This is a collectors dream and could just be the perfect material for a real Porsche fanatic meant straight for his garage. Forget pride, this is your chance to make those envy who believed that a Targa from the early nineties in their possession was just about perfect to bear a retro collectors repute. It belongs to an era where six-cylinders were literally unheard off and those who knew about its ability were baffled by the cost involved. The roots aren’t confirmed in its case but it is believed to be a sibling of the 356 Coupe from 1955, which means that it is one of those astute 356’ models from Porsche. We can keep talking about proving our fanaticism but the upshot is that it would require a whopping 112,000 Euros to have it parked in your garage, meaning you shouldn’t just be a fanatic but a moneyed one at that.
Subaru showcased its brand-new and uber-innovative sit-down full motion Gran Turismo 5 Controller at this year’s New York Auto Show. We love the pod for its real-to-life rally racing simulation, complete with a bouncing seat to make the road bumps feel more real. That’s all we could get to know of the controller. If you can’t fit your fat hindquarters behind a real rally car wheel, this STI should help you make up for it.
If you loved Goldstriker’s new 24ct full gold 16GB Apple iPhone we mentioned a few days ago, then you have all the more reasons to celebrate its Spring 2008 Collection. The new collections unveil three of the most sought after cell phones in gold and platinum. On offer are the Nokia 7900 Prism, Nokia 8800 Arte and the Samsung Armani P520, all available in 24 ct gold and platinum editions. While Nokia 7900 costs $906, Nokia 8800 Arte costs $1812, almost double the cost of Nokia 7900 and Samsung Armani P520 retails for a starting price of $1208. As always, these are limited edition phones, go grab the one you fancy before it disappears.
To be perfectly honest with you I love showing off my goodies in front of my friends. I mean who doesn’t like a string of admirers telling you what good taste they have! Anyhow, whether you are an indulgent narcissist or a quietly dignified person, the new Pantech Noblesse Luxury phone is certain to catch your eye. Designed by Hyun Sung Lee, the phone is as yet still a concept, but with a slider housing a gorgeous keypad as that, I really won’t mind waiting for it to hit the stores with all the patience I can muster for the love of me. Since it is a concept we are still free to let our fancies reign supreme and speculate whether the phone’s body could be made in stainless steel, silver, or even platinum or gold. Hmmm… that would be yummy.
Celebrating ten glorious years of making cellphones that tad bit more luxurious for the beautiful people, Vertu is out to mark their decade long love affair with style by launching a very special collection of monogrammed Constellations. The collection will feature very special and very luxuriant fine grain leather which will be graced by the Vertu V monogram which interestingly enough is engraved in a four-hour long process and the whole hide is finished with a special protective layer in the end. The limited edition cell phone collection will be offered in five attractive variants and customers will be able to choose between Pewter, Green, Red, Skye Blue or Cerise colored leathers when the collection hits stores on April 1st.
We have seen a range of gaming chairs with features built-in speakers, subwoofer, and vibration motors to take you amidst all the action in the game. Another cool option on the list is this Rumbleseat Gaming Chair that although features the same standard specs but is meant for seating 2 persons. The rumbleseat features four speakers each side, two powerful subwoofers, dynamic vibration motors, sound responsive LED light, RCA input/output ports/headphone jack. The chair also features wireless connectivity to keep your gaming room clutter-free. The Rumbleseat is also available in plus microsuede and it even folds in half for convenient storage. The chair sells for approx. $250.
Hogl, the renowned firm that specializes in Ladies shoes and footwear, showcased their autumn/winter crystal collection shoes made with Swarovski crystals during GDS 2008, the international event for shoes & accessories held in Düsseldorf. These sparkling black shoes will give you perfect look with most of your dresses. These Swarovski crystal-studded stilettos have been tested in specialized laboratories. Indeed, one pair of these shoes will give you hot look with a pair of jeans, black pants, and short skirts. See some more pics of the these dazzling shoes after the jump.
Now, Bugatti Veyron, the 250MPH scorcher of a supercar, gets some competition, and some very stiff one at that from the new fastest production car on the planet, the SSC Ultimate Aero. And all this on Fleabay, sorry eBay. The Shelby Super Cars’ Aero has all the firepower under it’s hood and it’s beautiful low slung, asphalt hugging, aerodynamic form to bruise some Veyron owners’ ego very badly and actually hustle a Veyron. That is quite a statement to make. But, the very hot looking SSC Aero has a Corvette heart in it, albeit with some major trick modifying which sees the vette’s 6187cc V8 engine pump out a tyre eating 800 BHP. With this kind of raw muscle power, the Aero does a top speed of 400.7 kph and can pull from nought to sixty in three blinks of your eye, yeah it can do it in 3.1 seconds. Quick and fast are understatements. Jet-like would be apt. That is what Brute American super Muscle can do. And as Sir Shelby likes his cars very goodlooking and light, the Aero has a very stylish body built with some extensive use of carbon fiber and titanium and the Aero also has the classy scissor doors, like the Ferraris and Lamborghinis.
Ever dreamt of floating on the sea on your life? Well, if you have enough money stashed away in your bank, you could consider owning a piece of the Freedom Ship, a self-contained floating urban-space created exclusively for the rich and the famous. The city boasts of 18,000 living units in the price range of $180,000 to $2.5 million, including a couple of premium suites priced up to $44 million. If you are business savvy, you could own a commercial unit, a hotel unit or a time-share unit to cater to the resident’s need for a similar price. A world class casino will be around the corner for your entertainment and so will a world class medical facility to meet your health needs. A ferryboat transportation system that provides departures every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, to 3 or more local cities giving ship residents access to the local neighborhood and up to 30,000 land-based residents a chance to spend a day on the ship. Schools are obviously not left out and so are community centers, outdoor parks, recreational facilities such as theaters and malls. While the rich and the famous can own a piece of this Freedom Ship, ordinary mortals like you and me can visit as tourists.
Yet another flying car is entering the rapidly crowded race. Super Sky Cycle, Moller’s M200G Volantor, Urban Aeronautics’ X-Hawk, PAL-V flying car, and the Terrafugia Transition flying car have already gone into production. The latest flying car concept to be officially unveiled later this month at the prestigious New York International Auto Show, is the Milner Motors AirCar. Developed by Jim Milner, the Aircar is a completely self-contained four door, four seat advanced-composite road-able aircraft (flying car) with foldable main wing in the rear of the vehicle and a canard in the front. It can take you to your destination via air route and when you are done, simply fold up the wings and drive it down the road. Weighing around 3,000 pounds, the Aircar is claimed to cruise at 200 mph for up to 1,000-miles. It gets its power from two rotary engines that drive dual 28-inch pusher ducted fans and a separate 40 horsepower engine. Well, the prototype they are going to display can’t fly. It’s just a showcase to let people know that the flight is feasible. The AirCar is expected to cost approximately $450,000.
Custom Installed Residential Bowling-Alley for Rich Kids
We have earlier told you about custom-made high-end skate park for your backyard and now you can get your own bowling alley set-up from United Bowling complete with genuine AMF and Brunswick equipment like pin stackers and ball returns. Minimum area requirement for 2 Lanes is 88 feet long, 12 feet wide with a 10 foot ceiling. The bowling lanes are installed on a raised wood foundation which looks classy. And, the extravagance will set you back for a cool $88,000. But, it sure will fetch you admiration from all your buddies.
Oz Diamond Edition Faucet Brings The 'Ice' Back To Tap Water
When you’re low on money, the kitchen is likely to be the first room which suffers. Mostly because you don’t buy as much food as your would if you had some extra cash laying around. When you’ve got more money than you know what to do with, sometimes the kitchen is the only place left to turn for some luxurious upgrading. Designed by architect Nilo Gioacchini, the Oz Diamond Edition Faucet is made with a white gold finish, decked with a strip of 282 beautiful diamonds with a total carat weight of 10.24. Even a kitchen can’t have enough diamonds.
Sotheby’s MasterCard lets people know you’re stinking rich
If you have a yearly income of over $250,000 and if you own over $2 million in assets, you probably already have access to all kinds of luxuries of life. But if you want to add another feather to your cap, you can also get access to the latest and greatest that Sotheby’s has to offer with the new and very, very exclusive Sotheby’s MasterCard which gets you invitations to all kinds of private exhibitions at Sotheby’s, free access to museums, special concierge treatment during your international trips if you don’t already have one, apart from special pricing on Sotheby’s catalogues among many, many other perks. Added bonus is that the points you redeem by using this card gets you your very own Sotheby’s Auctioneer to conduct a charity auction of your choice, if you choose not to use those precious points towards getting yourself private visits and tours with artists, chopper tours of California wine country with a Sotheby’s wine special, VIP access to Fashion Weeks in Paris, New York, and LA, private safaris through top game reserves of Southern Africa apart from getting exclusive court time with a pro-basketball player or even a walk-on role on a TV show or theatre production (contrast that with your card that only gets you a supply of a year’s worth of yogurt and you get the gravity of the situation). The Sotheby’s card is invitation only, but if you have over $2 million spare assets, you don’t really have to worry about that right.
This is a collectors dream and could just be the perfect material for a real Porsche fanatic meant straight for his garage. Forget pride, this is your chance to make those envy who believed that a Targa from the early nineties in their possession was just about perfect to bear a retro collectors repute. It belongs to an era where six-cylinders were literally unheard off and those who knew about its ability were baffled by the cost involved. The roots aren’t confirmed in its case but it is believed to be a sibling of the 356 Coupe from 1955, which means that it is one of those astute 356’ models from Porsche. We can keep talking about proving our fanaticism but the upshot is that it would require a whopping 112,000 Euros to have it parked in your garage, meaning you shouldn’t just be a fanatic but a moneyed one at that.
