{"id":267150,"date":"2010-02-02T18:14:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T23:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=35948"},"modified":"2010-02-02T18:14:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T23:14:48","slug":"boutique-automakers-rolling-ahead-of-the-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/267150","title":{"rendered":"Boutique Automakers: Rolling Ahead of the Curve."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/boutique-automakers-rolling-ahead-of-the-curve\/bricklin\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35958\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bricklin.jpg\" alt=\"Bricklin\" title=\"Bricklin\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35958\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at something a bit different shall we. Boutique automakers have been around for years. Companies like Delorean and Bricklin paved the way back in the &#8217;70&#8217;s &#038; 80&#8217;s with their Gullwing doored rolling wedges. The new millennium however, has brought forth a new crop of boutique automakers that seem to be riding ahead of the curve. <\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-35948\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/boutique-automakers-rolling-ahead-of-the-curve\/deloreon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35959\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Deloreon.jpg\" alt=\"Deloreon\" title=\"Deloreon\" width=\"500\" height=\"295\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35959\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brands like Spyker, Koenegsegg,  Pagani and Bugatti have reinvented the concept of what a boutique manufacturer really is. New and improved methods of manufacturing, equipment and technology have played a major role in helping these new automakers produce tailer made products for their clients. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/boutique-automakers-rolling-ahead-of-the-curve\/spykerc8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35955\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SpykerC8.jpg\" alt=\"Spyker C8\" title=\"SpykerC8\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35955\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/boutique-automakers-rolling-ahead-of-the-curve\/spykerdash\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35956\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SpykerDash.jpg\" alt=\"Spyker C8 Interior\" title=\"SpykerDash\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35956\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take a brand like Spyker for example &#8211; this is probably one of the most exquisite vehicles on the road today and houses a very precise marketing plan. Want a Ferrari or Lamborghini? Then by all means, go buy one. You see, Spyker positions itself as the car that you buy &#8220;in addition&#8221; to other super cars. No, it may not be as fast, but I&#8217;ll be damned if it&#8217;s not as striking, as well as being more refined &#8211; a gentleman&#8217;s super car if you will.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/boutique-automakers-rolling-ahead-of-the-curve\/paganizonda\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35953\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PaganiZonda.jpg\" alt=\"Pagani Zonda\" title=\"PaganiZonda\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35953\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/boutique-automakers-rolling-ahead-of-the-curve\/koenigsegg-ccx-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35952\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/koenigsegg-ccx1.jpg\" alt=\"koenigsegg ccx\" title=\"koenigsegg-ccx\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35952\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other brands like Koenigsegg and Pagani are looking for the buyers that are that extra level-up on the Ferrari and Lamborghini purchaser. Their cars are build more for speed and have a tendency to kill you if you&#8217;re not careful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/boutique-automakers-rolling-ahead-of-the-curve\/bugattiveyron-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-35957\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bugattiveyron.jpg\" alt=\"Bugatti Veyron\" title=\"bugattiveyron\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35957\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then there is the Bugatti Veyron, a car that caters to the uber ego in all of us and one that is truly a wonderment of modern engineering. Not only is it one of the fastest automobiles on the planet earth, but you&#8217;ll get to feel like Mr. Big Nuts every time you roll into a parking lot. Like I said, the new crop of boutique automakers are light years ahead of their predecessors in every department and by the looks of it, have no intention of slowing down. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XYsSl9hZxsIKaclwiWZk0_wfF3Q\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XYsSl9hZxsIKaclwiWZk0_wfF3Q\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XYsSl9hZxsIKaclwiWZk0_wfF3Q\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XYsSl9hZxsIKaclwiWZk0_wfF3Q\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at something a bit different shall we. Boutique automakers have been around for years. Companies like Delorean and Bricklin paved the way back in the &#8217;70&#8217;s &#038; 80&#8217;s with their Gullwing doored rolling wedges. The new millennium however, has brought forth a new crop of boutique automakers that seem to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3854,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3854"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}