Posh Spice, aka Victoria Beckham, a Spice Girl and wife of superstar soccer player David, has a brand new customized Porsche 911. It's white. Meanwhile, Simon Cowell seriously upstaged his fellow Brit by purchasing a new Bugatti Veyron. Two tone, perhaps? Grey over black? I can't be too sure.
There are 80 Veyrons left to be built, given Volkswagen's original production levels for the hyperluxusupercar. So far, over 130 customers have received their Bugatti, although VW has 220 orders in hand.
O'Gara Coach in SoCal has a true stranglehold on Rolls-Royce sales. 15% of American-bound Rollers are sold by the Beverly Hills dealership. That translates to 6% of the worldwide total at one dealer. 58 Phantoms and Drophead Coupes drove off the O'Gara lot last year. Converted to Toyota, the best U.S. store sells just 1% of the American total and 0.25% of all Toyotas worldwide.
It isn't exactly Modena. Most residents likely haven't heard of Maranello. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan has never been considered a hotbed of supercar research and development. But Lamborghini is suing North America Exotic Replica Cars for its use of trademark logos and designs; presumably Lambo-derived. NAERC makes use of a Pontiac Fiero base car although the whole Diablo kit will cost another $59-79,000.
Koenigsegg showed its stunning supercars at the Geneva show. Kristian's most powerful iteration, the Edition, makes 1018 horsepower when powered by ethanol. Fire it up with gasoline and you'll get just 888.
Ratan Tata, the big man behind Tata Motors, (yes, the company that introduced the Nano) sits on the board of Fiat. Yes, Fiat is the Italian conglomerate behind Ferrari. And yes, a report surfaced last week that suggested Tata was going to become a major shareholder in the supercar maker. But Tata is denying that rumour. Tata is finalizing its purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor Company and is working out the details of distributing Fiat's cars and engines in India. For now, no Ferrari.
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