Posts Tagged ‘grand prize’

Spy Shots: Audi TT-RS caught taking in the Arizona sun

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
Between the TT and the R8, Audi makes some pretty enticing sports cars. But there's a huge gap in the middle there, and the latest spy shots show a new derivative coming up to close the gap. Tentatively known as the TT-RS, the adrenaline-snorting top-shelf version of the stylish little Audi is expec......

Spy Shots: Porsche Panamera and Aston Martin Rapide ‘Ring battle

Friday, August 22nd, 2008
To the 'Ring we go, and our companions today are -- in the apt words of World Car Fans -- "beauty and the beast." That would be the Aston Martin Rapide and the Porsche Panamera. We'll let you decide which one deserves which title. Follow the link and you'll find a large gallery of both cars in basic......

HP War, Battle of the Tuners: B&B gets 715hp from Audi RS6

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Click above to view a hi-res gallery of the B&B Audi RS6 A 580hp station wagon (or sedan, for that matter) seems like sheer lunacy in its own right, but it appears that the twin-turbo V10 in the Audi RS6 is capable of a great deal more. Following the release of the 702hp MTM-tuned RS6 M, fellow ......

Spy Shots: Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 Roadster… seriously

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
They have got to be kidding. Another SLR derivative? Before the Mercedes-McLaren supercar speeds off into the horizon, it will have spawned no less than six different versions - including the original coupe, the Roadster, 722, 722 GT, the upcoming "Speedster", and this latest variant - if the latest......

Spy Shots: Opel Astra caught

Friday, August 8th, 2008
Ja, Bjorn, tink dat's de new Astra? Shoor looks like it, Jan. Lutz will be asking you to kiss this thing when it comes out from under that checkerboard camo. The current Astra is good, and the new one promises to be better, with looks that aren't revolutionary, but nicely done nonetheless. We'll see......

Reborn Citroën 2CV is weird as original

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Click above for more renderings of this Citroën 2CV conceptWondering what the heck you are looking at above? It's a concept by French designer David Portela of what a revised and reintroduced Citroën C2V could look like. Although the original design couldn't really be described as pretty, it's the......

2010 Pagani Zonda spied undisguised in America

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Following the previous shot alongside the Mercedes SL65 Black test mule in Colorado, the developmental next-generation Pagani Zonda has shown up again in the lenses of spy photographers right here in the good old U.S. of A. The undisguised test mule of the upcoming AMG-powered supercar has sent the ......

MTM tunes the Audi RS6 Avant to 702hp

Thursday, July 31st, 2008
Click to view the MTM RS6 M in our hi-res gallery With a 580-hp twin-turbo V10 derived from the Lamborghini Gallardo's mill, the Audi RS6 is hardly a candidate for improvements. It's a station wagon that outguns supercars, for crying out loud. But we had to figure that it would only be a matter of t......

Design student dreams up a Datsun revival

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Ever since the Datsun nameplate gave way to Nissan, some fans have wanted it back. The "Nissan 510" just doesn't have the same ring. Design student Benjamin Nawka agrees, and as his thesis project at Pforzheim University in Germany, he created the Datsun XLink as a way to fulfill unrequited Datsun-l......

Renault Megane spied undisguised in America

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
While French authorities go after the journalists and photographers who obtained images of the new Renault Megane, an undisguised, production-ready example of the vehicle was spied undergoing testing right here in the good old US of A.The new Megane III was previewed by the Megane Coupe Concept unve......