Bizarre Exotic Cars

This is a bizarre exotic car story indeed…but leave it to recently deceased English media mogul Sir Jimmy Savile to make headlines posthumously! It seems that the English television personality/disc jockey/presenter had a special Range Rover renovation done, allowing it to actually be lived in, and is about to hit the luxury car auction block in February.

Sir Jimmy Savile's strange set of wheels

While the legendary Ferrari 250 GTO may be one of the world’s most coveted collector cars, the ultra-rare 330 GTO may be worth more. Ferrari made just two examples of the 4-liter V12 330s, and now one will be on display at the 2012 Concours d’Elegance in Amelia Island, Florida, giving gawkers a rare glimpse at an even rarer exotic slice of history! This car even has a bit of luxury racing experience, which only makes it cooler.

Ferrari 330 GTO

In the 1970s, a Ferrari Dino 246 GT was unearthed in a suburban Los Angeles backyard. How the stolen vehicle ended up buried remains a mystery! This is no way to treat a Ferrari or Ferrari rental, why steal a supercar only to bury it?

The Dino being unearthed from its layers of mystery

The 1911 Rolls Royce Ghost

The exotic vehicle rumor mill is rampant with rumors that rapper Jay Z has quite the awesome luxury SUV on his wish list: an armored Dartz Prombron. I love his taste in luxury cars, especially the Bugatti Veyron birthday gift from wifey, Beyoncé!

Dartz Prombron armored SUV

We all know that Facebook is extremely addictive, but Aston Martin has taken social networking to extremes by developing a special car to celebrate the fact that it has a million fans on Facebook. Yes, I am serious. While we are on the subject, like Imagine Lifestyles on Facebook...end shameless self-promotion.

The Facebook DB9 will be built around March

Pope Benedict XVI is known for his somewhat trendy and modern flair, like his taste in luxury vehicles. This flair is reflected in his motorcade, which includes a custom Mercedes hybrid Popemobile flanked by Ducati motorbikes. While he may be cool, the Pope is not above the law in Germany!

The Pope perched on his custom Mercedes hybrid

I have mentioned the lucky law enforcement officials around the globe fortunate enough to be graced with a supercar or two in their fleet, such as Korea police supercars and Italy. Now you can see Italy’s police Lamborghini in action on the track, lights blazing!

Korean Police Supercar Fleet

Top Gear cast

The fellas at Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May have been at it again--this time comparing the current 4-door offerings from Maserati, Porsche and Aston Martin. You can drive 2 of the 3 and do a bit of road testing of your own with the Quattroporte and the Panamera, both are included in our luxury rental car fleet. Top Gear video at bottom of post!

You could pass the Rolls Royce Phantom Experimental Electric on the road and not notice that it is…well…electric! This is not likely, however, seeing as how it is a one-off that is far from the finish line. First introduced at the Geneva Auto Show back in March, the electric Phantom certainly made an impression with regard to luxury hybrid technology.

Some auto aficionados feel that the Stuttgart shield was tarnished a bit by the introduction of the Porsche Cayenne and the Panamera. Apparently, Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne is among those sharing that opinion, as he has announced that a Ferrari SUV will not be happening!

Ferrari SUV artist rendering


Tween heart-throb (and those adults gutsy enough to own up) Justin Bieber has recently enjoyed his third law enforcement experience involving a vehicle...at the tender age of 17! There was the Justin Bieber Ferrari incident (Where some idiot grazed his Ferrari in an LA parking structure), and who can forget the Miami police pulling Bieber over because they mistook him for a child! ...Now the young star was issued a warning in his Batman-themed Cadillac for cutting of a CHP officer. Where is his mother? I joke, I joke. Video at bottom!

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Bentley cars are certainly well-made, like this 1926 Red Label Vande Plas! This car has been meticulously maintained for 87 years and logged 1.5 million kilometers of luxury travel! What a wonderful display of longevity from one of the longest-running forerunners of exotic automobile brands. I wonder if any of our Bentley rentals in Chicago will log so many miles!

1926 Red Label Vande Plas

This Ferrari 355 GTS was not stronger than brick…because it completely tried to break in! In the Netherlands, no one informed this unfortunate driver that you simply do not, under any circumstances, attempt to park your luxury car in the house…sigh. Well, wherever there are exotic cars, there will always be exotic car crashes (a universal truth, follow link for more!), and so long as no one is injured, the only pain comes from my abs from laughing so hard!

This pic is so funny, it appears no one is quite sure what to do! I think I would stand around and stare at the sight myself!

This Bugatti luxury car concept seems to have burst a lot of bubbles…because most comments on the YouTube page are negative and the car is quite a departure from the typical Veyron-esque shape! If this Bugatti concept makes it to production anywhere close to this form, there will be an outburst about the bubble-butted car…I gather this by skimming through the funny comments.