Ascari at Ascari

Racing and high-performance cars are an expensive hobby.  Even at Terilingua, which bills itself as an anti-establishment racing event, the fact is that unless you have money, you can’t participate.  Even so, beyond a few days at mostly oval tracks for amateurs to take a couple of laps, or in speed permitted areas such as on the Autobahn, there are relatively few places where those with super-cars can drive at the upper levels of their vehicle’s performance.  In the case of the latter, mixing with ordinary passenger cars on the highway can be a risky proposition at best.  Which is why the same man that brought the KZ1 to the world has conceived of the Ascari Race Resort.

A study commissioned by the ultra-exclusive British insurer Hiscox proves beyond all doubt that supercars turn women on, and econo-cars just don’t.

David Moxon subjected 40 men and women to the sounds of a Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari, and a Volkswagen Polo then measured the amount of testosterone in their saliva (a measure of arousal). He found everyone had higher levels of the stuff, especially women, after hearing the first three revving supercars. As for the VW Polo? Everyone had less testosterone after listening to it.

Lexus IS-F

After establishing itself as equal in terms of luxury to BMW, Audi and Mercedes, Lexus has taken the next step in its development with the IS-F.  Just like each of the Bavarian automakers has in-house performance upgraded models (M-BMW, AMG-Mercedes, S/RS-Audi), the IS-F represents an impressive first example of the Lexus maturation as both a luxury and performance brand.   

It’s almost auto show season, and in celebration we’d like to take this time to honor one of the greatest accessories ever invented for the modern automobile: the Auto Show Girl. From Paris to Tokyo to Detroit, the girls of the auto show are undeniably hot and definitely deserve a salute for standing for hours at a time in 4 inch heels, smiling incessantly in the face of open-mouthed guys fumbling for their camera phones.

So here’s to you ladies [especially to the woman in the 4th picture down after the jump whom our sources indicate stumbled across this photo from an event she worked and was surprised to find that it had been filed by the event sponsor under "dumb blonde and red Ferrari". Although we have no idea who she is, we're almost positive she'd like to instruct whoever tagged the photo to "Suck it hard, jackass," -ahem- or something to that effect...].

And to you, RideLust readership, you’re welcome in advance.

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That’s it, the only available picture of the Aston Martin One-77. It’s like an alien spaceship landed in Nebraska and every automotive website out there is trying to decipher it’s intentions. Will you eat us or give us the secrets to space travel? What we know right now is that it has a carbon fiber chassis, a handcrafted aluminum body, and a 7.0 liter V12 engine. But other than that, nothing. We’ll know more come the 2008 Paris Motor Show in October, where the car is supposed to debut.

Judging from the name and the promo website, only 77 of these cars will be made, and it’s expected to carry a price tag of as much as $2 million. I’ll take ten.

Rumors of a new Mercedes supercar called the SLC have been around for a while now, but just recently, Drive.com.au caught some spy shots of a prototype with is gullwing doors open.

Two months before her 16th birthday, Disney Lolita Miley Cyrus has preordered herself a snow white Mercedes-Benz CLK 550 Cabriolet Convertible. According to celebrity gossip rag PopCrunch, for a meager $75,375 the pop princess specially requested a cream leather interior and optional park assist. 

I’m generally not a big fan of drifting. The race track is hallowed ground, not a silly slip and slide. I prefer high speed, but the guys at iMotor may be on to something.

Dead for nearly 20 years, Aston Martin has announced plans to revive the Lagonda brand of luxury cars. A concept car preview of the future styling is expected out next year, with official production launch tentatively scheduled for 2012. The original Lagonda was produced by Aston Martin from 1978 through 1989 and was unrivaled as the ugliest, most technologically advanced luxury saloon on the market. The Lagonda was the first production car in the world to use computer management and a digital instrument panel, but both features were prone to frequent failure and cost quadruple the planned budget to develop.

“Leaked images” from SeriousWheels [suspiciously good lighting lends us a heavy dose of skepticism concerning exactly how "clandestine" the photos really are] caught the Scuderia Bizzarrini P538 behind closed doors the other day with its clothes off. Paying homage to the original P538S created by legendary designer Giotto Bizzarrini, the new Scuderia Bizzarrini P538 is on schedule to being production by the end of this year. Described as “true to heritage”, the Bizzarrini P538 will feature a mid-mounted Corvette LS7 V8 engine and is expected to house anywhere from 500[standard models] to 1000 horses.

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