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Lamborghini DMC Aventador LP900SV Limited Edition

After series of teaser images which has been released in the past month, DMC Lamborghini Aventador LP900SV Limited Edition has been finally revealed exuding its powerful stance and aggressive visual appearance. DMC also disclosed that the kit for the vehicle will be produced in only ten examples.

What have basically the tuners done here is to add their new SV kit where their famous STAGE 1 package ends, improving an already sound base. More importantly the kit, which is strictly limited to only ten sets worldwide, but only on those which already have DMC’s regular Molto Veloce Kit.

The application of it will be carefully scrutinized by DMC, and only approved if the car, the location, the owner and the color match DMC’s “10 of 10” criteria. Each of the kits will only be available in one shade or body finish. In other words the aim is to make every vehicle unique and different from the other nine.

Furthermore the professionals developed a brand new front and rear bumper, made from 100% carbon fiber. The front fascia receives a wider, sharper nose and the two “J” style poles, responsible to additionally improved aerodynamics. There can also be seen the new “DMC” badge. The front is perfected with two Formula1 Canards mounted on either side. They further break the airflow.

The side skirts include DMC’s diffuser panels, massive rear spoiler and corresponding wing base. The rear features a new rear bumper which has lower ‘tunnel’ system seen. The latter shows a center opening, under the custom exhaust.

Next, the performance that this Lamborghini achieve now reaches 900 horsepower (662 kW). The reason for this is that DMC decided to use 12 unique single intake throttle plates, one for each individual cylinder. Gasoline pumps and – lines, as well as pressure modulators and injection nozzles will be replaced by own new components.

Moreover, optimized engine electronics, an electronic load pressure control system and a completely new wiring will also be featured. As a consequence the engine will be rebranded as LP900. The Titanium Exhaust system supports the power-mod.

Source: DMC

December 13, 2012

Vilner Transforms Bentley Continental

After the great success that the Bulgarian tuners from Vilner achieved with their last two tunings on Audi RS6 and S5, they are now ready to bring even more luxury, style and prestige to the automotive world. The specialists are doing that with the release of their new project on Bentley Continental. Of course, the readers of automobilesreview.com are the first to see it!

In general Bentley is a vehicle which leaves us with the impression that it doesn’t need any additional tuning. For instance, in the present case the original interior is in one color and has accents of wooden applications. Undoubtedly this is something which adds to brand’s famous sense of luxury.

Despite that the professionals from Vilner wanted to refresh the interior with the aim to make it more contemporary and to underscore its sporty spirit! For this purpose they have used dark brown leather and Alcantara.

A lot of attention to the detail has been paid and the craftsmanship of the specialists is obvious. For example, the steering wheel and the airbag are given sportier look and form. For the middle part of the seats and the ceiling is used a “bespoke touch” where the stitching forms diamond-like shapes.

Furthermore, all wooden elements are painted in Brown Piano Varnish, and to make them even more individual, light-brown and white bands are applied lengthwise on them. The design of the mileage-meters is also changed.

Source: Vilner

December 12, 2012

Jota Sport Aston Martin GT4 Race Car Teased

The photography studio ASA Infinity takes great pleasure in producing creative, inspiring and beautiful imagery. One of their latest and most exciting projects is the photoshoot of the new Jota Sport Aston Martin GT4 race car.

Unfortunately this is only a sneak preview and for that reason the professionals have revealed only one image. Responsible for the perfect picture is the photographer Tony Rogers. And all we can do now is to wait for the promised additional information around this race car.

As a matter of fact, coming out from the factory, the revised sports car includes an all-new aerodynamic package plus further improvements to the rollcage and fuel tank. The aerodynamic package consists of a carbon fibre rear wing, which generates a lot of downforce, especially combined with a new larger front splitter.

The Aston Martin also includes mid-mounted, 115-litre fuel tank, which lowers the centre of gravity and helps for better weight distribution. The fuel tank has twin quick-fill entries in the rear quarter. The car is powered by a 4.7 litre V8 with 436PS (321 kW) at 7300RPM and 490Nm (361 lb-ft) at 5000RPM. Let’s wait and see what’s going to be exactly modified here.

Source: ASA Infinity Studios

December 12, 2012

Citroen DS3 WRC

Citroen Racing and Abu Dhabi now takes real shape with the presentation of the racing programmes for the 2013 season. The Citroen Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team’s line-up for this year’s FIA World Rally Championship will feature three crews: Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen, Dani Sordo/Carlos del Barrio and Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena. Khalid Al-Qassimi will also be taking part in the majority of the WRC events, but will be competing first and foremost in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship.

“We are very proud to have forged a relationship with a partner that is as prestigious and dynamic as Abu Dhabi,” commented Yves Matton, Citroen Racing Team Principal.

“Like our long-time partner Total, Abu Dhabi will be visible across all our 2013 programmes: on the works teams competing in the WRC and the MERC (Middle East Rally Championship), but also in the Citroen Racing Trophy held in the main countries in Europe. Together, we are also committed to establishing a rally driver development programme with Abu Dhabi Racing.”, he added.

The eight-time World Rally Championship-winning works team – including five consecutive titles between 2008 and 2012 – will now be known as the Citroen Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team. Three cars will compete at each of the thirteen rounds on the WRC calendar. Lining up in all of the events in the no.2 DS3 WRC, Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen will be looking to win the Drivers’ title.

“Now that I have my first season with Citroen under my belt, I feel ready for this new challenge,” asserted the Finn. “I have been World Championship runner-up four times, so the next logical step is to aim for first place!”

The second DS3 WRC nominated to score points towards the Manufacturers’ World Championship will be driven by Sebastien Loeb and Daniel Elena at four rallies.

“We’ll start the season in Monte-Carlo and we’ll also be competing in Sweden, because it’s a rally that I would love to win in normal racing conditions. And I couldn‘t begin to think about missing the Rallye de France,” confirmed Seb.
Source: Citroen

December 12, 2012

Hamann BMW F06 Gran Coupe Revealed!

Finally the specialists from Hamann have just revealed the tuning they have been working on for several months. It is on the famous BMW 6 series and it carries the name Hamann BMW F06 Gran Coupe.

However, the German based tuning company has only released the images of the project, without revealing additional details to the work process. All we know is that this new BMW 6-Series Gran-Coupe (F06) is equipped with a brand new upgrade kit, which makes the BMW looking more astonishing than ever.

What we can judge from the pictures is that a lot of Carbon Fiber was involved in the modification of the exterior. On the other hand the interior looks more luxurious than ever and it is designed in two toes. It include a bespoke touch, diamond stitching and it is all wrapped in premium materials.

There is no current information about any changes to the power. It probably stays the same as factory one. However, the production model is able to produce enough because it is equipped with TwinPower Turbo inline 6-cylinder engine. The unit generates 313 hp (230 kW) at 4400RPM and 630Nm of torque at just 1500RPM. Basically, this means that the Gran Coupe accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5.4 seconds achieving its top speed of 250 km/h (155 mph).

Pictures Source: Hamann via Facebook

December 12, 2012

Honda Urban SUV Concept to Debut at 2013 North American Auto Show

Honda has just revealed that its newest concept vehicle – the compact Urban SUV Concept is going to make a world debut at the 2013 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). In addition, the brand has also released the first teaser sketch of the new SUV, which exudes flowing forms and effortless movement.

The Urban SUV Concept is a global concept model that aims to combine sporty and dynamic SUV profile with a spacious interior. For that purpose it uses Honda’s centre-tank layout, creating a highly functional design. The concept will be introduced at an NAIAS press conference and afterwards more images and video will be released.

Source: Honda

December 12, 2012

The Italian Superathlete: Cam Shaft Ferrari F12berlinetta

Cam Shaft Ferrari F12berlinetta has new looks thanks to the sporty elegant mat nuance in Matt Graphite metallic wrapping that the specialist from the tuning company Cam Shaft has applied to it. The aggressive and masculine stance of the Ferrari is further emphasized with the foil utilized here.

A great visual consequence of this is that the edges, depressions and curves come with light reflections to their best advantage. In addition, the door sills and door edges were also foiled. At last, the F12berlinetta has four additional i-points. The rims were powder coated in the same color of the foiling.

What has been left unsaid is that the sports car has a rear-wheel drive with a front longitudinally mounted V12 engine and a semi-automatic double-clutch transmission. The latter has 740 hp (544 kW) and at least impressive 690 Nm (510 lb-ft) of torque from lively 6,262 cm ³ of displacement.

Source: Miranda Media

December 12, 2012

Design Language of Tomorrow: Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo [VIDEO]

Here’s a video where the designers of the new and recently presented Panamera Sport Turismo Concept Car explain what is important in designing a car as this one. Why “in design form follows function” and how functionality of one product is connected with its form? This is just one small part of the questions you are going get answered.

More importantly, you’ll get the sense of what is to drive this unique Porsche and take a look into some of the great technologies included in it. Here you can view how amazingly intelligent and efficient drive technology might look in the design language of tomorrow. This concept study stands for Porsche‘s way of using hybrid technology.

Sport Turismo Concept uses 3.0-liter V-6 found, which we have already seen in the current Panamera S Hybrid and Cayenne S Hybrid, which produces 329 hp (242 kW). However, the hybrid components have been enhanced and a new electric motor added, which generates 95 hp (70 kW).

This means that peak combined system power is 424 hp (312 kW), which makes it easily for the Porsche to accelerate in less than 6 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. This result definitely exceeds any expectations and is due to the innovative drive technology included.

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Video Source: YouTube

Source: Porsche

December 11, 2012

Full of Style and Charisma: Kahn Range Rover Evoque RS250 Vesuvius Edition

Kahn Range Rover Evoque RS250 Vesuvius Edition promises to be a true style icon. The black body contrasts very strongly the “Vesuvius” matte orange roof and bonnet stripe complete with the Kahn lettering on the bonnet’s leading edge.

Being an Evoque model it has seductive proportions and incomparable stance on the road. The enhancements that the talented Kahn team has done include a front bumper replacement with integrated vents complete with 3D mesh inserts, front bumper grille inner in matte black, side vent surrounds in matte black, LED day time running lights for the front bumper vents, painted bonnet stripe, rear bumper replacement with integrated vents.

But this is not all! The list continues with new brake calipers finished in Vesuvius orange, front bumper mesh in matte black, front headlight detail in copper, side vent inserts in copper, front bumper replacement fog lamps, wheel arch trims and side sills in body colour, front bumper centre section graphic in matte black, front grille outer section in body colour, painted floating roof and side sill trim in body colour.

And what it feels like driving this RS250 Evoque Vesuvius? Imagine that you sit behind the privacy glass and pilot the engine while listening to the new Kahn cross hair exhaust system! Could you picture that?

All familiar with the work of Kahn Design tuning specialist know that they are unsurpassed in their work on the inner part of the automobile. Inside is the ‘bespoke touch’, of course. The front and rear seats are completed in black leather with alcantara and Vesuvius orange detail.

In addition, the transmission tunnel is in alcantara with contrast stitching, the centre dashboard trim is in leather with contrast stitching, while the four door armrests include diamond quilted with orange stitching as well as do the four door panel tops.

The centre dashboard trim is done in alcantara – again with contrast stitching. There also can be seen a diamond quilted centre glove box with contrast stitching, diamond gear selector, door entry sill plates in stainless steel, floor mats – high quality heavy duty carpet, vented foot pedals in machined aluminum along with a speedo and rev counter in Vesuvius orange.

Going again to the exterior what is left are the wheels. Kahn wheels sit perfectly on any vehicle. This vehicle in particular comes tuber’s RS wheels which are available in 9.5 x 22 and fit all original centre caps.

Source: A. Kahn Design

December 11, 2012

2013 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Race Car Unveiled Ahead of Debut

2013 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Race Car has just been unveiled ahead of its official debut. The model is one of the most successful race cars in the world since 1998. 911 GT3 Cup will run exclusively in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in 2013.

To be more precise, this is the motorsport version of the forthcoming 911 GT3 road car. In addition, it is also the first race car based on the seventh generation Porsche. Powered by a 3.8-litre six-cylinder flat-six engine, it produces 460 hp (338 kW) at 7,500 revs, surpassing the predecessor by 10 hp.

A six-speed ‘dog-type’ gearbox transmits the power to the rear axle and, for the first time in a Porsche Cup race car, is operated via shift paddles on the steering wheel. The single-piece race wheels easily grab the attention and the newly-developed braking system further improves the excellent endurance qualities of the car.

What is more, here the engineers have put more efforts into developing more driver safety. For instance, a new safety cage protects the driver in case of a roll or a collision. Additionally, the newly-developed race seat is distinctively shaped around the head and shoulders and can be adjusted individually with the help of padding.

2013 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Race Car will have a starting price of 181 200 Euro.

Source: Porsche

December 11, 2012

ABT Volkswagen T5 Multivan Awarded For Best Tuning

2012 ABT Volkswagen T5 Multivan has just recived one of the most prestigious awards. It got accolades in the “Vans/Station Wagons Tuning”-category in the famous „Auto Bild Sportscars“-competition. This makes it the second year in a row that the tuners from ABT Team got the price.

Hans-Jürgen Abt, CEO of ABT Sportsline, said – “It’s good to see the readers of Auto Bild Sportscars also enjoy and appreciate how we refine the biggest cars of the Volkswagen make”, while proudly receiving the award.

The T5 tuning comes with full aerodynamics package which features a new front grille, a new front spoiler, a pair of modified side skirts and a new rear bumper. Furthermore, suspension was also revised and handles perfectly the additional power. The exterior is rounded off thanks to the 19” DR sport rims wrapped in performance low-profile tires.

We can undeniably agree that the award has been given righteously to the ABT team for the exquisite work they have done on the Volkswagen.

Source: ABT

December 10, 2012

Rinspeed microMAX to debut at 2013 Geneva Motor Show

Rinspeed microMAX is a concept vehicle which intends to revolutionize urban traffic. This innovative urban transportation car is created by Frank M. Rinderknecht with the aim to revolutionize short-distance transport.

First of all, microMAX has unique upright seats, which are perfect for short-distance transfers. In fact, this concept defines an entirely new class of vehicles. Despite its length of 3.6 meters, this Rinspeed vehicle offers plenty of space for the driver, three passengers and a stroller or shopping cart. In addition, it also provides the desired privacy.

The vehicle height is of 2.2 meters. This allows the installation of comfortable and space-saving upright seats equipped with safety belts. Moreover, this allows an outstanding sense of spaciousness with homey lounge character.

What is even more, a coffee maker, a refrigerator for the passengers’ happy-hour drinks and unlimited connectivity for entertainment purposes or for working while on the move are also included. microMAX also allows passengers to get in and ride because it is extremely convenient and simple. And every passenger decreases CO2 emissions and costs.

Of course, being environmentally conscious, the microMAX is an all-electric vehicle. Various equipment modules, for example for craftsmen or delivery services, make the space saver extremely versatile.

And to sum up: this is another creative idea which we look forward to seeing in the near future.

Source: Rinspeed

December 10, 2012

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