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Avus Performance Builds A Nissan GT-R For Bruce Wayne
The German tuning firms continue to crank out the modified specials, although in the case of Avus Performance, the choice of rides is a little different. They’ve decided to have a crack at Nissan’s GT-R, a car much beloved by import tuner/Fast and Furious crowd. The end results somehow make the GT-R, a car that […]
Read More »ABT Tuning House Has A Go At The New VW Polo
If the rumors hold true, and Volkswagen does indeed bring their Polo here to the U.S. just what sort of car will we get? More importantly, just what sort of car could we make it into (I’m looking at you, Euro tuners)? The Polo is a small-ish hatchback that’s is below the current Golf, size-wise […]
Read More »Superfly 2010 Suzuki SX4 SportBack
In 2008, Suzuki came out ready to brawl in the sport compact class with a four-door, sport-oriented sedan, the SX4 Sport. This pugsly fighter came rumbling onto the street scene with front-wheel drive instead of power robbing AWD, a sport-tuned suspension that rides lower than its more sedate siblings, 17 inch wheels, and an aero kit […]
Read More »BMW Dinan M3 Coupe – Dangerous on all levels
By Derek
BMW Tuner News
Steve Dinan’s generosity is bigger than Mt. Rushmore. When we came up with the idea of pitting the IS-F against an M3, Dinan tried to connect us with BMW’s M brand manager. Due to our very short time frame, we were unable to procure an M3 sedan in time for the test. Instead, Dinan offered […]
Read More »ABT Tuning Audi S5 AS5-R with 510HP
ABT, a Euro tuning house, has been up to all sorts of fun/crazy stuff these days, a heavily modded VW Scirocco Coupe and a worked over Audi Q5 and R8 to mention three. They continue on in that vein with their new massaged Audi S5, which they dub the AS5-R and whose most outstanding feature […]
Read More »350HP Volkswagen Scirocco From Sportec
Dear God, that’s a lot of horsepower for a car this small. Not to mention it’s all going through the front wheels. The torque-steer must be massive … and fun! What we have here is VW’s latest Scirocco that has been tuned by a Swiss outfit by the name of Sportec. So much for the […]
Read More »Jlevi Steetwerks BMW 335i project car – Enter the dragon
In June of 2008, the team at JleviSW.com embarked on a new project car – code name Red Dragon. Keeping the aftermarket scene in mind, they chose to modify the extremely popular E92 335i, as it had significantly higher production numbers than the nascent E92 M3.
Read More »820 Hp Turbo Upgrade For Nissan GT-R From South Side Performance
In the land of aftermarket “tuning” there’s no such word as excessive. Or so it would seem when it comes to South Side Performance and their 820 hp turbo upgrade for Nissan GT-R. Obviously what the GT-R lacks is power, right? The tuning firm, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, of all places, is offering […]
Read More »B&B's VW Eos 500HP V6 Turbo
Volkswagen’s Eos is not the first car you’d think of if someone were to say the words “frighteningly fast” or “outrageously overpowered”. No, you might think of words like “I’d like it more if … ” or “flight attendant”. But if you hand over the VeeDub’s drop top to the lunatics at B&B, you’ll be […]
Read More »Smart Car Safety: How Does It Rate?
Hey smart car—how smart are you? Since the late 90’s, thousands of smart cars found homes in European towns, villages, and sometimes apartments, before steering their way (smartly mind you) on to our roads. Lately, I’ve been seeing them pop up in abundance, navigating on our streets of San Francisco. Well, the U.S. roads are […]
Read More »Hot Rodded Hybrids
Finally! Look, I think of myself as a pretty eco-aware, green guy. I was born & raised in a part of the world that invented gorp and REI and looks like something from Lord of The Rings. I got no problem with saving the environment from our own greed and stupidity. I’m also, ironically, a […]
Read More »Gemballa Avalanche 600 GT2 EVO
The German tuning firm, Gemballa, is offering a new kit for both the GT2 and the Porsche Turbo, in the form of the Avalanche 600 EVO. As the name implies, Gemballa has coaxed 600 hp (not to mention 619 lb.-ft. of torque) from Porsche’s turbocharged flat-six through the use of a new intercooler, race exhaust […]
Read More »Dinan teaser
By Derek
BMW Tuner News
Yesterday I got the rare privilege to tour the Dinan R & D facility in Morgan Hill and meet the mastermind behind the operation – Steve Dinan. The knowledge gain about Dinan’s business operations and Steve’s personality was invaluable and a great learning experience. It was an incredible tour while trying to absorb all the […]
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