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Here's a little problem to solve: Although budgets are shrinking, it still costs million to run a Formula One team. On the other hand, the teams go through spare parts like a rib joint does napkins. Meanwhile, collectors and enthusiasts have proven willing to shell out big bucks for authentic memorabilia. Found the magic solution yet? Several F1 teams have, opting to sell off parts of last year's cars for big bucks. And the latest to join the fold is Toyota.

Now available for purchase from the Toyota F1 team's online merchandise shop is a wide variety of spare parts and bodywork at various price points, ranging from a 200-euro alloy wheel (around $280 USD), brake disc or suspension wishbone all the way up to a full engine cover bodywork assembly pictured above, complete with underfloor and rear wing aerodynamic elements, for 5,000 euros (nearly $7,100). If that seems pricey, consider that's just a fraction of what you'd have to shell out for parts from a race-winning Ferrari, for example. In sports memorabilia, pedigree is worth its weight in gold, but when you consider that Toyota is ahead of Ferrari in the standings this season, now may be the best time to get that F1 nose-cone up on your wall. Think of it as an investment.

[Source: Toyota F1 via Inside Line]

Carbon Offset: Toyota sells F1 spare parts originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Porsche Design Motorsport Collection - Click above for a high-res image gallery

When they're not styling phones, cologne, toasters, special-edition automobiles and such, Porsche Design keeps itself busy with sportswear for the driver and enthusiast. Previous collections from the company's Driver's Selection have taken all sorts of themes: Martinis, collaborations with Adidas, even the color white. But this spring the merchandizing division takes to the track with the Motorsport Collection.

The men's lineup includes polo shirts, board shorts, fleeces, t-shirts and more, including a limited-edition Gore-Tex jacket of which only a highly symbolic 911 examples will be made. The Motorsport Collection also includes items for women and children, plus coordinating accessories, all done up in matching white and gray with red trim, complete with sponsor logos in case your own endorsement deal hasn't come in yet. Read all about it in the press release after the jump and check 'em out in the gallery below.


Gallery: Porsche Design Motorsport Collection



[Source: Porsche Design]

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Porsche Design races into the summer with new Motorsport Collection originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 17 May 2009 10:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lamborghini apparently has a sense of humor; how else would you explain the exotic brand's website using an image of a small paper bag with a bull logo and the automobili Lamborghini script, described as a sick bag, as the entry to the merchandise section of its website? If the performance of its cars doesn't kick you in the gut, the prices will likely induce at least some swooning. A better use for this barf sack - which appears to just be an inside joke to the folks at Sant'Agata - would perhaps be toting the finest of chocolates. Too bad that they're out of stock (probably forever), so even if you wanted to toss your cookies into what's undoubtedly one of the highest performance puke diddies available, it's not possible. The time honored tradition of hanging your head out the side window after a particularly hot lap in, say, the Reventon is always an option, though. We wonder if they offer napkins?

[Source: Lamborghini via Motor Trend]

April Fools already? Lamborghini offers branded barf bag originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ferrari's global branding efforts are accelerating as fast as its race and road cars, to the point where a third division was established just to manage it all. Heck, they've even got a Ferrari edition Segway scooter now. Next on the agenda: an aggressive expansion of Ferrari Store retail outlets, the locations that peddle all manner of scarlet wares with the Prancing Horse badge.

Ferrari's new global branding division, under the direction of former Red Bull lieutenant Dany Bahar, is planning to open no less than 40 new stores around the world over the next five years. The latest location just opened at Barcelona's El Prat International airport in Spain, soon to be joined by locations in Abu Dhabi and Moscow in the next few months, followed by Singapore, Macao and Honolulu next year. (Maybe Cleveland will get one soon! - JN)

Is this all getting to be too much? Many would say so, among them a good portion of the Autoblog writing staff. But as a counterpoint, if the added income ends up financing ever-faster road cars and further dominance on the race track, maybe there's something to it.

[Source: Inside Line, photo by Noah Joseph]

Moving Fast: Ferrari accelerates retail merchandise expansion with 40 new stores originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ferruccio Lamborghini, as the story goes, approached Enzo Ferrari with ideas on how to improve his sportscars, but Enzo rebuffed him promptly. And so Lamborghini Autobomili SpA was born, hungry to beat Ferrari at its own game, and been trying to ever since.

But making high-performance exotic sportscars is only part of the game these days, and Ferrari is the undisputed market leader in putting its name on anything and everything. But just as its F1 challengers try to claw back a slice of the merchandising pie, so do Ferrari's road car rivals. Lamborghini has followed the Ferrari formula by introducing a wide range of branded merchandise, including partnerships with Nokia and with Asus to produce branded cell phones and laptop computers to rival those made for Ferrari by Motorola and Acer.

Among other strategies for increasing brand awareness and capitalizing on its prestigious name, Lamborghini is reportedly considering opening a chain of retail stores to sell its branded merchandise. Raging Bull merchandise is already sold in authorized dealerships and online, and at a small number of retail locations mostly in Italy, but opening more stores around the world is a strategy that has been working for the Prancing Horse, and if it works for Ferrari, it just might work for Lamborghini, too.

[Source: CNN Money via Luxist]

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Lamborghini contemplates going retail originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you're a regular reader of Autoblog, you'll know we're big fans of Top Gear. The BBC car show has a dedicated following in the UK who watch the show, read the magazine and even show up for filming at their set, plus even more viewers abroad watching the show syndicated or on BBC World with a weekly global audience estimated at over 350 million.

Now all those fans can have a piece of the action, as Top Gear has finally launched a line of merchandise. The new line offers t-shirts for man, woman and child, key-chains, caps, umbrellas, bags, jackets and even the Stig board game.

Sure to be most popular, though, is the line of Stig t-shirts, bearing the image of the show's mysterious test driver. Each one has a different image of the Stig on the front with a corresponding slogan used by host Jeremy Clarkson to introduce him on each show. Our favorite: "Some say...The Stig urinates 98 Ron Petrol"

To see the full selection of top gear from Top Gear, visit www.officialproducts.co.uk.

Top Gear launches gear originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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