Japanese aftermarket manufacturer Wald has unleashed a veritable torrent of photographs depicting its very fetching ‘Black Bison’ bodykit for the R35 Nissan GT-R and heck, we couldn’t resist putting ‘em up for your viewing pleasure.

The Black Bison kit (or more correctly, the Nissan GT-R R35 Sports Line Black Bison Edition) features a bucket-load of scoops, [...]

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Say you decided your 1994 Acura (nee Honda) Legend coupe was a little bit limp-wristed. Not hard to see why, with just 172kW being tasked with dragging the Legend’s bum around.

Of course, the only reasonable thing to do would be to spin the Legend’s V6 engine 90 degrees, add a couple of turbochargers and direct [...]

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In another case of life imitating art, one more Nissan sports car has shifted from the video game realm to the showroom floor.

Zele International, an after-market tuning house and body kit manufacturer with a reasonable amount of factory support, has released a Gran Turismo edition of the V36 Skyline. The body kit is an exact [...]

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Japanese tuning company Branew is gearing up to debut its own range of aftermarket body addenda for the brand-spankin’-new 370Z at the upcoming Tokyo Auto Salon, Japan’s biggest exhibition of tuned and tweaked cars.

Branew’s kit features a front under-bumper addon, side steps, rear diffuser and a rear wing, all of which can be made out [...]

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With its shark-like nose, squinting headlights and pumped guards, the CZ4A Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X already looks hard as nails in factory trim. However that hasn’t stopped Japanese bodykit specialists ings from shaping, refining and moulding their own aero kit for Mitsubishi’s performance flagship.

The fruit of their labour is one tough-lookin’ mama.

ings N-Spec kit for [...]

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Ford has the Mustang, Dodge has the Challenger and Chevrolet has the Camaro. But of all the (rapidly shrinking) big three’s muscle car offerings, the Corvette is the only one that doesn’t flaunt a retro-influenced body.

And why not, you say? The C1 Corvette of the 1950s and early 1960s is the very definition of [...]

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Word on the wire is that Pontiac’s upcoming hi-performance sedan, the G8 GXP, will be largely built around the HSV Clubsport R8’s mechanicals, meaning our Yankee pals across the Pacific will soon be able to sample the delights of a Corvette-derived 6.2-litre LS3 V8 mounted in the nose of the Aussie-built, Holden Commodore-based RWD [...]

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Mercedes-Benz’s facelifted SL roadster is barely two months old, but German Tuning house Brabus is already offering their own R230 tuning package for ultra-cashed up SL owners who want a little more out of their brand-new acquisition.

How much more? That depends on which SL you’ve bought, but if you’re lucky (and wealthy) enough to have [...]

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As far as witty titles goes, I think that one’s right up there. Japan has an emperor. The GT-R’s got a new outfit available. Everyone’s a winner. Look, considering I was going to roll with “GT-R Gets Its Rice On”, I think we’ve done alright there.

Right, On to the news then. [...]

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In the lead-up to the launch of the new Falcon Orion, Ford Australia are switching into run-out mode and kicking it off with the launch of the 2008 Falcon SR special edition, today at the Brisbane Motor Show. Based on the Falcon XT you basically pay less and get more, which is hard to argue [...]

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Ford Australia have released pricing and specification details for its new European sourced Mondeo. Already a Carupdate favourite the Mondeo is attractively styled and arrives in Australia having received rave reviews in Europe.

“Mondeo will introduce new levels of style, refinement and safety to the medium size segment and set a new benchmark for how a [...]

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The on again off again Ford Focus RS is well…on again. The folks at Car Magazine have managed to snap a Focus RS test mule as it finished a few hot laps of the Nurburgring earlier this week. If it really is on again then Car Magazine are of the opinion that Ford will unveil [...]

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