Archive for May, 2009

Mercedes 300 SL replica by Gullwing GmbH

Friday, May 8, 2009 8:22 by Arman Barari No Comments

2009 is the year of Gullwing! The original one is making a big come back with the SLS AMG, also we had the replica of the great Panamericana SL and now this, the replica of the 1950′s 300 SL. A remake of the original car with original look but modern parts under the body. Fabulous! [...]

This was posted under category: Classics, Mercedes Benz Tags: 2009, Amg, Gullwing, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Sl

Study design – Chanel concept car

Friday, May 8, 2009 7:53 by Arman Barari No Comments

This is a Chanel-branded concept car designed by Jinyoung Jo, a car designer from university of Hong-ik in South Korea. We had fashion brands on mobile phones and of course we had them on cars like the Murcielago Versache or the Merc CLK Armani,  but I think it’s the first time a car is designed [...]

This was posted under category: Exotics Tags: Armani, Chanel, Exotics, Fashion, Versache

Lumma CLR X650 GT – another X6 ruined!

Friday, May 8, 2009 7:25 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

Every once in a while a tuner comes up with an ostentatious kit for a nice car and gets instant kicking by every single car journal that it’s not right, but they keep coming regardless! Lumma design products are classic points in this case. They are so flash it seems a six year old boy [...]

This was posted under category: Bmw, Tuning Tags: Bmw, Bmw X6, Bodykit, Carbon Fiber, Lumma, Tuning

Mercedes Benz C63 AMG by AVUS Performance

Thursday, May 7, 2009 18:06 by Arman Barari No Comments

If you think that the standard Mercedes C63 AMG is the maddest family saloon ever you should check out the AVUS performance package for it! Of course it is hard to tell the differences by the visuals, they’ve only blacked out grille, mirror covers and the roof and that’s about it for the exterior! But [...]

This was posted under category: Mercedes Benz, Tuning Tags: AVUS, Mercedes Amg, Mercedes Benz, Mercedes C63 Amg, Tuning

Finally! Porsche and VW to merge

Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:37 by Arman Barari No Comments

Porsche has stopped its efforts to take control of Volkswagen AG and agreed for an in-house merger with them, creating an integrated car manufacturing group in which ten brands will stand below an integrative leading company alongside each other and will be controlled by one single management board. Read More… That doesn’t mean Porsche will [...]

This was posted under category: Porsche, VW Tags: Bentley, Bugatti, Financial Crisis, Lamborghini, Porsche, Scania, Skoda, VW

Audi kills plans for the R8 V12 TDI

Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:18 by Arman Barari No Comments

This could be the first diesel powered supercar! When it was first shown at Detroit Motor Show last year, it was an instant hit, a wild version of Audi R8′s already outrageous body with the state of the art V12 TDI engine. It was about to going into production but all of a sudden, Audi [...]

This was posted under category: Audi Tags: Audi, Audi R8, Supercars, V12, V8

Novitec Maserati GranTurismo S with 600hp

Thursday, May 7, 2009 7:57 by Arman Barari No Comments

Modifying an exotic car is a critical issue, because they already look pretty impressive and they are powerful enough to satisfy anyone’s thirst for speed. So you have to come up with a unique plan and be careful not to mess with it too much or you ruin it. It shouldn’t be a problem for [...]

This was posted under category: Maserati, Tuning Tags: Bodykit, Ferrari, Maserati, Maserati Gran Turismo, Novitec, Supercharger, Tuning