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  • Mansory Porsche Panamera crash in Poland

    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...

  • Hennessey HPE 500 Ram pickup
    Hennessey Ram HPE500 Shows Off Supercharged Hemi Muscle: Video

    There's almost no point--practical or otherwise--to having a high-performance street truck, but that doesn't make it any less fun. And this truck looks like serious fun. Sporting a 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 with a custom supercharger package sending 500 horsepower to the wheels, this truck is not for the...

  • Project Kahn’s Royal Wedding commemorative Maybach 57
    Project Kahn Celebrates William And Kate’s Royal Wedding With Custom Maybach 57

    There 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...

  • 2012 Ford Mustang Shelby GTS
    2012 Ford Mustang Shelby GTS Seeks Younger Buyers: 2011 New York Auto Show

    Shelby 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...

  • Aznom Fiat 500 with mid-engine, rear-drive layout
    Aznom Unveils 230-HP Mid-Engine Rear-Drive Fiat 500 At Top Marques Monaco

    Wrap your head around this: Italian tuning shop Aznom has put together a 230-horsepower Fiat 500 with a mid-engine, rear-drive layout. For no good reason except to do it--and the obvious performance potential. Weighing in at just 1,880 pounds, it's also a light little hatch. Toss in Bilstein...

  • Project Kahn RS300 Range Rover Sport
    Project Kahn Unveils New RS300 Range Rover Sport

    There's nothing wrong with a completely stock Land Rover Range Rover Sport. It's one of the most luxurious, capable on- and off-road performance SUVs available, and in supercharged trim it’s able to give some sports cars a run for their money. However, the fact that it’s so good in...

  • Hennessey twin-turbo Escalade squares off against 2011 Nissan GT-R

    The Nissan GT-R is no slouch even among cars costing twice its price or more. It's also a very large car in relation to much of its competition. But it's dwarfed by the HPE1000 Hennessey twin-turbo Cadillac Escalade paired up with it in this video. Even worse: it gets outrun by the 6,000-pound behemoth. It's just a 0.1-second margin between the GT-R and the twin-turbo SUV to 60 mph, but it's in the Escalade's favor at 3.3 seconds to 3.4. Of course, there are many sources noting faster 0-60 mph times for the GT-R, and the 2012 model shaves a half-second off the time in this video, but to even...

  • Hennessey ZR750 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
    Hennessey ZR750 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Packs 755 Horsepower Punch

    Texan tuning firm Hennessey Performance Engineering is certainly no stranger to over-the-top modified cars, having released a string of 1,000+ horsepower Dodge Vipers in the past and even its own custom supercar powered by a twin-turbocharged LS9 V-8. With such a pedigree, it’s safe to say...

  • Anderson Ferrari 458 Italia
    Anderson Manages To Improve On The Ferrari 458 Italia

    When it comes to modified exotics, Germany’s Anderson is one tuning firm that we wouldn’t mind unleashing on our own supercars--if we happened to actually own any, that is. That’s because Anderson’s stylists manage to add just the right number of modifications to keep its...

  • Underground Racing’s twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo wreckage
    Video: Twin-Turbo Lamborghini Gallardo Crashes Due To Wardrobe Malfunction

    The Underground Racing name has become synonymous with high-performance exotics, thanks mostly to the tuning firm’s special projects like this 250+ mph Lamborghini Gallardo and fire-breathing Murcielago LP670-4 SV. So it’s safe to say that the Underground Racing modified Lamborghini...

  • Supercharged Lexus CT 200h by Fox Marketing
    Supercharged Lexus CT 200h By Fox Marketing: 2011 New York Auto Show Preview

    Back at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show Lexus unveiled a modified version of its new CT 200h that was prepared by the guys at tuning firm Five Axis. Now, just a few weeks out from the 2011 New York Auto Show, Lexus has announced that another, more highly modified version of the luxury hybrid hatchback...

  • Hinson Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette Z06 flips at 230 mph
    Video: Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Doing 230 MPH Crashes At Texas Mile

    There’s a reason why incredibly fast cars have an assortment of strangely styled aerodynamic components stuck to their bodies--to keep them glued to the ground. Travelling at similar speeds to aircraft taking off, cars too can have trouble staying on the ground, which is exactly what happened...

  • Cadillac CTS Convertible for sale on eBay

    The profile. Those B-pillars! Your eyes may never recover. This 2003 Cadillac CTS Sedan certainly won't. But some unlucky soul may just end up owning the sawzall-bred monstrosity you see above, as it's up for sale on eBay Motors. According to the seller, pamanajack (no apparent relation to the similarly-spelled brand of cheap sunglasses) this is a "Custom Cadillac Convertable [sic], easy in, easy out with 4 doors, conversion cost 25,000 you will probaly [sic] never see another one like this on the road, all the goodys [sic], 39250 miles, make your heart go pitter, patter, ideal for older...

  • Dodge Challenger engine bay showing Lingenfelter supercharger
    Lingenfelter Builds New Dodge Challenger Supercharger Kit

    Fuel prices might be on the up and up but that hasn’t stopped Indiana-based Lingenfelter from releasing a new supercharger kit for the Dodge Challenger muscle car. Lingenfelter is certainly no stranger to modifying muscle cars and its latest kit sees some big numbers from the...

  • Mugen Euro high-performance Honda CR-Z preview sketch
    Mugen Euro Announces Development Of High-Performance Honda CR-Z

    Performance hybrids seem to be the order of the day, with Porsche just moments ago unveiling its second-generation 911 GT3 R Hybrid 2.0 and now Mugen Euro announcing plans for the development of a high-performance Honda CR-Z. For those unaware of Mugen, the name applies to a motorsports and...

  • Anderson Audi R8 Hyper Black
    Anderson Audi R8 Hyper Black Is One Sinister Ride

    We’ve seen a lot of modified Audi R8s in the past but there’s something just sinister about the new ‘Hyper Black’ Audi R8 from German tuning firm Anderson. Based in Dusseldorf, Germany, Anderson’s engineers start with the range-topping V-10 Audi R8 and boost output to...

  • Hamann BMW X6 Tycoon Evo M package
    Hamann Releases New BMW X6 Tycoon Evo M Package

    Late in 2008 Hamann revealed its plans for the BMW X6, including a range of performance and appearance upgrades. Today the tuning house expands that range with a new package called the Tycoon Evo M. Already previewed at the recent 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the new Hamann BMW X6 Tycoon Evo M is based...

  • 2011 Saleen S302
    Saleen No Longer Building Cars, Focusing On Parts And Accessories

    Aftermarket tuner Saleen, a builder of some of the most insane modified Mustangs on the planet, will stop building cars at the end of the year and instead focus on its parts and accessories business. The information was revealed this week by Saleen’s parent company, Revstone, which is the...

  • Mansory Siracusa Ferrari 458 Italia

    Now here’s one way to ruin a Ferrari 458 Italia. Okay, perhaps it isn’t that bad, but why anyone would want to muck up the near perfect lines of the 458 is beyond us. Nevertheless, the tuning mad scientists at Mansory have developed a new kit for the Italian thoroughbred and have used this week’s 2011 Geneva Motor Show to debut it. Named after the historic race track on Sicily, the new Mansory Siracusa gains a performance boost over the standard 458 Italia on which it’s based, a lower curb weight and the over-the-top styling package you see here. The main eye catcher...

  • Carlsson C25 Royale based on the Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG
    Carlsson C25 Royale Based On The Mercedes-Benz SL: 2011 Geneva Motor Show

    It’s been a while since we last heard of German tuner Carlsson and its wild C25 supercar loosely based on the Mercedes-Benz SL platform. At last year’s Geneva Motor Show Carlsson first took the covers off the C25 and announced a limited production run of just 25 units of the V-12...

  • 700 Horsepower Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG by Brabus
    Brabus Brute: 700 Horsepower Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Debuts In Geneva

    It wouldn’t be the Geneva Motor Show without some outrageous creation from Brabus and for this year’s event the German tuner hasn’t disappointed. Brabus has unveiled a new twin-turbocharged version of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG supercar that promises an output of 700 horsepower and...

  • Mansory Cormeum based on the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
    Mansory Cormeum Based On The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: 2011 Geneva Motor Show

    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...

  •   Ferrari 599 GTO by Novitec Rosso
    Ferrari 599 GTO By Novitec Rosso: 2011 Geneva Motor Show

    Forget the 458 Italia and forget the Enzo supercar, for when it comes to Ferrari’s fastest ever road car the 599 GTO takes home the honor. However, be that as it may, the Ferrari tuning gods at Novitec Rosso have seen fit to work over the limited edition supercar and boost its performance...

  • 2011 Subaru WRX STI custom convertible
    Subaru WRX STI Convertible? The Wrongness Is Incredible

    A Subaru owner has seen fit to dispense with the roof of his bewinged 2011 WRX STI sedan and replace it with a custom convertible top. We ask only this: WHY?! We, along with just about everyone but the owner/creator and Manchester Subaru, the dealership offering the car for sale, just don't get it...

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