What do riding at Laguna Seca, touring beautiful Northern California in some of the world’s most exclusive exotic cars, and mashing cars with legendary Monster Truck “Gravedigger” have in common? Easy. These are the pulse pounding activities you’ll be doing if you win the SPEED Dream Ride sweepstakes.
It’s not hard to imagine the snorting and pawing of a wild stallion straining to be turned loose when you press the ignition button of the brand new Ferrari 458 Italia.
We’re pleased to announce the availability of the 2009 Maybach 57S to the Vulcan fleet of club membership supercars, exclusively at Vulcan Motor Club.
Maybaching is a singular experience, whether behind the wheel or way in the back, cocooned in leather and sipping Dom PĂ©rignon from a crystal flute while a chauffeur works the controls up front (now that’s a designated driver). Such are the pleasures offered by the two original Maybachs: the 18.8-foot-long 57 sedan and the 20.2-foot-long 62 limo, which cost $335,250 and $385,250, respectively.
Join us on October 18th to view the Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix race at Vulcan Motor Club. The first ever Brazilian Formula One Grand Prix race event (1973), was held at this Autodromo Carlos Pace F1 racing circuit, which is situated in the outskirts of Sao Paolo.
You’ll enjoy one of the most thrilling open wheel races, BBQ, and beverages on five large screen TVs (including a 20′ monster) – all while surrounded by a collection of the world’s most exclusive and exotic supercars. Join us at 11:00am for the pre-race show – prior to the 12:00 noon EST live race start.
Tickets are available and space is limited. Reserve online now, or call Susan at (908) 879-7777.
Ready to learn more about Club Membership? Stop by the Vulcan Motors Clubhouse in Chester, NJ on September 22 from 5pm-9pm to view a selection of our fleet – which includes the electric Tesla Roadster Supercar, the raging Ferrari F430 Spider, the all-new 2009 Lamborghini LP560-4, the Mercedes-Benz SLR Mclaren, and the newest addition to the Club, the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.
The team will be available to answer questions about the club and give complimentary rides in the vehicle of your choice.
by Leslie Kwoh/The Star-Ledger
Sunday August 16, 2009, 6:00 AM
When it comes to expensive cars, Edward Douglas has commitment issues.
Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins, Bentleys — he has the urge to swap them as often as most drivers fill their gas tanks.
“My friends tease me for having a short attention span,” said Douglas, 39, who owns a Porsche and Mercedes but finds himself flipping through Automobile Magazine thinking, “What’s next?”
That’s why Douglas, who heads a wire and cable manufacturing company in Randolph, prefers to rent the ritzy cars instead of owning them.
For a fee of $29,000 a year, he can have access to a dozen exotic cars at the Vulcan Motor Club in Chester — a fair price, he said, considering his choices include new releases like the $495,000 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren and the $100,000-plus electric Tesla Roadster.
While the rest of the auto industry struggles, the high-end car rental industry appears to be gathering speed in New Jersey, where at least a handful of exotic car clubs and their multimillion-dollar fleets are headquartered. The Vulcan Motor Club in Chester was founded two years ago by car enthusiast Aaron Fessler.
(Video by Leslie Kwoh/The Star-Ledger)
THE DRIVEABLE ENZO. NOW AVAILABLE FOR CLUB MEMBER USE
We’re thrilled to announce the addition of the jaw-dropping Ferrari 599GTB to the Vulcan Motor Club fleet. As a piece of automotive engineering, the 599 is biblically, stratospherically, crushingly brilliant. Even at normal speeds on normal roads you know that you’re in a thoroughbred. You can feel it straining. You can hear it working. You know that if by some miracle you are presented with a piece of road which is wide and open and free from Hondas and speed cameras, it would deliver a hammer blow large enough to knock down the doors of Fort Knox.
Vulcan was nominated by the Kompani Group for “Innovative Company of the Week:”
Heard of fractional jet ownership? Well, now there is fractional supercar ownership.
Check out the Vulcan Motor Club’s exotic car club. It’s Kompani Group’s pick for innovative company of the week. Great answer for those recession weary playboys. Wonder if there are some other big ticket items that can be turned into fractional owner business models? Luxury houses, handbags, watches?
(Reposted from the Kompani Group.)
The concept of shared usage of supercars — from $150,000 Ferraris to $500,000 Mercedes SLR McLarens — is based on a rarefied version of austerity. After all, paying $30,000 or more for an annual club membership is certainly more financially prudent than actually buying one of these cars, which for the most part depreciate drastically as soon as they leave the showroom.
The Vulcan Motor Club, based in New Jersey, owns a dozen supercars, including a Tesla Roadster and a Ford GT40. Vulcan has about 100 members and annual memberships that cost up to $35,000. The founders, Aaron Fessler and Tom Mizzone, are serial entrepreneurs rather than hard-core car enthusiasts, and they began the business in 2007 because they saw an opportunity. Despite the economy, Vulcan has opened a second outlet in Glen Cove, N.Y.
Mr. Fessler said he noticed that the high price of exotics was followed by a precipitous drop of $50,000 to $60,000 once they had 100 miles on them. “For many people, and especially in this climate, it’s hard to justify that expense,” he said. “And people are time-sharing everything else, from yachts to watches, so why not cars?”
[Excerpted from Fractional Life, July 2008]
