«It feels
like a tuner car, but the tuner is Ferrari.
Not exact matches
It's true, that's not very fast compared to really crazy
cars like the Porsche 911 Turbo and the Lamborghini Gallardo Performante, but the Super20 is more nuts than either of them, because it's a half - baked
tuner special that underscores what's wrong with modern
cars.
European
tuner Gemballa revealed its GT Spider at the Geneva Motor Show today, but
like most Gemballa «production»
cars, the new
car is actually based on an existing vehicle.
At its best, Toyota's Scion youth brand was an influential force in
tuner culture that captured the attention of young
car buyers with unique, bizarre models that were
like nothing else offered at the time.
Most
tuner -
car debuts are solutions in search of a problem, but the Ram 1500 Sun Chaser actually seems
like a practical vehicle.
But John Hennessey's Venom F5 won't be far behind: the Texan
tuner's
cars fly
like rifle bullets.
In more recent years both
car manufactures and aftermarket
tuners have seen the potential in Zircotec's coatings and the ceramic coating is applied to more visible, decorative parts of
cars that still need protecting,
like exhaust tips.
Basically, it looks
like a
car ripped straight out of a
tuner shop from 2004's showroom --- and that's not a bad thing.
Recently, they got their hands on a 2010 Corvette Grand Sport and
like most
tuners, felt that the 436 - horsepower sports
car was under powered.
Named the DMC Huracan Affari this kit is in fact only the first step from these German high end
tuners, just
like on their Aventador series of kits there will be more aggressively styled versions later on... this Affari is Stage1 in the development and comes complete with front splitters, special vents to be mounted on the side of the front bumper, side sills, rear lower diffuser and an amazing looking rear wing... most of these parts are finished in clear carbon fiber on this first customer
car.
Styling is always a matter of personal taste, and for some
tuners like Mansory are just too radical, but if you still want to have your
car stand out from the crowd you will have to transform it into something different, so people will notice at first sight it isn't a factory standard
car anymore... and that is where Ares Design made the right choice with their Huracan aerodynamic kit.
Rather than display dozens of
cars like in the past, Honda has chosen just a select few
tuners to create the most wildly modified Civics they could dream up.
Another company has turned their attention to the successful Lamborghini Huracan as a base for their aerodynamic alterations and power increase, Ares Design might be a relatively new name in the world of
tuners, but after taking a look at their various
cars, and more specifically the bright red Huracan on this page it seems they are trying to match themselves against the
likes of Mansory.
ABT Sportline's 2012 VW Speedle also has
tuner -
like covers for the headlamps and tail lights, different sets of tail pipes, a special paint job and the whole range of carbon fiber bits one might expect to see on this sort of
car.
Yes, we know there are all sorts of
cars like the Lingenfelter Corvettes out there making 800 + horsepower, but those are
tuner cars made by specialty manufacturers.
At the rear we also notice a nice «Duck tail» style rear wing in a carbon fiber weave pattern, the Aventador by LB Works comes with that massive GT racing inspired wing, but on the Huracan Kato - san went for the style he also used on the Ferrari 458, which let's face it, is the main competitor for this Huracan anyway, and I rather
like this rear wing, it is different from what other
tuners are offering, and that is what it is all about when you look to personalize your own
car... being different from the rest.
This type of transformation featured by the Lorinser Easybrid Smart ForTwo has also been studied on models
like the Volkswagen Polo, Renault Twingo and Fiat 500, the the German
tuner says modifying a compact
car like this only makes sense if it does not exceed the value of the automobile.
In India, certain owners have sent their
cars to be tuned by known
tuners like HKS or AMS.
From the moment we slid into the high - back, stiff - bolster seats, we realized that the GT - S is designed
like a race
car - and it probably won't take much time before
tuners get their hands on this performance milestone.
We all know DMC as one of the high end
tuners when it comes to exotic
cars, their aerodynamic kits for the Aventador and Huracán are being sold around the world...
like their Aventador E-GT limited edition and the Huracán Affari for instance.
The earlier
Tuner car wars were
like the days of hot rodding back in the 30s and 40s, where you took production
cars and used your own blood, sweat, tears, and ingenuity to create your own masterpiece.
With a complete carbon fiber body, all we know is the folks at German
tuner Mansory (know for building
cars like...
Even though you might think this looks
like the Novitec Rosso Tuned Ferrari California, this is actually the creation of Anderson Germany, a
tuner from Dusseldorf which packed an additional 55 horsepower into the Italian sports
car.
In the case of the B4 S Biturbo, the
tuner added items
like door sills, metal emblems in the seat backrests and in the floor mats, and since the
car is of a limited edition variety, exclusive production plaques with each model having a specific build number.
The sleek lines of this sports
car appeals to
car tuners, and the insurance companies
like to charge drivers of this vehicle rather high.