https://www.scmp.com/rss/35394/feed Now a part of the Fiat group, Ferrari is one of the most expensive high-performance cars in the world. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company initially sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles after World War II. The brand has had major success on the racing circuit in Formula One, and Ferraris are widely seen as one of the ultimate status symbols. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Paris Hilton is no stranger to luxury. With a US$300 million net worth, it’s not surprising that the Hilton Hotel Heiress-turned-DJ-turned-reality star-turned-businesswoman owns a fleet of fast cars with jaw-dropping price tags. Though Hilton has sold many of the luxurious cars she owned in the 2000s, including her famous Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren worth US$463,000, and the US$375,000 banana yellow LFA Lexus her then-boyfriend entrepreneur Cy Waits gifted her on her 30th birthday, she still... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3178483/inside-paris-hiltons-extravagant-luxury-car-collection?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3178483/inside-paris-hiltons-extravagant-luxury-car-collection?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 May 2022 17:00:21 +0000 Ferrari will recall thousands of cars worldwide, most of them from China, due to problems with their braking system. The luxury sports carmaker confirmed it will begin the recall on May 30, after announcing the issue two weeks ago. “Vehicles involved in this recall campaign are equipped with a brake reservoir fluid cap that may not vent properly, thereby potentially creating vacuum inside the brake fluid reservoir,” Maranello, Italy-based Ferrari said in a statement. The recall involves some of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3175249/ferrari-recalls-thousands-supercars-many-china-due-brakes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/3175249/ferrari-recalls-thousands-supercars-many-china-due-brakes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Apr 2022 14:21:05 +0000 As glamour-drenched sports go, Formula One has few rivals. From luxury brand sponsorships to velvet rope parties to preposterously pricey engineering – if horse racing is the sports of kings, this is the sport of bling. “The racing itself represents the first class of everything,” says Ringo Lee Yiu-pui, president of the Hong Kong Automobile Association, the governing body for motorsport in the city. “The participants are mostly sponsored or developed by the leading enterprises of the car... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3159675/worlds-most-expensive-sport-how-formula-1-world?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3159675/worlds-most-expensive-sport-how-formula-1-world?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:43:12 +0000 “Canto-pop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung, his record company’s driver and a policeman were yesterday arrested by anti-corruption officers over allegations that the singer switched drivers after crashing a HK$2 million Ferrari,” the South China Morning Post reported on April 13, 2002. On March 23, a Ferrari had crashed into a barrier on Cotton Tree Drive, in Central, and the luxury car had been abandoned when police arrived at the scene. A man soon approached and told the officers that he was the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3151879/when-canto-pop-star-nicholas-tse-faced?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3151879/when-canto-pop-star-nicholas-tse-faced?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Oct 2021 02:15:10 +0000 Imagine ordering a limousine pickup at the airport and John Cena shows up as your driver. It’s something a number of people got to experience before Cena was famous, when he worked as a limo driver. But a lift from the man who would become the most decorated professional wrestler of all time – and a fan of K-pop, apparently – was not as thrilling as it sounds.  Is Cruella the most stylish film of 2021? “I was not a good limo driver – on my first pickup, I was three hours late,” the WWE (World... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3138116/inside-fast-and-furious-9s-ott-garage-john-cena-vin?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3138116/inside-fast-and-furious-9s-ott-garage-john-cena-vin?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Jun 2021 03:21:44 +0000 Luxury watchmaker Richard Mille has forged a new partnership with what is possibly the most recognisable racing car brand in the world – Ferrari.  Richard Mille and Ferrari both walk the bleeding edge of technology in their respective fields, and both have a deep passion for modern innovation and respect for age-old know-how, so their newly forged relationship promises plenty of exciting fruit. On sale: the world’s first and only converted Star Ferry superyacht “I am very pleased about this new... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3125235/style-edit-inside-richard-mille-and-ferraris-new-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3125235/style-edit-inside-richard-mille-and-ferraris-new-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Mar 2021 02:00:25 +0000