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Honda’s Euro-market Civic Type R hatchback has been called out for being a successor that hasn’t exactly succeeded. Seems a bit of the thrill is gone from the new car compared to the old one. Enter tuning firm Mugen, whose modifications to the Type [...]

The 1969 Camaro is one of the most iconic pony cars, and there are plenty of ’69s on the road, many of which have been tweaked to provide more power than the impressive stock 427 small-block V8. However, none have been outfitted with the most powerful production GM engine in its 100-year history; the 638 [...]

Take a close look at the car in these photos. What at first glance appears to be a ’70s race car done up for SEMA is actually S. Kartuzoff’s Lada 2105 Gladkov Edition. The car has been dubbed “Adrenalin,” and as the description says, “It is the Russian car!” with motive power coming from a [...]

TC Kline Racing debuted its Carbon Roadster at last year’s SEMA, but we thought it was worth revisiting since we ourselves had never visited it before. The Ohio based tuner has taken a BMW Z4 M roadster and faithfully reskinned it entirely in carbon fiber, effectively shaving 500 lbs. off of the car’s weight in [...]

BMW tuning specialists Hartge Engineering are very familiar with the first rule of hot rod builders everywhere – there’s no replacement for displacement. That’s exactly the principle they applied to BMW’s European entry-level model, the 1 Series, when they gave it an engine transplant from the M5.
The resulting H1 was put through its paces [...]

Though many have panned Audi’s new corporate grille, the German automaker has stuck to its guns and disseminated the nose across its entire line up. Many folks, in fact, love the boldness of the single-frame grille that drops deep into every Audi’s lower bumper.
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The newest creation of German Ferrari tuners Novitec Rosso is their interpretation of Ferrari’s F430.
Wind tunnel-developed aero enhancements include a front splitter, side skirts, a new rear wing and an enhanced rear diffuser.
Underneath, various suspension options are offered, including a 1-inch lower suspension kit with double-adjustable shocks and stiffer anti-roll bars. The Novitec Rosso F430 [...]

An army of Rabbits is about to invade our shores and hot on its heels is word from Wolfsburg that the meanest of VW hatches, the R32, is coming back for an encore in fifth gen trim. The previous R32 was available in limited numbers in the U.S. and the new model will likely be [...]

If you fancy your CUVs on the sporty side, have we got a ride for you! German tuner nothelle can transform your Q7 into a firebreather that should humble a Cayenne Turbo.
While nothelle has performance and appearance upgrades for both the 3-liter turbodiesel and the 4.2-liter V8, its the top of the line twin-turbo kit [...]

The advent of photo manipulation programs like Adobe Photoshop have ushered in an era where its quite often hard to distinguish between fact and fiction– sheet metal and pixelated musings of digital airbrush artists. For some publications, it’s even an opportunity to fudge spy shots into convincing ‘artist’s renderings’ purporting to represent future models. But [...]

West Coast Customs is out and Galpin Auto Sports is in on MTV’s new season of the Xzibit-driven car makeover show Pimp My Ride. Galpin is well known for customizing all manner of Ford product for decades and has a rich history as one of the Blue Oval’s most colorful dealerships. In addition to the [...]

Nissan has announced that come January it will be offering Scion-like sport package for its Nissan Versa sedan and hatchback. While not going as far into the customizing scene as Scion, Nissan will offer items in the order of shift knobs, floor mats and the like in addition to body pieces that include a rear [...]

Veteran tuners know that the best sport compacts are built from base models, not range toppers. That’s because base models are blank canvases ready to accept new wheel and tire combos, body kits, head units, seats, paint and every other mod in a tuner’s arsenal. Scion apparently understands the tuner and is releasing a Spec [...]