The Latest News, Announcements And Rumours From The World Of Cars
While the car world’s attention has been occupied by the brilliant new BMW M5, rival tuner Alpina has quietly upgraded their B5 BiTurbo making it even more powerful. Although the styling appears to be the same, it’s the engine which has received the bulk of the attention. The Power Power from the 4.4-litre V8 twin-turbo [...]
This is the GRMN iQ 130G MT and it’s a supercharged version of the Toyota iQ. The diddy little city car has been given a hot hatch makeover by Toyota tuning specialist GRMN (Gazoo Racing tuned by MN) And it’s just been announced that the hot iQ will enter a limited production run towards the [...]
Nissan has announced that its Nismo tuning division will bring its racing experience to the range of Nissan road cars. Until now Nismo (short for Nissan Motorsports) has been limited to motorsport and the occasional Z series car in selected markets. But that’s set to change. An ambitious expansion programme will see Nissan’s tuning arm [...]
First there was the Nissan Juke, then the bonkers GT-R powered Nissan Juke-R. This is the new Duke Nismo concept which has been unveiled at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show and it sits somewhere between the two extremes. According to Nissan, the Juke Concept gives “an idea of how a premium sports version of the [...]
Remember the Honda CR-Z Mugen RR which made a surprise appearance at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed? Thanks to a supercharged 1.5-litre engine linked to the IMA hybrid system it managed 197bhp and 181 lb ft of torque which led to 60 mph in just 6.6 seconds. Well that remained firmly in concept land, [...]
Fiat 500 Abarth not hard enough for your tastes? Superchips to the rescue. The UK-based tuning company has focused its efforts on liberating more oomph from the popular hot hatch. After several weeks of testing on the rolling road dyno and in the real world, the boffins from Superchips have developed an ECU remap which [...]
Mazda tuner BBR has launched a new range of engine and suspension upgrades for Mazda’s flagship performance models, the Mazda3 MPS and Mazda6 MPS. Changes to the 2.3-litre DSI turbo engine transform the mk2 Mazda3 MPS into a Focus RS beater and the Mazda6 MPS into a performance saloon car. Well, that’s the theory anyway. [...]
In recent months Honda UK and their joint venture partner MUGEN Euro have released a couple of souped-up concept cars based on the popular Honda CR-Z hybrid coupe. Honda CR-Z MUGEN MUGEN has taken the standard CR-Z hybrid and rebuilt the 1.5-litre iVTEC petrol unit. It now produces 197bhp (75bhp more) and 181 lb ft [...]
Mercedes has revealed the C63 AMG Coupe Black Series, the most powerful C-Class…ever. AMG also claim that it’s one of the most highly focused track cars in their line-up. That means more power, more race technology and even more aggressive styling. Now, where should we begin? Ah yes, that would be the power… Power Mercedes’ [...]
Remember the Audi A1 Clubsport Quattro that we featured a couple of weeks ago? The special one-off model displayed at the Worthersee earlier this year used a heavily modified 495bhp version of the 2.5-litre 5 cylinder unit that appears in the RS3 and TT-RS. The end result was a rocket-propelled mouse that could reach 62 [...]
