Salon Prive 2011 Syon Park - Some pictures of the Supercars

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Today has to be one of the best motoring days out I have ever had the pleasure of attending.
Salon Prive has moved to Syon Park for 2011 and this new venue has really allowed the show to spread its wings. As well as the new car manufacturers (mainly supercars), there was the superb concours d'elegance and the stunning RM Auctions display.

Am working through the supercars tonight, and will post the concours and the auction pictures in the next few days.

Weather was pants, but the free umbrellas helped a little bit. Good thing about rain is it keeps the people from crowding round the cars.

I am going to start off with my personal favourite. Might seem a strange one, but someone has had the balls to do this. Loose the door stripes and I reckon its perfect.









Next tucked away in the concours area was this stunning White Carrera GT. This car is currently up for sale with Hexagon Classics. Its car number 985 of the 1270 produced and is finished in Carrera White with a Red Hide. Apparently one of only two factory built cars in white.





Nice to see Lamborghini with a prescence again this year. Shame the Aventador still looks like a plastic mock up with its middle east spec dark windscreen







Nice pair !! a Superleggera and a Performante





Bugatti bought along two Veyrons, although the Supersports looks just wrong with the Silver wheels







Very nice Bentley Mulsanne



and the Aston Martin One 77 looking lovely in the rain



Ferrari 4x4 makes its world debut (well not really, but if your going to park your F50 up on display then don't forget to lower the front raise system)



Hope you like the pics, more to follow shortly.

Regards

Tim

[MagicMonkey]

Thanks for sharing the event with us dude, I couldn't agree more with you about the SuperSports wheels!!

[iandc]

Apparently the Aventador has dark film because it is the one they used in filming around Rome. It is RHD but they did not want to show driving position or get reflections from the windscreen. The cars look great in the rain even if it was not ideal for the event. Thanks for sharing the pictures

[Angelis]

autofocus said:

I am going to start off with my personal favourite. Might seem a strange one, but someone has had the balls to do this. Loose the door stripes and I reckon its perfect.[/img]

Think we crossed paths at one point. It really was wet!!!

Car of the day for me though was the original DBS from the Persuaders.

[autofocus]

Hi there,

Ok, second batch now uploaded.

Lets start with Aston Martin. Firstly the new Virage





then the Vantage S





then the new baby the Cygnet



found lurking in the RM Auctions display a stunning Vantage





lastly this delicious V12 Vantage was in the car park



Ferrari 458, looked strangely bland next to some of the other cars



and again another stunner tucked away in the car park



Land Rover had a couple of Evoques on display, great looking car but this one was £43k !!!



Dream car - Mercedes 300SL Gullwing in the car park



Very sporty new Jag





Lexus LFA



BMW M3 GTS



This was very stealth - Maserati MC Stradale



Facelifted Maybach 57S



Noble M600 - production car in a very pretty red





and the press car in the car park



A good show from Spyker with plenty of cars on display









Lastly Salon Prive saw the world debut of the production version of the Hennessey Venom GT - its a monster !!







Hope you like the pics, classic and concours to follow in the next few days.

Regards

Tim

[tomtom]

I think I'm getting old. These modern 'supercars' do nothing for me.

[Beefmeister]

Does that Venom have any wheel travel at all?

[Dr G]

I couldn't get past its looks, let alone the ride height; it's hideous

[Jaykaybi]

Beefmeister said:

Does that Venom have any wheel travel at all?

Lowered for show


And it's utterly, utterly, gobsmackingly awesome.

[mbanham]

Was the Aston One-77 still there?

Also you forgot to take a pic of the supercharged Jensen.

M.

[Beefmeister]

Jaykaybi said:

Beefmeister said:

Does that Venom have any wheel travel at all?

Lowered for show


And it's utterly, utterly, gobsmackingly awesome.

I don't doubt that Jay!

I'm glad it was dropped for those photos, it wouldn't be able to move if it was that low normally!

Will we be seeing it at WH?

[tescor]

Great cars, and great photos - thanks for posting

[anonymous-user]

tomtom said:

I think I'm getting old. These modern 'supercars' do nothing for me.

Yes you must! Some of those are awesome. The Aston One 77 is simply brilliant. Love the new Noble too.

[mbanham]

Oops apologies, Aston hadn't loaded on my screen.

I helped put the Jensen in place, hence the comment.

Thanks for sharing though, hoping to get there on Friday and look at the rest of the show.

[iandc]

Facelifted Maybach - isn't that an oxymoron!!!

[TurboTerrific9]

Lovely photos. I have to say I was a bit dissapointed when I went yesterday. It just didn't really have the wow factor I was hoping for. Cars were great but they were limited in numbers. Food was very good but the weather was horrific and it appeared the organsisers had not really allowed for it - open marquee's, little warm shelter. So I think it's probably great if you want to go and drink with your friends all day but at 250 quid it was a bit toppy. Nice money spinner though, get Boodles/Pommery/Vertu to sponsor, charge 250-750 quid a pop and get the dealers to bring their cars for nothing - gotta work!

[Chafford1]

mbanham said:

Was the Aston One-77 still there?

Also you forgot to take a pic of the supercharged Jensen.

M.

Here's the Interceptor R's engine - the LS9 Corvette unit!

[sambaman]

carrera gt ............ AWESOME.... Thanks for the pictures...

[RemainAllHoof]

autofocus said:

then the Vantage S

I cannot decide which angle is best. What a car. What a colour. *goes off to buy lottery ticket*

[UH-Matt]

RemainAllHoof said:

autofocus said:

then the Vantage S

I cannot decide which angle is best. What a car. What a colour. *goes off to buy lottery ticket*

Was just thinking out of ALL the cars there the Vantage S was probably the lowest on my list.