2025 - what's in and what's out

This is about cars and not about trends. I couldn’t care less about trends. 

I’m going to start with what left the garage first. 

The Ultima RS now resides in Italy. After just 300km, it wasn’t the best match. It actively tried to kill us and at some point even a fire was involved (on a track). That was a big no. I promised to write a review, but man, I would trash that thing. Just don’t, stay away. It’s all fun and games until you actually have to use it as a car. 

It is now parked next to an F40 and the current owner is enjoying the way the two look together. I’m not sure if he’ll ever drive it, but I admit - the Ultima RS does look stunning. 

The whole point of the Ultima was to replace the track-focused McLaren. So, with the Ultima gone, the McLaren still needed a replacement. 

And there it was - a Praga R1. Next year, it’ll be on Serres Racing Circuit and A1 Motor Park. 

Is the McLaren retired from its track duties? Not yet. So, you can expect to see both of them on these tracks and beyond in 2026. 

Another difference between the Ultima RS and the Praga R1 is that the R1 is not street legal and can’t be registered. That makes it a dedicated track car and the only way to see it is to be on the track. 

Unfortunately, the A1 Motor Park was designed for bikes and not for cars, so I don’t think ours cars will spend a lot of time on it. Yet to drive on it, but from what I’m hearing, it’s a compromised track and it destroys cars. We’ll see, we’ll see. I’ll leave the door open for the moment. 

In February, Monster joined the garage. 

That was supposed to be a GT500. I’m so glad it’s not. I love McLaren, they have the best high-performance supercars on the market, period. Some people asked me why I didn’t get a 750S and the reasons are - McLaren got rid of some cool features in the 750S like the rotating dash. I’m also not a huge fan of the front and the rear of the 750S. Still looks brilliant, but the 720S looks more pure and unrefined. The 720S is the benchmark. It rewrote the blueprint of what a supercar should be/ can be. It’s the king of supercars. It’s an insanity on wheels. It’s above and beyond everything I’ve ever wanted from a car. I can’t believe that there’s a hypercar level above it. It feels like one, drives like one. I don’t believe that a hypercar can be better. To begin with, where are you even going to experience that alleged difference? Where in the world can one possibly feel that? On the autobahn? Just a quick pull? On the track? Nah. The 720S is the ultimate machine in the high-performance segment. It’s a hypercar, dressed like a supercar. 

To me, a Koenigsegg is closer to Mona Lisa than it is to a car. Nothing wrong about having a Mona Lisa in your garage, but some of us want to drive their cars. Monster came from one of the biggest car collectors in Europe - he has hypercars and when I asked him about his favourite cars, he answered with :”The cars that excite me the most are the ones I drive the most - the 720S, the 765LT, the 488, the SLR… I got Paganis over there and Koenigseggs, but I can’t remember the last time I drove them. The SLR was out yesterday and I enjoyed every bit of it. So, my favourite cars are the ones I pick up the keys to the most.” And this is yet another confirmation that the level above a 720S is mostly used as yet another form of wealth diversification. They also signal a commitment and having good connections with hyper exotic brands, which, if you want to exist in the collector’s bubble, are a good thing to have I guess. I’m personally not interested in appealing to anyone but myself. I buy a car because I want to own it and drive it, period. And Monster is the best car I could have bought in this timeline. A 1-year ownership review is coming next month! 

Besides the Ultima-Praga switch and Monster’s arrival, the rest of the garage stayed the same. The Murci started 2025 as an E-gear car, it ends it as a manual one. The SLR changed its status to a forever car - meaning it’ll never be available for sale. I’m currently in my laid-back, relaxed stage of the ownership, where I don’t feel the need to post about every time the SLR is out. The relationship with the car becomes more and more established and with time - that alien-looking car in the garage becomes an integral part of the daily life. I don’t think I’ll ever get over how lucky I am to have Paris Hilton’s SLR. It feels surreal every day and I’m beyond grateful for my life and that I get to share my life with such cars. 

2026 is the year of theSLRtour II, so I’ll switch the focus back to the SLR. The car also turns 20 and 2026 marks 20 years since the paparazzi photos. I’m getting a relevant equipment to start making more video content for you and I’ll likely focus more on the Instagram and push the account with different algorithms. So, expect some experimental content on the Instagram. I never really took it seriously, but that ends with 2025. 

I also got a new camera, so the photos will be next level. 

2025 was the year of Monster and me upgrading my skills and committing to daily driving a supercar. A huge milestone for me, I dreamed about owning and living with exotics since I was 3. And now, I get to daily drive a supercar. Not just a supercar, my dream modern supercar. I’ve come so far as a driver and as a car owner - I realised my childhood dream. 

The cars that may join the garage in the future are another SLR, any exotic Mustang like the GTD or a Shelby, another track-focused car. 

The car with the biggest ? above it - the Murci. Simply another SLR makes more sense. Let’s see. 

Looking forward to theSLRtour II and celebrating the SLR one more time in 2026! Expect one-off merch and a lot of surprises throughout the year!