Archive for August 2008
By Steven on Aug 1, 2008 in Car News, Supercars | 0 Comments
Pictures of this car have been going around for a while now, but last week the first details on this 4-door 4-seat cabrio coupé were announced. This car is a project from two dutch students, Industrial Product Design.
The target for building this ultimate GT-car, so say the designers, is driving from the Netherlands [...]
By Steven on Aug 1, 2008 in Bugatti, Car News, Supercars | 2 Comments
We told you before that Bugatti would present it’s Veyron Targa this summer. This got confirmed once again with the first official pictures. The presentation is planned on August 16th at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Enjoy the pictures!
[via Autoblog.nl]
By Steven on Aug 2, 2008 in Car News, Lamborghini, Supercars, Tuning | 3 Comments
Almost every tuner can create something special for supercars but if there’s one out there who’s always just a little bit better, then it’s Edo Competition. They made the Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 faster and stronger than it yet was. Thanks to Edo the Murciélago now runns the same 6.5 liter V12 but breathing [...]
By Steven on Aug 2, 2008 in Car News, Ferrari, Supercars | 3 Comments
The guys from Autobild managed to take pictures of a Ferrari we haven’t seen before. The possible new Ferrari got spotted, where else than, at the factory in Maranello. On the first view it’s clear that the car is mid-engined and has similar proportions as the F430. This could mean a possible successor [...]
By Steven on Aug 3, 2008 in Car News, Supercars, Tuning | 0 Comments
After seeing the brand new and beautiful Lotus Evora we didn’t expect to hear something soon from the Britisch car producer. But then we forgot about the tuners out there. Stark Automotive Industries offers supercar-like abilities package for the current Lotus Elise at rather un-supercar prices. The created a Series 1 or Series 2 [...]
By Steven on Aug 3, 2008 in Car News, Porsche, Supercars, Tuning | 3 Comments
The compact but fast Porsche Cayman S is very nice to own. On the other side of view the car doens’t reach the 300 bhp barrier, which would make it more impressive if it does. That’s exactly what German tuning firm Inden Design did. They gave the Cayman S 19 extra horse [...]
By Steven on Aug 4, 2008 in Car News, Porsche, Supercars | 0 Comments
It seems like Porsche is just one day too late with the news about there upgraded engines in the Boxster S and Cayman S. But for those who don’t like tuning on their sportscar, Porsche revealed the “Porsche Boxster S Design Edition 2″ and “Cayman S Sport” today . Both cars get an [...]
By Lawrence on Aug 4, 2008 in Car News, Spyshots | 0 Comments
I turns out the ‘new Ferrari‘ we reported on yesterday is in fact a custom build from Ferrari’s custom coachbuild program. This could be one of the first models to come from the program, most likely commissioned by a millionaire investor. Fioravanti, the design studio which the car came from, was one of the original [...]
By Steven on Aug 5, 2008 in Audi, Car News, Supercars, Tuning | 0 Comments
The Audi S3 must be one of the most underestimated cars out on our roads. With it’s 265 bhp together with 350 Nm of torque and it’s four wheel drive you can easily call it a small rocket. As always this is a little bit too less for the lovers of small and [...]
By Steven on Aug 5, 2008 in Audi, Car News, Paris Motor Show 2008, Supercars | 1 Comment
Normally you first get a powerful sedan and afterwards the break, coupé and cabrio of a car. Audi did it the other way with putting the RS6 Avant in the showrooms before all the others. Almost a year after the Avant the Sedan will join the Audi ranks. The RS6 uses a twin-turbo [...]
By Lawrence on Aug 5, 2008 in Tuning | 1 Comment
A while back, Specter Werkes launched an exciting new version of the Corvette which they call the GTR. The car features wide bodykit , suspension upgrades and 535bhp. The bodykit encorperates light-wieght carbon fibre and is completely unique to all Specter Werkes customers. New Michelin tyres give improved grip along with improved brakes (ST60 Front [...]
By Steven on Aug 6, 2008 in Car News, Lamborghini, Supercars, Tuning | 0 Comments
When reading the name Heffner most of us think of a well-known American citizen that is connected to several girls but we have to disappoint you, we are not going to write about a men’s magazine. There’s another famous guy out there, called Jason Heffner. He’s known for extreme tuning of supercars. [...]
By Steven on Aug 6, 2008 in Car News, Mercedes, Supercars | 0 Comments
The current Mercedes-Benz AMG saw it’s first daylight at the Frankfurt Motorshow in 2005 and was brought on the market early 2006. Being 2 years in the showrooms seems to be a sign for the guys from Stuttgart to refresh the looks of the über Benz. Spy photographers have caught the S-Class AMG [...]
By Steven on Aug 6, 2008 in BMW, Car News, Supercars, Tuning | 2 Comments
With the facelifted BMW X5 being seen more and more frequently on our roads, the guys from AC Schnitzer decided to produce a package to make it look a bit different from all it’s brothers and sisters. The German BMW tuning specialist from Aachen has created a new widebody kit called the Falcon. The [...]
By Lawrence on Aug 6, 2008 in Car News | 0 Comments
This may sound like an attempt at saving the humble alligator from extinction but it is in fact the code name created for a forthcoming collaboration between Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz. The collaberation was revealed in detail in Car Magazine’s September issue and could include the incorporation of both Mercedes and Aston parts in each [...]