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Cosworth Tuned Subaru Impreza To Take On Supercars At The Pageant Of Power
With the glamor of the Goodwood Festival of Speed behind us, car enthusiasts in Britain will no doubt turn their attention to the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power. This annual event is held at Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire. At this year’s event, which runs from July 15 to 17, a very special Subaru is hoping to…
Edo Competition BMW M5 Dark Edition Is Darth Vader’s Wagon
If there was ever a reason to want to own a wagon, this might be it. Edo Competition’s BMW M5 Dark Edition features family transportation with 555-hp, from the stock 500-hp and 413 lb-ft of torque up from the stock 384 lb-ft. In addition to the performance upgrades, Edo Competition outfits the M5 wagon with…
Toyota Celica Sets Record At Goodwood
Milner actually missed winning the ‘televised’ shoot out thanks to a minor error which cost him just a little too much time, nevertheless, earlier in the day, the time he set proved to be the fastest out of 200 cars that competed on the climb over the course of the weekend.
Matte Brown Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV Is Surprisingly Cool
In the world of matte wraps, the colors black, white, grey, blue, green and red maybe come to mind as acceptable finishes. Recently, a matte gold Nissan GT-R surfaced that made us wonder how other cars would look in non-traditional shades. Well, an answer to our curiosity has shown up with a Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4…
Camal’s Marcia Corta Gives Fiat’s 500 a Rally Inspired Look
Former Pininfarina employees, Alessio Minchella and Alessandro Camorali have decided to team up and form a new company, Camal, in order to offer stylish new products for vehicles at prices affordable to the general population. There was no better way to launch the brand than to target the new Fiat 500 owners, giving the car…
Volvo C30 Performance Concept Prototype First Of Many PCP Volvos?
The words high performance and Volvo aren’t typically used in the same sentence, but in recent years, Volvo has really put a new focus on developing sportier and more performance-oriented vehicles. While they probably still have quite a ways to go to change the customer’s perception that Volvos are mainly safe and boring vehicles, the…
Honda CR-Z Mugen RR Concept Previews Tuner’s New Look at Goodwood
It looks like Mugen isn’t stopping with its CR-Z Concept. Along with that 200-hp supercharged hybrid the famed Honda tuner is rolling out a motorsports-inspired CR-Z at the Goodwood Festival of Speed The Honda CR-Z Mugen RR Concept represents Mugen’s racing spirit and is intended to give a look at the brand’s future design language….
MINI John Cooper Works Coupes Take on the Nurburgring [Video]
Mission accomplished. After the official reveal of the MINI Cooper Coupe, the fun British brand wanted to show off its reliability and performance through two John Cooper Works Coupes campaigning at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring. Both vehicles passed with flying colors, running strong throughout the 24 hour race and crossing the finish line after…
Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Race Car: From Rendering to Reality?
Modifying wagons isn’t very widely accepted, especially not in Dubai. And that’s a shame because nicely tuned wagons look killer. Needless to say, we were pretty excited as soon as we saw this Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Race Car. Then reality stepped when we realized it’s just a rendering. The concept is the child of Lap…
2012 BMW 6 Series M-Sport Package, Diesel and xDrive Versions Announced
BMW is expanding its offerings on the new 6-Series Coupe and Convertible by adding the ever-popular M-Sport package, a diesel option, and for the first time in the 6-Series model’s history, an xDrive all-wheel-drive variant. The 640d Coupe and Convertible models will be powered by a 3.0L straight-six with 313-hp and a whopping 464 ft-lbs…
Jon Sibal Unleashes Micro Car Renders for Fun
Jon Sibal is one of the premier automotive digital artists out there, and from time to time he likes to have a little bit of fun with Photoshop making some awesome micro car renders. This time around, Sibal stuck to a theme of Rauh Welt-built cars. Rauh Welt Begriff, RWB, is a Porsche tuner located…
GMC Launches Free Smart Phone ‘Shopping’ App
The market for smart phones is currently one of the fastest growing in the world, in 2011 sales experienced an increase of some 85 percent year-over-year in the first quarter.
Judge Rules That Chrysler Can’t Stop T-Shirt Maker From Using “Imported From Detroit” Slogan
A Federal Judge made a final ruling allowing the Pure Detroit clothing line owned by Moda Group LLC to continue printing and selling “Imported from Detroit” products. U.S District Judge Arthur Tarnow decided that the slogan was geographical, descriptive and arguably misleading and thus was not a valid trademark for protection. He ruled in favor…
Toyota Prius Plus Performance Package Gets TRD Styling and Handling Upgrades
Proof that the Prius isn’t just for greenie eco-nuts, Toyota has just released a new Prius Plus Performance package for the world’s most popular hybrid. Just don’t look for added performance under the hood – even if the parts are made by Toyota Racing Development (TRD). In many ways an aesthetic package, the list of…
Impul’s Nissan Quest Styling Package Is Wild
Who says driving around a van has to be boring? The all new third-generation Nissan Quest, known as Elgrand in Japan, just got a whole lot wilder thanks to the tuners over at Impul. Though these styling packages are made for the Japanese Elgrand front-end, those ambitious enough to outfit it to their USDM Quest…
ABT Sportsline Opens Large Showroom In Beijing
The largest Volkswagen and Audi tuner in Europe has intelligently set their eyes on the young and rapidly growing automotive market in China. With China’s exponential growth in the auto industry for the past couple of years, the aftermarket is growing too, despite China trying very hard to restrict vehicle modification. As Audi and Volkswagen…
Lexus LS600h Landaulet: New Pictures, Video Released Ahead of Monaco Royal Wedding
Lexus’ moment to shine is coming soon with the Monaco Royal Couple’s wedding, and more photos and a video of the one-off LS600h Landaulet featuring a special transparent roof has been released to the public. The event will take place on July 2nd, when the Royal Couple will head from Rocher down to the Monaco…
Blue Angels Ford Mustang GT Teased Ahead of Young Eagles Auction [Video]
Going to the highest bidder this year at the Young Eagles Auction will be this one-of-a-kind Blue Angels 2011 Ford Mustang GT. For the past four years, Ford Motor Company has worked in collaboration with the EAA Young Eagles Program to build a one-of-one aviation-themed vehicle for auction. This year, they’ll be honoring the Centennial…
HatsuneMiku GoodSmile BMW Z4 GT3 Race Car Is All Sorts of Awesome
In the world of Super GT racing, we often think of Japan’s finest campaigning around the series, like Nissan’s Skyline variants, Toyota’s Supras and Acura’s NSXs. While there are some European race cars from Porsche, Japan’s finest has dominated the majority of Super GT’s championships taking back to the days of JGTC. That looks to…
British Tuner Frontline To Build Mazda MX-5 Powered MGB
One of the most loved classic cars from the 1960’s is the MGB. It allows you to get a taste of old world British motoring without the price tag of a good Jaguar E-type or the Aston Martin DB5. Now a British tuning shop by the name of Frontline wants to bring you the old…
Nissan Leaf Takes Electric Production Class Win At Pikes Peak
The all-electric Nissan Leaf had a triumphant outing at Pikes Peak this past weekend, netting itself the win in the electric production class with Chad Hord behind the wheel. Even though it didn’t claim the EV record that AC Propulsion did, the Leaf proved to be a formidable production race car turning in a time…
Matte Gold Nissan GT-R Surfaces In Dubai
Apparently shiny gold wraps are already out of style, and in the land of bold and flashy cars, a matte gold Nissan GT-R has surfaced. And surprisingly, this GT-R in Dubai, UAE looks pretty darn good in its matte gold shade. Your first assumption, probably much like ours, would be that any gold GT-R has…
Gran Turismo Creator Victorious in Real Life At Nurburgring 24 Hour Race [Video]
Gran Turismo’s creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, has taken his GT500 “Stealth” GT-inspired Nissan GT-R to a class victory at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring. Complete with his team comprised of Tobias Shulze, Michael Schulze and Yasuyoshi Yamamoto, the GT-R battled through a dramatic race full of mechanical issues to claim 36th overall, but first-in-class. This is…
Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition Clocks 7:22.85 Lap Time at the ‘Ring [Video]
The Lexus LFA may sport one of the highest price tags in the exotic car market, but until now it’s been missing an all-important Nurburgring lap time. Lexus has never released an official time for the car, but leading up to this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Nurburgring, the Toyota luxury arm took a Nurburgring…
