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    Amelia Island Concours best of show, Mercedes and Lamborghini and the BrawnGP F1 ...

    Dear Ultimatecarpage.com visitor,

    Over the weekend the beautiful Amelia Island, off the coast of Florida, hosted the annual Concours d'Elegance. With close to 300 cars entered (most of them very interesting), our report is taking a little longer to complete. However, to give you a first glimpse of the show, we today take a closer look at one of the 'Best of Show' winners; the Voisin C20 Mylord Demi-Berline. This unique machine expresses Gabriel Voisin's outstanding art-deco styling more than any of his others. Powering the very low machine is a highly unusual sleeve-valve V12 engine. The win was the result of an extensive restoration that was completed just days before the concours. It was a well-deserved win for one of our all time favourite cars.
    Continuing the recent trend of 'leaking' photographs of camouflaged test-mules of upcoming models, Mercedes-Benz released the first pictures and information on the SLS AMG. It is the first complete car developed in-house by AMG and combines modern engineering with old styling cues like the 'Gullwing' doors. Aluminum is used for the car's body and spaceframe chassis as well as the 571 bhp engine. The SLS is set to make its debut in the fall at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
    In Geneve Lamborghini showed the final version of the Murciélago Coupe and now they bid farewell to the Roadster with a limited edition. Dubbed the Murciélago Roadster LP650-4. As the name suggests, it comes equipped with a 650 bhp version of Lamborghini's V12 engine. It can be distinguished by a special colour scheme and unique decals.
    Finally, we want to highlight the Brawn GP BGP001 that has dominated the recent Formula 1 tests. It may be too early to tell but it seems that Honda's withdrawal from the sport was not very well timed.

    Enjoy the links:

    2009 Brawn GP BGP001 Mercedes - Images, Specifications and Information

    2009 Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster LP650-4 - Images, Specifications and Information

    2009 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG - Images, Specifications and Information

    1931 Voisin C20 'Mylord' Demi-Berline - Images, Specifications and Information

    Regards,
    Wouter Melissen
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    (Ted Joans)

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    Amelia was a great show.

    It's interesting how they always call for certain cars to drive up to the awards area as 'decoys' to make you think they are the winners...then the award goes to something else.

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    that voisin is stunning. looks like its been chopped and lowered, but in a good way.
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