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Following those super-expensive pieces of automotive technology, there will most likely be a crowd of supercar spotters, eager to capture footage and pictures of some of the most exclusive and fast cars money can buy.<\/p>\n
Over the last few years, London has become a major hotspot for supercar spotting. Social media has accelerated this boom in popularity, with YouTube channels like Supercars of London<\/a>, Seen Through Glass<\/a> and Shmee150<\/a> taking people to London\u2019s streets on the hunt for exotic automotive machinery.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackLeslieF1\/status\/781100775472783360<\/p>\n This has now expanded into huge following on Instagram \u2013 the \u2018supercars\u2019 hashtag on the social media platforms has over three million tags, and ‘supercarsoflondon’ has almost 400,000. ‘Liveupload’ has also become a major tool for supercar spotters. People of all ages hit Mayfair and Knightsbridge on the search for these luxurious and technologically-advanced supercars for their channels and social streams.<\/p>\n Social media has not only boosted London’s supercar scene, but also other hotspots like Los Angeles, Miami, Paris and Monaco. It has connected people from across the globe who all have the same objective – to spot, photograph and film the most exciting road cars around.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been supercar spotting during the summer months quite a few times and each time, it seems to get busier with both cars and spotters – especially in the window from June to the end of September, which is when cars are shipped (or flown) over from exotic places like the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of the world’s richest people live in London, and a lot of rich people would rather buy fancy cars,\u201d explained Matt Robinson, Editor of automotive platform Car Throttle<\/a>. \u201cAdding to that, you also have people from wealthy Arab nations, such as the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, who avoid the harsh summers of their own countries by relocating to London, often either bringing supercars with them or even buying a supercar in the UK to use during their visit.\u201d<\/p>\n So not all of these exotic cars come from overseas. There are many expensive and unusual hypercars and supercars that live in London itself, sometimes called \u2018resident\u2019 cars. These are typically not quite on the same level as the flown over Bugattis or Paganis, but the Lamborghini Aventador SVs and Ferrari 458s (among many others) are still mightily impressive.<\/p>\n![\"20151004_151519\"](\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/11\/20151004_151519.jpg\")
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