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Salon Privé Set for End of July

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The Salon Privé, Europe's finest and largest dedicated display of supercars, exotics, classics and luxury goods set up English garden party style, will return to the refined lawns of London's famed Hurlingham Club (above) on 21st – 23rd July 2010. An exclusive selection of jewelry, watches, boats and more will be on offer alongside a seven-category Concours d' Elégance, to be sponsored by Chubb Insurance. Organizers say 2010 promises to be Salon Privé's most popular year yet and a motoring and social occasion unlike any other. Entry to the event is by advance ticket purchase only. Individual tickets as well as private hospitality marquees are available to reserve now; visit www.salonprivelondon.com for more info.

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London Salon Privé to Feature Exclusive Veritas RS III Supercar

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

It may seem like a strange time to be promoting six-figure supercars, but evidently somebody forgot to tell the organizers of the London Salon Privé. The exclusive supercar show is held every year at the Hurlingham Club, but this year's, despite the economic situation, is slated to be the biggest yet.

Headlining this year's salon will be the Veritas RS III, an exotic roadster made in Germany. Packing a choice of 480-horsepower V8 or 600-horsepower V10 sourced from BMW's elite M division, the RS III carries a price tag upwards of $375,000 and can accelerate to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds en route to a top speed in excess of 200 mph while delivering the most unadulterated motoring experience known to man. Only 50 examples will be produced, and the first is making its world debut at the London show. Several new high-priced rides will also be on display for the first time in the UK, including the Morgan Aero Super Sport, Aston Martin One-77, Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT S and Maybach Zeppelin. A day pass to the event will cost £125 when the show opens on July 22.

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Ridiculously Sparkly Mercedes-Benz at the Tokyo Auto Salon

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

This is ridiculous.

Remember the $350,000 Swarovski-studded Mercedes-Benz at the 2007 Moscow Millionaire Fair? Well, they've done it again.

The above photo is from the Tokyo Auto Salon 2009, and it features a customized Mercedes-Benz SL600 (aka the Luxury Crystal Benz) covered in 300,000 Swarovski crystals. We don't know how much it costs, but frankly, we weren't about to purchase it.

Even Barbie wouldn't get in that gaudy thing.

[via Luxury Launches]

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Ferrari GG50

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Reporting from the North American Auto Show in Detroit, our sibling Autoblog takes a look at the Ferrari GG50. The V-12 540 HP sports coupe originally debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show and is based on Ferrari’s 612 Scaglietti. If you cover up the emblems you would probably not guess it's a Ferrari, or would you?

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