Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Edition

To celebrate the partnership between Lamborghini and luxury watchmaker Blancpain, the Italian automaker has just announced a new limited edition series of Gallardo LP570-4 Blancpain Edition cars

The two marques are also behind the Super Trofeo racing series, which Lamborghini claims is the fastest spec racing series on today’s circuits

The car features a revised engine cover, a massive rear spoiler and Skorpius wheels which cover yellow brake calipers that clamp onto carbon-ceramic discs.
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World’s most expensive car wash: £7,200

Gurcharn Sahota, a 30-year-old accountancy graduate, is offering the world’s most expensive car wash service in the UK – charging up to £7,200 per vehicle.

Mr Sahota, who lives with his parents in Derbyshire, has converted their double garage into a hi-tech workshop.

He has lined the walls and floor of the double unit with specialist tiles imported from Italy which help reflect flecks of dirt on the cars.

Each vehicle takes up to 250 hours to clean, and his premier service includes polishing and buffing every inch of the car inside and out five times.
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Custom Lamborghini Vault

With the desire to have a special home vault to match his car, a Lamborghini owner commissioned Brown Safe Manufacturing to craft him a special safe.
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Murcielago Is the Least Green Car of the Year 2010

According to the Environmental Transport Association, Lamborghini Murcielago is the least ‘green-friendly’ car and sports car in the United Kingdom.

The Luxury car emits a CO2 amount equivalent to ‘a football pitch-sized forest of trees’, which brought it the Least Green Car of the Year 2010 title.

According to The Sun, the two-seat Murcielago produces five times more carbon dioxide per mile than the greenest car of the year – the Toyota iQ.
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China: Lamborghini Enthusiast Builds Own Replica

Chen Jinmiao, a car mechanic from Chenzhou City, China, took a year to build a Lamborghini lookalike from miscellaneous car parts.

Mr Jinmaio had always dreamed of owning a Lamborghini, but knew he would never be able to afford one, so he downloaded drawings from the internet and bought materials from markets.

The DIY Lamborghini has an engine at the rear, can be driven up to 145km/h and only cost Mr Jinmiao US$3,000.
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This Week’s Top Stories (Apr. 19-25, 2010)

In case you missed them the first time around, here are some of LUXUO’s top posts for the week of April 19-25.

1 – Louis Vuitton: Maradona – Pelé – Zidane

Annie Leibovitz was called to take this photograph for the Louis Vuitton World Cup Campaign featuring Maradona, Pelé and Zinedine Zidane.

2 – Lamborghini Yacht by Mauro Lecchi

Italian designer mauro lecchi created this conceptual luxury yacht using design cues and styling from the sports car maker lamborghini.

3 - Is This Christian Louboutin’s First Ad Campaign?

Christian Louboutin’s Fall Winter 2010 collection is now officially campaigned with the courtesy of Khuong Nguyen under the title “Winter Tales”

4 – Armani Hotel launch postponed

After weeks of postponement Armani’s press office has finally confirmed the opening of the fashion label’s first hotel for April 27.

5 – Jimmy Choo Trainers Collection – Full Look

Jimmy Choo are now making trainers…and to launch them have created a quirky interactive campaign…

6 – Encore at Wynn Macau is now open

Adjacent to sister resort Wynn Macau, Encore is a unique destination with its own repertoire of suites, dining and shopping.

Jimmy Choo trainers

7 – Shanghai’s new luxury hotels

2010 has seen a flurry of new hotels opening in Shanghai ahead of the start of the World Expo, which runs for six months from May 1.

8 – Madonna Filming New D&G Ad Campaign

Madonna was spotted on the streets of Harlem this week with a very young male model posing for famed photographer Steven Klein.

9 – Maybach Range Facelifted for the Beijing Auto Show

Daimler, the owner of the luxury brand Maybach, has given its entire range a facelift. Unfortunately, it will not be developing all-new models.

10 – Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Break Concept

At the Beijing Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz just unveiled a CLS Shooting Break concept that looks to us like a frontal attack on BMW’s 5-Series GT.

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