Two Very Special Aventadors

A couple of weeks back my friend texted me saying that his buddy was coming to Geneva with two Aventadors and staying for a couple of days at Le Richemond. The two Aventadors in question were the Aventador SV Roadster and the Aventador Miura edition. Both looked and sounded amazing as one might expect, but seeing both of them together was truly epic.

The Aventador LP 750-4 SV Roadster is powered by a V12 putting out 750 horsepower and is all wheel drive. The other main changes that are noticeable are cosmetic ones, like wheels, aerodynamics (Wing, diffuser, etc.) and a new exhaust system, although I prefer the look of the one on the non SV Aventadors more concerning the exhaust. Yet one must remember that, according to Lamborghini, the SV lapped the Nürburgring in under 7 minutes and only two minutes slower than the Porsche 918 Spyder. That is quite an impressive feat.

The Aventador Miura edition, of which only 50 have been built, is a Homage to the old Lamborghini Miura and therefore has a special color scheme and a bit of an upgraded engine, along with a cooler badge on the side. It is also powered by a V12, but this one "only" produces 700 horsepower, compared to the SV. Needless to say it's still a lot!!

In the end it was awesome to seeing both of these cars and I enjoyed taking pictures and just chatting cars with other car enthusiasts, but I wouldn't buy an Aventador. It has an awesome presence on the streets and the looks are really bedroom wall pin up poster, but in that car category I would choose the Ferrari F12. I just prefer it concerning looks and sound and so on, especially when you compare the SV with the F12 TDF. What car of the two do you guys prefer? 

Mansory 6x6

So this monday I was on my way to the city with some friends when we happened to pass by the Bentley dealership here in Geneva. As usual we didn't think much of it, because it's always the same thing: Bentaygas, Continentals and so on. Not that these aren't nice cars, but it's nothing out of the ordinary anymore for Geneva. Yet what was standing next to the dealership did catch our attention, the Mansory 6x6! This one was finished in grey and looked absolutely amazing. It is just such a menacing car with an extreme road presence. No question about it, this car is in my top 3 dream garage!

Here is a link to the post I already did on the 6x6, that was the one of Greg B. when he was in Geneva:http://carsofgeneva.blogspot.ch/2016/02/the-future-of-this-blog-and-epic-g63-6x6.html

DMC Aventador in Geneva

This summer and early fall some of you may have seen that there was the Mansory Crew cruising around Europe, stopping by Geneva a couple of times. One afternoon my friend sent me a text that the G63 6x6 was in Geneva again and was parked by the President Wilson Hotel. I grabbed my bike and rode out to get some pics (I'll do a separate post on the Mansory Crew later on!).

 

While taking pictures we suddenly heard the thunderous and bass heavy noise of an Aventador. We just made it over to the street, to see it driving by. We tried to get some pictures, but there were too many cars in front and it was impossible to get a clean shot. We were a little upset, but our attention turned to the 6x6 again. About 15 minutes later we heard the Aventador again and just made it over to the street to see it thundering along. Resembling more a fighter jet than a car, we were decided on doing what it took to get some clean pictures of this car.

We figured that it had to pass by us again and got ready. As soon as we heard it we were ready to go. We tried to get some pictures there, but the surroundings weren't nice and the pictures didn't come out good AGAIN! I hopped on my bike and rode after it as fast as I dared in the heavy traffic until I caught up to it. The victory didn't last long though. As soon as the DMC Aventador made it to the bridge it was gone! Nothing my two legs could do to match the speed of that V12 engine. We were in luck though! The Fighter jet turned again and then turned into the 4 Seasons Hotel and continued on to the Mandarin Oriental were it parked up and the owners were nice enough to let us get some pictures. 

 

I believe this specific version only had a body kit from DMC and no engine enhancement, but let me tell you that body kit changes the whole road presence of the Aventador! The front splitter makes the car look so much more aggressive from the front and the wing on the back just perfectly compliments the rear styling of the Lamborghini Aventador. 

DMC is a German aftermarket tuning company, who creates body kits and engine enhancing products for luxury cars, such as Lamborghini, Ferrari and McLaren. They recently released their new G-Class in Hong Kong. There also is a stunning white Huracan in Zürich, which I hope to see sometime soon. If you are interested in some more pictures, head over to my Instagram (53nordphotography) and also DMC's Instagram account.

The Future of This Blog and an Epic G63 6x6

Let's start off with the G63 6x6 I saw in Geneva on Sunday evening. The 6x6 is a limited model built by the AMG departement of Mercedes and has 6 wheels, therefore named the 6x6. It's power is spread across the axles 30:40:30. This makes it one of the meanest off-roaders and all around cars out there. It is 2.3 meters tall, which gives it quite the presence out on the road, especially in a town with small streets, like Geneva. It is powered by 5.5 L V8 engine, producing 536 hp and 561 lb-ft of torque. It has built in compressors to inflate and deflate the wheels for different driving conditions, for example in the desert on sand. It has an astonishingly quick 0-60 mph time of 7.8 seconds and a top speed of 100 mph, which is astonishing for a vehicle which weighs 4105 kg. 

On to the next part: In the future I'm hoping to bring you a bit more regular blog entries, but in the last months I have been mainly focusing on my new Instagram page 53nordphotography ( https://www.instagram.com/53nordphotography/ ), so be sure to check that out for daily pictures of cool cars. I am also expanding my skill set photography wise. I am currently taking photography classes at the New York Institute of Photography and taking classes on Lightroom and it's functions. Otherwise I hope that you guys have just as much fun with the content, as I do generating it for you guys! If there is anything you would like to let me know please do so in the comments below or shoot me an email at carsofgeneva@gmail.com! Have an awesome rest of the week and enjoy the pics ;)

 

Getting Ready for the Auto Salon

It's been almost a year now and the Geneva Motor Show is just around the corner. I have now been living in Geneva for a bit more than two years and I have to say the Salon keeps getting better and better! Not am I only super excited about the cars in the show, but also the people attending and the cars that will be hanging out around Geneva. One of the people I hope I'll get to see is Alejandro Salomondrin! If you don't know him you should definietly check him out on Youtube and Instagram. He said he was coming here with #CUPGANG and I hope that I'll catch them one of those days. Otherwise Geneva has been pretty quite, when it comes to cars. There where some Ferraris a Mansory and a Gallardo crusing around today, but nothing out of the ordinary. Here are some pics I took a while back of the DMC Aventador from Duabi :)

Special Speciale

I already did a post on the Speicale so I won't get into all the technical details here (http://carsofgeneva.blogspot.ch/2014/09/ferrai-458-speciale.html)  Enjoy the pics! You can find more pics on my Instagram now: 53nordphotography!

Hamann's Lineup in Geneva

First off I would like to say thank you to the whole Hamann team for letting me get to see the cars at the car show and having a great time. In this post I mainly just want to show you my favorite pictures I took of the cars and say thank you. I'll make individual entries on the separate cars soon and you can find them on here. 

As you might be able to tell, I really fell in love with the Macan and the colors just looked amazing and as always, the Aventador is an amazing car to capture with all it's angles and interesting details. I just wanted to let you guys enjoy the pictures instead of focusing on the stats. I'll do a post with the stats soon though!