With more tuners present than a beach has sand, it's hard to separate the good from the bad. We've done it for you. Here's the top 5 tuner-built cars that made an appearance.
When Porsche builds a hybrid, it still has to be a Porsche. This Spyder Concept has 728hp, and is one of the most exciting cars of the decade. VIDEO inside.
Like F1, Porsche has built a hybrid race car that uses regenerative braking to make extra power. No show car, this one will be racing in the 24 Hours of the Nurburgring.
Few convertibles make me happy. Usually I find them to a useless departure from their far superior coupe sibling. However, Nissan has done what few others have, make a convertible that's better than the coupe.
This morning in our inbox we received this little bit of grim humor. The photo is of a wreck in Jefferson Parish, LA (just outside New Orleans) between two trucks and a Smart Car titled "Still Want A Smart Car?". Yes, this is an extreme example of the Smart ForTwo being particularly vulnerable in a wreck and I don't know of any car that would have faired particularly well against two massive trucks like those in the picture, but still, you wouldn't be walking away from that one...
sub5zero test drives the new 2010 Honda Civic Si Sedan, with the optional Honda Factory Performance pack. Can this high-revving, lightweight sedan keep pace with it's competition?
Underground Racing has built the world's fastest Lamborghini, and took it to the Texas Mile to prove it. Watch the video to see the test runs, and just how fast it went.
Because the racers are all decked out in flame-retardent suits and all of their protective gear it can get very hot. So, in order to keep these guys cool, many sponsors will spring for Paddock Girls to hold umbrellas over the riders or sometime even just their bike. And Honda Super Cycle Weekend had no shortage of promotional models in attendance functioning as Umbrella Girls.
Just because something costs much less than it might have a few years ago doesn't necessarily mean it's a good deal. And some cars that you might think are not such a good 'investment' might not be as bad as you think. Forbes and Vincentric recently reported on the 15 most overpriced cars and the best 20 cars for the money and the results are quite intriguing. Both the BMW M3 and Nissan GT-R made appearances, but what list they appear on may be a suprise.
The Nissan GT-R is an amazing machine any way you look at it. After all, this is a car that can hold its own against the venerable Ferrari F430 Scuderia. With 480 hp and 430 lb-ft of torque it can reach 60 mph from a standstill in 3.2 seconds and tops out just shy of 200 mph. This all sounds really impressive until you put it side-by-side with the Bugatti Veyron.
When it rains it pours. Ferrari has just unveiled the new 458 Italia and fresh on the heals of that announcement the renderings of possible variations on this platform are starting to roll in. This is an artistic best guess by Jon Sibal at what the Ferrari 458 Italia Spyder might look like in drop-top form.
The GEMBALLA Mirage GT Matt Edition is a stellar exotic that we would be proud to park in our driveway. The guts are still the same as the other models using a modified version of the Porsche Carrera GT's V10 engine rated at 670 hp, making it good for 3.7-second run from 0-to-60 mph and a nut of 208 mph.
Yes, that's right folks, during today's special webcast, GM's big cheese Fritz Henderson just announced that the new 2011 Chevrolet Volt will be the first car ever to get a triple digit fuel economy rating.
For a long time now, Lamborghini has been supplying the Italian State Police with a new custom Gallardo each time there is a model refresh. But what if Ferari's latest and greatest 458 Italia was introduced into this elite crime fighting squad? That's the question that artist S0ulcreat1ve has tried to answer with his quick police concept of the newest and fasest 'prancing horse' out of Maranello.
Back in June, the Porsche tuning wars had really heated up with seemingly all of the top shops taking a crack at the all-star 911 GT2. With that competition still raging, Switzer Performance, one of the standouts who offers an 800 hp Porsche 997 GT2, now has a new secret weapon. The Oberlin, Ohio based company has just released an 800 hp Switzer LP package for the Porsche 997 Twin Turbo.
The new 2010 Honda VFR1200F will be available in the Spring of 2010 in two forms - a standard model and a one equipped with a dual-clutch automatic transmission, an industry first for a large-displacement bike.
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