Hamann Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG

On the 30th anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz G-Klasse brand, the German tuner Hamann Motorsport has decided to develop a tuning kit for the Stuttgart model.
The tuners at Hamann have modified the G55 AMG Supercharged model by adding "some" power to the stock engine. After the engine received a chip tuning (recalibration of the ECU) the G55 AMG develops 600 bhp and 782 Nm of torque between 3000 and 5200 rpm. Withe the improvements, the car reaches 60 mph from a stand still in just 5.1 seconds and top a maximum speed of 261 km/h.
As a plus to these upgrades, the G55 AMG has received a new trailer coupling system, a 6 pipes exhaust and an optimized gear box.
When it comes to the exterior, the team from Hamann has developed a new body kit which improves the aerodynamic coefficient of the car. As you may know already, Hamann never forgets about the interior, so they have designed new seats and they have created a two-tone interior. Also, the interior has a lot of fine aluminum and carbon fibre insertions that catch the eye.

COBRA 780 LIMITED EDITION

Weineck Engineering is a German company from a little village of Bad Gandersheim. Two brothers (Claus and Jens Weineck) do complete modifications of engines and their installations to own modified cars. It’s definitely something amazing.

The brothers created something new, never seen before. They created the most powerful car with the best acceleration in the world. It’s a legendary Cobra 427 with new name - Weineck Cobra 780 cui Limited Edition. Also called „the ultimate. “

Bad Gandersheim is a little town in Germany, a symbol of peace, relaxation and healing. Most of the time you can enjoy the silence, sometimes just birds are chirping. But the first sight isn’t always the best one. This town involves something unique, not often visible or audible. There are 1100 horses under the hood of one of the most spectacular cars of all times.

Just get closer to it and enjoy an enormous suction opening on the hood to take care of cool and fresh air intake to this amazing engine. Suction openings are all over the car, but this one is gigantic and needs special technique.

Heart of the predator is a monumental 13 liter V8 engine (780cu.cm). You can’t hear this monster every day. The engine is producing 1100hp at 7000rpm but 8000rpm is its top. Smith measurement tools needed to be modified for this car because they couldn’t handle so much power.

In this case you need a real symbiosis of body and soul. Your hands and foots, all reactions need to be faster as your mind, because loops and curves came faster as it’s possible. If you’re not sure, please don’t touch the pedals.

The power train and rear axle were projected to handle more than 2000Nm of torque. But be careful; remember that 300kmph takes only 10 seconds!!! No place for jokes, this is serious. First you need to take its attention, make a relationship and especially respect this strong guy.

The car wear old-school three-layer 18“ Weineck wheels – 255/40 ZR18 in front and 315/35 at the back. The interior includes the finest British leather on the seats and you can choose color of your workplace. Rest of the place is covered with velour rags. A fabric roof is available in case of bad weather conditions to protect you and the interior.

But when you insert the key into the ignition and slightly turn the engine on, the time goes slower. You’ll be surrounded by thunder of sound attacking from titan exhausts placed under the side sills.

It’s not a sound you hear. You can feel the power from this essence. And you can control this power. Just use throttle to reveal the beast.

But be aware, not electronic stuff as ABS, ASR or ESP is here to help you. Just Brembo brakes with internal ventilation and tube frame from 4“ tubes to absorb the power produced. All parts of suspension are made of high quality aluminum and titan; the rear axle has a 75% limited slip differential for you best feeling of safety.

If you like to obtain this car, hurry up! Weineck plans to build only 15 exemplars. And if you became its happy owner, you’ll also receive a complete documentation and certificate with unique number of this series.

And if you want to drive this car, you need to be friend with this devil, because it doesn’t mean only to have courage but also became a part of other dimension without borders. It’s great that there are still people that don’t forget about classics like Shelby Cobra. Not only that we can enjoy the greatest cars, but they pay tribute to one of the greatest sports car manufacturer as Mr. Carroll Shelby definitely is.

Weineck Cobra 780 cui Limited Edition – a modern devil in classic body!
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If you like to obtain this car, hurry up! Weineck plans to build only 15 exemplars.

Mercedes Brabus Rocket Police Car -

Tune It! Safe! is the name of campaign that has started in Germany where the Department of Transportation and association of tuners (VDAT) wants to promote the idea that also tuning cars can be safe.

Also last year on Essen Motor show was introduced a masterpiece in police colors – Porsche 997 modified by TechArt to join this idea of safety.

This year Brabus has decided to present its own Tune It! Safe! vehicle.

Its famous Brabus Rocket is used as the basis of the project. The Rocket was introduced in 2005 on Frankfurt Motor show and as we know it’s a heavily modified Mercedes CLS 600.

And similar as TechArt, also Brabus now is in fancy police colors.

It’s the world fastest saloon that can reach 360 km/h speed.

The heart consists of the 6.2 liter 12-cylinder engine enhanced with a pair of turbochargers. Thanks to this powerful combination the engine produces 537 kW (730 hp) at 5100 rpm. 730 hp is impressive number but it’s nothing compared to its monumental torque.

The torque is unbelievable 1320 Nm, but it’s electronically limited to 1100 Nm at 2100 rpm.

Then the power is transmitted to the rear wheels with the 5-speed automatic transmission. This attributes tell that this Brabus is fast as hell.

It can reach 100 km/h in 4 seconds, 200 km/h in 10.5 seconds and it needs only 29.5 seconds to reach magical 300 km/h.

Next measurements on Nardo circuit have revealed that this hell ride is capable to beat 100 km/h in amazing 3.3 seconds and can run at 365.7 km/h.

ALFA ROMEO 156

Style of this modification is different from what we use to present on our pages. Sporting character, which can be find in majority of tuning styles, is little different in case of Marsiglio Car. Don’t expect jewelly discs, massive bumpers, look at this car with eyes of lover of fast wheels. DTM races – that’s what the Italian tuner was inspired by. This Alfa Romeo was modified into the shape of full-blooded racing car. The word racing describes the purpose and the essence of this modification.

The Exterior
Such over-elaborate modification of exterior of a production car could not be seen for a long time. First to catch the attention is shifty white-red paintwork complemented with plenty of stickers of sponsoring and tuning-engaged companies. The character of race is fully present here. Massive front bumper with integrated robust opening of interesting design make us feel, that purpose of this modification is profound. The filling made of black expanded metal is a matter of course. In connection with braking efficiency improvement, at the sides of bumper were implemented openings a la shark gills – their function is to bring the air to rear brakes. In the lower part of bumper is located a large diffuser, which handles the correction of flowing air under the car.

Maybe the most interesting change in the front part of the car is removal of the typical Alfa Romeo mask in exchange for longer hood. If this was the right step made by tuners – this is a matter of opinion. First „suspicious“ thing on this car were the front headlights. I don’t remember, Alfa Romeo used to equip its cars with lights of these dimensions and shapes. The tuners knew well what they are doing, and thanks to his initiative, the original lights were replaced by headlights from Mazda 6. Smart or useless? Depends on ones taste again. Also the front hood was endowed by two vents a la Mitsubishi EVO embedded in nicely shaped projection on the hood.

It is really difficult to find words to characterizes side sills Marsiglio Car. Such number of openings, which handle the intake of cold air and off-take of hot air from and to the disc brakes, cannot be found on every car. The seriousness of this racing body kit starts to be evident. Together six openings conduct the hot air off the front brakes and four openings serves the purpose of bringing the cold air to the rear discs. The top of the milk are two round exhaust tips embedded in the rear part of these sills.

The rear part of the Alfa Romeo 156 is not worse than the rest of the bodywork. Huge dark diffuser implemented into the rear bumper strikes the eyes and indicates, that resemblance with DMT cars is not an accident. Two more openings were added to take the hot air away from rear brakes. Pleasantly shaped bumper really fits the robust rear part of the car. the cover of the trunk is characteristic with adjustable razor wing, which is known from various racing cars. Certainly, it‘s not there just to show off ;-).

All these parts of the body kit (the bumpers and side sills) continuously interlock with the aid of extended fenders, thanks to which the car gained 10 cm at every side. That’s not bad. In order to give the whole the final jazz, the popular system of vertical door opening (aka Lambo Style Doors) was installed. Do you need anything more? :-).

The whole is finalized with stylish racing 17-spoke 19-inch alloy wheels shoed in low-profile tires Yokohama, behind them are disk brakes with holes TarOx B350 with 348x26 mm in front and 340x26 mm in the rear. The last ingredient is the sporting suspension, which consists of springs Eibach and dampers with shock-absorbers Bilstein. This system lowers the clearance height by nice 35 mm. This is professional attitude!

Interior
Also the interior was Italian-affected. Its modification is work of native specialist Simoni Racing, which really enjoyed the interior adjustment of this beau. Red and black colors (mostly leather) are dominating the whole interior. This pair of colors can be found on adjusted sporting seats Simoni Racing and three-leg sporting wheel X-Race and on the gearshift lever handle made by the same manufacturer, and there are also new carpets. This two-color combination is supplemented by chromic elements – gear lever, pedal set and fire-extinguisher.

Pictures of Marsiglio Car Alfa Romeo 156 – DTM style!:

MERCEDES-BENZ SLR MCLAREN ROADSTER

It’s not an easy task to improve the sharp car like this one. But someone is so skillful and courageous without any boundaries of imagination. And Brabus is one of them. The company has been working on German cars for many decades and it has different philosophy than other tuners. It’s based on performance and sporting beauty.

Brabus has prepared styling and performance kit for this sprinter to boost its attractiveness.

So let’s start from outside, where we can’t see many changes, but important ones. There’s a new carbon spoiler under the decently modified front bumper. The spoiler exactly fits with simple lines of the bumper and its extreme rigidity and low weight guarantees its long life. The spoiler was also tested in a wind tunnel to achieve perfect air-flow without any difficulties. Hood inlets have carbon grills instead of stock aluminum ones.

Openings are covered by a traditional and everlasting dark perforated sheet.

We can find same attributes in case of massive rear diffuser also made of ultra light and tough carbon material. This part also takes care of air-flow and perfect stability of the car.

Brabus isn’t only about styling, but particularly about performance engine tuning. And today’s SLR isn’t an exception. The stock SLR‘s engine has obtained a new, better and especially louder exhaust system, new camshafts and cooling. Optionally they can install a special sporting clutch-type limited-slip differential improving traction of the super cars. These improvements raise the engine’s power to 650 hp (478 kW).

Brabus is well known for its quality and great-looking rims. This one wears 20“ 6-spoke Monoblock VI rims with double spokes in size 9.5Jx20 in front and size 11.5Jx20 on the rear axle. You can choose Pirelli or Yokohama tires in size 255/30 ZR 20 in front and 305/25 ZR 20 at the back.

Brabus didn’t forget about the interior so it’s full of the finest materials as red leather or dark Alcantara.

There are also carbon parts as a cover of central console, door handles etc. The SLR’s interior involves a very interesting checked upholstery of the floor and newly designed sporting steering-wheel.

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This year’s Geneva Motor Show is as always full of surprises and the show is definitely heaven on earth for a lot of car enthusiasts. Everywhere you turn your head you’ll see something that will please your eyes and the main attractions of the event are of course, a couple of incredible tuning projects but also, those lovely girls.
The 2010 Geneva Motor Show Girls have kinda disappointed us, I mean except for some of them, that look great and have the natural European look, the majority don't seem to "have" all it takes to be the face of a car which is presented at the most important car show of the beginning of the year. What do you think?
We have a couple of pictures with them. Hopefully we will get more in a couple of days. Enjoy!