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Ventross styling kit for Nissan GT-R

Vorsteiner is a tuner that has specialized in modifying German performance cars such as BMW, Mercedes Benz, and Porsche. But it looks like the German sportcars are not enough for the American tuning firm. So Vorsteiner has now established a subdivision named Ventross that will be focused on Japanese sport car. After last year’s Lexus [...]

2009 Audi A5 2.0 TFSI Quattro Launched (Australia)

Audi of Australia has launched the A5 2.0 TFSI Quattro. ThisGerman sport car is first time, the A5 is available with Audi’s sporty, four cylinder 2.0 TFSI engine. The exceptional engine voted as ‘Engine of the Year’ four times since 2005-makes 155 kW of power between 4,300 and 6,000 rpm and 350 Nm of torque. [...]

2009 Nissan 370Z released (Australia)

Nissan of Australia has just released its sportcar Nissan 370Z. The all new car comes with new body is tauter, sharper-looking and 100mm shorter in wheelbase to bring the rear driving wheels closer to the driver. The 2009 Nissan 370Z rolls on 18-inch wheels that lowered by 10mm closer to the ground for better handling [...]

PPI Razor GTR Audi R8 unveiled

German tuner, PPI Automotive have unveiled PPI Razor GTR Audi R8 at Top Marques Monaco 2009 as a follow up to the PPI R8 Razor which was shown off at the 2008 Essen Motor Show. PPI Razor GTR Audi R8 is armed with a engine that makes 580hp of power at 7400 rpm, and torque [...]

Bertone Mantide priced $2M and only 10 units

Bertone Mantide became finally one of the most expensive car after the the company’s design director, Jason Castriota saying that as many as 10 units production car will be priced at $2M (about 1,500,000 euros) a piece. Although in the crisis situation but Castriota added that “…there is considerable interest around the world as we [...]

Opel/Vauxhall 325hp Insignia OPC/VXR

Opel/Vauxhall will release the higher version of its 2009 European car of the year. The car will be an Opel OPC or Vauxhall VXR that powered by a turbocharged 2.8-liter V6 that makes 325 hp. The 295 lb-ft of torque engine with a six-speed manual transmission looks like used on Saab and the Cadillac SRX. [...]

Bugatti Veyron Type 35 Grand Prix Special Edition (2009)

Bugatti has just revealed the new special edition for the Centenaire Veyron at this past weekend’s Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. It looks like that the French supercar won’t release the new special for the Centenaire Veyron after the company previously has released the Veyron Bleu Centenaire special edition early last month to mark its 100th [...]

2009 Aston Martin One-77 unveiled

Aston Martin has finally unveiled the most anticipated supercar, the 2009 Aston Martin One-77 at the Concorso d’Eleganza in Lake Como, Italy. It was not only a world’s debut; the British supercar was also named as the winner of the Concorso d’Eleganza Design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes. It won the prestigious award with [...]

Morgan Aero SuperSports to debut at Villa d’Este

Morgan will make debut its luxury sporty sportcar that combined the exotic of classic looking and the current materials, equipment and engineering at the 2009 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. This car is embodiment of 100 years anniversary of family-owned Morgan manufacture. The special edition car is designed and engineered in-house, except its engine. Morgan Aero [...]

2009 Porsche Cayenne Tornado 750 GTS by Gemballa

Gemballa has modified the Porsche SUV, Cayenne Turbo to be the most powerful SUV in the shape of the Tornado 750 GTS. The horsepower of the car’s engine is 750 hp now at 6,400 rpm. It comes from the increasing by 5 liters of the V8 engine. This modified engine features custom forged pistons, rods, [...]

Audi Student Design Project: “Intelligent Emotion”

Audi has released a book priced at €29.90 that consists of the Audi Student Design Project featuring a theme of Intelligent Emotion. This theme is aimed at design Audi-branded human mobility solutions of the future that combines environmental, technical and social issues of tomorrow in the shape of transport modules. Audi Student Design Project was [...]