Chinese ‘tuning’ outfit Max Power Sports (I hope they don’t work on any Mazdas) recently displayed this criminally insane Nissan 300ZX-based Lamborghini Murcielago ‘copy’ at The Beijing Automobile Accessories and Decorations Show (that’s right, BAADS) and here you can see an adoring appalled gathering of onlookers.

I suspect the comments in the ‘crowd’ went something like [...]

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Sure, General Motors is going through some tough times (undisputed master of understatement right here), but if the General doesn’t deliver a Z28 version of the new Camaro sometime soon, it’s not going to have any buyers left – they’ll have all bought Hennessy’s new Camaro HPE550.

While Hennessy’s Camaro HPE700 makes a goodly 525kW (700hp), [...]

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If the already attractive SUV wasn’t tough enough for you before, the solution offered up by German tuning house ABT ought to rub your ‘gangsta’ sensibilities the right way. The Q5’s 2.0 and 3.0 TDI engines get a boost from 105kW (140hp) to 127kW (170hp) [...]

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TMR’s Tony O’Kane put the 103kW (138hp) 2009 Volkswagen Tiguan TDI through its paces back in December, describing it as one of the best-handling soft-roaders on the market. Imagine, then, how he’d find this 225kW (300hp) version of the 2.0 litre TFSI Tiguan.  I don’t know what B&B’s rooms and breakfast [...]

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BMW tuning firm Alpina has just released details of its latest high-performance Bimmer to be launched in the UK, based on the 3 Series.

The Alpina D3 Bi-Turbo is available in Saloon or Touring (wagon) body styles. Alpina has cranked up the D3’s performance credentials by using a modified version of the twin-turbo 2.0 litre diesel, five-fingered [...]

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As a kid I was fortunate enough to have access to all manner of four-wheeled fun-machines in the form of the humble ATV. Sadly though, they were primarily for getting work done around the farm so the load racks and tool boxes attached were hardly the stuff of fantasy.

What I really longed for was a pint-size [...]

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Here’s one for you boys and girls kicking it in the import tuner scene – especially those who lean a little to the Japanese side.

Import Bible is a US-based street-wear label (they do ship to Australia) with a special focus on the import tuning culture, featuring t-shirt designs inspired by the legends of the Japanese [...]

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