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Bull in a China Shop

Bull in a China Shop

Written: October 15, 2008

Whoop-ass in a Gallardo is supremely satisfying, but it may not be everyone’s cup of tea. How about this: a Superleggera delicately balanced on four porcelain teacups? William Ashley China uses the car as a centerpiece to display its wares at its Toronto store. This is attention-getting, to say the ...

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Personality

DEATH Paul Newman

DEATH Paul Newman

Written: September 28, 2008

A class act has taken the final curtain. Paul Newman succumbed to lung cancer on Friday. One of the greatest actors of his generation, the 83-year old Newman was also a talented racer, team owner and philanthropist. The man with the beguiling blue eyes recently took his GT1 Corvette for ...

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Culture

One Man's Loss . . .

One Man's Loss . . .

Written: October 14, 2008

A Swiss man and his 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Pininfarina Series 1 Cabriolet were reunited after 15 years. The car was stolen from a warehouse in Spain in 1993. Just 40 were made, and the owner passed on an insurance claim figuring the car would surface eventually. Well, it did. ...

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Personality

Sato Busted: Excessive Exuberance in Gallardo

Sato Busted: Excessive Exuberance in Gallardo

Written: October 15, 2008

Everyone knows the Lamborghini Gallardo is no car for girlie men. This thing drips testosterone. AutoWeek describes the visual appeal of the new LP560-4 this way: “Even in cash-rich Las Vegas, . . . [it] draws exclamations. Its low-slung body . . . draws gawks and whistles. Women swoon. Coyotes ...

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Technology

System Lends New Meaning to “Tuner Exhaust”

System Lends New Meaning to “Tuner Exhaust”

Written: October 15, 2008

A German company could could make any car sound sexy. Eberspacher GmbH has introduced a system that can tune your exhaust system sonically to produce just about any sound desired, the company claims. The ActiveSilence system, as it is called, replaces the standard muffler with an enclosed microphone-and-speaker unit. “It ...

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The Admiral's Perfect Ferrari

The Admiral's Perfect Ferrari

Written: September 30, 2008

Robert Phillips is a patient man. That makes his wife, HelenAnn, the patron saint of patience. In their garage was a project car Robert had been meaning to get to for four decades, a 1955 500 Ferrari Mondial Scaglietti Spyder Series II. As cowboys like to say, the car was ...

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Culture

Women Turned on by Maserati Sound

Women Turned on by Maserati Sound

Written: October 15, 2008

Women find Maseratis sexy. That’s a fact, Jack. A recent study tested the saliva of 40 men and women after they listened to the exhaust note of various cars. Spit contains testosterone, and the more, the merrier, apparently. Elevated levels of the hormone indicate positive arousal, and where women are ...

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