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Wicked awesome. That's how Local Motors (and much of the world) thinks of its first car, the Rally Fighter. In a new video from Translogic, CEO and co-founder Jay Rogers explains that when you open car design up to the masses, you're bound to get an overwhelming majority of amateurish rubbish (he didn't go so far as to say rubbish, but we're sure it was on his mind). But, in that creative process, all it takes is one seminal gem, one semi-cohesive vision to inspire the masses and give you something that is wicked awesome. And Local Motors' first serving of wicked awesome was the Rally...
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Bentley Continental GT Gets Mulliner Styling SpecificationBentley has come out with a new range of accessories for the latest 2011 Continental GT grouped under its prestigious Mulliner branding. The Mulliner name comes from the original British coachbuilding firm H. J. Mulliner & Co but in more recent years has been used for Bentley’s own...
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Lexus LS 600h ‘Landaulet’ To Chauffeur Prince Albert Of Monaco At His WeddingRemember the overly ostentatious Maybach 62 Landaulet? Well, Lexus has gone out and built a Landaulet of its own based on its LS 600h flagship sedan and designed specifically to chauffeur around Prince Albert II of Monaco on his wedding day. In case you were wondering, a Landaulet is a design that...
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Factory Five-Grassroots Motorsports Design Winners AnnouncedGetting the chance to design a car's exterior usually requires a college degree and years of hard work. For a few lucky amateurs, all it took was a contest.
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Project Kahn Adds Bespoke Touch To Audi A5 CabrioletProject Kahn is back with another creation inspired by the Audi R8 supercar, this time 'round with a new styling pack designed for the Audi A5 Cabriolet. We first saw this design with Project Kahn’s package for the TT, which not only borrowed the R8’s bumper design but also its iconic...
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Supercharged Honda CR-Z Mugen Hits The Road: VideoAt this past weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race, Honda showed off a fully customized CR-Z race car, which featured a claimed output of 200 horsepower and 175 pound-feet of torque. However, it isn’t the only force-fed CR-Z we’ve seen in recent months. You may recall that...
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Neither John Hennessey nor Jay Leno needs an introduction here at MotorAuthority so we’ll just cut straight to the chase. The two automotive industry minor celebs have come together for the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage which showcases the 2011 Hennessey HPE600 Camaro Convertible based on the popular open-top Chevy muscle car. Using an Eaton TVS2300 Roots-type supercharger, cold-air induction, high-flow fuel injectors, stainless steel long-tube exhaust headers, high-flow catalytic converters, and unique ECU calibration, the HPE600 puts out 602 horsepower from the 6.2-liter...
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Project Kahn Unveils The Range Rover ‘Black Vogue’Land Rover’s iconic Range Rover is the very definition of a luxury SUV and is often the model automakers benchmark when it comes to building versions of their own. Suffice it to say, building a more capable and luxurious SUV is hard to do, which is why we’re yet to see any vehicle truly...
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Mopar Ram Runner Kit Gets Official Details, PricingIf you're a dyed-in-the-wool Mopar lover, but have been a bit jealous of Ford's brilliant Raptor, you're no longer out in the cold: the Ram Runner package is now officially detailed and will be on sale soon. Chrysler even claims it's superior to the Raptor in terms of suspension. That's quite a...
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Stretched Bentley Mulsanne Built By Russia’s ArmorTechEver thought the Bentley Mulsanne was just not quite big enough? Probably not, but as you’re about to find out now not everybody thinks this way. Pictured above is a custom stretched version of the Mulsanne flagship sedan, which not only gets a ton of extra legroom but armor protection as...
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One-Off MINI Red Mudder By DSQUARED² Auctioned At 2011 Life BallCanadian twins, Dean and Dan Caten, better known as the designer duo DSQUARED², have finally presented the MINI Countryman crossover they designed exclusively for the 2011 Life Ball, a charity event held annually in Vienna in support of HIV and AIDS research that took place this past weekend...
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1,000 Horsepower Ford GT Burns To The Ground: VideoWe’re proud to admit the Ford GT is one of our favorite supercars here at MotorAuthority. An iconic design with just enough modern touches to make it look new, the Ford GT is hard not to love and its V-8 engine just begs to be pushed hard. So hard in fact that several aftermarket tuners have...
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Audi may have ditched plans for its own baby R8, the long-rumored R4 sports car, but the guys from Project Kahn have stepped up to the challenge and built the new TR8 based on the Audi TT. Admittedly, the TT is a front-engined compact sports car, which in base trim only drives the front wheels and was never going to be comparable with the proposed R4, but the changes Project Kahn has made to the car are certainly worth a mention. Starting with the Audi TT 2.0 FSI, Project Kahn adds a custom bodykit that includes new vented bumpers front and rear, as well as a rear spoiler. The bumpers have...
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Mugen Euro Reveals High-Performance Honda CR-Z HybridExactly two months ago Honda’s tuning arm, Mugen (more specifically Mugen Euro), announced plans for the development of a high-performance Honda CR-Z hybrid hatch and released a couple of teaser sketches. Today, Mugen Euro has revealed its latest creation, the CR-Z Mugen, which will be making...
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Dodge Viper Does Burnout Minus Its Body: VideoRemember the Saab 9-3 wagon that received a heart transplant from a Dodge Viper we reported on yesterday? Well, here is the Dodge Viper, minus its body, just before being inserted into the shell of the awaiting Scandinavian wagon. As we can see from this video, the bodyless Dodge Viper, complete...
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Oakley Design Previews Rear-Wheel Drive Lamborghini Aventador LP760-2Oakley Design is a British vehicle tuner that specializes in eeking out that extra bit of performance from high-end cars, typically from Porsche. More recently, however, the company has expanded into the world of Italian exotics, recently turning its sights to the stunning Ferrari 458 Italia. Now...
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"Top Gear USA" tests Hennessey VelociRaptorAftermarket tuner Hennessey Performance Engineering has added more power to Ford's ferocious F-150 Raptor pickup with the Hennessey VelociRaptor 500, and now "Top Gear USA" has had a chance to test it, with the Stig behind the wheel. The truck has a 501-horsepower supercharged 5.4-liter V-8...
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2011 Chrysler 300 Gets First Accessories From MoparThe new 2011 Chrysler 300 has been almost universally praised by those who have laid eyes upon it, but as with most cars, there are always ways to improve things. That’s where the guys at Mopar come in. For the latest Detroit muscle sedan, Mopar is offering a full menu of grilles and wheels...
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Okay, that title may be a little harsh. In the world of high-end car modification, there's extreme, there's insane, and then there's Mansory. But anyone that's actually been inside a Mansory vehicle knows the attention to detail and craftsmanship that goes into the firm’s over-the-top designs--it's enough to make a modified car a standalone model on its own. However, as we’ve seen several times in the past, sometimes Mansory’s creations can be just a little too over-the-top. Case in point is this Mansory tuned Porsche Panamera, which even before it crashed, we’re sure...
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Classic Recreations Creates Shelby GT500CR VenomClassic Recreations is in the business of building Mustangs that look like the cars of yesteryear with modern underpinnings. Their newest creation is the Shelby GT500CR Venom. The car uses a supercharged 427 cubic-inch V-8 (the hardware is a ProCharger F1-R centrifugal supercharger) to put out 790...
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Rapper Birdman Spends $8 Million On Maybach Exelero Coupe?Rapper Birdman, also known as Bryan Williams, has reportedly spent $8,000,000 on the one-off Maybach Exelero coupe that was built back in 2005 by tire manufacturer Fulda as a rolling test-bed for high-performance rubber. The Exelero has previously starred in a video clip for rival hip-hop star...
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Project Kahn Celebrates William And Kate’s Royal Wedding With Custom Maybach 57There are very, very few cars in production that can lay claim to being more luxurious than a Maybach. It's one of the most luxurious and capable sedans available, and with a twin-turbocharged V-12 on board it can also be blistering quick. Little wonder then that Afzal Kahn and his eponymous...
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2012 Ford Mustang Shelby GTS Seeks Younger Buyers: 2011 New York Auto ShowShelby fans can look forward to a brand new special edition Mustang from the legendary Ford tuner following the unveiling this week at the 2011 New York Auto Show of the 2012 Shelby GTS based on the 2011 and 2012 model year Ford Mustang. Unlike this 800 horsepower GT500 Super Snake supercar, the...
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Ugur Sahin rolls out Soleil Anandi coachbuilt Corvette in MonacoThe last we heard of Dutch-based industrial design group Ugur Sahin Design was that the company was teaming up with American tuner Mallett to develop a series of coachbuilt Chevrolet Corvette "Z03" models. Since then Ugur Sahin Design has been working on several other projects, including the...
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