Sunday, July 5, 2009
Lauren Conrad's Audi R8 !!!!
The Audi R8 is a sports car with
a longitudinally mounted mid-engine, and uses Audi's 'trademark' quattro permanent four-wheel drive system.It was introduced by the German automaker Audi AG in 2006. The car was exclusively designed, developed, and manufactured by Audi AG's high performance private subsidiary company, quattro GmbH, and is derived from the Lamborghini Gallardo.[The fundamental construction of the R8 is based on the "Audi Space Frame", and uses an aluminium monocoque which is built around a space frame. The car is built by quattro GmbH in a newly renovated factory at Audi's 'aluminium site' at Neckarsulm in Germany.
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Samuel Jackson's Maybach 57 S !!!!The Maybach 57 and 62 were the first automobile models of the 
Maybach brand since the brand's revival by DaimlerChrysler AG .They are derived from the Mercedes-Benz Maybach concept car presented at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. The concept car was based on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan. The Luxury Brand Status Index 2008 voted the Maybach 1st place, ahead of Rolls-Royce and Bentley .DaimlerChrysler revealed the Maybach 57 S at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show, with the S standing for "special." It uses a 6.0 L version of the V12 engine manufactured by Mercedes-AMG. Power output is 450 kilowatts (611.8 PS; 603.5 hp) and 738 lb·ft (1,001 N·m), providing a sub-5 second sprint to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). It also rides 0.5 in (13 mm) lower on 20 inches (510 mm) wheels. The North American unveiling was at the Los Angeles Auto Show in January 2006.
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Kristin Cavallari's BMW 3 Series Coupe !!!
The BMW 3 Series is a compact executive car manufactured by the German automaker BMW since May 1975. Successor to the BMW New Class, it has been produced in five different generations and in no less than five different body styles. It is BMW's best selling automobile, accounting for nearly 40% of the company's auto sales in 2005.
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Kate Walsh's Range Rover Sport !!!
The Range Rover Sport is a luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) produced by Land Rover . The Range Rover Sport represents a new design direction for the marque as foreshadowed by the Range Stormer concept unveiled in 2005. An evolution of the concept, the Sport is marketed as a sports tourer and is intended to be Land Rover's most driver focused vehicle as indicated by its subtle rear spoiler and taillights shaped for aerodynamic efficiency. Despite this, the Sport has serious off-road capability at its core, matching the rest of the Land Rover lineup. Like the Range Rover, it is only equipped with an automatic transmission.
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Pamela Anderson's Jaguar XF !!!
The mid-size luxury car / sports sedan made by Jaguar Cars,T
he Jaguar XF was launched in the UK in 2008 and replaced the S-Type in the company's lineup. The production version of the XF debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show,and customer deliveries commenced in March 2008. In January 2008, the XF was awarded the prestigious What Car? Car of the Year award, as well as taking away the prize in the executive car category. The XF was also awarded Car of the Year 2008 .
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Sienna Miller's Audi TT !!!
The Audi TT is a sports car manufactured by German automak
er Audi AG since 1998 in Győr, Hungary. It is now in its second generation — and available as a 2+2 coupé or two-seater roadster.The development of the Audi TT began in September 1994 at the Audi Design Center in California.The TT was first shown as a concept car at the 1995 Frankfurt Motor Show. The design is credited to J Mays and Freeman Thomas, with Martin Smith and Romulus Rost contributing to the award winning interior design. A previously unused laser welding adaptation which enabled seamless design features on the first-generation TT also delayed its introduction.
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Nicholas Cage's Ferrari Enzo !!!Named after the company's founder, Enzo Ferrari, it is a 12 cylinder mid-engine berlinetta. It is currently one of the most powerful naturally aspirated production cars.It was built in 2002 using Formula One technology, such as a carbon-fi
bre body, F1-style sequential shift transmission, and Carbon fibre-reinforced Silicon Carbide (C/SiC) ceramic composite disc brakes. Also used are technologies not allowed in F1 such as active aerodynamics and traction control. After a downforce of 775 kg (1,709 lb) is reached at 348.8 km/h (217 mph) the rear wing is actuated by computer to maintain that downforce.The Enzo was initially announced at the 2002 Paris Motor Show with a limited production run of 349 units and priced at US $643,330. The company sent invitations to existing customers, specifically, those who had previously bought the Ferrari F40 and Ferrari F50. All 349 cars were sold in this way before production began. Later, after numerous requests, Ferrari decided to build 50 more Enzos, bringing the total to 399. Before being unveiled at the Paris Motor show, the Enzo (that was used in the show) was flown from Italy to California to be filmed in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. It was driven on a beach by actress Demi Moore. After filming was complete, the Enzo was flown to France to be in the Motor Show.
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The muscle boy of hollywood in his Ferrari 612 Scaglietti !!!
The Fe
rrari 612 Scaglietti is a grand tourer produced by Ferrari since 2004. It is a large two door fastback coupé. The 612 Scaglietti was designed to replace the smaller 456 M; its larger size makes it a true 4 seater with adequate space in the rear seats for adults.It is produced at Ferrari's Carrozzeria Scaglietti plant, the former home of the car's namesake coachbuilder in Modena, Italy. The car is capable of 315 km/h (195 mph) and has a 100 km/h time of 4.3 seconds.
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Gorgeous Kim Kardashian’s Black Bentley Continental GTC !!!
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he Bentley Continental GT is a two-door 2+2 grand touring coupé released in 2003, replacing the previous Rolls-Royce-based Continental R and T.It is equipped with a 6.0 litre, twin-turbocharged W12 engine, producing 552 hp (412 kW), with a top speed of 198 mph (319 km/h).The convertible version of the Continental GT, the Continental GTC, was first presented in September 2005, and was introduced to several world markets in the autumn of 2006. With the second generation Azure, it is the second Bentley convertible released in 2005. The roof is produced by Karmann in Osnabrück, Germany.
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The supermodel and creator of the show America's Next Top owns Lexus SC convertible on his show, Ride with FunkMaster Flex. The personal luxury coupé,The Lexus SC series sold by Lexus since 1991 features a front engine, rear-wheel drive design and seating for up to four passengers. The first generation SC débuted as the V8-powered SC 400 in 1991, and the
I6-powered SC 300 was added in 1992. Both first generation models were produced until 2000. The second generation model, the SC 430, went into production in 2001. The SC 430 features a hardtop convertible design and a V8 engine. The first generation SC was largely styled in California, and the second generation SC was mainly conceived at design studios in Europe.It carries a U.S. base price of $65,455 and a UK base price of £54,880 !!!
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Julia Roberts with her silver Toyota Prius !!!
The Toyota Prius is a full hybrid electric mid-size car developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation. It first went on sale in Japan in 1997, making it the first mass-produced hybrid vehicle.Subsequently it was introduced worldwide in 2001. The Prius is sold in more than 40 countries and regions, with its largest markets being those of Japan and North America.In the US market alone, Toyota Prius made up more than half of the 1.2 million Prius sold worldwide by early 2009 !!!
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Justin Timberlake in his white Jeep Wrangler Unlimited !!! 
The Wrangler is an SUV produced by American automaker Chrysler under its Jeep marque. It is a successor to the famous World War II 'Jeep' vehicle by way of the Willys civilian Jeep in the 1950s, later produced by Kaiser-Jeep and by American Motors . A defining feature of all Wranglers is that they continue to use live axles both front and rear like the civilian jeep .
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Shawn Corey Carter a.k.a Jay-Z, is an American rapper and former president and CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records with his Maybach 62S . His street writing skills makes him different from the rest of the rappers and they say that he can compose without a pen and paper . 
The Maybach 57 and 62 were the first automobile models of the Maybach brand since the brand's revival by DaimlerChrysler AG (now Daimler AG).It is priced at a whopping $ 432,250 . They are derived from the Mercedes-Benz Maybach concept car presented at the 1997 Tokyo Motor Show. The concept car was based on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedan. The Luxury Brand Status Index 2008 voted the Maybach 1st place, ahead of Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
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Grammy Award winning hip-hop artist Nelly Furtado with his Ford Flex !!!! The 34-year-old rapper, singer and actor says Ford’s newest crosso
ver caught his eye for the first time in July when it was on display at a Ford-sponsored event in Atlanta.The full-size crossover manufactured by Ford, Ford Flex is based on the Ford Fairlane concept unveiled at the 2005 North American International Auto Show. The production vehicle made its debut at the 2007 New York International Auto Show.Sales of the Flex began in summer of 2008 as a 2009 model. Flex is only sold in the United States, Canada and in the Middle East.
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When Sachin Tendulkar equalled Don Bradman's 29 centuries in Test Criket, automotive gaint Ferrari presented him with a Ferrari 360 Modena !!! The Ferrari 360 is a mid-engine two-seater sports car produc
ed from late 1999 until 2005. The 360 replaced the Ferrari F355 and was itself replaced by the fairly similar Ferrari F430. The new V8 engine, common to all versions, was only slightly larger and more powerful than the 355's at 3.6 litres and 300 kW (400 bhp) of power, but the lighter frame and added stiffness improved performance; the 0 to 100 km/h acceleration performance improved from 4.6 to 4.4 seconds, and in the Challenge versions it was as low as 4.0 s. An engine replacement resulted in the current V8 road model, the F430 (internally referred to as the evoluzione or evo) which came out in 2004.
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David Beckham owns the big daddy among SUVs . Yes ! I am talking about the full-size luxury sport utility vehicle (SUV) sold by the General Motors luxury brand, the Cadillac Escalade . The Escalade was introduced for the 1999 model year in respon
se to German and Japanese competitors and to Ford's 1998 release of the Lincoln Navigator. The Escalade project went into production only ten months after it was approved. The standard Escalade is built in Arlington, Texas. The name Escalade refers to a siege warfare tactic of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders or siege towers.It competes with the Range Rover, Infiniti QX56, Hummer H2, Mercedes-Benz GL-Class,Lexus LX,Toyota Land Cruiser, Land Rover LR3 and Lincoln Navigator.
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Will.i.am's Tesla Roadster !!!!The Tesla Roadster is an all-electric sports car produced by the electric car firm Tesla Motors .The Roadster can travel 244 miles (393 km) on a single charge of its lithium-ion battery pack, and can accelerate fr
om 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) in 3.9 seconds. The Roadster's efficiency, as of September 2008, was reported as 120 mpgge (2.0 L/100 km). It uses 135 W·h/km (4.60 mi/kW·h) battery-to-wheel, and has an efficiency of 92% on average.The Roadster was developed with design help from Lotus Cars, who supplied the basic chassis development technology from the Lotus Elise. First unveiled to the public on 19 July 2006, series production of the car began on 17 March 2008.
Final pricing for the 2008 Tesla Roadster base model was US$98,000, plus a destination charge of $950. The majority of the first 200 Roadsters ordered by October, 2006, came fully loaded with all optional equipment at a cost of about US$100,000 !!!
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Paris Hilton's Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren !!! It costs a whopping US$495,000 !!! 
The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is an Anglo-German super car jointly developed by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren Automotive, built in Portsmouth and the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. Daimler AG, owner of Mercedes-Benz, also owns 40% of the McLaren Group.SLR stands for "Sport, Leicht, Rennsport" (sport, light, racing). Mercedes-Benz has stated that they will build 3500 SLRs in a span of 7 years, with an annual production of 500 cars.The car's base price is GB£300,000 (approx. US$495,000 or €475,000, c. 2007). However demand was insufficient to meet targeted sales numbers, production will end in 2009 as planned.
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Smack That baby !!!! Oh yeah ... Akon owns one too . I am talking about the Lamborghini MurciélagoThe Lamborghini Murciélago is a high performance sports car pr
oduced by Italian automaker Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. and designed by Luc Donckerwolke. It was introduced in 2001 as the successor to the Diablo. The Murciélago is a two-door, two-seat coupé. To celebrate the company's 40 years in operation, 50 special edition Murciélagos were built during the autumn of 2003. Its base price is US $313,000, which is US $107,000 more than its smaller sibling, the Lamborghini Gallardo.
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Oh yeah !!! The Big Daddy in the world of Hip Hop owns a Rolls-Royce Phantom !!! 
The Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé is a British handmade coupe manufactured by Rolls-Royce that debuted at the 2008 Geneva International Auto Show in Geneva, Switzerland, on 6 March 2008. The platform is based on the 2003 Rolls-Royce Phantom and has styling heavily derived from the Rolls-Royce 100EX, a concept car unveiled to celebrate the company's centennial in 2004.[. Rolls-Royce currently has plans to build an electric Phantom.
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Aston Martin Vanquish V12 S car was the official 007 car for th
e movie Die Another Day. Pierce Brosnan owns a Vanquish V12 S. The Aston Martin Vanquish is designed by Ian Callum and manufactured by Aston Martin. From its 2001 introduction to its cancellation, it was Aston Martin's flagship vehicle.After being featured as the official James Bond car in the film Die Another Day it became more widely recognized . It was discontinued on 19 July 2007. The Aston Martin DBS V12 will temporarily replace it atop Aston's lineup pending the 2010 introduction of a replacement.
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Brangelina (Brad Pitt and his wife Angelina Jolie) , appeared to the Premier of "Ocean's 13" in a BMW Hydrogen 7 .
BMW Hydrogen 7 is a limited production hydrogen vehicle built by German automobile manufacturer BMW. It is based on BMW’s traditional gasoline powered 7-series line of vehicles, and more specifically the 760Li. It uses the same 6 litre V-12 motor as does the 760i and 760Li; Here the combustion of hydrogen as well as gasoline, makes it a bivalent engine. Unlike many other current hydrogen powered vehicles which use fuel cell technology and hydrogen to create electricity to power the vehicle - the BMW directly ignites the hydrogen in its internal combustion engine.
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Xzibit rolling off his Lamborghini Gallardo !!!!The Gallardo is Lamborghini's most-produced model to date. Each car costs about $180,000 to $210,000. The car is named after a famous breed of fighting bull. The spanish word gallardo translates into "gallant," and from Italian into "striking". 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Coupe Performance & Efficiency Standard Features - 5,204 cc 5.2 liters V 10 mid engine with 84.5 mm bore, 92.8 mm stroke, 12.5 compression ratio, double overhead cam, variable valve timing/camshaft and four valves per cylinder- Premium unleaded fuel 91- Gasoline direct injection fuel system- 23.8 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 19.8- Power: 412 kW , 553 HP SAE @ 8,000 rpm; 398 ft lb , 540 Nm @ 6,500 rpm 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Coupe Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features - Four-wheel ABS- Brake assist system- Four disc brakes including four ventilated discs- Electronic brake distribution- Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management- Immobilizer- Front and rear limited slip differential- Stability control- Wishbone front and rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs- Tire kit 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Coupe Exterior & Aerodynamics Standard Features - Body color front and rear bumpers- Day time running lights- Driver and passenger power heated body color door mirrors- External dimensions: overall length (inches): 171.2, overall width (inches): 74.8, overall height (inches): 45.9, wheelbase (inches): 100.8, front track (inches): 64.3, rear track (inches): 62.9 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 37.7- Electric foldable mirrors- Front fog lights- Headlight cleaners- Projector beam lens Bi-Xenon headlights- Luxury trim alloy on gearknob, leather on doors and leather on dashboard- Gloss paint- Fixed rear window- Trunk/hatch spoiler- Tinted glass on cabin- Weights: curb weight (lbs) 3,307- Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Coupe Interior Standard Features - 12v power outlet: front and 1- Air conditioning with climate control- Element antenna- RDS audio system with AM/FM and CD player CD player reads MP3- Cargo area light- Cargo capacity: all seats in place (cu ft): 29.0- Clock- Computer with average speed, average fuel consumption, instantaneous fuel consumption and range for remaining fuel- Full dashboard and floor console- Delayed/fade courtesy lights- Front seats cup holders- Door ajar warning- Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat- External temperature- Floor mats- Driver front airbag with multi-stage deployment, passenger front airbag with occupant switch off and multi-stage deployment- Sports electrically adjustable driver and passenger seat with one adjustment- 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat with pre-tensioners- Two head restraints on front seats- Low tire pressure indicator- Remote power locks speed sensing- Power steering- Front power windows with two one-touch- Front reading lights- Rear view mirror- Remote fuel filler door release- Mechanical remote trunk/hatch release- Leather seat upholstery with additional leather- Seating: two seats- Front side airbag- Four speaker(s)- Leather covered steering wheel with tilt adjustment and telescopic adjustment- Tachometer- Illuminated driver and passenger vanity mirror- Ventilation system with micro filter
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When it comes to charity Fergie is an angel !!! After performing at the Live earth concert Fergie was totally into saving planet Earth and she decided to sell her HUMMER H2 , it being a high emission vehicle and donate all the proceeds to Global Green USA !!! Go girl !!!!
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a longitudinally mounted mid-engine, and uses Audi's 'trademark' quattro permanent four-wheel drive system.It was introduced by the German automaker Audi AG in 2006. The car was exclusively designed, developed, and manufactured by Audi AG's high performance private subsidiary company, quattro GmbH, and is derived from the Lamborghini Gallardo.[The fundamental construction of the R8 is based on the "Audi Space Frame", and uses an aluminium monocoque which is built around a space frame. The car is built by quattro GmbH in a newly renovated factory at Audi's 'aluminium site' at Neckarsulm in Germany. 
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