Pagani Zonda 7.3 C12 S review

Here's a review of the Pagani Zonda 7.3 C12 S courtesy of Harry from Evo.  He does an excellent job reviewing his car.  The Zonda is one of my all time favorite supercars.  Harry is a lucky man.  Cheers.

Team Seattle Fundraiser

On Wednesday, Barrier Mercedes hosted a fundraiser for Team Seattle and Seattle Children's Hospital.  It was a fun event. Patrick Dempsey, A.K.A. "McDreamy" called in for a Skype video call to chat for a short while.  Barrier had Forza 4 setup with a Playseat and wheel for folks to take a virtual "test drive" in the SLS AMG.  There was also great wine on hand courtesy of O Wines and a variety of appetizers too.

Team Seattle has raised $4.3 million since 1997 for Seattle Children's Hospital.  There was a family there that night that shared a touching story about how their little girl was helped.  Check out http://www.teamseattle.com/ if you'd like to find out more about the 24 hours of Daytona or how you could help.  Cheers.

Dakar Rally 2012 is almost here

The Dakar Rally 2012 is almost here. Check out this preview from the Monster Mini team. Cheers.

Bentley Continental GTC

Saturday morning I dropped by Lamborghini Bellevue to check out the new Bentley CONTINENTAL GTC.  They have one there in a stunning blue.  I'm hoping to test drive one sometime relatively soon.

Here are some photos of some other great cars in their inventory.  Cheers.

Porsche versus Mini Challenge for Northwest Harvest

The 2nd annual Porsche versus Mini Challenge for Northwest Harvest raised $9,510.00 cash and checks collected and 8 bins stuffed full of food! Here are a few photos from the event. There's talk of opening up the friendly challenge to cars of other makers next year too. It's a fun event and a great cause too. Cheers.

2011 Seattle Auto Show

The Seattle Auto Show is back and keeps getting better.  This year I attended the press preview Wednesday morning.  Full disclosure: I received a buffet breakfast and camping chair from GM.  I'll try not to let that taint my coverage. ;-)  The show runs 11/2 through 11/6 if you'd like to see it yourself.

There were a few interesting press conferences that I attended.  Henrik Fisker (previously has done design work for BMW and Aston Martin, among others) talked about the Fisker Karma, the technology, and the company.  It was very interesting.  Here's a short clip from his talk.


General Motors gave a talk too that covered some of their 100 year history, upcoming models and facts and figures about their business.  Here's a clip from that.


Ford announced that they're taking orders for the all new Focus Electric.  It's noteworthy that they made the announcement here in Seattle, as auto manufacturers don't typically make announcements here.  They've partnered with several local companies for the technology, including Microsoft.

Here are photos from the Wednesday morning press preview.  Cheers.

Who says Lamborghini doesn't do racing?

Lamborghini announced their racing schedule for the Super Trofeo series in Europe and Asia for 2012. If you didn't already know the Super Trofeo is based on the Gallardo LP 570-4.

Here's some comments from the head of Lamborghini:
“It has been a tremendously successful three years for the Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo, and we are delighted to continue the series into 2012 and beyond in both Europe and Asia,” said Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini.

My only complaint is that there are no USA races, and none close to Seattle.  Mr. Winkelmann please fly me to an event.  I'd be happy to cover one for you.

Here's the full schedule below.  Cheers.


2012 PROVISIONAL EUROPEAN CALENDAR
DATE LOCATION
April/May Italy
3 June Silverstone, UK
1 July Paul Ricard HTTT, France
29 July Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
16/23 September Hockenheim/Nürburgring, Germany
October/November Barcelona, Spain

2012 PROVISIONAL ASIAN CALENDAR
DATE LOCATION
April (testing) Sepang, Malaysia
May Sepang, Malaysia
July Motegi, Japan
August Ordos, China
September Zhuhai, China
October Taiwan
November Shanghai, China
[Photo credit: supertrofeo.com]