exotic cars

I chose this topic because, to be perfectly honest, I thought it would be easy, and come on its super cars I get to research! It turned out that I was at best, off the mark. This topic has been fairly challenging, it’s a lot harder to fine engaging information for this topic, and then I thought. I have learned a lot about a lot of different aspects surrounding this topic, things ranging from the cost of these super cars, to what’s next on the expanding science of environmentally friendly super cars. The most interesting car I have learned about is the Bugatti Veyron, it also happens to be the world’s most expensive car, it runs about $1,700,000! I am still wondering how- if it is possible -we can develop energy efficient super cars , and if there is a future in that field. There are still layers and layers of information to be discovered in the world of super cars, it won’t be easy to get to but I’ll be trying my hardest to get to it for the rest of the semester.

Pulling us further apart

This world is a world of extremes; extreme technology, extreme expansion, extreme speed, and extreme wealth and poverty, and the fact that there is such discrepancy between the rich and the poor is the essence of the essay. A question one might seek to answer is how we can succeed in closing the gap between the extremely wealthy and the extremely poor, and what factors are pulling us further apart?  More specifically are super cars pulling us further apart or do they in any way bring us closer together? Take a Lamborghini for example, a top of the line super car that can retail for anywhere from $250,000 to $1,600,000. What if that money could be put toward clothing people living in extreme poverty? Is then the 450,000 dollars (average cost of a new Lamborghini) worth more when spent on improving the standard of life for a person living in extreme poverty, rather than purchasing a new super car? This consumer culture we find ourselves in is far to clouding for us to see the real value of our actions. If a billionaire can make money off of people and families living in rags and starving then what difference does it make how he spends that money? And is there even anyone on which to put the blame for this horrendous display of modern greed? Certainly not the individual, because he is only doing what this day and age has conditioned him do. His soul porpoise is to succeed in any way possible, and the semi ancient definition of success is money and wealth. So then we arrive to square one: where does the root of this problem lie? The simplest answer is that it lies in the centuries and centuries of the human race in which we have lost the view of our brother as equal. No matter how anyone might look at someone else a startling fact is always bleeding its way to the surface: we always see each other as above or below our peers. And until we can lose that way of perceiving the world, we will never move ahead as a whole.

                 The Lamborghini is a testament to this theory. Take for example if you were a proud owner of a new Lamborghini, you undoubtedly would feel more elite, entitled, and controlling then every one of the poor people without an overly extravagant car. To put it simply; this thought pattern would reinforce your spending behavior, and it would seem almost wasteful for you to have spent the money in any other way, especially in a way that would have essentially no benefit toward you.  You want something that sets you apart from the average and puts you higher on the totem pole of life, so you spend money on things that allow this to take place, and people recognize you as better. This formula is the same for more than Lamborghinis, more than just super cars in fact, it works for anything that falls into that category. So then try to decide for yourself if supercars lessen the gap? Or are they pulling us further apart?  

Lamborghini or Ferrari???

Lamborghini or Ferrari both of these super cars have earned their oil in the prestigious exotic car world! But which is better? well there are good arguments supporting both sides of this "great debate"! Ferrari has more control, but the Lamborghini has a bigger engine and goes faster. Lamborghini has a more exclusive reputation, but Ferrari is an acclaimed car more deeply rooted in a wider range of the upper class citizens.
  This war between Lamborghini and Ferrari goes way back, to two Italian speed junkies; Ferruccio Lamborghini and Enzo Ferrari, Enzo had been making super cars for a while now but Ferruccio wished to see a better product. So Ferruccio started producing Lamborghini cars, and animosity was borne. Through the decades the two cars have been competing and building on each other, with advancements in technology and materials the cars got faster and more reliable. Today it is hard to say which car is better, because both cars are very extreme.      

credible websight

Serious wheels is a web sight that is all about "Serious Wheels Classic, Sports & Muscle Cars" this sight is adamant about the rubber and steel.  Serious wheels is the epitome of a cool car web sight because it  is very easy to navigate, the layout is at least mildly pleasing, and it is chalk full of information. you can search for practically any car that sparks your interest; Bentley, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Maserati, and anything in between! you can search by first letter of model or company, and find information on specific aspects of the cars and even pictures. However amidst all the great features of this web sight i seem to have failed in finding the creator, publisher, or copyright date for this sight. i still do, however, believe this is a credible sight and it has great information to offer to someone willing too give it a gander!      

exotic cars today

           In the wonderful world of exotic super cars, life couldn't be better. Say for example i am a very rich CEO of a major oil company and i decide i want a new car. But being the excessive poster child of today's American life, i can't just have any old car on the lot, you know. So i ride on down the the exotic car lots in the cleaner part of the city, and i purchase a new Lamborghini for around $500,000. okay, well now i have one more step on all those lower class people that cant afford such luxuries, and more importantly i have that exclusive ticket that gets me into all of those cool parties and makes me acceptable in those circles. But what I'm focusing on this week, is the fact that my new Lamborghini wont be new forever, and what will i need to buy twenty years from now (hopefully i am a young CEO), to remain in that upper crust of society.
           The new Bugatti Veyron sells for about $1,700,000, but don't let that drop your jaw because the Veyron can accelerate from zero to sixty miles per hour in 2.6 seconds! and it tops out at about 253 miles per hour. i guess that's what you get from the most expensive (available car) in the world today. Moving down the list to the seconded most expensive car in the world we have the Lamborghini Reventon. Now this car is not quite as fast as the Veyron but is by no measure a slow car, it in fact has a top speed of 240 miles per hour and a price tag of $1,600,000. One of the main reasons this car is one the top of the list is because of its rarity, there are only 20 made each year. As fascinating as these cars are they well, in not much time, be out of date and their technology will be obsolete. new ideas such as hydro cars (that can still reach speeds of over 200 miles per hour), or alternative fuel cars (that can till match to acceleration of the Veyron), will need to step into the spotlight of modern super cars.

first blog

       exotic cars are appealing to most people because they are, lets face it, really cool. but what makes these "supercars" so cool? well through my initial research i found that a majority of these companies started building these high performance cars from left over war surplus. they focused on creating reliable high power cars that where more for going fast, then anything else. these bold entrepreneurs where targeting the very wealthy aristocrats in society across the globe, through this exclusive target group the lower class folks became, in a way, envious and found them selves, if you will, daydreaming about one day possibly owning one of these godly "super cars". it is this sense of superiority that gives these cars their coolness, and there insatiable ability to turn heads.
          with your purchase of any exotic car you get a hypothetical shiny card, that allows you to see your self as better then every one around you!  And in a round about way that invisible card is exactly what every one is after, that capability to totally engross spectators, and leave them in the shadow of your overwhelming fascination with such questions and jokes as, "what do you think they do for a living?" or "you can have my car for the weekend, but i need it back by Monday!"
        now how about the ludicrous fact that these cars are so ridiculously expensive? and, more importantly, the fact that those proud owners of such cars are very willing to pay full price one such meaningless pieces of fiberglass, carbon sheeting, and metal! well okay besides the fact that most of these people who are driving these things around are more the living comfortably, and the price of a brand spanking new Maserati is still pretty easy on their wallets, -besides that fact- why are they buying these things? well it doesn't make much sense to me because their money could obviously be used in better ways (morally speaking). lets go back to the fact that these cars are so cool, okay so what their really paying for is all that jazz i talked about earlier. and to me that fact reveals a very startling observation; today's most wealthy men and women, are more concerned with feeling and looking cool, then maybe helping people in a worse off situation.
        maybe i shouldn't sell these rich banker types short though, i mean it is in fact very likely that most of these people do reserve ample portions of their wealth for charity and donations. and so what if they spend a little money on a chance to live exclusively? but come on do you really need that new lambo that sells for hundred fifty grand? especially when i think about what that much money would do for my family, not to mention all those poor folks eating dirt and hoping that they get to see tomorrow. it seems like this topic highlights the discrepancy between the rich and poor, and it seems like that difference is too much to sustain for much longer.

Works Cited

"The History Behind Maserati | Italy." Italy | Italy Daily News, Weather, All You Need to Know about Italy. Web. 03 Oct. 2010. <http://www.lifeinitaly.com/italian-cars/maserati-history.asp>.

"History of the Supercar on SupercarWorld.com." Supercar Stats from SupercarWorld.com. Web. 03 Oct. 2010. <http://www.supercarworld.com/cgi-bin/history.cgi>.

"The Tractors at Lamborghini Cars." LamboCars.com, the Lamborghini Enthusiast Site. Web. 03 Oct. 2010. <http://www.lambocars.com/tra/index.php

exotic cars

Lamborghini, Maserati, Bugatti, Ferrari, what do all of these cars have in common? Well besides being really fast, they all are exotic. But here's a question, what makes one car more exotic then the other?  Or how about what makes a car "exotic" in the first place? And why is it people spend so much money on these exotic cars instead of something more meaningful? These are some of the questions that i will be addressing throughout this semester.