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Posted by Duja Ludi Vepar on April 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
General Motors has no idea that their baby Chevrolet Matiz is now capable of slaying their greatest giant the Corvette. It’s not an officially-manufactured car but it will take care of some serious supercars in any straight-line battle. Created by Four…
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Posted by Duja Ludi Vepar on April 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Previously tuning house HARTGE had released a full range of accessories for the BMW M3 that include aluminium pedals, an aluminium handbrake handle and HARTGE gear knob. A new range of exterior accessories is now available from HARTGE. Listed are a fro…
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Posted by Duja Ludi Vepar on April 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Isami Amemiya founded RE Amemiya Car Company in Chiba, Japan way back in 1974. The tuning company has been specialising in the modification of cars fitted with the rotary engine. For a long time these have been exclusively Mazda RX-7s. At this year’s T…
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Posted by Duja Ludi Vepar on April 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Italian tuner UK Garage is presenting its latest project, the Lotus Exige-based Extrema. UK Garage works on such names as TVR, Noble and Radical. Plenty of work has gone into the Extrema from when it was an Exige up until its current format. Beginning …
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Posted by Duja Ludi Vepar on April 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Carlsson has finally released details regarding the amazing SL CK63 RS which first debuted at the Essen Motor Show. Based on the Mercedes SL 63 AMG, Carlsson reworked the standard car’s V8 engine with 525 hp (386 kW) and 465 ft-lbs (630 Nm) of torque t…
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Posted by Duja Ludi Vepar on April 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Wald International has officially introduced their new body package for the Nissan GT-R. The Japanese tuner has not released any engine modifications, citing the “difficulty in tuning the GT-R’s engine.”The company has created several carbon-fibre bod…
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Posted by Duja Ludi Vepar on April 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Carbon fiber saves a lot of weight and is increasingly used in performance cars. But making a whole car out of carbon fiber may just end up being a tad too expensive. But someone has given it a go anyway. Pictured here is a 2002 Type 72 JPS Lotus Elise…
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The Future Car Files, Part 2: More of the Coolest, Most Interesting, and Most Significant New Cars Coming in the Near Future
Posted by Joel on April 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
NEW YORK – General Motors Corp. and Segway today demonstrated a new type of vehicle that could change the way we move around in cities.
Dubbed Project P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), GM and Segway are developing an electrically powered, two-seat prototype vehicle that has only two wheels. It could allow people to travel around [...]
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Posted by Joel on April 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., 04/06/2009 The Hyundai Veracruz and Hyundai Santa Fe were named 2009 “Best Bets” in the SUV and Crossover category by Cars.com, the leading destination for online car shoppers.
“Both the Hyundai Veracruz and Santa Fe are exactly what value car buyers are looking for,” said Mike Hanley, an editor at Cars.com. “They offer [...]
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