Archive for November, 2010

Nissan LEAF Named 2011 European Car of the Year

Monday, November 29, 2010 14:38 by Arman Barari No Comments

The ugly but somehow charming Nissan LEAF EV has been awarded 2011 European Car of the Year, to become the first ever all-electric vehicle in the 47-year history of EuroCoty to win the title. The main reason the jury chose the LEAF was its conventional features, despite of its futuristic zero-emission drivetrain. And that’s the [...]

This was posted under category: Green Motoring, Nissan Tags: Coty, Nissan, Nissan Leaf

9ff Speed9 Porsche 911 Cabrio

Sunday, November 28, 2010 16:11 by Arman Barari No Comments

For years Porsche tuner 9ff has been making insane versions of the 911 Cabrio, and with this last one they seem to have reached their peak. The 9ff Speed9 presented at Essen Motor Show is one helluva beast! Check out these figures: 650 HP, 890 Nm, 0 to 100 km/h in 3.3 seconds, and top [...]

This was posted under category: Porsche, Tuning Tags: 9ff, Porsche, Porsche 911

Mansory Hyundai Genesis Coupe

Sunday, November 28, 2010 16:00 by Arman Barari 2 Comments

Hyundai these days is seeking endorsement from high-end tuners, and they’re quite ambitious in their quest! After having Brabus tune an i20, this time they went to Mansory, probably the biggest name in business, to design a kit for the Genesis Coupe. The car showed up at the Essen Motor show, and amazingly it looks [...]

This was posted under category: Hyundai, Tuning Tags: Hyundai, Hyundai Genesis, Mansory

Pictorial: Vorsteiner Porsche 997 Turbo VRT

Sunday, November 28, 2010 15:38 by Arman Barari 3 Comments

You might be familiar with the Vorsteiner’s VRT kit for Porsche 997 Turbo, as we’ve featured it before. Now there are a couple of live images of this awesome car out, so this time we decided to forget about the technicalities and just let you enjoy the aesthetics! The VRT is one of the most [...]

This was posted under category: Porsche, Tuning Tags: Porsche, Porsche 997, Vorsteiner

Audi TT GT4 Concept

Sunday, November 28, 2010 15:19 by Arman Barari No Comments

Audi has a new modular customer sport program from 2012 onwards and for that they have made a new racing machine, which will offer the customers an affordable form of professional motorsport. The Audi TT GT4 got its first shakedown at DTM season finale race in Shanghai, with Frank Biela at the wheel. Read More… [...]

This was posted under category: Audi, Motorsport Tags: Audi, Audi Tt, Dtm

Rhys Millen Climb Attack Brazil Full Video

Sunday, November 28, 2010 14:59 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

If that RENNtech SLS we just showed you was not enough and you’re still bored, then this video is just the thing to cheer you up! A couple of days ago we’ve been teased with a short video of Ryhs Millen attacking Serra Do Rio Do Rastro in Santa Catarina, Brazil in his super smokey [...]

This was posted under category: Motorsport, Videos Tags: drift, Hyundai Genesis, Videos

Video: Mercedes SLS With RENNtech Exhaust

Sunday, November 28, 2010 14:46 by Arman Barari No Comments

Here’s something to get you through the weekend. Well, not that much of it left, but anyway, here’s an awesome video of an awesome car tuned by an awesome tuner! We’re talking about a RENNtech Mercedes SLS AMG revving and accelerating around, scaring the local wildlife to death with its noise. They’ve fitted it with [...]

This was posted under category: Mercedes Benz, Tuning, Videos Tags: Mercedes Benz, Mercedes Sls, Renntech, Videos