It is a popular dream to own a luxury vehicle or a super car one day. She
is a senior reporter,
Michelle Castillo takes us inside some of these six
figure wonders at the New York International Auto Show.
Luxury cars may come with a hefty price tag but
they also have some bonus features you won't find elsewhere.
Take this Lamborghini Hurricane Cerrado, it starts at $273,000.
But at that steep price,
this edition can drive on all terrains including ice and sand.
Gives me
a,
you know, it's
unusual, special, unique, this kind of style.
Some don't think it's quite an off road vehicle,
but they can see the benefits on the road.
I'm thinking like semi off road. Is it still low to the ground? I
think maybe for like everyday driving, you know,
I think it will do better on potholes if you're
for something, a bit more practical. Check out the Rolls Royce Ghost.
This wittering blue model comes with the Starlight
ceiling and all the upholstery is hand stitched.
So if you're interested in a Rolls Royce Ghost, it starts at 350,000.
This model is at 450,000. And there's a couple cool features.
If you want people to know you have a Rolls Royce
with a button, you can show that you have the spirit of ecstasy on your hood.
Now, every rolls Royce Ghost comes with, of course, coach doors
and if it's raining,
the Ghost is
Niffy
umbrella feature.
But Lamborghini and Rolls Royce aren't the only players in the game.
If you're in the market for a Porsche and want
to stand out consider a Ted and Motors daydream.
It's a resto mod,
which means it's a Porsche 993 completely redone with modern upgrades.
The idea was to study the original 9 11 body and look
at it from today's perspective in regards to performance technology and design,
it has the original chassis and engine block,
a new carbon fiber body.
You can choose from gas hybrid and
electric models and it's fully customizable and we
make sunglasses for each car which actually fit
the driver based on his design preferences,
color preferences, even lenses, preferences.
The daydream starts at $500,000 but being able to wear bespoke sunglasses
that match a ride priceless in the Javits Center in New York.
I'm Michelle Castillo.
Pretty fancy and Cheddar's own senior reporter Michelle
Castillo joining me now for more Michelle,
you've got the sweetest gig out there.
I swear.
I know you've been covering the auto show for us
pretty much all week and one of the biggest trends.
Of course, as we talk about on the show daily is electric vehicles
and we might have to get rid of some of
those classics even though they are beautiful to do it.
How are they adapting to the
Trent?
Well, Kristen,
I think you're really referring to the Dodge Charger and the Dodge Challenger,
which last year the company announced that they're going to get
rid of and replace it with an all electric vehicle.
So they brought a concept car that day to
SRT concept. So again, this is not in production yet.
They're still testing out some specs to the New York International Auto Show.
I spoke to Dodges Broad Bob Broader
off about it. Here's what he said.
If we can take electrification and make a faster muscle car,
given the rules and constraints, everything that's come our way,
we're certainly interested in doing that and from a performance standpoint,
we think we can make a pretty compelling product
now to get muscle car fans excited about this.
There are some unique challenges that they have to face.
One of them is the fact they had to be a little bit
more aerodynamic because of the electrical engines to get that fast speed.
And also everyone knows the Dodge cars,
the Dodge muscle cars for their hellcat sound.
They did find a way to replicate that electronically.
Now they haven't tested the 0 to 60 or the other specs yet,
but they think it is competitive with what's already out there on the market.
Well, I know going off road does seem to be a big topic this year.
Michelle, how are the cars adapting
that? Well, we definitely saw the Lambo Hurricane Cerrato earlier.
But, you know,
there are a lot of people who are traveling more
this year and they definitely are considering road trips.
Now, there was something called Camp Jeep at the auto show this year,
they were testing out, you know,
a very famous off roading vehicle going up and down tracks up
to 30 ft up in the air and just showing the capabilities.
One interesting thing though is some of these cars, not this one,
but I did do it with the model was electric and I can say there was no
difference between the gas powered and electric model
and you can do all the same stuff.
Very cool Michelle Castillo. Thanks for the insight as always
and some amazing images there.