The Real James Bond Car, The Old Admiralty Building, Ian Fleming’s old office… GENTLEMANS BUTLER WAS PRIVILEGED TO ATTEND…. …….A 1954 Aston Martin DB 2/4, which is understood to have been the inspiration for James Bond’s Aston Martin, was unveiled by international auctioneers Coys at the Old Admiralty Building, where Ian Fleming had his office….. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED ………….. ……MY NAME IS ….The car, which was auctioned at Coys’ traditional Blenheim Palace sale was believed to have been the inspiration for the Aston Martin featured in the original novel Goldfinger. THE MODEL…..NO NOT THAT KIND BOND, PAY ATTENTION !! This model…
Automobile Culture
The love of motoring, the joy of the open road and the passion behind some of the great automobiles old and new.
ROLLS-ROYCE SPECTRE INSPIRED BY PRIMAVERA Fall in love with your automobile. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announce Spectre Inspired by Primavera, an exploration of spring expressed through a series of highly bespoke motor cars. Named after the Italian word for spring, Spectre Inspired by Primavera features carefully curated bespoke details that evoke the feeling of the season: delicate, uplifting, and alive with promise. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Inspiring Greatness We have all dreamed; and we have dreamed sometimes about a lady or a gentleman in our life. Sometimes we have met that person and sometimes it’s a longing to.…
GTO Engineering. World class Ferrari experts in restoration, event support, servicing and much more. Italian luxury at its best. Ferrari Experts In 2013 I visited their workshop outside Reading for an amazing day and to see the launch of GTO London which was using old parts of Ferrari’s to create bespoke fashion accessories. Now in 2024 its time to update the story. GTO Engineering was founded in 1983 by Mark Lyon as an independent classic Ferrari specialist. The business blossomed and cars rolled in. In 1996 he was joined by his friend and colleague Kevin Jones and they…
Gentlemans Butler had the delight to experience test driving the Volvo XC90 D5 R-Design for a luxury tour of the West Country. I car I drove retails at £63,000 and we can now report on our findings. If you asked two people, one a car lover and the other a lover of what a car offers, what they look for in a car you will probably get a series of very emotive answers and the other a group of practical pointers, both of which are perfectly valid. From an early age I can remember various car gadgets I liked. The…
Recently Gentlemans Butler was invited to a test track day at Brands Hatch to drive the Peugeot RCZ_R+ You can watch our great day out and see how it glides round the track as if it’s on rails. After I had gone round myself I asked if the test driver would give me a few laps with him driving. Was that a wise question I ask !!! I grew up with Formula 1 on the BBC, names like Niki Lauda, James Hunt, Emerson Fittipaldi, Alan Prost, Ayrton Senna and many more gave driving a romance. My grandfather was a test…
Bentley For Men luxury gentlemans fragrance “Capture the essence of a powerful supercar”… by discovering the Bentley Fragrance “For Men” thanks to Gentleman’s Butler… www.bentley-fragrances.com I believe a Bentley car is one of the most supreme cars the world has ever known. They are just beautiful, elegant and powerful pieces of design and engineering…. but if your budget won’t stretch to a brand new Bentley, you can now at least smell like one for a fraction of the price. Indeed the British car-maker launched last April a range of fragrances for men created by Nathalie Lorson from the…