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- MR Car Design Fine Tunes the Maserati Quattroporte Sports Saloon
- BMW and Cundari Produce the World’s Longest Internet Ad
- Volkswagen Unwraps Two More Golf R Concepts at Wörthersee Tour
- Live from Wörthersee: Skoda’s Hot Fabia RS 2000 Concept
- Audi A4 2.0 TFSI Convertible Tuned to 260HP by Sport-Wheels
- Did Audi Import Its New A6 Avant Commercial from Detroit? Chrysler Thinks So
- Ad Watch: Renault Wind Roadster and Lexus CT 200h Hybrid
- Ford’s Smallest Production Engine Ever: The New 1.0-liter EcoBoost Three-Cylinder Gasoline Unit
- Hail Fail: BMW 5-Series Owner Tries to Save His Car by Dressing it Up…
- Volkswagen Brings Golf GTI Cabriolet Study as well to Wörthersee Meet
- Hartge Gives the 2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible a Light Tuning Treatment
- Volkswagen Debuts Golf R Cabriolet Study with 270-Horses at Wörthersee
- Eibach and Giacuzzo Design Take on the Dacia Duster
- Skoda Shows Fabia RS 2000 Convertible Concept at Wörthersee Festival
| MR Car Design Fine Tunes the Maserati Quattroporte Sports Saloon Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:26 PM PDT  For those Maserati Quattroporte owners seeking a bit more flair from the Italian sports sedan, German tuning house MR Car Design has prepared a mild performance package. Starting with a pre-facelift model, MR Car Design's engineers tweak the 4.2-litre V8 engine's software and add a custom exhaust system lifting output by 30HP and 29Nm for a total of 430-horses and 480Nm (352 lb-ft) of peak torque. Read more »
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| BMW and Cundari Produce the World’s Longest Internet Ad Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:20 PM PDT  In what's either a clever bit of marketing or an epic jumping the shark moment, Canadian ad firm Cundari has produced what it claims to be the longest banner ad ever for the BMW X3. The ad, which measures 300 by 18,000 pixels (!) when fully extended, contains some 5,500 words of text and just goes on and on and on. So much so that I just skimmed through, trying to figure out if there was a point to it. It certainly didn't make me want to buy an X3, but maybe that's not what Cundari was trying to achieve. Read more »
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| Volkswagen Unwraps Two More Golf R Concepts at Wörthersee Tour Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:15 PM PDT  If there's one thing die-hard Volkswagen fans visiting this week's annual Wörthersee Tour in Austria aren't going to complain about, is the lack of Golf concepts. We have already shown you the Golf GTI Cabriolet and Golf R Cabriolet and now we bring you two more studies based on the flagship Golf R hatchback. The two Golf R Color concepts were first shown at the Geneva Salon this past March and were created to demonstrate the numerous customization possibilities. Read more »
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| Live from Wörthersee: Skoda’s Hot Fabia RS 2000 Concept Posted: 02 Jun 2011 12:29 PM PDT  Not that the Skoda Fabia RS 2000 Concept needed any help to draw the attention of automotive fans at the Wörthersee show, but the Volkswagen Group was t enough to bring some very pretty faces (and bodies…) to the Czech firm's stand. You can get a better look at the car and the girls in whichever order you prefer in our high resolution photo gallery right after the jump. Read more »
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| Audi A4 2.0 TFSI Convertible Tuned to 260HP by Sport-Wheels Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:44 AM PDT  Even if it has been out of production for some years, the Audi A4 Convertible continues to command the attention of the tuning industry. Sport-Wheels, one of the lesser-known tuning companies in Germany, has presented a new take on the soft-top model with a package for the 2.0-liter TFSI version comprising both mechanical and cosmetic updates. Read more »
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| Did Audi Import Its New A6 Avant Commercial from Detroit? Chrysler Thinks So Posted: 02 Jun 2011 11:05 AM PDT  It's not uncommon these days for certain companies to reproduce (or at least try to) the styling and/or the available technology features of Germany's finest carmakers but this time we have a story that turns the tables the other way around. In mid-May, Audi aired a new commercial for the just launched A6 Avant in its home market. The ad shows the executive station wagon model cruising through streets of a German city as a version of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" song plays in the background. If you watch the commercial in the video after the jump and it reminds you of Chrysler's "Imported from Detroit" ad for the new 200 sedan from this year's Super Bowl event, rest assured you are not alone. "It is absolutely shocking," said Joel Martin, manager of Eight Mile Style, the company that handles the song licensing for Eminem. "We believe Audi not only used 'Lose Yourself' to sell their product without permission, but their spot actually feels inspired by elements of Chrysler's commercial campaign," Martin added. Read more »
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| Ad Watch: Renault Wind Roadster and Lexus CT 200h Hybrid Posted: 02 Jun 2011 10:31 AM PDT  Selling a car through advertising isn't as easy as you might think. What good is it showing your product nimbly taking on Alpine twists and turns when your competitors are doing the same thing? Here are two ads that don't really break the mould, but try something a little different. Read more »
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| Ford’s Smallest Production Engine Ever: The New 1.0-liter EcoBoost Three-Cylinder Gasoline Unit Posted: 02 Jun 2011 09:24 AM PDT  It took the Ford Motor Company a very long time to jump aboard the turbocharged engine bandwagon for mainstream, non-sport models, but now the Detroit automaker is going full speed ahead with the presentation of a full range of force-fed gasoline powerplants. Ford latest offering is a new 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine, the company's first three-cylinder unit and its smallest production engine ever.
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| Hail Fail: BMW 5-Series Owner Tries to Save His Car by Dressing it Up… Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:36 AM PDT  Unless you are able drive into to an enclosed garage nearby, there's not really much you can do to protect your car -or anything else in danger for that matter- if you are caught out in a severe hail storm. However, this doesn't mean that some people won't try to prevent the inevitable like this owner of a previous generation BMW 5-Series sedan. Said to be a Croatian tourist on a visit to Slovenia, the owner of the Bimmer attempted to save the body of his beloved car by covering it up with whatever he could find. In this case, the only available items were some clothes he had in a plastic bag. Somehow, it doesn't seem like such a great idea... Watch the clip right after the break. Read more »
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| Volkswagen Brings Golf GTI Cabriolet Study as well to Wörthersee Meet Posted: 02 Jun 2011 08:04 AM PDT  And the news just keeps dropping in from the largest annual GTI Meet in the world at lake Wörthersee in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia. Aside from the 270-horsepower strong Golf R Cabriolet concept that we told you about earlier today, Volkswagen also brought along a GTI study of the recently launched drop-top model.
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| Hartge Gives the 2012 BMW 6-Series Convertible a Light Tuning Treatment Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:32 AM PDT  The German tuning industry is pushing full steam ahead with beefing up BMW's new 6-Series sports car. We have already shown you the offerings from Prior Design, Hamann Motorsports and AC Schnitzer, but now it's time for another traditional BMW tuner to release its goods for the F12 6-Series Convertible. Hartge's first take on the Bavarian model is somewhat restrained comprising of some mild styling and chassis upgrades. On the outside, the tuning firm offers its own emblems, new dual tail pipes on each corner of the bumper and a variety of alloy wheel designs in sized 19- and 20-inches shod in beefier performance tires. Read more »
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| Volkswagen Debuts Golf R Cabriolet Study with 270-Horses at Wörthersee Posted: 02 Jun 2011 07:35 AM PDT  This year's Wörthersee meet in Austria is turning out to be quite an event for the Germans with the Volkswagen Group brands churning out one concept after the other. Following the debut of the Skoda Fabia RS 2000 Convertible, the German group pulled the veils off the Golf R Cabriolet study.
Just like its closed top counterpart, the soft-top Golf R Cabriolet is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine putting out 270-horses and 350Nm (258.2 lb-ft) of peak torque from a low 2,500 rpm. The standard sprint to 100km/h (62mph) from standstill comes in less than 6.0 seconds while top speed is limited at 250km/h (155mph).
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| Eibach and Giacuzzo Design Take on the Dacia Duster Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:31 AM PDT  Following in the footsteps of Elia, German aftermarket specialists at Eibach and Giacuzzo Design teamed up to create a tuning package for the Dacia Duster SUV. The two companies opted for light modifications in order to stick to the basic character of the Duster and to make sure the price of the tuning package would remain affordable for the car's target group. Read more »
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| Skoda Shows Fabia RS 2000 Convertible Concept at Wörthersee Festival Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:18 AM PDT  Over the 30 years of its existence, the Wörthersee Tour in Austria has developed from a small exclusive event for owners of the Golf GTi to a large happening connecting all brands of the ever-growing Volkswagen Group. Joining the production Golf GTI Edition 35 and the wild Audi A1 clubsport quattro concept at this year's show is a prototype model from Skoda called the RS 2000 Concept. Prepared especially for the anniversary meeting, the concept is a design study for an extreme convertible based on the five-door Fabia Super 2000 rally car. Skoda did not released any official information on the car's mechanical hardware, but it very likely that the study keeps the rally model's 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine linked to a six-speed sequential transmission and a four-wheel drive system with three passive differentials. Read more »
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