Archive for October, 2011

Ford Ranger: First Pickup To Earn 5-Star NCAP Rating

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 16:05 by Arman Barari 1 Comment

The all-new Ford Ranger pickup truck makes history as it becomes the first-ever pickup to achieve the maximum five-star safety rating from EuroNCAP. Read More… 5-Star rating means the Ranger scored 89 per cent for overall safety – the best score ever earned by a pick-up and one of the highest scores recorded by Euro [...]

This was posted under category: Ford Tags: Euroncap, Ford, Ford Ranger

SEMA-Bound Ford Explorers Revealed

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 15:57 by Arman Barari No Comments

Ford Explorer is one of the top attractions at SEMA each year. This year Ford themselves will bring three tuned Explos to the show. Read More… The one you see above is the Tjin Edition Explorer. Visually, it features a custom DuPont paint job by L & R Autobody, 24-inch iForged Concave Insite wheels, Falken [...]

This was posted under category: Ford Tags: Ford, Ford Explorer, Sema

VIP Auto Salon Lexus IS 350C

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 15:26 by Arman Barari No Comments

This year at SEMA show Lexus comes with only a few cars, but all of them finely tuned to the highest standards. Here’s the SEMA-bound IS 350C by VIP Auto Salon. Read More… The fat convertible gets a Custom Chameleon paint and ceramic film, as the first and foremost feature that grabs the eye. Then [...]

This was posted under category: Lexus, Tuning Tags: Lexus, Lexus Is 350, Sema

Five Axis Lexus CT 200h Revealed for SEMA

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 15:16 by Arman Barari No Comments

Five Axis announced months ago they are working on a special Lexus CT 200h for 2011 SEMA. Turns out it was worth the wait. Read More… This is, to all intents and purposes, the world’s coolest Lexus. Hell, it is the world’s coolest hybrid! Granted, the front-end looks a bit weird, but its backside is [...]

This was posted under category: Lexus, Tuning Tags: Five Axis, Lexus, Lexus CT 200h, Sema

Nissan Juke-R Gets 480 bhp – Video

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 15:04 by Arman Barari No Comments

The next video in the Nissan Juke-R web series features the most interesting part, the engine. It is, as I’m sure is abundantly clear by now, the V6 bi-turbo out of the Nissan GTR. They had to modify the engine a bit to fit inside the the Juke’s bonnet, which before this had a 1.6 [...]

This was posted under category: Nissan, Videos Tags: Nissan, Nissan Juke-R, Videos

SEMA: Five Axis Lexus GS F-SPORT

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 13:19 by Arman Barari No Comments

Five Axis must not be pleased with the Lexus GS F-Sport, because a day after it’s revealed they came up with this. Read More… So you are going to get a bit confused between the two, seeing as both of them are set to be revealed at SEMA show next week. The GS F-Sport itself [...]

This was posted under category: Lexus, Tuning Tags: Five Axis, Lexus Gs, Sema

DMC Ferrari 458 Italia Milano – SEMA Sneak Peek

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 13:08 by Arman Barari No Comments

Ferrari 458 Milano by German tuner DMC is preparing for SEMA show. And here’s an early look thanks to some behind-the-scene pictures they sent us. Read More… The car is now in an studio somewhere doing its official photoshoot for the official release after the show. The two-tone 458 here shows a carbon fiber body [...]

This was posted under category: Ferrari, Tuning Tags: DMC, Ferrari 458 Italia, Sema, Sema Show