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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Luxury Aston Martin Super Sport by Star Electric Cars France - Click above for high-res image gallery Yes, the past couple of months have been a little heavy on the supercar-dreamed-up-by-inside-dude's-keister news, but this one is simply too compelling to pass up. A company called Star Electric Cars France is the European subsidiary of Star Electric Cars U.S. They make golf carts that look like Hummers and Rolls-Royces and the like, and the French firm also sells electric bikes and skateboards and a fascinating contraption called the Snow Rider. The company also claims to "design unique cars built for presidents, kings and princes around the world," and this would have to be one of them. Called the Aston Martin Super Sport, it's a coachbuilt, mid-engined Aston powered by a 5.4-liter, twin-turbo V8 putting out up to 950 horsepower. The bespoke bodywork is carbon fiber and sports scissor doors, an alcantara-coated interior and Recaro buckets. Naturally, production is... up in the air. The price of this imaginary slice of supercar pie, €7.5 million ($9.53M U.S.) - a sum so impossible to comprehend it deserves its own episode of Lost. According to the car's developers, though, only eight will be made, with each color being unique. Word is that "sky blue is available immediately." Of course it is... Hat tip to Bawlz Gallery: Aston Martin Super Sport by Star Electric Cars France [Source: GT Spirit via Top Gear]French electric golf cart company planning $9.5M Aston Martin supercar originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: UK, Celebrities Is everything made by Aston Martin better than everything made by Ferrari? Is the Porsche 911 really nothing more than a glorified Volkswagen? Is a three-wheeled Reliant Robin the best possible choice as a replacement for the out-of-service space shuttle? And, finally, Who is the Stig? These are the ongoing questions asked time and time again by fans of the hit British motoring show Top Gear. And, in the case of the Stig, that topic is also one of Google's most often searched queries. Interestingly enough, those in the know claim they've had the answer for quite some time. If you don't want the elaborate ruse to be spoiled, stop reading now. Still with us? Okay, good. It's Ben Collins. Allegedly. In this particular case, though, the evidence seems almost indisputable since it comes from financial information obtained from Collins Autosport, Ben Collins' own company. According to the paperwork, the former Formula Three racing driver had a big increase in pay in 2003, which just so happens to be the first year in which the White Stig took over for the recently deceased Black Stig. That income was reportedly from "driving services provided for the BBC, mainly in the Top Gear programme." So there you go. Mystery solved? P.S. - Can we get that autobiography already, then? [Source: Telegraph]Identity of the Stig revealed... again [spoiler alert, maybe] originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments