As a press stunt, BMW decided to sex up their new wind tunnel by inviting the Dutch model Sylvie van der Vaart for a photo shoot. Officially called a “hairdo experiment”, Sylvie started out by wearing “an eighties-style Bordeaux-colored dress,” echoing the 1987 BMW 3 Series Convertible she was sitting in. Later, she changed into [...]

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The German firm is busy developing a luxurious, 2+2 front-engined grand tourer – it’s a spiritual successor to the 928. This ‘new 928’ will be a fifth model line, and is designed to sit above the sportier 911 in the range.
With this new front-engined GT car, Porsche hopes to take on rivals such as the [...]

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Specter Werkes has announced they’ll be revealing their Corvette GTR at the SEMA Motor Show next week.
The tuned car is based on the Corvette Z06 and boasts a monstrous 800 bhp. The GTR is powered by a 7.0-litre twin-turbocharged LS7 V8 from Lingenfelter Performance Engineering. While details are limited we know that some performance goodies include a [...]

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Ford is planning to bring a large batch of vehicles to the SEMA Show, being held in Las Vegas next week.  Amongst the offerings will be eight different Ford Mustangs, each tuned by a different firm, and five variants of the Ford F-150 pick-up truck.
The American automaker is pushing the idea that the Mustang, now [...]

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It’s strange, but somehow supercar crashes have something fascinating about them. It’s probably not so much the crash that’s fascinating but more the fact that a beautiful and expensive car is wrecked.
Anyway, in this case we have a Dodge Viper with a somewhat impatient driver behind the wheel. The drives weaves through the traffic at high speed and [...]

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Tuner Alpina has introduced a new, long-wheelbase version of the BMW B7 Bi-Turbo at the Tokyo Motor Show.  Next to the Alpina B7 Bi-Turbo LWB you’ll be able to see the D3 Bi-Turbo at the company’s stand in Tokyo.
The B7 Bi-Turbo features a 507 bhp 4.4-litre V8 engine that produces up to 700 Nm of torque.  However, the [...]

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Lorinser has created a package for Mercedes-Benz ML customers, to accentuate the sportiness of the M-class luxury SUV through the use of an aggressive body kit that extends from front to back.
Starting on the front end a new massive Lorinser four-fin grille was fitted. Then there are Lorinser-branded side skirts and wide wheel arches. Wheels pictured [...]

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