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  • 2011 Audi S1 will make its official debut at the Paris Motor Show

    This year’s Paris Motor Show will introduce a lot of interesting cars and one of them is the Audi S1, which will make its official debut.

    The car will be practically the same like the A1 with S-line package, but with lowered suspension and bigger 17” alloys.

    Audi S1 is powered by the famous 1.4 liter TSI with 180PS. An innovation is that the S1 wont be equipped with quattro as standard. Instead, the small will be front wheel drive. (more…)

  • 2012 BMW M5 F10 – stunningly beautiful

    M5 has been always something special for the car fans. It is a perfect combination between sports car and family saloon. Hi-revving big engines with tons of hp, breath-taking stopping power and excellent comfort. Now, it is turn to the 5th generation of M5 – F10 model.

    The car will be produced and put on sale in 2012, powered by a twin-turbo 4.4 liter V8 currently in X5 and X6 M versions. The estimated power is 555PS, but the saloon will have at least 600PS. (more…)

  • PD Porsche 996 PD3 – old form, new flavour

    Prior Design, the Kamp-Lintfort-based styling specialist has unwrapped its latest Porsche conversion – the Prior-Design Porsche 996 PD3. (more…)

  • BMW E92 M3 Agitator refined by RENM

    Another creation of the Australian tuning company RENM is M3 Agitator, based on E92 BMW M3.

    The car is powered by 4.0 liter naturally aspirated V8 revving to the epic 8400RPM. The power is 420hp and 400Nm of torque from the factory. However, RenM modified the engine a bit and increased its power to 450hp and 440Nm.

    The upgrades are carbon fiber air intake, sports air filter, high performance exhaust system and an adequate ECU remap for all these upgrades. The result is 30hp and 40Nm more. (more…)

  • 2011 Mazda BT-50 – pickup segment goes modern

    At this year’s edition of Australian International Motor Show, Mazda Motor Corporation is about to pull off the curtain on its all-new Mazda BT-50 compact pickup truck. (more…)

  • RENM Audi R8 – more power for 4.2 V8 and 5.2 V10

    RENM Performance now offer tunning package for Audi R8, both versions – V8 and V10.

    The 4.2 liter V8 received ECU remap, cold air intake and sports exhaust system to increase the overall power to 460PS and 465Nm of torque, which is an increase of 40PS and 35Nm. If you are ready to empty your pockets completely, you can order a supercharger kit for the V8, which boosts it to whopping 530PS and 600Nm. (more…)

  • 2011 Chevrolet Captiva – The better SUV

    2011 Chevrolet Captiva will be exhibited at the 2011 Paris Motor Show. The SUV features sporting a new front end design, a range of enhancements to the interior and new engines and transmissions. Furthermore, the company will make three other premieres, besides the 2011 Captiva.

    The engine range includes the new 2.2 litre common rail turbo diesel with 163 or 184hp and 2.4 litre dual overhead petrol with VVT and 171hp. (more…)

  • Audi R4 Concept

    Audi R4 Concept will be introduced at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. There are no further details, but the car will be the same like R4 e-Tron Coupe, which debuted at the 2010 North American International Auto Show.

    Audi R4 e-Tron Coupe was powered by two electrical motors with overall power of 150kW (204PS) and 2650Nm (1955 lb-ft) of torque. (more…)

  • Audi A1 e-Tron with expected fuel consumption of 1.9l per 100km

    Audi A1 Etron testsAudi A1 e-Tron is on its way. The company teamed up with E.ON, Stadtwerke Munchen and the Technical University of Munich to begin tests of twenty A1 e-Tron cars.

    E.ON, Stadtwerke Munchen will install one hundred electric filling stations across (more…)

  • GTC Paris concept – the latest Opel design evolution

    Opel has exclusively announced its plans to reveal an all-new concept ride at the Mondial de l’Automobile 2010 (October 2 – 17). (more…)

  • G-POWER goes bolder with the all-new X5 M TYPHOON

    The specialists at G-POWER have already amazed us once with the presentation of its bold “small” TYPHOON body kit, but now they have pulled off the curtain on something even wider and bigger – the “big” TYPHOON body kit for the BMW X5 M. (more…)

  • Hennessey VelociRaptor APV – the ultimate protection machine

    Hennessey Performance has just unveiled the 2012 Hennessey VelociRaptor APV, an amazing combination between rough power, strength, exclusive safety and passenger comfort. (more…)