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Victoria Beckham Spotted in Her Bentley in Beverly Hills

In early September 2012 a Zeroto60Times.com editor spotted none other than Victoria Beckham driving through Beverly Hills, California in her new Bentley GT Continental.  The editor was on assignment taking pictures of exotic high-end cars in this west coast sanctuary for the rich (and evidently famous) while he made the discovery.  Unless you're living under a rock for the past 15 years, you ...
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Interesting U.S. Auto Theft Stats

If you're thinking about buying a new or used car in the near future then you may want to take a gander at the informational graphic below.  Car Buzz has put together this interesting auto theft stats sheet including some of the least and most stolen vehicles in the United States as well as hot spots for car theft.  According to the FBI, a vehicle is stolen in the United States every 43 ...
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2012 Drivers’ Choice Awards Cars

Each year we always like tuning into to Motor Week TV television to see what their car testing guru’s determined as the best cars for 2012 in with their “Drivers' Choice Awards”. We tend to agree with Motor Week’s winners, although right off the bat we are bit unsure about the Kia Rio decision. We recognize that the Kia brand has seen dramatic improvements over the years; but still are not so ...
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Exotic Cars captured outside The Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco

We previously wrote the article entitled “Top 10 Places in America to Spot Exotic Cars”, which not surprisingly listed the hot spots in the U.S. for spotting high-end exotic automobiles. If this exotic car sighting post was to expand globally, then Monaco would undoubtedly make the list with the Monte Carlo Casino as the absolute Mecca within the tiny country.  Standing on the Monte Carlo ...
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Pro Race Motorcycles and Sports Bikes Racing

A half a dozen times a year or so there are organized motorcycle racing events that take place at the renowned Hallett Race Track (located between Tulsa and Stillwater, OK).  The day that we visited featured three different class of motorcycle riders.  We were easily able to tell the difference in the skill of each class.  In one group all of the sports bikes race full on with the front ...
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Car Design Legend Sergio Pininfarina Dies at 85

It has long been thought by many that the age of legends is passing into myth. The death of Sergio Pininfarina reminds us of this notion.  In years to come we do not know if today’s designers will themselves become legends, but what we do know is that the car world lost another one recently.   Early Life and Carrozzeria Pininfarina ... Pininfarina was born in Turin in 1926, he was the ...
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Largest & Most Expensive Private Car Collections

The Sultan of Brunei ... A combination of a seemingly unquenchable thirst for the expensive exotic cars, high-end luxury cars, priceless classic cars and one of a kind concept cars and a $20 billion dollar bank account has created the largest and most expensive car collection in the world.  The Sultan's exotic car collection is so decadently massive that it is estimated to currently be ...
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Glendale Cruise Nights Car Show

Southern California is home to countless car enthusiasts and that means that there are a lot of car shows to attend, many of which are outdoors thanks to the beautiful weather. One of the best that I have had the honor of attending is the Cruise Night in Glendale, CA. This year promises to be another great event with around 400 cars from before 1979 on display and some great entertainment. ...
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Google Maps Street View Exotic Car Sightings III

This is our third installment in our Google Maps Street View Exotic Car Sightings hunt.  During this series of posts we have traveled the world (well via Google Maps Street View) with the mission of discovering some of the rarest and most expensive cars that were ever captured by the Google car.  You may think that finding an exotic car or two on Google Earth / Maps is not necessarily the ...
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2012 Hot Rod Power Tour Car Show In Stillwater OK

For those of you that are not in the Hot Rod car scene, the Hotrod Power Tour is an annual, multi-state rolling tribute to the classic performance car and hotrod. Organized by Hotrod Magazine, the 2012 Hotrod Power Tour started in Detroit Michigan and will end in Arlington, Texas one week later. This tour is for the car guys that have hot rods and muscle cars that they want to enjoy on the ...
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Lottery Cars – Best Lottery Winner Cars

  Winning the Powerball or Mega Millions lottery jackpot is a fantasy at one time or another for most people. This is especially prevalent in times when the lottery is insanely high, such as in late March 2012 when the Mega Millions lottery jackpot surged to a historic $656 million dollar high. Depending on the state, after taxes and opting for the cash option a single winner could ...
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Tour of an Expensive Car Dealership in Southern California

On a recent trip to the San Diego area to visit a friend, I managed a quick visit to the Symbolic Motor Car Company.  The expensive southern California car dealership is appropriately situated in the heart of La Jolla.  This wealthy San Diego suburb boasts many notable residents including presidential candidate Mitt Romney ($12 million dollar vacation home), Jenny Craig, pro golfer Phil ...
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Most Powerful Cars Ever Made

  The Most Powerful Cars Ever Made Last week, car enthusiasts the world-over braced themselves. California-based online car magazine, Inside Line, published its highly anticipated list of The 100 Most Powerful Cars of All Time. The list, complied by the team at Inside Line after months upon months of "grueling" test drives and fast car research, features a mouth watering selection of ...
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Custom Yellow & Black Bugatti Veyron Spotted in Beverly Hills

The now deceased Bijan Pakzad was renowned as the most expensive clothing designer in the world.  As this video and pictures were taken we glanced into the shop to see a mens sports coat retailing for over $14,000.  With price tags like this its no wonder the man could afford two of the most expensive cars in the world: a Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe and a Bugatti Veyron 16.4.  Both of these ...
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NASCAR 101- How Does NASCAR work?

If you're new to Nascar then you're likely asking yourself some of the following questions. How does Nascar work? What do the Nascar flags mean? How many Nascar races are there? The Nascar for beginners info-graphic provided below will answer these questions and more.  Nascar, which is short for "National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing" actual has its roots in bootlegging during the ...
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Bloodhound SSC Aims to Beat MPH Speed Records

  Bloodhound: Zero to Sixty in… One Second? So now that it is commonplace for road-worthy cars to reach speeds of zero to sixty miles per hour in less than three seconds, the question has to be asked - where does this stop? In the constant quest by performance car manufacturers to make a vehicle that gets to sixty miles per hour a nanosecond faster than their competitors, there is only ...
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