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Dior Homme X Bogarde BMX Bike
Bogarde, the Paris-based cycle atelier specialising in creating deluxe, 80s-inspired BMX bikes for nostalgic adult fans, has made the leap (bunny hop?) into high fashion. Dior commissioned 100 of these glittering gilt rides so you can ensure total co-ordination with pieces from its "Gold" A/W 2018 capsule collection. Beneath the bling, you'll find triple-butted tubes, a leather seat and matching Dior-embossed pads, and a mirror-finish chainset. £3,500, dior.com
Land Ark Drake RV 5
There’s something of the Sandcrawler - the vast vehicle driven by the Jawa scavengers in Star Wars: Episode IV - about the Land Ark RV, with its dark, sloping corrugated metal sides and narrow windows. Inside, however, instead of scrap metal and rusty droids, you’ll find flawless Scandinavian design with washed-pine surfaces, black metal fittings and LED lighting. There’s space to sleep six travellers, with a fully equipped kitchen (gas hob and oven; extractor fan; 10cu. ft fridge-freezer) and shower room. The king- and queen-sized loft bunks have USB ports, dimmer lighting and built-in wardrobe space. It’s badged as an RV, but isn’t powered - you’ll have to hook the 10m, 9.5 tonne trailer up to a top-end pickup to take your Ark on the road. $139,900, landarkrv.com
Bugatti Chiron Sky View
If you have very deep pockets and have been mulling over a hypercar purchase but feeling let down by the sunroof options, help is at hand in the form of the Bugatti Chiron Sky View. Less a new car, more an option added to the already superlative Chiron (top speed 261mph, 0-60 in 2.4 seconds, 1,479 horsepower) that further burnishes its idiosyncratic aesthetic credentials. Central, literally and figuratively, to Bugatti’s design language is the fin that runs along the roofline to the rear spoiler (it’s a nod to the Type 57SC Atlantic from 1937). The Sky View adds two 65cm x 44cm glass panels that sit either side of it. Comprising four layers, the laminated glass is designed to reduce wind noise, cut out UVA and UVB radiation, reflect infrared radiation and is tinted for privacy. It also provides an extra inch of headroom within the cabin. £TBC, bugatti.com
Brabus Shadow 800
Better known for taking already quick Mercedes AMG cars and making them faster, shoutier and more sinister-looking, Brabus has turned its attention to the seas. The Shadow 800 began life as a 37-foot sports cruiser by Finnish company Axopar, before being given two 400hp outboard motors and a suite of electronic upgrades, including underwater cameras and a “fingertip control" joystick steering system. Paint job options are black or dark grey, both with red highlights throughout and copious use of carbon fibre on the interior trim. The forward cabin will sleep two, but the emphasis will be firmly on performance. Although, thanks to the electrically controlled canvas sunroof, you can at least top up your tan at the same time. Twenty boats will be made at a starting price of £350,000. brabus.com
Lamborghini Urus
Named after an ancient breed of cattle that once roamed from North Africa and Western Europe to Central Asia, the Urus claims similar all-terrain ability, with specific driving settings for dirt, snow and sand alongside the more typical Lamborghini fare of Road, Sport and Race. The engine is also a departure for Lamborghini: a twin-turbo V8 rather than a natural V10 or V12 - but the headline figures (641 horsepower, 3.6 seconds to 100km/h and a top speed of 190mph) will assuage any fears that the raging bull has been tamed. Not that you’d have any such fears from the design, which has more creases than a schoolboy’s shirt and levels of aggression not matched by any other SUV. Wired cannot think of an off-road vehicle that is as accomplished on mud and rock as it is on the race track. This is possibly the only car you will ever need. From £164,950, lamborghini.com
Singer DLS
California-based Singer Vehicle Design has one mission in life: taking Porsche 911s from 1989-1994 and making them as good as they can be. Its latest and most ambitious project is the loftily titled Dynamics and Lightweighting Study (DLS), which saw it enlist the help of Williams F1 to turn a 1990 911 into a thoroughly modern supercar. Nearly everything on the car gets an upgrade, from the carbon-fibre bodywork to the 500hp air-cooled flat-six engine, new transmission and carbon composite brakes. Dynamics are attended to via underbody aerodynamics courtesy of Williams, new dampers and bespoke Michelin tyres, while it achieves a weight of just 990kg through copious use of titanium, magnesium and carbon fibre. A total of only 75 cars will be made. £POA, singervehicledesign.com
Triton X Aston Martin Project Neptune Submarine
What do you get when one of the world’s most stylish car brands teams up with a maker of deep-sea submersibles? Project Neptune: a three-man submarine that looks as sleek and suave as the superyachts from which it will eventually be deployed. Its sleek bodywork writes a cheque that the 5-knot top speed doesn’t quite cash - and regrettably, there appear to be no torpedo tubes - but you’ll be exploring the deep (up to 500m below the waves) in typical Aston Martin style, thanks to an interior decked out with equal parts carbon-fibre trim and hand-stitched leather upholstery - all of which had to be painstakingly assembled inside the single-piece iridium-coated acrylic canopy. $4 million, astonmartin.com
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