The LXRY List 2023 is packed with innovative items and surprising addresses. A list that inspires and points to the future. So also to the future of cars; from the Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato to the DeLorean Alpha V and from the Porsche 966 to the BAC Mono R.
Do you remember this one? After a "rather interesting" past, DeLorean has been resurrected. In 1982, founder John DeLorean was arrested when he tried to buy 27 kilos of cocaine from an FBI informant. A week later, his company went bankrupt. So this desperate attempt to save the company seemed to be the end of DeLorean. But then Back to the Future came out in 1985, and the car/time machine became a superstar. John DeLorean himself died in 2005, yet his name is back on a car. The new DeLorean Alpha V is a futuristic concept that was launched at the famous Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. It has become a modern electric car, with delivery scheduled for 2024. Pre-registration is available on the website, but a final price has not yet been announced.
The computer animated film Cars, a Pixar/Disney production, is populated by anthropomorphic vehicles. One of the main characters is the alluring Sally Carrera, modeled after a Porsche 966. On behalf of charity, Pixar and Porsche have given life to this 'beautiful baby blue' Sally: a one-off, but in the skin of a Porsche 992 911 and with a number of unique design elements, including Turbo Twist wheels. This makes this 911 most likely the only Porsche of the 992 generation with this 'footwear'. Otherwise, the real Sally looks just like the film version: the same blue color - 'Sallybluemetallic' -, tricolored Pepita fabric, chalk-colored leather with Speed Blue stitching, the unique service booklet, 'Cars' valve caps, and under the spoiler is the characteristic tattoo of the character. The Porsche 911 Sally Special was auctioned for $3.6 million last August by RM Sotheby's during Monterey Car Week in California. The amount went entirely to two chosen charities: Girls Inc, which helps young girls be "strong, smart and bold," and UNHCR, the UN refugee program that helps refugees from the war in Ukraine.
The BAC Mono R is a kind of racing motorcycle on four wheels. Consequently, you drive this single-seater with a helmet on. The experience in this car is so direct and pure that it is more like motorcycling. And we don't mean cruising, but knee to the ground, wheel spin out of the corner, a howling exhaust and feeling the road under your ass. Built for public roads, the BAC is actually the ideal car for track days, because you don't need a trailer to get to the track, and the performance is spectacular. For example, the 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine produces 347 hp at a weight of 555 kg. That's a horsepower-to-weight ratio that most multi-million dollar hypercars can't match. The BAC Mono R, on the other hand, costs about 275,000 euros ex-tax.
Today we associate Lamborghini mostly with racetracks and boulevards, yet the Italians began as a tractor builder in 1951. Thanks to this successful business, by 1963 founder Ferruccio Lamborghini had built up a nice collection of sports cars. One was a brand new Ferrari, whose clutch broke down four times in one year. When Ferruccio spoke to Enzo Ferrari about this, Ferrari replied that it must be his own fault, because the car couldn't be to blame. Three months later, at the Geneva Motor Show, the tormented Lamborghini launched its first sports car. A rivalry was born. Since then, Lamborghini has been owned by Audi and some of the Italian temperament has worn off. Still, the designs remain extravagant. For example, the latest version of the Huracán is a sports car for boulevards, racetracks and the dirt road. This Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato has more ground clearance, more track width, fender extensions, special tires and a 5.2-liter V10 with 618 horsepower, among other things. Pure extravagance, then, but with a nod to its tractor past.
LXRY List 2023, the annual wow magazine with innovative items and surprising addresses, a list that inspires and points to the future. Technological possibilities mean new times are dawning. In the metaverse, you can build the world the way you want, without poverty and misery. This LXRY List already outlines the first contours. With floating cities, better use of the sun ("it provides enough energy in one hour to power the entire earth for a year"), flying cars and many green initiatives. But also places, whether a hotel among polar bears, a glass slide on the 52nd floor in Dubai or the best Italian in the Netherlands, to seize the day, to celebrate life.
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