Now €600,000 should buy a never-ending, dessert-sized slice of perfection. Especially when that curvaceous beauty is the Maserati MC12, good for 205mph, infinitely cooler than the Ferrari Enzo and more exclusive than Madonna’s wedding.

The history of the Mille Miglia and the history of the BMW brand have been inseparably connected for decades. The roots of this relationship were formed during the classical road races between 1927 and 1957 and the tradition is still alive today in the annual races for historic vehicles. With the Mille Miglia 2006, the BMW Group Mobile Tradition, the Munich automobile manufacturer’s division for classics is also using a series of vehicles that set new standards in the art of engineering in their time and that are now considered milestones in the history of the development of automotive engineering.

Saleen knows all about power. As in S281 Mustangs, N2O Focuses and the S7, America’s first (and still the only) mid-engine exotic supercar. When it went on sale in 2002, the S7 was the only street-legal car in the U.S. with more than 500 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque. The media and S7 owners have raved about the car since it first smoked the rear tires in anger. And it has been recognized by numerous automotive magazines as the fastest production car in the world.

AvtoVAZ, the Russian automotive leader, has been restored to the government control. By that it was acknowledged that private business had failed in the key economic sector. Or rather the control model of this sector turned out to be ineffectual.