10 August 2012, 04:15 PM
Fiat has announced the new Colour Therapy range, which is designed to bring back the spirit of the 1970s with a collection of vibrant colours and retro white detailing. The Colour Therapy is positioned between the highly popular 500 Pop and Lounge specifications.
“The special colours and stylish new touches will make the Fiat 500 an even more attractive proposition for our customers,” commented Elena Bernardelli, marketing director, Fiat Group Automobiles UK.
“Tasteful features such as
10 August 2012, 03:00 PM
The S-Cross is a concept car by Suzuki, which will be officially presented at the upcoming 2012 Paris Motor Show. It will be held from 27 September to 14 October. The premiere will be 7.30 a.m. on 27 September at Hall 5.2 – Aisle B - Stand 509, where everything for this new vehicle in the C-segment will be revealed.
Suzuki will also be presenting its Alto, Splash, Swift, Swift Sport, SX4, Jimny, and Grand Vitara models.
Suzuki’s crossover concept S-Cross features an “Emotion x Quality x Aerodynamics” desi
10 August 2012, 06:00 AM
The extremely rare Ferrari Enzo is back for a bit of glory thanks to the guys at HRE Wheels. Yes, a set of brand new wheels can do miracles, refreshing the look and adding some appeal and performance.
For this particular Enzo, HRE have gone for their P43SC Series – 1-piece monoblocks that utilize an aerospace-grade forged aluminum and side cuts plus backpad pocketing in the name of less unsprung mass and rotational inertia. They can come in both, 19 and 20-inch sizes.
The Ferrari Enzo
09 August 2012, 11:40 PM
This is one of those SR Auto project that actually make sense. “Ice Blade” they call it and it involves a no longer immaculate Ferrari 458 Italia. It has a full body kit that's predominantly of carbon fiber, some new wheels and even a lowering suspension.
From top to bottom, the piano black roof complements the Novitec carbon fiber mirrors and carbon fiber door handles. The front lip spoiler and splitters too come in carbon fiber. Further back, there are the Novitec side skirts and at the back we get a carbo
09 August 2012, 10:05 PM
Here is an interesting drag racing battle (1 mile) between a powerful Chrysler 300C SRT-8 powered by enormous 7.0 liter supercharged V8 with 950HP (699 kW) and a stock Cadilac CTS-V having a 6.2 liter supercharged V8 with 564HP (415kW) and 747Nm (551 lb-ft). 0-60mph in 4.0 seconds and top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) – electronically limited.
Although the CTS-V makes nice start with reaction time of 0.587 seconds and 60 ft in 2.241 seconds, the
09 August 2012, 09:15 PM
The 2013 Buick Verano Turbo luxury sedan is priced from $29,990, including a destination charge of $885.
The turbocharged Verano has an Ecotec 2.0 litre four-cylinder engine with direct injection and CVVT. It produces 250HP (187 kW) at 5300 rpm and 353 Nm (260 lb-ft.) of torque at 2000 rpm.
0-100 km/h in 6.2 seconds and a top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph). The engine is mated to a 6-speed manual gearbox or 6-speed automatic transmission available as an option.
The fuel economy is good – 31 mpg on the hig
09 August 2012, 08:32 PM
Wald International has announced their tuning program for the GS F Sport by Lexus. The car was recently introduced and the tuning company started working on it immediately. The tuning program includes only styling modifications.
The aerodynamics package includes a new front lip spoiler, a pair of new side skirts and a rear bumper insert. There are also carbon fiber reinforced plastic spoilers and sets of 19” or 20” alloy wheels fitted with low profile Bridgestone Potenza tires.
Lexus GS F Sport is powered
09 August 2012, 07:47 PM
Audi has announced the 2012 R8 Exclusive Selection Editions, which will be produced solely for the US market. The manufacturer will make several kinds of the special edition R8 and only 20 units - R8 V8 and 30 units - R8 V10 vehicles will be produced.
The R8s will come in Daytona Gray matte exterior, a black grille
09 August 2012, 07:02 PM
Nissan has revealed their interesting project - the one-off 2013 370Z coupe. The name is "Project 370Z”. The Japanese automaker has collaborated with Facebook followers in order to bring several performance and styling upgrades to the sports coupe.
There are three nice videos, where every step of the tuning is carefully revealed. The engine is boosted by a new Greddy turbocharger kit increasing the ovrall power up to 500HP (368 kW), instead of the factories 332HP (246 kW). The stage 1 also fe
08 August 2012, 07:12 PM
Audi have released this image to the public in connection with the annual Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) that's due next week – a 12 mile climb to the summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado. Between the contenders and the 1,440 m altitude finish line weave more than 156 bends. Obviously, Audi plan to surprise us with whatever this quattro incarnation is.
The current road going RS5 is an impressive coupe enough – a 4.2-liter V8 FSI unit underneath its shell that produces 444 hp and 430 Nm of torque. A
08 August 2012, 04:55 PM
Rear wheel drive and V8 in front is very bad combination, especially when the road conditions are severe. This is about to learn the driver of BMW E92 M3 in the video below. After fast overtaking of another vehicle on the right, the BMW runs into a large patch of water, causing the car to spin and hit the center divider. Although the BMW has an intelligent Dynamic Stability Control safety system, it can’t help wreckless drivers, who drive with over 100 mph on wet roads.
Despite the severity o
08 August 2012, 03:11 PM
K-Tec Racing has announced engine performance upgrade for the latest, hottest version of the RenaultSport Megane, the 265 Trophy.
The name is “Performance Pack 1”m which boosts the 2.0 litre turbocharged petrol engine to 305HP (224 kW) and 441Nm (327 lb-ft). This is an increase of 40HP and 81Nm. In other words the 1387 kilo Megane 265 Trophy will accelerate in under 6 seconds to 100 km/h and hit the top speed of 255 km/h (158 mph).
Priced at just £414 including installation, rolling road testing and VAT,
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