Petersen Museum’s Checkered Flag Club’s monthly events are interrupted each July for Jim & Tonya Hull’s annual Bastille Day Rally — a car tour they started 34 years ago on Bastille Day in Los Angeles to celebrate the freedom a car provides, and more »
The annual Greystone Mansion Concours d’Elegance car show kicked off this weekend with a pre-cocktail reception on Saturday night at the Montage for car collectors showing on Sunday. A B17 flyover kicked off the Concours d’Elegance on Sunday at more »
The Audi party last night was succcch a scene … “Fletcher Jones knows how to brand” a friend said while at the round padded bar in the middle of the converted Audi (formerly Beverly Hills BMW) showroom on Wilshire Blvd last more »
The Daily Truffle spent lunch yesterday with the new Uber team in Los Angeles at Comme Ca (*and took our first Uber cab too) where Uber GM & VP of Operations Ryan Graves informed us that people talk about transportation more »
To introduce McLaren’s new road car, the MP4-12C, to LA’s top car collectors and enthusiasts, British exotic automaker has partnered with The Auto Gallery to open a dealership in Beverly Hills, and hosted a grand opening to draw LA’s car more »
Multiple Range Rover’s have been broken into in the flats of Beverly Hills of late, so we asked around as to why RRs in particular and here’s what we found out …
This is hilarious and reminds me of when the BHPD switched their reg standard police cars to ML’s and Tahoe’s. Only in LA folks. *We unfortunately do not use BH cab because Taxi Magic (BEST APP EVER) only runs off more »
One of L.A.’s best kept secrets is the annual Motor4Toys car show held each year in the valley to collect Christmas presents toys for Toys for Tots. Major L.A. car owners and enthusiast are well aware of this annual holiday tradition that includes pulling out their more »
Later, Westwood Driving school? Mercedes’ new driving school is basically the coolest thing on the planet. We saw our friend Jill Eisenstadt-Chayet who reps Mercedes Benz at this year’s Luxury Review (a whole other truffle) and she dropped this bomb on us more »
News flash. Lamborghini is holding a pre L.A. Auto show party this Wednesday night — as anyone who reads the Truffle knows – the events surrounding events, are often better than the events themselves. L.A. Auto Show much like Coachella more »
“My Yacht Monaco”, now in its 6th year, is a 3 day luxury hospitality race-viewing yacht at the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix, May 27-29, 2011, organized by friends of the Truffle (and fraternal twins), Annabelle & Nicholas Frankl.
HSH Prince Albert of II Monaco, a long-time friend and former bobsled rival to My Yacht Monaco founder Nicholas Frankl, is a regular attendee of the party. Guests in previous years have included F1 drivers & World Champions Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Nigel Mansell, former Ferrari CEO and FIA President Jean Todt and his partner, actress Michelle Yeoh, Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh and Olympians and sporting stars like Boris Becker and sprinter Michael Johnson, plus a host of other VIPs from the world of music, film, sport, high finance and business, and a slew of Monegasque’s social elite. Continue reading
If you happen to be staying in one of the Four Sesaons Beverly Hills’ 36 newly-renovated suites this Christmas, be sure to take advantage of their new partnership with Beverly Hills rent-a-car to try out a new model Rolls Royce Phantom, Ferrari F430, Ferrari California, Bentley Flying Spur, Maserati, Bentley GTC, Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Lamborghini Gallardo, Mercedes-Benz SLS, Mercedes-Benz S600 or Porsche 997 for free, other than fuel and insurance. More details here. The Four Seasons is also offering free apple cider all Christmas! You can pop in and pick up a paper cup and a cinnamon stick! I did!
The history of Lotus Cars is quite a fabled one. Founded in 1952 by British engineer Colin Chapman, it is arguably one of the most famous names in Formula One racing, having been the chariot for the likes of Jim more »
Brian “The Beard” Wilson made an appearance on Jay Leno last night on behalf of the San Fransisco Giants after winning the World Series last week. Brian – the most interesting man in baseball right now – carried the trophy on stage with white gloves and went to set it on Jay’s desk when Jay grabbed the trophy with his dirty paws (look Wilson’s horrified face) and proceeded to plop it on the floor (!) and behind his desk?! I know we are Dodgers /Angels fans here in L.A. but com’on Jay! That’s the World Series trophy! Continue reading
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Ok, so lets get the obvious out: Parking at Coachella is one of the hardest and most annoying things to EVER experience (Not really but close ). Good for you if you find parking, but that’s only half the battle… more »
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