Mega rare Lamborghini goes on display at H.R. Owen's Lambo London Dealership.

• Leading luxury dealer group H.R. Owen is displaying the ultra-rare Lamborghini Veneno Coupe for the very first time in the UK
• One of only four examples built by Lamborghini, the Veneno Coupe will go on display at Lamborghini London from 23 December until 6 January
• The formerly most expensive production car has only previously been seen in the Lamborghini Museum in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, and at high-profile motor shows around the world
• The performance-focused Veneno is based on Lamborghini’s Aventador and was priced at £3.6 million when it was introduced in 2013 to celebrate the brand’s 50^th anniversary

Leading luxury dealer group H.R. Owen is handing a UK showroom debut to one of the rarest Lamborghini models currently in existence.

For the very first time, the performance-focused Veneno Coupe will head to Lamborghini London in South Kensington from Friday 23 December until Friday 6 January.

The ferocious Veneno is a supercar spotter’s dream, and the example on display at H.R. Owen is one of only four cars ever made by Lamborghini.

It was originally launched back in 2013 as a special tribute to the Lamborghini brand on its 50^th birthday, and such was its exclusivity that it sold for £3.6 million.

In fact, back in March, a broker in Japan listed his Veneno on a German website for £8.8 million, showing that the car is only increasing in value.

H.R. Owen’s model will be the very first Veneno to be featured in a main dealership in the UK, having only previously been on public display at the Lamborghini Museum in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, and at high-profile motor shows around the world.

The Veneno’s ethos is all about being as lightweight as possible to enhance performance, with its exceptional aerodynamics making it feel like more of a race car than a road-legal supercar.

It’s been optimised for high-speed corning stability, making it one of the most thrilling cars to drive in the world, not to mention one of the most striking to look at.

The Veneno will be on location at Lamborghini London from 23 December until 6 January.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London pays tribute to the most extreme Rolls-Royce ever – the new Black Badge.

• Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London pays tribute to the most extreme Rolls-Royce ever – the new Black Badge
• To celebrate the extreme new edition, H.R. Owen takes a look at some more extremes from Rolls-Royce’s past
• Highlights include the customer that chose a colour scheme to match his t-shirt, and another that has already ordered three Dawns
• Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London most successful salesman has recently recorded his 1000^th sale, and doesn’t plan on stopping yet

With the imminent arrival of the Rolls-Royce Black Badge, the most extreme edition from the famous manufacturer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London is celebrating some other extremes from the company’s history. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has been based at its flagship showroom in Berkeley Square in Mayfair, West London, since 1927, and has seen all manner of extremes in that time.

1. Precise pink

Rolls-Royce offers limitless possibilities for personalisation, allowing you to choose your car in whatever colour you like. The most specific colour scheme chosen by a Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London customer was a red exterior and a bubblegum pink interior. It wasn’t just any red and pink, though, as the buyer brought in a t-shirt that he wanted to match the colours to.

2.Three at once

Taking delivery of your new Rolls-Royce is truly a special occasion, but for one customer June is going to be a time to really treasure. They are taking delivery of three Rolls-Royce Dawns – the first time that a customer has bought three cars in one go from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London.

3. A special occasion

When a customer does take delivery of their new car, it is far from being a simple hand over of the keys and the documents. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London makes sure it is an occasion to remember, and takes the new owner through every aspect of their car. The process takes on average three hours, and is the perfect introduction to life with a Rolls-Royce. As a final, and personal touch, the new owner even gets a gift specific to their car.

4. All about timing

When a car is sold through Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London, it is treated with the utmost care and attention. Before it is deemed worthy to be handed over to customer, it will be thoroughly prepared, with each car taking five hours to valet and get just right.

5. Carefully painted

To achieve the Rolls-Royce mirror-like finish, the only robots you will find at the Home of Rolls-Royce apply five layers of paint. Highly skilled paint experts paint any hard-to-reach spots. In total the process of applying a flawless exterior finish takes 7 days and uses over 100lb of paint.

6. Find the lady

The Spirit of Ecstasy is the a finishing touch of simplistic elegance on the bonnet of every bonnet, but the mechanism that moves her up and down is anything but simple – there are as many as 24 unseen linkages and bearings that work together to tuck her out of sight.

7. Finely tuned

Even though many elements of a Rolls-Royce can be changed according to a customer’s desires, the 1300 Watt, 18 speaker Bespoke Audio system in a Rolls-Royce is so exhaustively tuned, interior designers must seek the permission of the Engineer who created it before making any design changes.

8. Stars above

The Starlight Headliner, one the most popular Bespoke features in a modern Rolls-Royce, comprises 1340 individually hand-woven fibre-optics in the interior roof. Customers are able to specify a specific constellation, which will be verified by a local observatory, and more than 2km of cabling is painstakingly hand-woven to achieve the eye-catching effect.

9. Starting early

What car did you drive in your early 20s? A Rolls-Royce might not be within reach for every 21-year-old, but that is the age of the youngest customer ever to have bought a car through Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London. It wasn’t just any car – it was the one-off Rolls-Royce Inspired by Film, which really brings the bespoke element of Rolls-Royce to life.

Amazingly, this Rolls-Royce buyer isn’t the youngest anywhere in the world, though, as a gentleman from Taiwan who ordered his first Phantom at the age of just 12.

The Rolls-Royce Black Badge will be making its first appearance in the Rolls-Royce Motor Cars London showroom in July.

Lotus dealership offers potential customers the chance to test their new car on the Lotus test track at Hethal.

• Hexagon, London’s official Lotus dealer, now offers potential buyers the chance to test a new Lotus on the legendary Hethel track
• Hexagon sells the full range of Lotus models, from Elise and Exige to Evora, at two central London locations
• This announcement is the latest step in a historic relationship between Hexagon and Lotus, which stretches back to 1964
• As well as new Lotus models, Hexagon sells the finest classic and modern classic cars.

Hexagon, London’s official Lotus dealer, is offering potential buyers the test drive of a lifetime, with the chance to push the limits of a new Lotus on the legendary track at Lotus’ Hethel HQ in Norfolk.

Customers will be given a tour of the Lotus facility, seeing the attention-to-detail that goes into all Lotus models firsthand, before being let loose on the famous 2.2-mile track –where all Lotus road cars and race cars have been developed for the last 50 years – in the model they’re thinking of buying.

Hexagon sells the full range of Lotus cars from two central London locations – East Finchley and South Kensington – making it the only Lotus dealer inside the M25. Buyers can choose from the focused Elise to the flagship high-performance Evora 400.

This announcement is the latest in a long relationship between Hexagon and Lotus. Hexagon was a Lotus dealer from 1964 to 1976, while its East Finchley headquarters, which offers Lotus servicing and aftercare – is also just a stone’s throw from Lotus’ original base in Hornsey, where Colin Chapman and his team built the first models in the ‘50s.

Hexagon chairman Paul Michaels said: “Lotus cars feel completely at home on the track, thanks to their light weight, pin-sharp steering and peerless chassis tuning. That’s why we’re proud to have partnered with Lotus on this ultimate test drive opportunity; anyone thinking of buying a Lotus with us will surely be convinced within a few laps of the famous Hethel track.”

Jean-Marc Gales, Chief Executive Officer for Group Lotus plc, said: “Hethel is the home of Lotus. Seeing our range of cars being handbuilt by Lotus craftsmen and women and then taking to the challenging Hethel test track to put a car through its paces is an opportunity that just can’t be missed.”

With over 50 years of experience selling the finest road cars from brands such as Aston Martin, BMW, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce and Porsche, Hexagon offers all Lotus customers the very best in sales, service knowledge and aftercare.