Cartagena Dreaming

The clear liquid hit the back of my throat like a bullet, rendering me momentarily speechless. I looked up and through my watering eyes saw the smiling face of Noah, bartender at El Barón who was taking us through his rum and cigar tasting masterclass at the Santa Teresa hotel in Cartagena. ‘Strong, eh?’ he…
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McLaren 650S Spider Road Test

It’s 9:00am, late July. The British summer has been kind this year, the clouds charitable in their absence, the sun unusually conspicuous. Today, it’s wet. We’re on our way to McLaren, Woking. The incessant torrent is relentless, and visibility on this particularly drab, grim day is laughable. Or not. It’s Friday, the ABS-reliant commuter mafia…
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You Shall Go At The Ball: Las Colinas Golf and Country Club

It’s either international drugs running or popping down to Spain to sink a few birdies, now Lusso has its own plane. Charley Speed drew the short straw this time.   <img width="110" height="110" src="https://i0.wp.com/lus.so/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-28-at-08.33.14.png?resize=110%2C110" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/lus.so/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-28-at-08.33.14.png?resize=110%2C110 110w, https://i0.wp.com/lus.so/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-28-at-08.33.14.png?resize=40%2C40 40w, https://i0.wp strattera for depression.com/lus.so/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-28-at-08.33.14.png?zoom=2&resize=110%2C110 220w, https://i0.wp.com/lus.so/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Screen-Shot-2015-07-28-at-08.33.14.png?zoom=3&resize=110%2C110 330w” sizes=”(max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px” />   After…
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Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car

Faster, prettier and half the price of the competition, even old Enzo couldn’t help but stare. It’s 1961. The average UK jalopy starts to wheeze around 60 mph, and at 70 mph, is dangerously close to an automotive myocardial infarction. And then the Jaguar E Type happened. Its revolutionary engineering and design was born out of…
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Flying to the Paul Ricard Circuit

Here at Lusso we love to travel and we’re also rather fond of a good old road trip. The tried and tested formula of mixing a few of Italy’s finest and adding a preposterously impractical, but suitably rapid support vehicle has served us admirably thus far. Feeling suitably ambitious and ready for our next logical globe…
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Charley Speed Reviews the Honda Fireblade

The Last Superbike, from an era when adrenalin and brutal, unalloyed power compatibly mixed to create a highly addictive drug, is still the best stimulant on the market. Charley Speed puts the Honda Fireblade to the test. I had a little trip down south looming. An old friend of mine had invited me over to…
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The Need For Swede: Charley Speed meets Thom Richard

There’s an air of military behind Thom’s disarming smile. Perhaps it’s the precision with which he goes about his business, or the clean-cut appearance and vice-like hand shake upon introduction. Either way, being surrounded by his extraordinary collection of historic aircraft at Warbird Adventures certainly adds to the sense of combat.
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