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Mercedes SL Grand Edition Package Celebrates Automaker’s 125th Anniversary
To celebrate its 125th anniversary, Mercedes is following up the SLK Grand Edition with a new SL Grand Edition package that will be available for SL300, SL350 (not available in North America) and SL500 models. Pricing for the package also ranges depending on which trim model you’ll be outfitting, with the SL500 being around $6,530…
Speedriven Builds CNG-Powered 800-HP Mercedes SL 600
Going green has perhaps never looked better as Bernie Towns teams up with Speedriven to produce this CNG-Powered Mercedes-Benz SL 600. Not only is the car nicely built in the aesthetics department, it packs around 800-whp and over 1,000 ft-lbs of torque out of its 5.5L twin-turbo V12 powerplant. This helps it get down the…
Elite Projects Sweden Transforms 986 Porsche to GT Racing Machine
Ever wonder what happens when you have a first generation Porsche Boxster 986 lying around surrounded by a ton of automotive-building talent? Look no further to Elite Projects out of Sweden where their talented team of designers and builders have released the cleanest widebody Porsche 986 that we’ve ever seen. We can even overlook the…
RENNtech’s GLK350 Hybrid Pikes Peak Rally Car Set to Retire at Mercedes Museum [video]
RENNtech over the decades has become synonymous with serious, hardcore Mercedes-Benz performance. And in 2008, to show off their customization prowess and vision towards performance, RENNtech built a one-of-a-kind GLK350 Hybrid Pikes Peak Rally Car. The concept vehicle had won the 2008 SEMA Show Mercedes-Benz tuner build-off competition, and RENNtech is freshening up for 2011…
Cadillac ATS To Get Convertible Soft Top, ATS-V May Get V6
The Cadillac ATS is a crucial product for GM’s luxury division, a car aimed squarely at the BMW 3-Series, and Cadillac is hoping to come out with a full line of models to give buyers an alternative to the German compact luxury cars. One noticeable difference will be among the convertibles, as the ATS will not offer…
Alpina B5 BiTurbo Touring, the 500-HP BMW Wagon [Geneva Preview]
A natural transition for the B5 Bi-Turbo tuning program for the new BMW 5-Series, Alpina is now offering its upgrades to the touring (wagon) model as well. We suppose if you’re absolutely stuck having to commute in a wagon, there’s probably no better way to do it than with 500-hp and 516 lb-ft of torque…
AC Schnitzer Teases Hopped-Up 5 Series, Diesel-Powered Z4 [Geneva Preview]
There wouldn’t be much of a Geneva Motor Show if AC Schnitzer didn’t have a thing or two up its sleeves to announce. For this year’s show, we now know they’ll at least be debuting a new ACS 5 Sport S and 99d vehicles, based on the BMW 550i and Z4 respectively. With both priced…
KTM X-Bow On Sale In America
The KTM X-Bow, perhaps the only car more bonkers than the Ariel Atom, will finally be coming to the United States, and like other formerly forbidden fruit, a bit of trickery is required to get the car legally imported. While KTM will build the cars to the customers specifications, the vehicle must be shipped and…
Brabus Mercedes CLS Tuning Package Detailed [Geneva Preview]
Teaser photos that surfaced earlier this week of Brabus’ new Mercedes-Benz CLS have turned out to be the official tuning package, and not quite yet the Rocket we were hoping for. Set to debut at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, Brabus has unwrapped its tuned CLS, with a perfect blend of sportiness and luxury. Like…
Volkswagen Giuigiaro Concepts Leak Before Geneva Debut
Giorgetto Giuigiaro and design studio Italdesign have given us a glimpse of two Volkswagen concepts set to debut at the Geneva Auto Show in March. Italdesign has collaborated with Volkswagen in the past, with the original Golf and Scirocco widely considered as classics of design. They’ve gone on to pen the Volkswagen W12 concept and…
Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet Returns for Summer 2011 [Geneva Preview]
Just in time for the Spring thaw, Volkswagen has announced the return of the Golf Cabriolet. Extending the Golf range to one more model, the Cabriolet hasn’t been offered since the Mark III generation, over a decade ago. Powered by a range of engines, including VW’s 200-hp GTI powerpant as well as the torque-filled TDI,…
BMW M3 Performance Exhaust Option Now Available, Sounds Awesome [Video]
Most people would agree that the current BMW M3 with its rorty V8 motor sounds pretty good, but that doesn’t mean it could not be improved upon. Now, BMW’s M-division has now created a new performance exhaust for the M3, which not only sounds better, but is also lighter than the standard exhaust system because…
Volkswagen Golf Convertible/Cabriolet to Bow in Geneva
Volkswagen hasn’t sold a convertible (or cabriolet) version of the Golf in over a decade, but that’s about to change. The Golf Convertible is tipped to debut next week at the Geneva Auto Show, alongside several concepts from the German automaker. Previous reports had suggested the drop-top model wouldn’t arrive until the next-generation (MK VII)…
Porsche to Launch One New Model Each Year in Bid to Double Sales by 2018
Get ready to see a lot of new Porsches in the future as the German sports car maker looks to ramp up production and add plenty of models. In an interview with Automotive News, CEO Matthias Mueller says Porsche will deliver one new model each year until 2018 with the goal of doubling sales. Last…
BMW ‘i’ Sub-Brand Debuts With Green Focus: i3 City Car and i8 Sports Car Teased
BMW has confirmed that it will launch a new sub-brand of fuel efficient vehicles under the ‘i’ badge. Representing the greener side of the automaker’s portfolio, the i branded vehicles will focus on “sustainable vehicles and mobility solutions.” Set to hit the market in 2013, the first two models in the i lineup will be…
G-Power BMW M5 Hurricane RS Touring: The World’s Fastest Wagon [video]
With a history of building the world’s fastest sedans, G-Power can now claim the title of the world’s fastest wagon. To do so, the German tuner has transplanted its 750-hp twin-supercharged V10 powerplant from the BMW M5 Hurricane RS into an M5 Touring (wagon). The G-Power BMW M5 Hurricane RS Touring will come as a…
Mirage GT Matt Blue Edition: New Gemballa Pays Tribute to Old Gemballa
The newly resurrected Gemballa brand may not be making as many splashes as we would like to see, but they’ve recently returned to their roots with a new Mirage GT edition. Similar to the Matt Black Edition that was seen in 2009, Gemballa has created another version of its modified Porsche Carrera GT, this time…
Audi Plans Four-Door A3 Concept at Geneva Auto Show
North Americans only received the small Golf-based A3 hatchback a few years ago, but Audi is planning to expand the lineup with a fastback four-door sedan at the Geneva Auto Show packing 400+ horsepower and quattro AWD. The power comes courtesy of a turbocharged 5-cylinder engine, attached with precision to a 7-speed S-tronic transmission. Stylistically,…
Smart Forspeed EV Roadster Concept Revealed Ahead of Geneva Auto Show
The Forspeed concept is Smart‘s interpretation of a zero-emissions roadster, based on the only vehicle Smart currently builds: its Fortwo city car. It’s designed to complement the rest of Smart’s electric transportation lineup for really small vehicles, which includes a scooter and a bicycle. The squat, roofless car features huge, ringed headlights reminiscent of eyelashes,…
New Brabus Rocket Teased Ahead of Geneva Debut
With Mercedes-Benz‘s new CLS-Class impressing many, we knew it would just be a matter of time before Brabus stepped into the picture with its rendition. And just as we assumed that a new Brabus Rocket wouldn’t be too far off, the famed Benz tuner has released these teaser photos hinting that the Geneva Auto Show…
BMW Sub-Brand Set To Launch Monday
While rumors of the new BMW sub-brand have been floating around for months, February 21st has been marked as the official announcement date for details the sub-brand, and the apparently revolutionary MegaCity electric vehicle. Many suggest that the new sub-brand will be a re-imagining of the Isetta microcar of nearly a half century ago, and…
New Volkswagen Tiguan Debuts for Geneva
Volkswagen has unveiled its new Tiguan ahead of its Geneva debut in March. The small SUV gets new front end styling that brings it in line with the rest of the new Volkswagen lineup. The Tiguan also gets three new engines in Europe, for a total of seven: four gasoline engines and three diesels, including…
RUF Developing Three Electric Porsche Prototypes
Don’t label RUF Automobiles as a mere Porsche tuner. They install enough of their own parts in Porsche bodies to be considered by the German government to be an independent manufacturer. And while Porsche is experimenting with electricity on their own, RUF has beaten them to the punch, with three different electric drivetrains, stuffed in…
BMW to Turbocharged All Future 4-Cylinders
Forget hybrids and EVs, at least in the short term anyway. Improving fuel economy without losing power or adding cost is a job best suited to the turbocharger. That, at least, is the thinking over at BMW, where the company plans that every new 4-cylinder engine it rolls out will be turbocharged in some form….
