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Brabus prepared the last facelift version of Mercedes SL. Brabus wanted to impress everybody with this amazing tuning kit. And now, if there are many tuners, Brabus prepared a tuning kit with exceptional technical details that can’t be competed.
The Germans mounted on new SL the most powerful engine they had, the one from Brabus Rocket. This is a V12 bi-turbo of 6.3 liters that produces 730 hp and with 5 speeds automatic gear box.
The Facelift accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 4 seconds, from 0 to 200 km/h in 10.5 seconds and the maximum speed is of 350 km/h.
The Brabus engineers also created a new suspension system and a new braking system. I’m really impressed. What do you think?

730 hp Mercedes SL from Brabus

730 hp Mercedes SL from Brabus

730 hp Mercedes SL from Brabus

730 hp Mercedes SL from Brabus

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Dacia Logan presented the changes that will make on the facelift version. It seems that Dacia has some problems with the internal security, because it doesn’t succeed to keep under secret the new models, versions and upgrades. Everybody is speaking about the facelift model of Logan, but, until soon nobody knew how it will look.
It seems that now, few members of Logan Club forum obtained first photos with the new Logan.
The new facelift isn’t that original, because it has many aspects from the Sandero, that was presented at this year Geneva Auto Show.
I have to say that I’m not too impressed!
I’m curious to find out your opinion: Do you like the new Dacia Logan Facelift?

Dacia Logan Facelift

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BMW announced for a long time new and improved cars with totally different platform and performance. For a long time I’ve waited to see the new face of BMW, so I’m going to show you two photos of the new BMW M1.
BMW only just revealed a spiritual M1-like show car a few weeks back, a concept which raised more questions than it answered. This amazing car, spotted in an aircraft hanger in Spain, appears to closely follow the lines and proportions of both the show car and the 30 year-old classic.
What’s certain is that the photo is genuine. No amount of photoshop work could produce an image as consistent as this. The depth of the headlights, the shadows and contours of light over the body, and the relationship the car has with the background is solid and convincing.
BMW has remained typically silent about the photo, which, to be honest, is quite understandable. While it’s incredible news that BMW is about to take the R8 and 911 head on with a stunning modern-day M1, you’d have to feel for the team behind this project.

BMW M1 Facelift

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Audi R8 is one of my favorite car from the elite cars and I’ve presented it in previous articles, just because I want to show how much power can offer.
Director Jon Favreau had planned for the Audi R8 to be used in a final scene by being involved in a dramatic collision with Iron Man’s wicked adversary. This had to be omitted from the final cut, Director Jon Favreau explains: “The crash just wasn’t spectacular enough! Our stunt specialists did their best to turn the R8 over onto its roof, which would have given us a dramatic final scene, but they failed — the car clung to the road too well!”
Jon Favreau, Producer Kevin Feige and John Armstrong, Picture Car Coordinator, give an impression of their efforts.

Stunt of Iron Man Audi Q7

Stunt of Iron Man Audi Q7

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In a Top Gear show, Jeremy Clarkson driven the smallest production car in the world, the Peel P50 from 1962.
The Peel P50 was a three-wheeled microcar manufactured in 1963 and 1964 by the Manx Peel Engineering Company, retailing for £199 when new. It was designed as a town car and was advertised as capable of seating “one adult and a shopping bag”.
The P50 used a 49 cc DKW engine which gave it a top speed of approximately 61 km/h (38 mph), and was equipped with a 3-speed manual transmission that had no reverse gear, although was capable of an impressive 100 mpg (imp) (2.8 L/100 km/83 mpg US).
I just love this small car! It seems that it is perfect to drive it at work, in a big city!
Don’t you like it?

The Smallest Production Car

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Cizeta V16 is one interesting supercar, that all of us forget about!
If supercars are about extremes, this must be the ultimate, thanks to a crazy 5995 cc 16-cylinder engine - transversely mounted! No wonder the Cizeta was so wide; it had eight cylinders across its girth. With 560 bhp at a dizzying 8,000 rpm, the noise was awe-inspiring at full chat, thanks to 64 valves doing their stuff. It was claimed the V16T could top 204mph, but nobody ever officially tested the car, so who knows? Despite the prototype emerging in 1989, it was 1992 before the first cars were ready; in the meantime, financier Giorgio Moroder walked away, but the car lingered on until 1995.

Cizeta V16

Cizeta V16

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Keating Supercars is a car with no heritage, no history, no awareness and it is a from-scratch brand, but with high aspirations - to take on not just Lotus and Porsche, but Lamborghini, Ferrari and Aston Martin.
Keating claimed three essential developments aims during the car’s long eight-year gestation: the usual ones about balance and exclusivity, plus a new one: reliability. Long service intervals were mentioned more times than we could count, quality said to be an absolute imperative.
As you do power outputs, from the Corvette V8 engines. The standard 6.0-litre V8 is joined by a 505 bhp 7.0-liter, plus two supercharged units pushing power up to 656 bhp. A Porsche 5-speed trans axle channels the power rearwards, to heavily-worked 335-section tyres on surprisingly small 18-inch rims.
I think that this will be a real success!

Keating SKR

Keating SKR

Keating SKR

The look is generic low-volume supercar. It could be a Saleen, or even something else. The front is a real success, the windscreen looking, as Keating admits, just like a McLaren F1. But it’s too heavy at the rear, lacks the delicacy of curve Porsche and Ferrari pay star names $ millions for.

Keating SKR

Keating SKR

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I know you all enjoyed the previous Nissan 350Z, but the 2008 Nissan 350Z continues to offer sports car lovers high performance excitement and a dynamic driving experience in a range of high value Coupe and Roadster models – including the dramatic NISMO 350Z that was added to the lineup as part of a major Z revision for the 2007 model year.
This Nissan 350Z is available in Coupe and Roadster body styles and in an array of models – 5 for the Coupe and 3 for the Roadster.
Every 350Z offers a VQ35HR 3.5-liter V6 engine producing 306 hp at 6,800 rpm and 268 lb-ft of torque at 4,800 rpm, with more than 90% of torque available between 2,000 and 7,000 rpm.

Nissan 350Z in 2008

Nissan 350Z features:
Brakes F: 12.6″ x 1.10″ vented front discs
Brakes R: 12.1″ x 0.63″ vented rear discs
Engine: VQ35HR—3.5-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 engine
Horsepower: 306 hp at 6,800 rpm
Torque lb-ft (Nm) at rpm 268 lb-ft at 4,800 rpm

Nissan 350Z in 2008

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If you want to buy an amphibious vehicle with assault potential but don’t want something as big as the DUKW, perhaps this custom Jeep will be perfect for you. Built by the folks at the Amphibious Vehicle Design Studio, the Platypus Jeep is a paragon of on-road and in-water capabilities.
The floating four-wheeler runs with a turbo diesel engine and is capable of 110 KPH on the road and 10.5 km/h in the water. The hull is designed to work in wave heights up to 1.5 meters and bottoms with a slight 0.75 meter draft depth. I can already see myself in one of these amazing car-boat. Do you like it?

Amphibious Platypus Jeep

Amphibious Platypus Jeep features:
1.Dimension (L x W x H) 4.830×1.900×2.150(m) (With the handle frame) Or 4.830×1.900×1.950(m) (Without the handle frame)
2. Complete Vehicle Kerb Mass 2100 kg
3. Wheel Space 2700 (mm)
4. Track 1520 (mm)
5. Maximum Speed (km/h)
- On Land 110
- On Water 10.5

Amphibious Platypus Jeep

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Ford F-650-based SUVs at $200,000 from Alton Truck Company is a very impressive truck.
This seven door Ford features an insane amount of body work and packs in a Caterpillar 7.2L C7 ACERT engine with 230 hp and 660 lb.-ft. of torque. While the hoards of un-dead are smashed outside, you can enjoy hardwood floors, custom captain’s chairs, wireless computer stations and a 42-inch plasma TV inside.

Alton Truck Company F650 Custom

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