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[travelers-gaming]

Ok so the irony about Bauhaus is that. Despite the name and his generally utilitarian ideals, he's an out of touch rich guy. He bought a vial with the goal of genuinely helping people, but he ended up as a kind of "spectacle tinker". he can build extremely advanced buildings and infrastructure, but all of his projects are expensive and end up with a hyperluxurious Art Deco aesthetic. He's only able to do as much as he can for Duluth because of his access to both Guild and personal funds, and his current project is the creation of a railway system connecting Duluth and its twin. He tries to come across as a down-to-earth humanist, but it's kind of hard to when you're wearing a suit of intricate golden power armor.

[seafoamreadings]

Hope you’re doing good 🥺🥺

I’ve heard a lot of bad talking about Libra Venus. What do you think about about them?

omg who talks bad about libra venus!!? jealous people, probably.

imo, and tbh kind of classically as well, the three BEST venus placements are: pisces, taurus, and libra. any venus can be great but these are the easy, natural, most beautiful ones.

venus is super at home there. it is not the unconditionality of pisces or the hyperluxury of taurus but it is breezy beauty, pleasant fragrances, the height of aesthetics, and the love of a good romantic union.

disclaimer, i'm a taurus with pisces venus and libra rising so i might be biased.

but even if i am, personally i love libra venuses. they are at minimum beautiful people and usually very charming and sweet as well. obviously with poor personal development or hard placements not being "worked" then this could still manifest as, idk, laziness or judgmentalness or extreme indecision, maybe airheadedness. it can come off as very "barbie" which might?? be why you have heard some slander but honestly... don't listen to those people. if you are doing your best out there in the world it's a great placement.

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GIỮA TRUNG TÂM THỦ ĐÔ, MỘT THIẾT KẾ KIÊU HÃNH - MỘT BIỂU TƯỢNG NGHỆ THUẬT

Tại Hanoi Signature, nghệ thuật và kiến trúc không chỉ là trang trí, mà là linh hồn của cả tòa tháp độc bản.

Những chi tiết tinh xảo như 16 cánh cửa đ��ng đỏ, cửa xoay đúc nguyên khối từ Chile, và mặt ngoài tòa tháp cao 120m với kỹ thuật treo đá granite 8 mặt, tất cả đều nhằm mang lại chất lượng sống cao nhất và giá trị trường tồn cho từng chủ nhân tinh hoa.

Đại sảnh cao 12,5m ốp đá Marble nhập khẩu cùng bức họa vòm trần được sáng tác bởi danh họa Giovani Brenasa người Ý tạo nên không gian lộng lẫy và kiêu kỳ, hai bức tranh đá siêu thực xuyên sáng, Onyz với diện tích 2,7m x 7,5m cùng bộ sưu tập những câu chuyện lịch sử và nghệ thuật được thuật lại thông qua các bức họa tại đại sảnh và hành lang. Mỗi bước đi giữa không gian Hanoi Signature mở ra một câu chuyện đầy cảm hứng.

Là biểu tượng Hyper Luxury tiên phong của Việt Nam, Hanoi Signature là kiệt tác kiến trúc mang tầm di sản, nơi nghệ thuật và chất lượng sống đạt đến đỉnh cao. Đây là điểm đến lý tưởng cho những Quý khách hàng tinh anh tìm kiếm cuộc sống đỉnh cao, nơi mỗi khoảnh khắc đều được trân trọng và nâng niu.

#HanoiSignature#hanoisignature#HyperLuxury#hyperluxury#ĐộcBản#docban#DiSản#disan

[jonathancaillat]

Quelle Experience !!!! 😃🤪🧐 What a fabulous experience ! A male show in the temple of hatshepsut Queen of Egypt 1479 before JC welcoming the knowledge of Italian tradition . The show must go on !!! @stefanoricciofficial @filipporicci @romeov.conte @valo87 et Eduardo @hugo_stuff @henrikhansson1 @antoniofioreoff @davide_mariella @david_conti @mr.javiermoreno @sergiopankov @andresmanzz @rizzigiulio @fabiomancini @tommymeli @dardenstudio @kaemiaeldeeb27 @giancosimopagliara @galera_lucas @atavoni @firaspantera @antoniofioreoff @marcleroymodel @romanseefeldt @majormodelsmilano @maristellabecu @andrea_ronconi_primatorre @auroradamanti86 @paraskevasboubourakas @luca_righeschi_photographe And all I don’t remember insta but not you .. . . . . #stefanoricci50 #50anniversary #maleover40 #modelover40 #hyperluxury #sartorial #italianelegance🇮🇹 #show #menshow #ss2023 #bespoke #dandy #dandystyle #safaristyle #redblueandwhite (à Hatshepsut Temple) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj1B57sjK0l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[aka-xn]

It is easy to forget your name when all you consider are your pleasures and pains. ▫️ #fountain #palm #blusky #faux #dslr #dslrphotography #escapism #hyperluxury #eattherich #lies #akaXN #TheRealXN https://www.instagram.com/p/BvmQS9HgH-g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4nsyn6hpjbc8

[spiteswallow]

I used to write space content and I really enjoyed it and started working on a whole damn degree but then just fizzled out for some reason and I couldn't put my finger on why for YEARS like.

looking back though it's clear that I just did not have the energy to watch everyone eagerly surrender the entire fucking cosmos to billionaires. in those circles if you're critical of private spaceflight, you're painted as some luddite idiot by "science lovers" who refer to elon musk as a god without a trace of irony. and I Just. lost the will to keep writing, pleadingly, about how the universe cannot belong to anyone but if we let them, certain people will turn every bit we can reach into a gated hyperluxury resort and all discovery will exist behind a paywall. i still get space agency press releases in my inbox sometimes and have to quell this strange sadness after I delete them

i know there are more pressing things to address but we really can't let these fucks just....have space. that's too horrifying to contemplate

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Cadillac Escalade Hyper-Luxury 2019 reconvertido con múltiples iPad Pros, Mac Mini, Smart TV curvada de 48 "y más

Cadillac Escalade Hyper-Luxury 2019 reconvertido con múltiples iPad Pros, Mac Mini, Smart TV curvada de 48 "y más

Cadillac Escalade Hyper-Luxury 2019 reconvertido con múltiples iPad Pros, Mac Mini, Smart TV curvada de 48 "y más Empresa con sede en California Coches Lexani Hoy presentó su última conversión de vehículos, la 2019 Cadillac Escalade Viceroy Edition. El vehículo ultra lujoso está equipado con una amplia variedad de opciones de tecnología y entretenimiento, que incluyen múltiples tabletas iPad…

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#happydiwali #happydiwali2018 #shubhdeepawali #festivaloflights #indianfestivals #festivities #prosperity #success #wishuall #saynotocrackers #pollutionfree #hyperluxury #superluxury #diamonds #jewellery #realestate #luxurycars #diamondsbyashirwadjain #luxurylifestyle #enthusiast #london #paris #sothebys #christie #geneva #basel #newyork #newdelhi #mumbai https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp4Vh8yljHN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=696mdxfvxlpf

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Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid Odyssean Edition is sustainable hyperluxury - Roadshow

Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid Odyssean Edition is sustainable hyperluxury – Roadshow

With a focus on more sustainable materials and a hybrid electric powertrain, the limited Odyssean Edition is a statement of intent. Source link

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The Hispano Suiza Carmen Is a 1,006-HP Hyperluxury EV - Automobile

The Hispano Suiza Carmen Is a 1,006-HP Hyperluxury EV  Automobile With styling that recalls Hispano's 1930s golden age and interesting tech like a battery pack that acts as a mass damper, the Carmen certainly captivates. http://dlvr.it/R0PfPV

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THÁNG MƯA NHẬN VÀNG - RỘN RÀNG LỘC PHÁT

Chính sách bán hàng tháng 8 với chương trình: “THÁNG MƯA VÀNG LỘC PHÁT” mang đến cho Quý Khách hàng những ưu đãi đặc quyền vô cùng hấp dẫn:

💥 Từ ngày 16/08/2024 đến hết ngày 02/09/2024, khi Quý Khách hàng đặt mua căn hộ và ký thỏa thuận ưu tiên, sẽ được nhận quà tặng Vàng như sau*:

🏠 Căn 2 phòng ngủ: Tặng 6 cây vàng, tương đương 500 triệu đồng! 🏠 Căn 3 phòng ngủ: Tặng 10 cây vàng, tương đương 800 triệu đồng! 🎁 Quà tặng Vàng sẽ được quy đổi tương ứng và trừ thẳng vào giá HĐMB căn hộ (chưa bao gồm thuế GTGT & KPBT).

Bên cạnh quà tặng Vàng giá trị, Quý Khách hàng đã ký VBCN thành công đồng thời tận hưởng các chính sách ưu đãi kép*:

💥 Tặng 50 chỗ đỗ xe ô tô định danh 💥 Tặng 10 năm phí dịch vụ trông xe ô tô 💥 Tặng 10 năm phí quản lý 💥 Đặc biệt, chương trình ưu đãi vay hỗ trợ lãi suất trong thời hạn tối đa 18 tháng, lên đến 70% giá trị HĐMB căn hộ (gồm thuế GTGT)

🌟 Trở thành chủ nhân tiên phong của dinh thự trên không Hanoi Signature ngay hôm nay để tận hưởng toàn bộ đặc quyền “lộc phát” như ý.

(*) Áp dụng có điều kiện theo CSBH hiện hành.

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How Our Travel Adventures Will Change in 2020

(Bloomberg) –The 2010s were the decade when travel became easier. The arrival of short-term lodging services, the embrace of “second cities,” and the rapid growth of budget airlines both shrunk our globe and made it more intriguing. And the siren song of social media sent us to far-flung corners in search of “authentic,” “local,” and “undiscovered” places, or (contrarily) to recreate influencers’ brilliant snaps.

But if travel became something of a competitive sport in the last 10 years, it’s starting to loosen up. As it turns out, trying to visit every country in the world before turning age 40—or simply checking off three bucket-list cities in a weeklong trip—is exhausting. The overwhelming number of booking channels and sources of inspiration has left travelers confused, too, struggling to figure out how to maximize every minute of their precious vacation days.

That’s why “slow travel,” which lets you get under the skin of a place by simply staying put there for a little longer, is gaining traction. The idea doesn’t just make for more restful time off, it’s also more environmentally sustainable and fulfilling. It underscores the majority of the trends that will reshape the way we think about our adventures in 2020 and beyond.

Enjoy Zero-Footprint Travel

We’ve already told you about carbon offsets and how it’s getting easier to properly offset your flights. But in 2020 that trend will go much further.

Cool Effect, the company we like best for carbon offsets, will release tools to help you offset the carbon footprints of your cruise vacations. Several airlines, including EasyJet, are setting goals to offset their entire fleets’ emissions. And tour operators are getting in on the act, making sure that our footprint on the ground nets out, too. Leading the pack is Natural Habitats, which in 2019 began offering zero-footprint itineraries. Now the company is one-upping that idea by offsetting travelers’ entire lives for a full year if they book one of its Climate Change & Our Wild World trips. (The offset calculations are based on home size, electricity bills, monthly expenses, and air and driving miles.) Led by experts from the World Wildlife Foundation, travelers can venture to see such spectacles as the whale migration in Cabo, the Amazon rainforest, or polar bears in the Arctic.

Other companies that are offsetting trips in 2020 include Metropolitan Touring (which runs wonderful tours and hotels in Colombia and Ecuador) and MSC Cruises. There’s also Intrepid Travel, which is aiming to be carbon negative in the year ahead rather than simply carbon neutral.

Gardens Are the Hot New Hotel Amenity

There isn’t a lot of idyll in our hyperdrive lives, and maybe that’s why gardens are becoming an increasingly popular hotel feature. It sounds quaint, almost boring—and yet that’s the whole point. You can already commune with nature this way in places like Gleneagles, the iconic Scottish estate which just redid its grounds to highlight more authentic local plants and flora rather than imported flowers. At the 300-year-old Dromoland Castle in Ireland, also fresh off a big renovation, you can go on official garden tours with the property’s head gardener, Dorothy Madden.

But rambling grounds are expected in that part of the world. Better proof of the trend lies in the Hamptons, where the new Shou Sugi Ban house puts a spotlight not on the ocean but on meditative Japanese gardens designed by landscape architect Lily Kwong. Or in Marrakesh, where the rambling Royal Mansour includes 3.7 acres by Luis Vallego, who’s been honored with the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan for his work with bonsais. To better highlight its Andalucian-inspired jardin, the hotel is expanding its grounds to include a “nest” where guests can have a private dinner surrounded by palms, vines, and aromatic plants.

The most spectacular example will be just outside Paris, where the new Airelles Château de Versailles will let guests sleep in the palace so beloved for its almost 2,000-acre gardens. Much of the experience will be oriented toward the epic green space—even the Alain Ducasse restaurant on-site will be housed in a glassed-in orangery that trains your eye constantly outdoors.

Your Vacation Will Start Before You Leave Home

If you book a villa at Rosewood’s Las Ventanas al Paraiso in Los Cabos next year, and if you live in select cities including Chicago, New York, and San Francisco, your stay will begin before you head to the airport: The property is arranging for butlers to greet you at your front door, drive you to your departure hub, and treat you to all sorts of personalized goodies along the way. It’ll also offer the service on the way home to prolong the joy of being on vacation as long as possible.

Similarly, Hawaii’s new Mauna Lani will offer a “pre-arrival experience” when it opens in January, such as sending guests a customized, special-edition Arlo Skye suitcase enclosed with invitations for guided, stand-up paddleboard classes.

Will either of these services deliver something that wealthy travelers need? That’s not so clear. But the race has begun to extend the hotel experience far beyond the limits of the physical property.

All-Inclusive Will No Longer be a Four-Letter Word

Several of the biggest hotel openings for 2019 were of an unusual variety: all-inclusive luxury resorts. But they weren’t exactly branded as such.

Blackberry Mountain opened in February with rates that include everything from meals to hand-thrown pottery and aerial yoga classes. That’s in contrast to its older sibling, the hyperluxurious Blackberry Farm, which charges $175 for a tree-climbing session, $250 for stand-up paddleboarding, and $250 for a seven-course dinner with wine pairings. (Interestingly, even with its built-in activities, the newer, less formal property is far less expensive.)

In Chile, the wine-focused, $1,200-a-night Puro Vik is also new and all-inclusive—you won’t be charged a penny no matter how much of their cabernet sauvignon you drink or how much Andean horseback riding you want to do. And when the Shangri-La’s Fijian Resort & Spa on Fiji’s Yanuca Island reopened in April, it became all-inclusive, too, recognizing that most guests who visit are happily confined to its offerings.

Even Marriott International is getting in on the act. It acquired the all-inclusive brand Elegant Hotels in October and is renovating all seven of its Caribbean hotels. Says Marriott President Arne Sorenson, “There is a strong and growing consumer demand for premium and luxury properties in the all-inclusive category.”

If you’ve ever spent $32 for the cheapest glass of wine at your hotel in the Maldives, you know all this is a welcome relief. Sure, some all-inclusive models are meant to guarantee that you’ll spend all your vacation budget in one spot. But by definition, they liberate consumers from attaching dollar amounts to each of their desires—and that, really, is priceless.

Travel Clubs Are Cool Again …

Travel clubs might make you think of old-fashioned agencies and AAA programs selling discount trips through generic brochures, but these days they’re turning into something else entirely. They might be one of the most sophisticated ways to book travel.

Take Inspirato Pass, a subscription that acts like an all-you-can-travel buffet. It starts at $2,500 per month, which includes as many nights as you wish in the company’s partner hotels, luxury homes, or even on cruise ships. Certain exclusive experiences, like VIP access to marquee sporting events, are also included. (If you want to book more than one trip at a time, or travel with more than your partner or spouse, the cost gets incrementally higher.)

Third Home, a mansion-sharing platform for people with extraordinary vacation homes, offers its Reserve club that is, well, reserved for those with the most extravagant digs. Members are invited to rent one another’s properties (minimum value: $5 million) at a steep discount.

And then there’s Prior, a membership club for the culturally curious. In its second year, the company is continuing to expand its “Nomadic Clubhouse” events, similar to intimate, members-only parties in spectacular settings. One will celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi at the invitation of the Maharaja of Jaipur; another will spend a long weekend in Uruguay eating fire-cooked meals prepared by the legendary chef Francis Mallmann.

… And So Are Hotel Clubs

For years, hotels emphasized the importance of getting locals in their doors—both to drive ancillary revenues at restaurants and to infuse them with an “authentic” vibe. Now that hotels are legitimate hangouts, the best of them are offering their most alluring spaces only to those who pay up.

See Aman Resorts, whose Manhattan property opens this year with $50 million condos and its first members club. Those who sign up will have exclusive access, along with guests and residents, to the hotel’s three-story spa. Other properties are making similar moves, including the Six Senses (also in New York), the Dorchester Dubai, Auberge’s Commodore Perry Estate in Austin, Texas, and the Almanac Vienna, all opening with membership clubs in the coming year. In some cases, they’re focused on spa and wellness offerings; in others, it’s more about access to frequent events programming and dedicated “living-room-style” areas. Think of them as Soho Houses—with a dash less attitude yet more exclusivity.

Spas Will Become Extremely High Tech

Somadomes, Bod Pods, virtual reality wellness—if you have no idea what these things mean, you will soon. The latter has just debuted at the Four Seasons Resort Oahu, where a spaceship-like device called Sensync claims to “reset” spagoers’ brains by manipulating all five senses. During the 20- to 80-minute journey, a virtual reality headset “takes” guests to deep space, ocean coves, or zen gardens, while the machine pumps out related sounds and smells, simulates things like wind and temperature, and uses real-time data about your respiration and heart rate to guarantee that you’re calming down. The Somadome at Ojai Valley Inn is similar—it’s also a self-contained pod—but focuses instead on meditation and light therapy.

Other spa offerings will be more medical in nature. Gstaad Palace has joined with Cellgym to help clients adjust to Alpine altitudes before their first ski day; treatments involve breathing oxygen-reduced air through a mask, as submarine crews and top athletes sometimes do while training. At the Dolder Grand in Zurich and Four Seasons New York Downtown, aestheticians use confocal miscroscopes to learn about the pigmentation and elasticity of your skin, then send data to a dedicated research center to create a “prescription” of products customized to your needs. (The process takes three months to complete after your initial consultation, which rules out the ensuing, made-to-measure facial for many casual visitors.) And if all this sounds more stressful than relaxing, don’t worry—you can still get a regular, 90-minute massage at all these spots.

Cruises Are Getting Smaller, Greener—and a Whole Lot Cooler

When the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection launches next summer on its maiden voyage, it will be one of several new companies trying to overhaul the way we think about cruising. Across the world, small ships, designed more like boutique residences than floating chunks of Vegas, will make it easier and sexier to see remote coastal places. And no, we’re not talking about 200-passenger vessels already in use by all manner of luxury cruising outfits. These are largely independent, such as the “floating ryokan” Guntu in Japan, which offers contemplative views of the Seto Inland Sea from its sushi bar and 19 suites. There’s also HMS Gåssten, a former Swedish minesweeper (bookable through Red Savannah) that’s been restored and turned into a luxe base for skiing and biking trips in Norway’s Sunmore Alps. Add new standards that require cruise lines to cut their emissions across-the-board, and suddenly this mode of travel seems all that more interesting.

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The Hispano Suiza Carmen Is a 1,006-HP Hyperluxury EV

Show of hands: Who remembers Hispano-Suiza? You concours d’elegance regulars and aviation nuts do, but most are likely unaware of the car company with roots that trace way back to an electric-vehicle startup from 1898. Judging from the competition for rights to the name, you’d think Hispano-Suiza enjoyed the name recognition of Coke, Ferrari, or Apple. Not one, but two completely unrelated firms—one based in Spain and one in Switzerland—are planning to build 1,000-plus-horsepower Hispano-Suiza hypercars—an electric one from La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA, and a gas-powered one from Hispano Suiza Automobilmanufaktur AG. The electric one is on display in Geneva.

First an abbreviated history of the brand. Spanish artillery captain Emilio de la Cuadra started making electric cars in Barcelona called La Cuadra. Soon after, he met Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt, who designed gasoline-powered engines for the brand. By 1902 ownership transferred to José María Castro Fernández, who rebranded the firm as Fábrica Hispano-Suiza de Automóviles (Spanish-Swiss Automobile Factory). That concern went belly up, only to be reconstituted in 1904 with a big cash infusion from Damián Mateu as La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles. It’s that finance guy’s great-grandson Miguel Suqué Mateu who’s looking to revive the name with the electric Hispano-Suiza. He wants you to remember the fabulous luxury cars built in both Spain and France between 1905 and 1946 that rivaled Rolls-Royce for refinement, power, and technical sophistication—Rolls-Royce even licensed Hispano-Suiza’s patent for power brakes. And in another Rolls connection, the French arm of Hispano-Suiza, which was sold off as an airplane engine and power-transmission company and built Rolls engines under license for a while, in 2014 entered a joint venture with Rolls-Royce in 2014 to provide transmissions for subsequent Rolls aero engines.

Fast-forward to the 2010 Geneva show, where a radically rebodied Audi R8 turned up on the Delmar 04 SA stand wearing Hispano Suiza badges. This raised the hackles of both the French aerospace concern and the surviving holders of the Spanish rights to the name, with legal action threatened. Since then the lawyers have been busy—as is detailed pretty well in this Autocar story—which concluded, “All active trademarks related to Hispano Suiza that La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA holds are not for cars, but solely for other businesses. The ones related to cars are all pending, mostly due to opposition on the trademark registration,” whereas the Swiss firm seems to have trademarks for several European countries—not including Switzerland.

Oh well, here’s what we know about the Hispano Suiza (no hyphen) Carmen that debuted in Geneva: It’s named for Damián Mateu’s granddaughter, Miguel Suqué Mateu’s mother. It’s fully electric, with a T-shaped 80-kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack powering a pair of rear-mounted motors rated at 503 hp each, for 1,006 in all. The battery is encased in a carbon-fiber shell designed to make upgrading the battery to newer chemistries and technologies easy. It is also suspended in such a way as to serve as a tuned mass damper, helping to eliminate vibration.

Top speed is limited to 155 mph, and range on the Euro NEDC cycle is estimated at just under 250 miles. DC fast charging at a 50-plus-kW rate will bring the batteries from 30 to 80 percent in 30 minutes. Suspension is by control arms all around with lateral links assisting in back, and AP Radi-CAL six-piston brake calipers clamping 15-inch carbon-ceramic rotors at all four corners. The design and development—undertaken in a brief nine-month period—has been done in conjunction with QEV Technologies, the electric powertrain and motorsport engineering specialists behind Mahindra’s Formula E race car.

The monocoque tub as well as the front and rear crash structures are all made of carbon fiber, as is the rear subframe, which is bolted to the chassis. Total weight for the structure is just 430 pounds, and the company claims its specific torsional rigidity (resistance to twist per pound) is best in class. The carbon also serves as a design element, with the woven fibers hand-laid in a mirrored pattern that results in arrows pointing forward along the centerline. The 11 body panels are also made of carbon fiber and weigh just 142 pounds total. All in, with the battery and all the luxurious leather, Alcantara, wood veneers, and so forth, the Carmen is claimed to weigh less than 3,750 pounds.

Unlike most kilo-horsepower hypercars, the Carmen strives not for record-breaking acceleration but rather for luxurious refinement that harks to the brand’s golden age. The teardrop fenders and lozenge shapes of its overall design are directly inspired by the aero-slick one-off 1938 Hispano-Suiza H6C Dubonnet Xenia. And the bodywork is as efficient as it looks, with a claimed drag coefficient of 0.325. Interior amenities of note include a clock built by a Spanish watchmaker with a Swiss movement, a triangular shifter echoing the art deco steel triangle found on many historic Hispano dashes, and this curiosity described in the press materials: “Each Carmen will feature a custom perfumed interior, specified and developed with the buyer to ensure the car is aligned perfectly with their preferences.”

The company claims it will build 19 examples of the Carmen between late 2019 and 2021, priced at €1.5 million ($1.7 million)—that is, presuming development work can be concluded by then (no small undertaking for a 25-strong development team) and the trademark brouhaha gets fully resolved.

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The Hispano Suiza Carmen Is a 1,006-HP Hyperluxury EV

Show of hands: Who remembers Hispano-Suiza? You concours d’elegance regulars and aviation nuts do, but most are likely unaware of the car company with roots that trace way back to an electric-vehicle startup from 1898. Judging from the competition for rights to the name, you’d think Hispano-Suiza enjoyed the name recognition of Coke, Ferrari, or Apple. Not one, but two completely unrelated firms—one based in Spain and one in Switzerland—are planning to build 1,000-plus-horsepower Hispano-Suiza hypercars—an electric one from La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA, and a gas-powered one from Hispano Suiza Automobilmanufaktur AG. The electric one is on display in Geneva.

First an abbreviated history of the brand. Spanish artillery captain Emilio de la Cuadra started making electric cars in Barcelona called La Cuadra. Soon after, he met Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt, who designed gasoline-powered engines for the brand. By 1902 ownership transferred to José María Castro Fernández, who rebranded the firm as Fábrica Hispano-Suiza de Automóviles (Spanish-Swiss Automobile Factory). That concern went belly up, only to be reconstituted in 1904 with a big cash infusion from Damián Mateu as La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles. It’s that finance guy’s great-grandson Miguel Suqué Mateu who’s looking to revive the name with the electric Hispano-Suiza. He wants you to remember the fabulous luxury cars built in both Spain and France between 1905 and 1946 that rivaled Rolls-Royce for refinement, power, and technical sophistication—Rolls-Royce even licensed Hispano-Suiza’s patent for power brakes. And in another Rolls connection, the French arm of Hispano-Suiza, which was sold off as an airplane engine and power-transmission company and built Rolls engines under license for a while, in 2014 entered a joint venture with Rolls-Royce in 2014 to provide transmissions for subsequent Rolls aero engines.

Fast-forward to the 2010 Geneva show, where a radically rebodied Audi R8 turned up on the Delmar 04 SA stand wearing Hispano Suiza badges. This raised the hackles of both the French aerospace concern and the surviving holders of the Spanish rights to the name, with legal action threatened. Since then the lawyers have been busy—as is detailed pretty well in this Autocar story—which concluded, “All active trademarks related to Hispano Suiza that La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA holds are not for cars, but solely for other businesses. The ones related to cars are all pending, mostly due to opposition on the trademark registration,” whereas the Swiss firm seems to have trademarks for several European countries—not including Switzerland.

Oh well, here’s what we know about the Hispano Suiza (no hyphen) Carmen that debuted in Geneva: It’s named for Damián Mateu’s granddaughter, Miguel Suqué Mateu’s mother. It’s fully electric, with a T-shaped 80-kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack powering a pair of rear-mounted motors rated at 503 hp each, for 1,006 in all. The battery is encased in a carbon-fiber shell designed to make upgrading the battery to newer chemistries and technologies easy. It is also suspended in such a way as to serve as a tuned mass damper, helping to eliminate vibration.

Top speed is limited to 155 mph, and range on the Euro NEDC cycle is estimated at just under 250 miles. DC fast charging at a 50-plus-kW rate will bring the batteries from 30 to 80 percent in 30 minutes. Suspension is by control arms all around with lateral links assisting in back, and AP Radi-CAL six-piston brake calipers clamping 15-inch carbon-ceramic rotors at all four corners. The design and development—undertaken in a brief nine-month period—has been done in conjunction with QEV Technologies, the electric powertrain and motorsport engineering specialists behind Mahindra’s Formula E race car.

The monocoque tub as well as the front and rear crash structures are all made of carbon fiber, as is the rear subframe, which is bolted to the chassis. Total weight for the structure is just 430 pounds, and the company claims its specific torsional rigidity (resistance to twist per pound) is best in class. The carbon also serves as a design element, with the woven fibers hand-laid in a mirrored pattern that results in arrows pointing forward along the centerline. The 11 body panels are also made of carbon fiber and weigh just 142 pounds total. All in, with the battery and all the luxurious leather, Alcantara, wood veneers, and so forth, the Carmen is claimed to weigh less than 3,750 pounds.

Unlike most kilo-horsepower hypercars, the Carmen strives not for record-breaking acceleration but rather for luxurious refinement that harks to the brand’s golden age. The teardrop fenders and lozenge shapes of its overall design are directly inspired by the aero-slick one-off 1938 Hispano-Suiza H6C Dubonnet Xenia. And the bodywork is as efficient as it looks, with a claimed drag coefficient of 0.325. Interior amenities of note include a clock built by a Spanish watchmaker with a Swiss movement, a triangular shifter echoing the art deco steel triangle found on many historic Hispano dashes, and this curiosity described in the press materials: “Each Carmen will feature a custom perfumed interior, specified and developed with the buyer to ensure the car is aligned perfectly with their preferences.”

The company claims it will build 19 examples of the Carmen between late 2019 and 2021, priced at €1.5 million ($1.7 million)—that is, presuming development work can be concluded by then (no small undertaking for a 25-strong development team) and the trademark brouhaha gets fully resolved.

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The Hispano Suiza Carmen Is a 1,006-HP Hyperluxury EV

Show of hands: Who remembers Hispano-Suiza? You concours d’elegance regulars and aviation nuts do, but most are likely unaware of the car company with roots that trace way back to an electric-vehicle startup from 1898. Judging from the competition for rights to the name, you’d think Hispano-Suiza enjoyed the name recognition of Coke, Ferrari, or Apple. Not one, but two completely unrelated firms—one based in Spain and one in Switzerland—are planning to build 1,000-plus-horsepower Hispano-Suiza hypercars—an electric one from La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA, and a gas-powered one from Hispano Suiza Automobilmanufaktur AG. The electric one is on display in Geneva.

First an abbreviated history of the brand. Spanish artillery captain Emilio de la Cuadra started making electric cars in Barcelona called La Cuadra. Soon after, he met Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt, who designed gasoline-powered engines for the brand. By 1902 ownership transferred to José María Castro Fernández, who rebranded the firm as Fábrica Hispano-Suiza de Automóviles (Spanish-Swiss Automobile Factory). That concern went belly up, only to be reconstituted in 1904 with a big cash infusion from Damián Mateu as La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles. It’s that finance guy’s great-grandson Miguel Suqué Mateu who’s looking to revive the name with the electric Hispano-Suiza. He wants you to remember the fabulous luxury cars built in both Spain and France between 1905 and 1946 that rivaled Rolls-Royce for refinement, power, and technical sophistication—Rolls-Royce even licensed Hispano-Suiza’s patent for power brakes. And in another Rolls connection, the French arm of Hispano-Suiza, which was sold off as an airplane engine and power-transmission company and built Rolls engines under license for a while, in 2014 entered a joint venture with Rolls-Royce in 2014 to provide transmissions for subsequent Rolls aero engines.

Fast-forward to the 2010 Geneva show, where a radically rebodied Audi R8 turned up on the Delmar 04 SA stand wearing Hispano Suiza badges. This raised the hackles of both the French aerospace concern and the surviving holders of the Spanish rights to the name, with legal action threatened. Since then the lawyers have been busy—as is detailed pretty well in this Autocar story—which concluded, “All active trademarks related to Hispano Suiza that La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles SA holds are not for cars, but solely for other businesses. The ones related to cars are all pending, mostly due to opposition on the trademark registration,” whereas the Swiss firm seems to have trademarks for several European countries—not including Switzerland.

Oh well, here’s what we know about the Hispano Suiza (no hyphen) Carmen that debuted in Geneva: It’s named for Damián Mateu’s granddaughter, Miguel Suqué Mateu’s mother. It’s fully electric, with a T-shaped 80-kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack powering a pair of rear-mounted motors rated at 503 hp each, for 1,006 in all. The battery is encased in a carbon-fiber shell designed to make upgrading the battery to newer chemistries and technologies easy. It is also suspended in such a way as to serve as a tuned mass damper, helping to eliminate vibration.

Top speed is limited to 155 mph, and range on the Euro NEDC cycle is estimated at just under 250 miles. DC fast charging at a 50-plus-kW rate will bring the batteries from 30 to 80 percent in 30 minutes. Suspension is by control arms all around with lateral links assisting in back, and AP Radi-CAL six-piston brake calipers clamping 15-inch carbon-ceramic rotors at all four corners. The design and development—undertaken in a brief nine-month period—has been done in conjunction with QEV Technologies, the electric powertrain and motorsport engineering specialists behind Mahindra’s Formula E race car.

The monocoque tub as well as the front and rear crash structures are all made of carbon fiber, as is the rear subframe, which is bolted to the chassis. Total weight for the structure is just 430 pounds, and the company claims its specific torsional rigidity (resistance to twist per pound) is best in class. The carbon also serves as a design element, with the woven fibers hand-laid in a mirrored pattern that results in arrows pointing forward along the centerline. The 11 body panels are also made of carbon fiber and weigh just 142 pounds total. All in, with the battery and all the luxurious leather, Alcantara, wood veneers, and so forth, the Carmen is claimed to weigh less than 3,750 pounds.

Unlike most kilo-horsepower hypercars, the Carmen strives not for record-breaking acceleration but rather for luxurious refinement that harks to the brand’s golden age. The teardrop fenders and lozenge shapes of its overall design are directly inspired by the aero-slick one-off 1938 Hispano-Suiza H6C Dubonnet Xenia. And the bodywork is as efficient as it looks, with a claimed drag coefficient of 0.325. Interior amenities of note include a clock built by a Spanish watchmaker with a Swiss movement, a triangular shifter echoing the art deco steel triangle found on many historic Hispano dashes, and this curiosity described in the press materials: “Each Carmen will feature a custom perfumed interior, specified and developed with the buyer to ensure the car is aligned perfectly with their preferences.”

The company claims it will build 19 examples of the Carmen between late 2019 and 2021, priced at €1.5 million ($1.7 million)—that is, presuming development work can be concluded by then (no small undertaking for a 25-strong development team) and the trademark brouhaha gets fully resolved.

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