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Audi tuning specialist ABT Sportsline has released the first images of its new performance kit for the A7 sportback, which it plans to unveil at next month’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show alongside a range of other modified Volkswagen Group cars. ABT has taken an uncharacteristically subtle approach for its latest kit for the A7, with most of the exterior elements consisting of new bumpers, sporty side sills and new rear diffuser with squared-off exhaust tips. The car also sports new wheels, available in sizes ranging from 19 to 21 inches in diameter. Inside, the ABT prepped A7 gets a custom...
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2011 Chicago Auto Show: Lexus Project CT By Five Axis Live Photos
Lexus has taken the wraps off one of its CT 200h hybrid vehicles that has been customized by longtime tuning partner Five Axis. The vehicle made its debut this week at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show and has been designed to appeal to the hot-hatch tuner scene, a segment typically dominated by Honda but...
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Mopar Chief Says Ram Runner Pickup Will Be Street-Legal
At last month’s 2011 Detroit Auto Show Chrysler’s Mopar aftermarket accessories division rolled out a collection of toughened up vehicles built for the street as well as one very special off-roader. That off-roader was the Ram Runner pickup, essentially a Ram 1500 pickup with reinforced...
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2011 Geneva Motor Show Preview: 2012 Lexus LFA Nurburgring Package
If you thought the $375,000 asking price for the 2012 Lexus LFA was outrageous enough, you would certainly have been gobsmacked by the announcement of the LFA Nurburgring Package, which adds an extra $70,000 to the pricetag. We will finally get to see what all the fuss is about, with Lexus...
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2011 Chicago Auto Show Preview: Lexus Project CT By Five Axis
Lexus is certainly going to great lengths to emphasize the sportiness of its upcoming hybrid hatchback, the all-new 2011 Lexus CT 200h. After previewing an F-Sport endowed concept version of the car at last year’s Sydney Motor Show, Lexus has now called upon longtime tuning partner Five Axis...
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John Cooper Works Package Offered On 2011 MINI Cooper And Cooper Convertible
If you’re still unfamiliar with the John Cooper Works (JCW) branding, either you’re not a MINI fan at all or you’ve been living under a rock for the past several years. JCW is the official tuning arm for the MINI brand and not only produces its own range of upgraded cars but is...
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This latest R-Line package for the new 2011 Touareg SUV was created by Volkswagen’s recently established ‘R’ Division, a department wholly owned by the automaker that is responsible for special projects including the upcoming Golf R as well as the R-Line and Volkswagen Exclusive trim upgrades. Modifications this time 'round include sportier chassis tuning and 20-inch wheels. Inside, there’s a pair of sports seats with ribbed Nappa leather trim, a heated three-spoke steering wheel, special R-Line logos, stainless steel pedals and a brushed aluminum look for the center...
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CEC First To Offer Tuning Program For Lexus LFA Supercar
Lexus of North America has chosen Los Angeles-based tuner CEC (Claus Ettensberger Corporation) to create a trio of modified versions of its new 2012 LFA supercar, which will be delivered to three very lucky customers later this year. With the Lexus LFA being such a finely tuned machine in its...
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Underground Racing Builds 1,500 Horsepower Lamborghini Gallardo
The Underground Racing name has become synonymous with high-performance exotics, thanks mostly to the tuning firm’s special projects like this 250+ mph Lamborghini Gallardo and fire-breathing Murcielago LP670-4 SV. With a score chart like this under its belt, it’s not surprising that...
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Video: Lingenfelter's 700-Plus-HP Cadillac CTS-V Coupe On The Dyno
With both baseline and after-modification dynos in this video, Lingenfelter puts their latest kit for the CTS-V Coupe on the table with 623 horsepower and 617 pound-feet of torque--at the rear wheels. The video also shows a bit of how they get there. CNC ported and polished heats, a GT9 camshaft...
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Baldwin-Motion Name Returns On 427 And 454 Custom Camaros
Late last year we reported on the return of two dealer-built Chevrolet Camaros, one from DeNooyer Chevrolet in New York and the other from Georgia’s NeSmith Chevrolet. Such performance cars have always been an important part of Chevrolet’s heritage, with names like Yenko, Nickey and...
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ProCharger Supercharger On The Way For V-6 Mustangs
The automotive aftermarket has not forgotten about V-6 powered Mustangs. ProCharger, which already makes a supercharger that adds 140 horsepower to the 5.0-liter V-8 GT, is about to introduce a new supercharger for the 3.7-liter V-6, which makes 305 horsepower in stock form. With eight pounds of...
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Earlier today we saw Toyota’s offering at the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon and now we have a look at what its upmarket Lexus division has brought to the aftermarket tuner table. The Auto Salon, similar to the SEMA show held in Las Vegas each year, is claimed to be the world’s largest custom car show so it’s not surprising to see more and more major automakers presenting in its halls every year. Even though its public launch is still a few months away, the new 2011 Lexus CT 200h was revealed in special F-Sport guise, with an array of sporting accessories including alloy wheels, a...
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GRMN iQ Race Concept Headlines Toyota Stand At 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon
Toyota has outdone Nissan’s nine car showing at this weekend’s 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon by presenting no less than 17 modified vehicles and race cars, most of which have been developed in collaboration with motorsports engineering firm Gazoo Racing. The highlight of the automaker’s...
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Nismo Prepped Nissan GT-R RC Debuts At 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon
Nissan used this weekend’s 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon to roll out a new edition of its GT-R supercar, one aimed at well-heeled track enthusiasts and privateer race teams. If you’re unfamiliar with the Auto Salon, it's essentially the Japanese version of SEMA and manages to draw in the major...
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Honda Bringing CR-Z TS-1X And Sports Modulo NSX To 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon
With the dust still settling on the floors of the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, Japan’s major automakers are already preparing for the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon, which kicks off this Friday and runs the entire weekend in the Japanese capital. Similar to the SEMA event held in Las Vegas each year, the...
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2011 Detroit Auto Show: Chrysler 200 And Fiat 500 Get Mopar Treatment
Just in time to kick off the new year, Mopar has unveiled a range of accessories for the latest editions to the Chrysler lineup in 2011. Making their debut next week at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, the ‘Moparized’ lineup of vehicles will include everything from a Ram pickup truck to a...
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Video: Ferrari Shows Off Personalization Program For 458 Italia
The supercar buying experience would easily rate as one of the most exciting periods of anyone’s life. Whether you’re a car nut or not, dropping enough money to buy a house on a car is something most people will never get to experience but as you can imagine the process is generally a...
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What we have here is a Mercedes-Benz B-Class, a car normally powered by efficient four-cylinder gasoline or turbodiesel mills, given a powerplant transplant by apprentices at the automaker’s plant in Rastatt, Germany. Their weapon of choice? A throaty V-8 engine displacing 5.5-liters and delivering no less than 388 horsepower and 391 pound-feet of torque. The results are as you would expect, completely insane, but somehow it seems that a V-8 in something as small as a B-Class hatchback was always meant to be. The idea behind the car, nicknamed the B55 although it has no actual...
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Axell Auto Planning Wide-Body Nissan GT-R For 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon
Axell Auto may not be as well recognized as the other big Japanese tuners, mostly because up until now the company has focused on modifying vans, but at next month’s 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon the guys at Axell Auto will have something a little bit special on show. Pictured here in these official...
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Nine Nissans Headed To 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon Including New GT-R RC
The Tokyo Auto Salon is the Japanese equivalent to SEMA, a place where big-name tuning firms, motorsport brands and aftermarket accessory specialists congregate to show off their wares. The annual event also offers an opportunity for automakers to present their own merchandise, along with whole...
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Apprentices Build One-Off Mercedes-Benz B55 Hot-Hatch
The idea of shoving the biggest, most powerful engine around into smallest vehicle you can find is nothing new, hot-rodders in this country have been doing it for the good part of the last century, but more recently it’s been the Germans that have been showing us the way. A few years back we...
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Battlestar/Zonda C5 Corvette Answers Question No One Asked
This is a great example of too much money, too little taste. Clumsily marrying the aesthetics of the Pagani Zonda with Battlestar Galactica stickers, the Turkish owner/perpetrator of this "custom" Corvette has crossed a line. From the gigantic, ill-shaped diffuser to the poorly-aimed quad-mounted...
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X5 BMW Performance Accessories Announced For U.S.
We’ve already known BMW was planning to launch a new range of performance accessories under its BMW Performance label for the X5 SUV since March’s 2010 Geneva Motor Show. Now, BMW has announced the availability of the new kit for the U.S. market, with the kit set to go on sale this...
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