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Rolls RoyceSweptail

CONTENTS

DEPARTMENTS 6 Editor's Corner

8 Industry News

29 Lifestyle - The Garage Grill

38 Lamborghini Luxury Accessories

54 Exotic Gallery

82 Classifieds

FEATURES 12 McLaren Senna

18 What is a Hyper Car?

23 Fenyr Supersport

30 Gumpert Apollo

40 Rolls Royce Sweptail

50 Rolls Royce Serenity

70 Bentley Bentayga

75 Ferrari Superfast

VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1 - April 2018

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Editor/Publisher Mike Weber

Advertising Director Rob Taylor

Art Director Steven Weber

Staff Writers Sameer Shah Marty Knights

Contributing Writers Neil Winton

Sales Associates Sandra Harshman Matt Schwarz

Volume 1, Number 1 April 2018

Published monthly by Exotic Cars LLC, and distributed throughout the USA by Coast To Coast Distribution.

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©2018 Exotic Cars LLC

Editor’s Corner

Well, this is our first issue and I hope you like it.

It took countless hours of research and talking with dealers, manufacturers and private owners to put it all together.

Not to mention travel to car shows and dealers around the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions, setting up an office and lots of time interviewing collectors, dealers and others involved in the exotic car industry.

But here we are with our first print edition after over 16 years on the internet.

Why, do some ask, are we going from the internet to print, something that is almost unheard of in the magazine industry?

The simple answer is, because those who follow us asked that we do!

And it's not only those older Americans who were born in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, but millenials and other young people, who really prefer to hold something in their hands that is much easier to read than a tiny phone or computer screen.

So as the old saying goes, Ask and Ye Shall Receive.

To celebrate our 17th anniversary as an online publication as well as our venture into the print world, we selected the Rolls Royce Sweptail as our first cover car.

Built as a one-off for a wealthy Rolls Royce enthusiast, our writer Sameer Shah put together the story of how this amazing car came about from its first life as a line drawing to a finished product ready for delivery to the customer.

As for new production models, we lead off with the brand-new McLaren Senna, named after famed Formula One racer Ayrton Senna de Silva who was killed in a crash while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix for the Williams Racing Team.

Senna, who won three F1 Championships in his brief career for McLaren, was the UK-based company's inspiration for this car, which is intended to be the ultimate track concentrated car for road use.

Other production models for this issue include the Ferrari SuperFast, Apollo IE, Fenyr Supersport and Bentley Bentayga, with the Gumpert Apollo Intenza Emotionze rounding out this issue's lineup on recently introduced exotic cars.

For a bonus, I've written an article about one of my favorite cars of all time, the Rolls Royce Serenity, released back in 2016.

Not only is it a Rolls, but the interior is decked out in silk! Plus this fine example of a luxury automobile also has rare Smoked Cherrywood for some of the tirm plus Arctic Wool Leather on the front seats. Anyway, check it out starting on page 50.

Regular features in this and future issues include a lifestyles section featuring luxury items, celebrity news and other articles relating to the exotic car lifestyle.

We also have a photo gallery of six of the best exotic cars in the world and plan to continue that feature in future issues.

There's also a story on What is a Hypercar, written by ace staff writer Sameer Shah, who is not only an automotive engineer but interned with BMW recently.

His list includes such classics as the McLaren F1, Bugatti Veyron and Ferrari LaFerrari so be sure and check it out!

Next month's issue will feature a gaggle of Lamborghinis including the Centenario and other models as well as a history of the Lamborghini brand. So be sure and check it out when our second issue hits newsstands in Mid-April nationwide!

And if you're wondering where to find us, you can find a newsstand copy at any of these retail chains. Barnes & Noble Wal-mart Albertson's Kroger Publix Meijer CVS Drugs Walgreen's

Quantities vary by location and you will be able to find a list of what states and cities we are in just by visiting our newly redesigned website at exoticcarsmagazine.com.

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Until the next issue, take care and I'll see you then!

- Mike Weber, Publisher

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Humor

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Fellow bought a new Mercedes and was out on an interstate road for a nice evening drive. The top was down, the breeze was blowing

through his hair and he decided to open her up.

As the needle jumped up to 80mph he suddenlysaw a flashing red and blue light behind him. "Thereain't no way they can catch a Mercedes," he thoughtto himself and opened her up further. The needle hit90, 100 110 and finally 120 with the lights still behindhim.

over.

"What in hell am I doing?" he thought and pulled

The cop came up to him, took his license withouta word and examined it and the car. "I've had a toughshift and this is my last pull over. I don't feel like morepaperwork so if you can give me an excuse for yourdriving that I haven't heard before you can go!"

"Last week my wife ran off with a cop," the mansaid, "and I was afraid you were trying to give herback!"

Please do not send originals unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Exotic Cars Magazine reserves the right to edit and or screen all submitted work for appropriate content prior to publication.

"Have a nice night", said the officer.

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What is a Hyper Car?

Editor's Note: Besides what is known as a "super car", there is the "hyper" car. Below is a summary of what a hypercar is according to our writer Sameer, who is also an automotive engineer and former BMW employee.

By Sameer Shah

Hyper cars are top of the line supercars that are the absolute finest in most, if not all, of the elements of standard supercar. These elements include, but not limited to, acceleration, price, rarity, top speed, sound and appearance. Definition Hyper cars take certain qualities of supercars to a new level, such as extreme horsepower, weight-efficient builds, and creative aerodynamics. Although certain characteristics could magically appear in a truly outstanding supercar, hypercars excel in all these areas while including fuel efficiency and exceeding typical Autobahn speeds. Usually powered by 10 or more cylinders and sporting carbon fiber exteriors with engines in the rear for better weight distribution and aerodynamics, a hypercar focuses more on straight line speed rather than handling performance.

Hypercars are a more intense breed than the supercar. Supercars are eye-catching factory stock machinery that accelerate faster and cost a lot more than 98% of the other cars manufactured in that same year. By definition, all hypercars are supercars and then some, but not all supercars are hypercars. Hypercars make up only about 1% of supercars. Hypercars therefore comprise that small sub-section of extreme machines in the larger category of "supercar". Criteria When it comes to sorting among qualifying factors that determine if a supercar can rise to the level of hypercar, one encounters a significant amount of unclear and open-ended criteria. The qualifications are not obvious or easy to distinguish and there is not a patent definition of the mechanical grace of hypercar due to its recent arrival.

In order to gain acceptance into the hypercar family, contestants must meet all the criteria of a supercar while exceeding those boundaries in style and performance.

Possessing extreme technology and a modernized, creative and unique design are the main requirements of the open-ended criteria.

Every aspect of a hypercar should be a step into the future for automotive technology, engineering technology and exterior body design. Dreaming up, fabricating, and producing these ultimate machines serves as a competition to see who can design and manufacture the sleekest and the fastest.

Certain supercars like the Lamborghini Murcielago and the Ferrari Enzo (which are still ultimate driving machines but now disqualified as hypercars) are slowly sliding down the supercar scale due to the fact that hypercars continue to push the envelope even further in design, speed, and elegance.

The hyper requirements therefore challenge the technology and forces competition into the future, bypassing previously known hypercars and challenging their creators to build more extreme and radically desirable versions of their automobiles. At this rate, every remarkable breakthrough we learn and apply to these vehicles today will very soon be tomorrow's common feature when the next models scream down the track.

Bugatti Veyron

McLaren F1

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Ferrari LaFerrari

Spania GTA Spano

Every other characteristic of the supercar plays a role in determining if it can transform from "super" to "hyper" class, namely acceleration, top speed, price, exclusivity, style, handling, and horsepower. Although advances in any single area may require consideration, the overall package of new design and performance causes the most attraction. The search is on for the fastest and most inventive.

Examples of Hyper Cars Top hypercar manufactures in the world are Bugatti, Koenigsegg, and McLaren. Some examples of hypercars include: 1. Bugatti Veyron 2. Bugatti Chiron 3. McLaren F1 4. McLaren P1 5. Pagani Huayra 6. Pagani Zonda Cinque 7. Porsche 918 Spyder 8. Ferrari LaFerrari 9. Koenigsegg CCXR 10. Koenigsegg Agera 11. Koenigsegg Regera 12. Koenigsegg ONE:1 13. Porsche 918 Spyder 14. W Motors Lykan HyperSport 15. W Motors Fenyr SuperSport 16. Aston Martin Valkyrie (AM – RB 001) 17. Mazzanti Evantra 18. Spania GTA Spano 19. Hennessey Venom GT 20. Zenvo ST1

Koenigsegg Agera

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The Most Expensive Car ever builtwith a price tag of $13 Million!!

By Sameer Shah Staff Writer

Rolls-Royce is the truest synonym for luxury, class and exclusivity. When it comes to exquisite luxury, Rolls-Royce has gone a few steps further by creating a masterpiece over the space of four years, creating one of the most expensive models ever and thus establishing itself again as a class apart. While most people will focus on the $13 million figure, they will find it almost irrelevant when it comes to the Rolls-Royce Sweptail, a coach-built Phantom Coupe with a two-digit British license plate milled from ingots of aluminium and then hand-polished for a mirror finish. The Sweptail gets the largest ever aluminium grille in a Rolls-Royce, also hand-polished. The signature ornament “Spirit of Ecstasy” is also the largest ever. Under the hood, the Sweptail gets a giant 6.6-litre V12 engine and despite being a two-seater coupe, spans more than 6 meters.

The mere idea of a modern coachbuilt Rolls-Royce was not enough for one specific connoisseur, however. This individual approached the manufacturer with his own idea of a two-seater Rolls-Royce that he wanted created in the here and now. That motor car is here, now, and bears the hallmark “Sweptail.” In a nod to the swept-tail design of early Rolls-Royces from the 1920s admired by the client, he asked Rolls-Royce to reimagine this feature for his one-off motor car. From the side, to keep the lines as clean as a sleek yacht, Rolls-Royce managed to wrap the bodywork under the car with no visible boundary to the surfaces, preparing viewers’ eyes for the main attraction that is, of course, the coupe’s swept-tail back.

Introduction Presenting the car to the media at the 2017 Concorso d’Eleganza at Villa d’Este, Torsten Müller-Ötvös, Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars said, “Sweptail is a truly magnificent car. It exudes the romance of travel for its own sake, and immediately places ‘Sweptail’ in the

pantheon of the world’s great intercontinental tourers. Rolls-Royce’s history as the world’s leading coachbuilder is at the very core of its identity as the world’s leading luxury brand. The arrival of (concept car) 103EX a few years ago shone a light on the future of Rolls-Royce in this field, and ‘Sweptail’ is proof, today, that Rolls-Royce is at the pinnacle of coachbuilding. We are listening carefully to our most special customers and assessing their interest in investing in similar, completely exclusive coach-built masterpieces. At the same time we are looking into the resources which will allow us to offer this unique service to these discerning patrons of luxury.”

Unique Elements Built for only one lucky man, the owner of Sweptail worked directly with Rolls-Royce’s design department in its creation over a period of four years. The car features several unique design elements, including a system that deploys a bottle of champagne at the touch of a button. The exterior styling has been crafted with design details of both vintage Rolls-Royce machines and luxury yachts. The Sweptail name refers to the swept-tail look of 1930s Rolls-Royce creations. The Sweptail’s front features the traditional Rolls-Royce front grill, though the largest version ever constructed. The grill is milled from solid aluminium and polished by hand to a mirror finish with the rear of the car tapered

with a raked stern, a design nod intended to evoke images of racing yachts.

What is a Sweptail? “Sweptail is the automotive equivalent of Haute Couture,” comments Giles Taylor, Director of Design at Rolls- Royce Motor Cars. “It is a Rolls-Royce designed and hand-tailored to fit a specific customer. This customer came to the House of Rolls-Royce with an idea, shared in the creative process where we advised him on his cloth, and then we tailored that cloth to him. You might say we cut the cloth for the suit of clothes that he will be judged by.” The “Sweptail” is without question a Rolls-Royce that fits to the brand’s DNA. Its initial formality when seen from the front signals is that this is one very different and distinct Rolls-Royce. One’s attention is first attracted by the confident and solid character of the front profile, centered on a new treatment of the iconic, largest-ever Rolls-Royce Pantheon grille. The periphery of the front face of “‘Sweptail” is framed in brushed aluminum. As one moves to the side of “Sweptail” one finds that it is the striking silhouette that defines its unique character. Flowing as they do from upright and formal frontal aspect, the lines of “Sweptail” resolve into a graceful and elegant form of which the scale and grandeur of this regal-looking coupe is truly striking.

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