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		<title>Style Should Be Left To The Italians</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeremy Clarkson once said: “Style should be left to the Italians.” Our elegant and sculpted alloy wheel designs are evolved through skilled artistic innovation and state-of-the art manufacturing and materials technology in Italy! Project Kahn’s innovative manufacturing process, luxurious materials and components are without equal; the seductive blend of refinement will no doubt satisfy the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Jeremy Clarkson once said: “Style should be left to the Italians.”</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Our elegant and sculpted alloy wheel designs are evolved through skilled artistic innovation and state-of-the art manufacturing and materials technology in Italy!</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Project Kahn’s innovative manufacturing process, luxurious materials and components are without equal; the seductive blend of refinement will no doubt satisfy the most demanding customers.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">Project Kahn was created to challenge conventions and redefine ideals, our studio tailors luxury bespoke alloy wheels and vehicles for individuals that cannot submit to a life of monotonous uniformity and will only accept perfection.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">It is our duty at Project Kahn to predict and outmaneuver the market in which we operate, releasing products to satisfy even the most demanding of customers. So feel free to visit http://www.kahnshop.com/</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">A number of stylish Italian manufactured alloy wheels along with our world famous bespoke vehicles are available on special offer – while stocks last.</div>
<p>Jeremy Clarkson once said: “Style should be left to the Italians.”</p>
<p>Our elegant and sculpted alloy wheel designs are evolved through skilled artistic innovation and state-of-the art manufacturing and materials technology in Italy!</p>
<p>Project Kahn’s innovative manufacturing process, luxurious materials and components are without equal; the seductive blend of refinement will no doubt satisfy the most demanding customers.</p>
<p>Project Kahn was created to challenge conventions and redefine ideals, our studio tailors luxury bespoke alloy wheels and vehicles for individuals that cannot submit to a life of monotonous uniformity and will only accept perfection.</p>
<p>It is our duty at Project Kahn to predict and outmaneuver the market in which we operate, releasing products to satisfy even the most demanding of customers. So feel free to visit <a href="http://www.kahnshop.com/">http://www.kahnshop.com/</a></p>
<p>A number of stylish Italian manufactured alloy wheels along with our world famous bespoke vehicles are available on special offer – while stocks last.</p>
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		<title>Ferrari 599</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Jeremy Clarkson here&#38;apos;s the ultimate front-engined supercar. Quicker than an F40 yet a hundredth as frightening, the 599 is a towering achievement, a new benchmark and one of the fastest-accelerating cars ever driven on the road. As a piece of automotive engineering, the Ferrari 599 is biblically, stratospherically, crushingly brilliant. Even at normal [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to Jeremy Clarkson here&amp;apos;s the ultimate front-engined supercar.</p>
<p>Quicker than an F40 yet a hundredth as frightening, the 599 is a towering achievement, a new benchmark and one of the fastest-accelerating cars ever driven on the road.</p>
<p>As a piece of automotive engineering, the Ferrari 599 is biblically, stratospherically, crushingly brilliant.</p>
<p>Even at normal speeds on normal roads you know that you’re in a thoroughbred. You can hear it working. You know that if by some miracle you are presented with a piece of road which is wide and open and free from Rovers and speed cameras, it would deliver a hammer blow big enough to knock down the doors of Fort Knox.</p>
<p>The interior is a typically beautiful blend of hide and style; as classically Italian as Sophia Loren’s sunglasses.</p>
<p>Ferrari has designed the 599 to be a comfortable long-distance cruiser. They have thought hard about making it a usable everyday car, It’s also got all sorts of Formula One-style buttons on the bottom and then, along the top, a series of red lights that come on to tell you when to change gear.</p>
<p>It accelerates with a savagery and rides on its tall tyres with composure that’s almost diplomatic in its smoothness. And believe me on this: it looks a trillion times better in the flesh than it does in the pictures.</p>
<p>Hugely fast with sensational acceleration; enormous grip with foolproof, friendly handling and fine feedback; looks terrific and sounds even better; good ride and great usability.</p>
<p>With lowered suspension, 21” rear and 20” front wheels and super sound exhaust system; be amazed by its desire to leap off the dyno, and the extra power demonstrably extracted from fresh rubber.</p>
<p>Overview</p>
<p>Let some numbers set the scene. Maximum speed over 205mph. 0-62mph in 3.7 seconds, 0-124mph in 11 seconds, standing-start kilometre in under 20 seconds. The V12 engine, derived from the Enzo Ferrari&amp;apos;s, delivers 620bhp &#8211; 40bhp down on the Enzo&amp;apos;s figure but who&amp;apos;s complaining? &#8211; and can rev to a manic 8,400rpm.</p>
<p>Oh, and CO2 emissions are 490g/km &#8211; so no cheap road tax for the 599 GTB Fiorano, then.</p>
<p>The 599 replaces the 575 Maranello. It weighs 50kg less thanks to its aluminium chassis and body (made by Scaglietti, like those of the F430 and 612) and it features terrific new technology, some of which has filtered down from Formula One.</p>
<p>Specifically, it has F1-Trac (a new traction and stability system), F1-Superfast (a yet-quicker gearshift system in the F1 paddle-shift gearbox) and magneto-rheological suspension dampers. These contain a fluid which becomes more viscous if a magnetic field is applied around the damper. Result: near-instantly-reacting adaptive dampers with no moving parts. Taken together, these three technologies make for a stunningly satisfying drive.</p>
<p>Other technical stuff? That drive experience is helped by placing 53% of the weight over the rear wheels, achieved by setting the engine well back in the chassis with the gearbox, in usual Ferrari front-engine style, mounted at the back and linked to the engine by a rigid tube. A twin-plate clutch reduces rotational inertia which helps those ultra-speedy gearshifts, and a dry-sump engine lubrication system lets the engine sit very low in the chassis. All four camshafts have variable valve timing and are driven by a single chain instead of the belt used in the 575 Maranello engine.</p>
<p>For more information on our Ferrari 599 or any of our vehicles and accessories; please call one of our qualified sales representatives on (44) 01274 749 999 or see our website at <a href="http://www.kahndesign.com/automotive/projectkahn/">http://www.kahndesign.com/automotive/projectkahn/</a></p>
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		<title>Jeremy Clarkson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rolls-Royce doesn’t need to advertise. Not when you have Alan Sugar whizzing hither and thither in his Phantom every week on The Apprentice. And on the other side, Simon Cowell doing much the same thing on The X Factor. Maybe it’s because there is simply no alternative. The Phantom has the pluto-matic market all to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow-y: hidden; left: -10000px; overflow-x: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">Rolls-Royce doesn’t need to advertise. Not when you have Alan Sugar whizzing hither and thither in his Phantom every week on The Apprentice. And on the other side, Simon Cowell doing much the same thing on The X Factor. Maybe it’s because there is simply no alternative. The Phantom has the pluto-matic market all to itself; a first cousin only to silence, and manners, and breeding. It is an exquisite car and I would have one tomorrow if it weren’t so bloody expensive. That and the fact my wife has said she would divorce me. And then kill me with a knife.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow-y: hidden; left: -10000px; overflow-x: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">However, when I came home to find it sitting in my drive, all huge and brilliant, I’m afraid I started to dribble. And then my wife came home. “Jesus H Christ,” she said. “What is that monstrosity doing here?” An argument ensued. She said it was vulgar. I said she was from the Isle of Man so she’d know. Some doors slammed. And I went for a drive. Like its hard top brother, this also has no rivals. Well, unless you count the Bentley Azure, which is of course excellent. If you like to waft around in something that can trace its roots back to 1959. Which means you’d be wafting around in something that’s older than me. The Rolls doesn’t look or feel old fashioned at all. Everything, from the unpainted bonnet to the backwards-opening suicide doors to the rattan carpets and, yes, even the teak Sunseeker-style decking on the back, makes it look as fresh and as futuristic as tomorrow morning’s papers. Add to this steering, suspension and a gearbox, all of which feel decidedly American and you very quickly learn to back off and waft. The next day we took it to a party in Marlow, me in the driver’s seat and my wife curled up in the passenger footwell in case she was seen. But it didn’t matter, because we weren’t speaking anyway.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow-y: hidden; left: -10000px; overflow-x: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">This is mainly because we had comprehensively failed to find a way of opening the boot, so she’d put her bags on the back seat and her favourite scarf had blown away. And also, the satellite navigation system – one of the few bits on the car obviously to have been lifted from a BMW – steadfastly refused to acknowledge Marlow existed.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow-y: hidden; left: -10000px; overflow-x: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">When we arrived at our party in Marlow everyone went berserk. I’ve never seen a car cause such a stir, and suddenly the point of the Roller became crystal clear. It is not built for speed or grip. It is not built to excite with its handling or the roar from its exhaust. It is not built to be safe, or frugal, or cheap. It is not built to do any of the things we have come to expect of cars in recent years. It is not built to go places. It is built to arrive. This car, then, is not a car at all. It is a fanfare. A blast of trumpeteering to silence the crowds when someone special is about to enter the room. The reason why there’s no advertising for this car is simple. It’s built to advertise you. Sure, I will admit that in England it is a bit ostentatious, a sunflower in a field of weeds. Arriving anywhere here in such a thing is the same as arriving with a Rolex at an NUM reunion. But arriving in a Drophead at the Oscars or at the casino in Monte Carlo would be more impressive, I suspect, than arriving in Keira Knightley.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow-y: hidden; left: -10000px; overflow-x: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">And because of this I shall ignore the pleas of my wife. And give it five stars.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow-y: hidden; left: -10000px; overflow-x: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">Source: Times Online</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow-y: hidden; left: -10000px; overflow-x: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">As the UK’s leading automotive design house, Project Kahn recognises the importance of dynamic cutting edge designs whilst staying true to the original form. Our elegant and sculpted Rolls Royce DHC evolved through skilled artistic innovation, state-of-the art manufacturing and materials technology. Rolls Royce owners will testify to the exuberance of passion and sumptuous beauty of A Kahn Design.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow-y: hidden; left: -10000px; overflow-x: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">Owning the Rolls Royce DHC pertains to a level of bespoke authenticity that will bring back memories of the time honoured Rolls Royce tradition while providing up to date European styling keeping with the Rolls Royce ethos.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow-y: hidden; left: -10000px; overflow-x: hidden; width: 1px; position: absolute; top: 0px; height: 1px;">The foremost features of the Rolls Royce Phantom DHC are exquisite to say the least. The wheel has been designed to take the original centre cap and has a meticulous diamond polish in each spoke, and the interior is truly sensational. Our new 9.5 X 22” Kahn Dark Mist Rolls Royce wheel is subtle, and provides OE fitment with superior style. This effortlessly compliments the Rolls Royce Phantom DHC.</div>
<p>Rolls-Royce doesn’t need to advertise. Not when you have Alan Sugar whizzing hither and thither in his Phantom every week on The Apprentice. And on the other side, Simon Cowell doing much the same thing on The X Factor. Maybe it’s because there is simply no alternative. The Phantom has the pluto-matic market all to itself; a first cousin only to silence, and manners, and breeding. It is an exquisite car and I would have one tomorrow if it weren’t so bloody expensive. That and the fact my wife has said she would divorce me. And then kill me with a knife.</p>
<p>However, when I came home to find it sitting in my drive, all huge and brilliant, I’m afraid I started to dribble. And then my wife came home. “Jesus H Christ,” she said. “What is that monstrosity doing here?” An argument ensued. She said it was vulgar. I said she was from the Isle of Man so she’d know. Some doors slammed. And I went for a drive. Like its hard top brother, this also has no rivals. Well, unless you count the Bentley Azure, which is of course excellent. If you like to waft around in something that can trace its roots back to 1959. Which means you’d be wafting around in something that’s older than me. The Rolls doesn’t look or feel old fashioned at all. Everything, from the unpainted bonnet to the backwards-opening suicide doors to the rattan carpets and, yes, even the teak Sunseeker-style decking on the back, makes it look as fresh and as futuristic as tomorrow morning’s papers. Add to this steering, suspension and a gearbox, all of which feel decidedly American and you very quickly learn to back off and waft. The next day we took it to a party in Marlow, me in the driver’s seat and my wife curled up in the passenger footwell in case she was seen. But it didn’t matter, because we weren’t speaking anyway.</p>
<p>This is mainly because we had comprehensively failed to find a way of opening the boot, so she’d put her bags on the back seat and her favourite scarf had blown away. And also, the satellite navigation system – one of the few bits on the car obviously to have been lifted from a BMW – steadfastly refused to acknowledge Marlow existed.</p>
<p>When we arrived at our party in Marlow everyone went berserk. I’ve never seen a car cause such a stir, and suddenly the point of the Roller became crystal clear. It is not built for speed or grip. It is not built to excite with its handling or the roar from its exhaust. It is not built to be safe, or frugal, or cheap. It is not built to do any of the things we have come to expect of cars in recent years. It is not built to go places. It is built to arrive. This car, then, is not a car at all. It is a fanfare. A blast of trumpeteering to silence the crowds when someone special is about to enter the room. The reason why there’s no advertising for this car is simple. It’s built to advertise you. Sure, I will admit that in England it is a bit ostentatious, a sunflower in a field of weeds. Arriving anywhere here in such a thing is the same as arriving with a Rolex at an NUM reunion. But arriving in a Drophead at the Oscars or at the casino in Monte Carlo would be more impressive, I suspect, than arriving in Keira Knightley.</p>
<p>And because of this I shall ignore the pleas of my wife. And give it five stars.</p>
<p>Source: Times Online</p>
<p>As the UK’s leading automotive design house, Project Kahn recognises the importance of dynamic cutting edge designs whilst staying true to the original form. Our elegant and sculpted Rolls Royce DHC evolved through skilled artistic innovation, state-of-the art manufacturing and materials technology. Rolls Royce owners will testify to the exuberance of passion and sumptuous beauty of A Kahn Design.</p>
<p>Owning the Rolls Royce DHC pertains to a level of bespoke authenticity that will bring back memories of the time honoured Rolls Royce tradition while providing up to date European styling keeping with the Rolls Royce ethos.</p>
<p>The foremost features of the Rolls Royce Phantom DHC are exquisite to say the least. The wheel has been designed to take the original centre cap and has a meticulous diamond polish in each spoke, and the interior is truly sensational. Our new 9.5 X 22” Kahn Dark Mist Rolls Royce wheel is subtle, and provides OE fitment with superior style. This effortlessly compliments the Rolls Royce Phantom DHC.</p>
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