That’s about $85 million of inventory. Sprinkled within the announcement are a couple bits of good and [...]

Engine Porn – The Bugatti W18 Concept Engine

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A little historical gem for everyone today. As we know, Bugatti has done more than enough to make themselves a household name in the last nine years. Since the relaunch of the French-native, German operated Bugatti automotive brand they’ve certainly become quite the ubiquitous nameplate, standing at the crest as the oligarchs of opulence; royalty [...]

McLaren P13 Coming to Geneva

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We’ve been hearing the rumors for awhile, but it’s great to hear the news. Word on the street is, the long awaited baby McLaren will be coming to the Geneva Motorshow 2014. As you may recall, the P13 is aimed at squarely at the uncontested 911 turbo’s price range of about $180,000. We say uncontested [...]

28 Ways the Z/28 Rules the Road Course

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I’ve spent a bit of time in past posts showing my appreciation for GM and their unique dgaf attitude when it comes to mixing PR/advertising with long-winded speeches. Most automaker media tends to shy away from disclosing the smallest, most minute technical details in favor of emotional driving phrases and lifestyle sells. It’s only natural [...]

Kimi Raikonnen Spins Trying to Tame LaFerrari

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We’re a generation of backseat experts. Professional spectators with unlimited access to all manners of media that increasingly allows us to put ourselves into the roles of the very figures we’d love to emulate. I’ll admit, I’ve probably watched every time attack lap performed by the Stig and thought to myself how easy he makes [...]

What’s Next for the C63 AMG?

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I couldn’t think of any better quote to describe the current (and future) states of the C63 better than the wise words of hip-hop lyrical prophets, The Wu-Tang Clan  ”You gotta diversify your bonds, n____.” And in these simple, but truly powerful terms, that’s exactly what the C-Class is looking to do. For a long while, […]