Lancia Astura, Tuning News
Pebble Beach recently announced their special classes and among them a tribute to Lancia gets our attention the most. In the 1930s, this company was making Italy's most prestigious cars.
The Astura was Lancia's top model and nearly 3000 were made. Many of these had custom bodies by the great design houses of Italy. At Pebble, we expect to see at least a few Asturas as graceful as the Touring Flying Star pictured here.
At the upcoming Mille Miglia retrospective, another important Astura will surface. Called the Colli Spider, this car competed three times in the original race with a unique body and specification.
Over the last month some impressive tuned supercars have come our way. The most recent and powerful of these is the Brabus SL 600. From there we have many more worth viewing: 2008 Edo 630 Scuderia, 2008 Carlsson Sl 500 CK50, 2008 Sportec SP600, 2008 Premier4509 Gallardo, 2008 Hamann M3 and 2008 Geiger Corvette Z06 Black Edition
EB 16.4 Veyron Sang Noir
Bugatti are showing little restraint in their eagerness to specialize the Veyron. First we had the PurSang, then the Hermes and now the Sang Noir. It's a darkened version with a completely black exterior.
Ralph Lauren was the first to blacken out his Veyron, but this edition goes much further. Like the Pur Sang, its central body panels are bare carbon fiber. Inside is a high-contrast tangerine interior with black-piano lacquer panels.... Read More
Villa d'Este Wrap Up
Now that the Villa d'Este is behind us we can take time to reflect on some of the cars and events. Obviously, the most profound release was BMW's M1 supercar project, but much more was happening behind the scenes.
For instance, Touring was celebrating their revival and had many important designs show up for both the private and public days of the Concours. Our favorite of these was the Pegaso Thrill which we had not seen before. The new company has been kind enough to give us historic pictures of this car which we've now assembled on our devoted page.... Read More
