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This featured Car is Carrera GT

Carrera is a slot car.

This featured Car is Carrera

Carrera dominated the German markets in the 1960s and 1970s, due to using an additional third wire, and effective marketing, also at the nearby Nuremberg International Toy Fair.

This featured Car is Carrera

In the 1970, Carrera offered 1:24, 1:32 and 1:60 scales for slot cars, and the slot-free "Servo" systems which allowed cars to switch lanes, guided by the guard rails on the outside. Due to the many systems offered, and fewer customers (Generation), Neuhierl had to sell his company in 1985, and took his own life. The new owners sold rather cheap products.

This featured Car is ABT

Johann Abt (born December 1935), who continued a horseshoeing tradition of his family with motor cars, was a motorcycling and hillclimbing racer for Abarth factory team until 1970. He later entered cars with his own team, winning the "Trophée de l’Avenir“ and other series.

This featured Car is Koenigsegg CCR

The Koenigsegg CCR is a mid-engined sports car manufactured by Koenigsegg. It briefly held the world speed record for a production car and is currently the fourth fastest production car in the world, behind the Bugatti Veyron, SSC Ultimate Aero and the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport.

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Tommy Hilfiger Owns The Most Expensive Car In Greenwich


My colleague Ashlea Ebeling just wrote about the most expensive vehicles subject to personal property tax in Greenwich, Conn. Topping the list is a 2003 Ferrari Enzo owned by none other than Tommy Hilfiger.

Hilfiger's coupe was assessed at $633,360--roughly 70% of its estimated fair market value--and costs $6,300 annually in taxes. (William S. Pepe owns one, too.)

The native New Yorker known for his American-classic aesthetic also owns a 2010 Bentley Continental sedan assessed at $126,280, which requires roughly $1,260 in taxes each year.

That Hilfiger tops this list is interesting in light of the fact that arch rival Ralph Lauren is an avid car enthusiast as well. Lauren recently threw a show at the Louvre showing off the splendors of his collection (think Bentley Blower, Mercedes-Benz SSK). His 1938 Bugatti Atlantic won the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 2003. Photos of the tuxedoed designer flanked by some of the world's most iconic cars comprise a significant part of his image.

Lauren, who is worth $6.1 billion, lives primarily in New York City, so he didn't appear on this list. If he did, he'd do well--vintage cars in Connecticut get a pass on the motor vehicle personal property tax. Anything 20 years or older automatically gets an "antique" distinction with the Department of Motor Vehicles and an assessment reduction to $500. (Recent legislative efforts to raise the amount to $2,500 have failed.)

That means even a vintage Ferrari worth $1 million appears on paperwork like it's worth $500 bucks--and requires taxes of just $5 a year. Call it a sweet deal for a sweet ride.

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