This month Rolls-Royce is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its world famous mascot, the Spirit of Ecstasy, designed by Charles Robinson Sykes in 1911. While some renegades like the gang at Dartz have their own ideas about the famous “Flying Lady”, the British marque kicked off its commemoration with a stately parade of Rollses...
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Pershing, Italian builder of some of the world’s most stylish superyachts, has launched a new hull in its flagship 115’ range with all the bells and whistles plus a gut-busting engine upgrade. The newest example of the 35-metre beauty is the ninth hull in the series. Fitted with twin diesel MTUs delivering a total...
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A super-stylish and pedigreed 1963 Rolls-Royce Phantom V Limousine that belonged to Britain’s H.R.H. Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and was later pressed into service for famed London luxury department store Harrods will be offered at Bonhams’ Paris sale of Motor Cars at the Grand Palais on Feb. 5. The car remained in the...
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It’s been more than a year since we last looked in on Germany’s Prinz Marcus von Anhalt, the egregious brothel magnate and faux-aristocrat who drives around in a fleet of luxury cars including a custom Louis Vuitton Rolls-Royce. Born plain old Marcus Eberhardt in 1969 and apprenticed as a butcher, he opened a string...
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Back in July of 2009 we first reported that the famed “Star of India”, a one-off 1934 Phantom II 40/50 HP Continental “All-Weather Convertible” custom made for the Maharaja of Rajkot with coachwork by Thrupp and Maberley finished in saffron ochre with polished aluminum wings, was being offered for sale at about €10 million,...
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Our old friends at Dartz, the over-the-top Russian luxury SUV maker and marketer of extremely odd ideas in automotive design, is not known for its restraint. Having wrung the last gasp of publicity out of the Monaco Red Diamond whale penis leather imbroglio, they’ve now set their sights on a new project which is...
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Iranian-born fashion designer Bijan once epitomized the ultimate in awful and awfully expensive style. His by appointment only Beverly Hills boutique, opened on Rodeo Drive in 1976, was routinely described as the most expensive store in the world. That whiff of exclusivity helped boost a perfume business that brought in billions of dollars, allowing...
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Ripped rap star 50 Cent has just released a new home video demonstrating that, contrary to popular belief, the miniscule luggage compartment under the bonnet of a Lamborghini Murcielago is in fact good for something – storing your hard-earned cash. In the clip, Mr. Cent – born Curtis Jackson – stuffs what looks like...
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All flash and style is not enough to please the our most demanding followers here at JamesList. Whether it be because of ones stature as a goverment official, a warlord, a drug kingpin or simply a very, very adventurous driver (or a combination of all of the above), you won’t be driving an open-top...
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As ultra-luxury sedans go, a Rolls-Royce pretty much tops out the ostentation scale. That still leaves some folks craving an extra helping of bling to make sure the message gets across loud and clear: “I’m richer than youse.” Enter operatic Italian exotic tuner Fenice Milano and its new aptly-named Diva program for the Rolls-Royce...
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