BMW Z4 with 550hp M5 engine
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There’s still some fun to be had in the old BMW Z4. German tuner Hartge used the good ’ol American tradition of stuffing little cars with engines of their big brothers and transplanted the BMW M5’s V10 into a Z4.
If that wasn’t enough, Hartge upgraded the 5.0-liter engine from 507 hp to 550 hp. That’s [...]
Godzilla seems to have one fatal flaw, the gearbox. It’s not that Nissan made a bad product with the GT-R’s transmission, but to get the most from the car, owners have fried more transmissions than if Colonel Sanders was in the car business. It got so bad that Nissan decided to rectify this by dropping [...]
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We’re still scratching our heads about the upcoming BMW Progressive Activity Sedan (PAS). We’re not quite sure where this Mercedes R-Class competitor really fits in the BMW line-up.
It seems we are not alone. The car has just been reported to have gotten a full green light for production, and the BMW spin machine is already [...]
Jay Leno likes to show off his collection. Last time we got to see him do a few burnouts with his first production 2009 Corvette ZR1. Now he’s showing us something a little more for the luxury minded crowd with his 2009 Mercedes SL63 AMG. Enjoy!
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If you’ve lusted after it, it’s likely Pininfarina designed it. But Pininfarina’s main business has usually come from manufacturing cars under contract for larger companies. Right now it produces Alfa Romeo Brera coupe and spider and the Ford Focus coupe-cabriolet, but the volumes are only about a quarter of what was anticipated. This downturn has [...]
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Possibly considered the last great “barn find”, a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante is going up for auction. The ultra-rare Bugatti was released from its fifty-year old cocoon last year, and now will sell for multiple millions of dollars at Bonhams’ “Retromobile” auction the February in Paris. This Type 57S Atalante is one of seventeen [...]
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Who knew Google could do car spy photography? As it turns out, Google’s Streetview had the jump on the 2009 Porsche Boxster, Cayman, 911 Targa, and 911 Turbo. These cars were out doing high altitude testing out in Colorado.
This little gem was discovered after the debut of all the models (except the 911 Turbo which [...]
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Looks like chrome Bugatti Veyron at Volkswagen’s Autostadt isn’t the only one around. This is a foil wrapping for the supercar, and it was made by the same company that did the matte gold Nissan GT-R.
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While Ford may be excited about the 2010 Mustang it’s the special editions that get us all hot and bothered. Ford knows this because the 2010 car was revealed back in November, and only a few months later the Shelby GT500 is peeking its head out of the barn.
What makes this car special is the [...]
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We like Hummers for getting through the snow or to pull a boat, but we usually leave the speed records to other GM products like the Corvette. The tuner Geiger seems to have a different view for this brick on wheels and is now offering a supercharger package for the Hummer H3 Alpha. It takes [...]
