Garage safety tips: The best ways to keep your luxury car safe

Every person that owns or rents a luxury car knows that keeping it safe is a top priority. After all, luxury cars often cost much more than simple vehicles. They are an investment and a status symbol that needs to be maintained for as long as possible. Now, saying that you need to keep your luxury car safe is easy. Doing so, on the other hand, can be difficult, especially if this is your first luxury car. So, to give you an idea of how to deal with various safety issues, we are going to take an in-depth look into luxury car safety and the necessary garage preparations. read more

4 High-end Luxury Living Ideas for Every Home

Looking at social media, Youtube, movies and magazines, you’ll find the rise of luxury living and picture-perfect homes. These homes are often filled to the brim with luxury designer brands and limited pieces. Fortunately, it’s possible to add a little opulence to your home, no matter your living situation. If your home is in dire need of a makeover, try one (or all!) of the following four high-end luxury living ideas for every home, sorted by room:

Kitchen

The right kitchen can make even the most average house sparkle with personality and style. Kitchens are often one of the most frequently used rooms in the house, so luckily, there are numerous ways to make a kitchen look more stylish. read more

4th of July photo shoot – The pictures you didn’t see

4th of July Photoshoot

Three Cheers to the Red, White, and Blue!!!!!

This 4th of July we at Imagine Lifestyles Luxury and Exotic Rentals decided to commemorate our nations’s independence with a Star Spangled photo shoot. Our models, donned in their finest Americana ensembles, made the perfect accessories to our 1965 Shelby Cobra and Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.  We debuted them on our official Instagram ( @imagine.lifestyles) but here are the pictures you didn’t see.

See all of our pictures on our official instagram page @imagine.lifestyles read more

Listed: 2014 Bugatti Veyron Vitesse L’Or Style

Bugatti Veyron Vitesse L’Or Style

This sibling displays that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery–showing off that famous Bugatti L’Or Blanc exterior styling. The 2014 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse with L’Or Style exterior finish is available for those who cannot have the one-off L’Or Blanc. It comes in red and black, and also white and blue.

Someone can have a 2014 Bugatti Veyron Vitesse L’Or Style, similar to the well-adored L’Or Blanc shown above.

This one is listed on DuPont Registry for $2,395,000 with the following details: read more

The Exclusive Casa Maserati Fashion House and Lounge Opens In Milan

Casa Maserati

It does not seem that a mega brand like Maserati would require further marketing endeavors—but they seem to be interested in stretching out a bit in a luxurious fashion. The new Casa Maserati fashion house and lounge has just opened in Milan, catering to an exclusive type of clientele interested in a bit more to collect and indulge in by the brand. It seems that at this lounge, exotic sports cars are in fashion.

The new Maserati fashion house and lounge is appropriately named ‘Casa Maserati’, and is located in Piazza San Fedele, Milan. Photos ©Media Maserati read more

The 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed Central Display Honors Mercedes-Benz

Goodwood Festival of Speed Central Display

The centerpiece of the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed (FOS) is the central display of immaculate oversized automotive models. This year the central display is absolutely captivating–going above and beyond to celebrate not only all that is automotive, but also the 120th year of Mercedes-Benz motorsport! The wow factor was finished off with a glowing SLS Mercedes-Benz taking to the track for a bit of showing off.

Fun fact: This year celebrates 120 years of Mercedes-Benz hitting the motorsport scene. The oversized sculpture was but a slice of the celebrations for the brand. (Photo courtesy of Richard Pardon). The Mercedes-Benz sculpture was created by artist Gerry Judah. It marks the first time the sculpture has crossed the roof of the Goodwood house read more

Andy Warhol Rolls-Royce Available Online

Andy Warhol Rolls-Royce

They say Andy Warhol was not really much of a car guy, but his works and previously owned vehicles speak for themselves. Now buyers have the opportunity to shop online and pick up just about anything…including an Andy Warhol Rolls-Royce…on eBay Motors.

The Rolls-Royce is an unexpectedly muted color for such a flamboyant artist.

While it remains unclear if the famed pop artist was more enthralled with automobiles, Campbell’s soup cans or Marilyn Monroe, his body of work continues to demand top dollar. And just like any vehicle for sale, the value rises substantially when it had a famous owner. Does Andy Warhol not make a rather colorful previous owner? read more

LaFerrari Undisputed Star of 2013 Miami Art Basel

2013 Miami Art Basel

Outshining all others on the red carpet at the 2013 Miami Art Basel was the glossy red LaFerrari hypercar. It was part of the of the annual societal soiree because Ferrari had sponsored an automotive art exhibit titled: “Piston Head: Artists Engage the Automobile”. The $4 million dollar LaFerrari emerged earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show, and it has been captivating Ferrari lovers ever since. What better venue to display the masterpiece that is the LaFerrari than the swanky Miami Art Basel? Tragically, few likely realized they were taking in a sight most will never see.  read more

Images of Exploding Cars Create a Blast Among Art Types

images of exploding cars

Swiss artist Fabian Oefner offers a glimpse of unique moments that never existed in real life: Images of exploding cars. The fresh take on automotive art has gears changing around the art world and is certainly generating attention for the extremely innovative artist.

Artist Fabian Oefner takes a bold new direction by taking apart cars, photographing the parts, and then creating a final product that gives the illusion of the car exploding. 

Of course, Oefner’s cars are not actually exploding. The photos were painstakingly created by blending hundreds of images together. In order to accomplish that, model cars were disassembled and the parts were photographed individually. The finished product is the illusion of an exploding car, which is fascinating to take in. read more

Man Drops $250,000 for a Totaled Ferrari Dino

In the art arena, there is no such thing as too out there, too ostentatious or even to wrecked. Case in point: A Turkish art collector has shelled forth the staggering sum of $250,000 for a totaled Ferrari Dino. The piece, simply titled “Dino”, will not come to roaring to life when the engine is started…if there even is an engine. Did the artist actually wreck the Ferrari, or is he simply profiting off of the stupidity of others? Because for that price one can purchase a decent new Ferrari supercar. read more