9FF Unveil 900bhp Carerra GTT 900 at Essen Motor Show
Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:22 am by LhYnxz
9ff reveal surprise 900 hp version of the Porsche Carerra GT
Yes, the 900 stands for 900 horsepower. That's simple enough to
decipher. But the extra 'T'? Maybe it's for tornado, considering the
kind of turbocharging that is taking place here.
The details don't say whether its the same V670 turbochargers, t...
Fresh pics from the Essen Motor Show featuring the PPI Razor GTR based on the Audi R8
Specialist Audi tuners PPI Automotive Design have brought yet another R8 re-invention to the Essen Motor Show.
Here are the fresh pics from today's opening where you can get a
good look at how the German tuner has turned this Audi into a mean-eyed
cat called the PPI RAZOR GTR.
The hostility-enhancing also...
Some police officers are lucky enough to acquire Lamborghinis for their daily duties, while others have to make do with Vauxhall Astras. TUNE IT! SAFE! polizei/ police car is the VW Scirocco seen here, which is the embodiment of a joint venture between, among
others, the German Federal Ministry of Transport and VDAT eV
(Association of Automobile Tuners in Germany). The aim of TUNE IT!
SAFE! is to raise awaren...
Audi Motorsport's plan for 2009 is on track to produce a new LMP1
called R15 TDI for the Le Mans 24 Hours, an A4 for DTM and the new R8
LMS. Of interest here is the LMS customer programme, recently spied at
the ‘Ring a while ago. It's essentially a race car that will be seen
trying to prove its mettle at Formula GT3 from 2009. As a
customer-focused project, it's customers who will be racing thes...
VW Touareg North Sails special edition now available to orde
Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:42 am by LhYnxz
New VW Touareg North Sails special edition now available to order
VW hooked up with the world's leading sail maker, North Sails, to
help design this special edition Touareg whose aim was to reduce
consumption at no expense of performance.
The VW Touareg North Sails special edition touts a 9 percent
increase in fuel economy. This is accomplished by apparently doing some
tweaking of t...
For the Porsche 911
Turbo, TechArt made special arrangements. These arrangements add up to
something like this: a 3.6-litre twin-turbo engine boosted from the
standard 473hp (480PS/ 353kW) to 650hp (660PS/ 485kW). That's correct,
600 horses plus another 50 for full effect.
Torque is a truck-hauling 860Nm....
VW Scirocco & Eos Exclusive Editions Revealed for Essen
Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:25 am by LhYnxz
Germany's biggest tuning event, the Essen Motor Show, will reveal
two exciting Volkswagen products with a theme of contrast. First is the VW Eos "White Night" which uses the colours black and white. The exterior is
finished in something called Candy White which runs on the roof, while
grille, and side mirror caps are in a black colour.
Interior keeps the contrast theme going where Nappa leath...
Porsche Loses High Court Bid Challenging Volkswagen Law
Sun Nov 30, 2008 3:17 am by LhYnxz
Porsche's ultimate goal of owning 100 percent of mass car maker Volkswagen has
suffered a bit of a blow after German Judge Reinhard Saathoff refused
to strike down some rules in VW's charter that protect the voting
rights of the state of Lower Saxony, which owns 20.1 percent of VW. The
rule targeted by Porsche allows shareholders with at least 20 percent
of shares in VW to be able to overturn ma...