New Ferrari 799 Mugello

During the last 20 years the car industry has seen an injection of SUVs from marques that, before, had spent their time honing sports cars and family cars. If you wanted a luxury 4×4 there was really only one place to look: the Range Rover. It still tops my sought after list. However, a gap…
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Put It in Neutral: Geneva Motor Show 2012

Geneva. It’s clean, it’s neat, it’s somewhat quaint and understated. It is then the least likely city to host what’s probably Europe’s (and arguably the world’s) leading car show. However, for a week every March, that’s what happens in the several acres of Geneva’s Palexpo exhibition hall. This year, the buzz words have been iPhone…
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Aecoris Offers a Unique Yachting Club

At LUSSO, we’re well aware of the range of options out there for those who wish to take yacht to sea. Chartering is simple but not the best value, fractional ownership is great but you still get a proportion of the downsides. Aecoris have pioneered a membership solution that gives the best sense of ownership…
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A Year of Supercars – Elms Collection

2009 has been an interesting year for many, but one thing that is certain is that enthusiasts and investors are still buying exotic and  super cars, with many models bucking the market trend and appreciating in value over the last 12 months. This is prime LUSSO territory, so we gave Dion at Elms Collection a…
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Lamborghini Gallardo

Ok, I’ll admit it before any of you readers figure it out for yourselves. I am a snob. Not the sort of snob who prefers dukes to dustmen, but the sort of snob who feels that if you can’t afford to buy a particular car, then you’d better not drive that sort of a car.…
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Bespoke Versus Off the Shelf

Even the keenest cyclist will be surprised at just what a difference bespoke measurements and a tailor-made ride could make. “Wisps of mythology swirl around cycling. For me, I love the story of Independent Fabrication; an American, workers-owned co-operative which rose out of the shutting-down of another bike-building firm”. For the full story download LUSSO…
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Lord of the Ring: Tackling the Nordschleife

The trip would include a couple of laps of the infamous ‘Nordschleife’ circuit (the old Grand Prix circuit) with a GT1 driver. I would also join one of the pit crews for a racing pit stop. So far, so exciting. It was only after I had agreed to go that I thought to do a…
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Amazing-Mini-Super-Jumbo

Already popular within the United Arab Emirates, it was only a matter of time before Europe got a taste of the Embraer Lineage 1000. Given the spec of the machine, it also won’t be long before you see several more. This first has been brought in by Hangar8 for its charter fleet and it’s a…
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Morgan Launches the Aero SuperSports at the Concorso d Eleganza

With Morgan celebrating their centenary this year, they have released a fantastic new special edition model, based on their AeroMax luxury sports car. The new SuperSports is their most luxurious car to date and by removing the roof, they’ve created a superb roadster. Morgan are infamous for their hand-built cars, often involving wood, even in…
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