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Harley-Davidson (HOG) introduces 3 new models

Harley-Davidson(HOG) introduces 3 new models: the new SuperLow™, XR1200X and Road Glide® Ultra models with its expansive line of 2011-model-year motorcycles.
With 32 models including urban brawlers, long-haul touring machines, contemporary customs drenched in chrome, dark retro-style bobbers, exhilarating sport roadsters and inviting standards, Harley-Davidson offers a motorcycle to match the desires of almost any [...]

Kraken Opus Ferrari $40,000

Kraken Opus, that luxury publisher that produces premium, outsized editions on subjects including sports teams, celebrities, fashion and art, is pushing the boundaries of luxury to a new level this year.
For $75,000, they are offering a book celebrating the cricket star Sachin Tendulkar’s career. A pint of Tendulkar’s blood was mixed with paper pulp [...]

Bentley Dynamo Concept

Called the “Dynamo Concept”, the open-wheeled, two-seat club racer employs a 4.3-litre four-cylinder engine with a whining supercharger (colloquially referred to as a “blower”) bolted directly in front of the car in honour of its unique spiritual predecessor.
Also paying homage to the historic Le Mans racer is a double-hinged bonnet, integrated side exhausts and club [...]

Luxury on Sale in Bangkok

Bangkok bargain-hunters will be pleased to know that the frowns have gone from the Land of Smiles.
Only three weeks or so after the end of violent anti-government protests in Bangkok, the welcome mat is being rolled out.
The city’s tourism industry is wasting no time in dishing out big discounts to woo tourists. Five-star hotel chains, [...]

Bain & Co Luxury Report

Bain & Co expect growth in Luxury market.
After the market shrivelled by some 8 percent in 2009, this year sales of expensive jewellery, champagne and other fancy goods from Germany and elsewhere are expected to increase by 4 percent to €158 billion, the study by consulting firm Bain & Company said.
“After three painful quarters the [...]

BMW Sales Up 10.8%

A BMW statement said the group sold a total of 120,843 vehicles, of which 101,775 were BMW-brand cars, despite a slump in Germany and the United States.
The group also owns the Mini and Rolls-Royce brands.
BMW-brand deliveries through May rose by 14.1 per cent to 466,087 vehicles, which meant it remained the leading luxury [...]

China to be World’s biggest luxury goods market in 5 yrs

China will rank as the World’s biggest market for luxury goods in 5 yrs, a Blue Paper on China’s commercial development from Y 2009 to 2010 released in Beijing Wednesday said.
Released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Blue Paper said China’s luxury goods market had increased to US$9.4B by the end of [...]

V12 Vantage Heads to USA

Aston Martin is to bring the V12 Vantage – the most powerful sports car the brand has ever made – to the US, it announced May 10.
Although Aston Martin had not originally planned a US version of the car, it says that unexpected demand forced a reconsideration of the decision.
A specially-modified version of the car [...]

BMW Recreates a 328 Kamm Coupé for the Italia Mille Miglia

BMW The 328 Kamm Coupé recreation.
The Mille Miglia, the road race from Brescia, Italy, to Rome and back that began this week, marks the 70th anniversary of the year BMW swept the race’s top spots in 1940.
To commemorate, the company has entered what it describes as a contemporary replica of the so-called 328 Kamm Coupé. [...]

Scuderia Ferrari One

In the world of fine watches, Cabestan is one of the brands that is driven by a continuous desire to revolutionize and accomplish the impossible, and their collaboration with Ferrari is sure to take the horological artistry to the levels never seen before.
Their first cooperative project has given birth to this amazing timepiece dubbed [...]