Posts Tagged ‘mechanical upgrades’

Geneva 2008: Mini gives us the Works!

Thursday, March 13th, 2008
click above for live high-res images of the JCW Minis from GenevaMINI brought out their Works versions of the Cooper and Clubman in Geneva today. Using a fleet of R/C cars and rally legend Rauno Aaltonen (The Flying Finn), they hammered home the idea that MINI's are small on size but big on excitem......

Geneva ‘08 Preview: John Cooper Works MINI and Clubman

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Click image for more hi-res pics of the John Cooper Works MINIsHitting the bull's-eye for enthusiasts, BMW's MINI brand is launching two hot new models next month at the Geneva Auto Show. Loaded with performance upgrades and new interior appointments, each race-bred model serves as the basis for th......

SEMA 2007: Chevy HHR Panel SS delivers smiles at SEMA

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Click image for updated gallery of live and media pics of this mini panel vanChevy had shown the HHR SS at the Woodward Dream Cruise, making dreams come true for a select few who wanted this retro people mover to haul more than just people and stuff. Then we saw Chevy show off a panel van version of......

SEMA Preview: Hyundai Elantra Touring “Beach Cruiser” Concept

Friday, August 17th, 2007
Hyundai has a 5-door hatchback version of the Elantra that will be bowing in 2008, and it's getting an early debut at this year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas as the Elantra Touring "Beach Cruiser" Concept. The Beach Cruiser is a SEMA vehicle in the truest sense, having been customized by K-Daddyz Kustomz......

Maserati finally delivers: MC12 Versione Corse in Bologna

Saturday, October 28th, 2006
Although it showed the first car in Madrid back in May, Maserati is finally delivering MC12 Corsas and it took the occasion of the Bologna Motor Show to unveil the first customer car. In case you don't remember, the Versione Corse takes the basic MC12 and kicks it up a notch. Maserati is only buildi......

STUDIOTORINO unveils Cayman-based RK Coupe

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
Alfredo Stola's STUDIOTORINO is publicily unveiling its 2nd creation, the RK Coupe, today at The Quail. Inspired by two very sexy classics, the Dino 246 GT and the Porsche 904, the RK coupe uses the Porsche Cayman as its basis, with engine and mechanical upgrades provided by German supertuner Ruf.T......

STUDIOTORINO unveils Cayman-based RK Coupe

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
Alfredo Stola's STUDIOTORINO is publicily unveiling its 2nd creation, the RK Coupe, today at The Quail. Inspired by two very sexy classics, the Dino 246 GT and the Porsche 904, the RK coupe uses the Porsche Cayman as its basis, with engine and mechanical upgrades provided by German supertuner Ruf.T......

Chrysler intros PT Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway Edition ahead of Dream Cruise

Saturday, July 1st, 2006
Chrysler introducing a special edition PT Cruiser the week before the Woodward Dream Cruise has become an annual event. This year the brand rolled out the PT Cruiser Pacific Coast Highway Edition, the twelfth factory-customized PT Cruiser in the model's history. This new special edition is powered b......

Chevy Suburban with Z71 package surfaces

Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
Some resourceful members of the GMInsideNews community managed to grab what appears to be official pics somewhere of a Chevy Suburban wearing the not-yet-released Z71 offroad package. Rather than being purely cosmetic, the Z71 package will add a host of real mechanical upgrades to the Suburban, Silv......

Range Rover gets a turbodiesel V8

Thursday, April 27th, 2006
Land Rover has announced that the 2007 edition of the Range Rover will replace last year's 3-liter BMW-sourced diesel with a new V8 turbodiesel. Autocar reports that, while yielding virtually the same fuel economy as its predecessor, the new powerplant lends considerably more oomph to the King of th......