Just when we are getting used to tuning news, there are always some creative souls out there who find a new car to tune. This time it’s SMS’s turn, which is the new tuninghouse of Steve Saleen, to make an upgrade for the upcoming Dodge Challenger. The SMS 570 TM is based on the brand new Challenger R/T and will get 2 new engines: one running on 500 bhp and one on 700 bhp. That power is derived from a 5.7 liter Hemi V8 engine. Both cars will hava a adapted suspension, a bodykit, tires, rimms and offcourse a fresh interior.

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To be clear we are not talking about the drug called “lsd” but truly about a company called “LSD” that gave the Mercedes-Benz CL-class a set of wing doors. The in Germany based tuner installed the wing doors on the original door mouting points and are tested for safety with side-crash test and have the German TUV parts certificate. The LSD wing doors open outwards by a 30° angle and then swing upwards, without any great exertion. Strange, but not bad at all!

It’s about a week ago we got the news that the Nissan GT-R was doing record-laps on the famous Nürburgring and knowing the Nissan GT-R is almost sold out in some countries, it’s no surprise that tuners get their hands on the supercar. First one to report about is Arios, a Japanese Tuner, that kept modifications subtle with a new carbon-fibre body kit comprising of a front lip spoiler, nose and engine covers and sidestep side skits

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The Swiss watch producer IWC Schaffhausen created togeter with Mercedes Benz the 200 units limeted SL63 AMG IWC Edition. As nice extra you get a watch, type Grosser Ingenieur, for free. You can read the press release for all details…!

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The new roadster features an eye-catching designo magno Kashmir white finish as well as an AMG Exterior Carbon package with a matte surface. In keeping with the exterior appearance, the vehicle’s interior is fitted with Carbon matte trim as well as Tobago Brown nappa leather upholstery that creates additional visual and tactile highlights.

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With the BMW 6-series becoming a frequent sight on our roads, we can understand some owners want to look it a bit different. Lot’s of options are available for this and that’s probably why Prior Design decided to create another package for the 6-series. The kit exists of a refreshed rear-bumper including a new diffuser and 4 exhaust pipes, a redesigned frontbumper and side skirts. Engine details aren’t released yet, but we expect to see some chip-tuning there!

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This stunning supercar is not an all-day view and probably one of the nicest creations this year! The Blastolene B-702 is a handmade supercar with a aluminium body-kit, glass grill and several wooden parts. Under the hood is a giant V12 from GMC origine with an output of 880 Nm of torque together with 810 bhp. Total weight is only 2,000 kg and the car is 6 meter (20 feet) long. Only one of these will be made and that one is yet sold for $ 475,000 (€ 290,800 - £ 228,000)…

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Tuning mostly comes together with a new car or a facelift on a yet existing one. With Brabus being the first to create a package on the brand new Mercedes-Benz SL, competitor Lorinser decided to put their hands on the facelifted CLS-class. The Germans based themselves on the CLS 500 and gave it an additional 72 bhp bringing it to a total of 460 bhp together with 585 Nm of torque. Topspeed is said to be 188 mph (300 kmh). They called it the CLS L 55 RS and such a long name informs you have something special to handle!

Mercedes is a popular car to take into a tuning shop, but that is a little bit different for the S-class. Probably because this car is a bit too ‘business-minded’ to modify with the coolest stuff. Tuningcompany ART denies this and has created a rather beautiful package for the S-class with a bronze and sandstone color combination. Under the hood you get a 5.4 liter engine producing now 403 bhp together with 530 Nm of torque. They managed to raise the power by electronics tuning and a sports air filter. The sport exhaust system with sport rear silencer accentuated by 4 chromed and polished tail pipes measuring 80 mm in diameter each!

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With more and more tuning packages coming up, you could think almost everybody has found something that he likes. But that’s isn’t really true, that’s why Sportec came up with this SP600 package for the Turbo Cabriolet. Next to this package, shown in the pictures, you can chose for an even stronger version called the Sportec SP680 or if you only want to drive public shopping streets you can also take the ’slowest’ version, the SP530. The names explain the power that is derived from the boxerengine. The SP600 sprints from 0 - 62 mph (100 kmh) in just 3.3 seconds.

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It rather surprised us that the Jaguar XF didn’t enter any tuningshop earlier. But now Max and Julie from Loder1899 have created a nice package for Jaguar’s newest descedant. Loder1899 started with a body kit consisting of a new front spoiler, boot spoiler and rear diffuser accentuating the sporty character of the Jaguar XF. They also lowered the XF by 35 mm giving it both a faster appeal as well as a lower center of gravity. The look is finished with 20 or 21 inch wheels, pictured are 21 inch silver ‘Hollow Spoke’ wheels.

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The news about a new package for the previous Mercedes-Benz isn’t cold yet and here we go with the newest package created by Brabus. Offcourse they want to be the first to show this and so they did. We have to admit that the package looks very good on the facelifted Mercedes-Benz SL class. The aggresive looking SL is called the Brabus SL-class R230 and has been changed quite a lot. The frontbumper, which was totally refreshed by Mercedes themselves, has been changed again. Together with that the guys at Brabus doubled the foglights and installed a row of the very popular LED-lights.

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While all supercar producers are packing together in Monaco for one of the best shows in a year, there’s also the Concours d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. This is an evenet for several classics and concept cars. Every year there’s a winner selected at this show. This year the best car on the show was the Bugatti 57SC Atalante. Also special was the special creation of BMW, a concept for the legendary M1… For more high-res pictures click here!

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