ABT Treats New Audi A8 with 385-Diesel

A choice of 20- or 21-inch ABT CR alloy wheels wrapped in sport tires and an available matte black foil complete the upgrades to the AS8.



The new ABT AS8 � data and facts

ABT ENGINE TECHNOLOGY
Engine: 4.2 TDI, 4134 ccm capacity
Performance tuning: ABT Power
Performance: 385 HP/283 kW (standard: 350 HP/257 kW)

ABT AERODYNAMICS
ABT front wing
ABT side skirts
ABT rear wing (three-part)
ABT rear skirt with exhaust covers

ABT WHEEL TECHNOLOGY
ABT CR wheel in 20 and 21 inches
Available also as complete set of wheels with sports tires

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Alfa Romeo with Disco Volante Sculpture

Designed by the Centro Stile Alfa Romeo with the accord of artisan Agostino Bonalumi, the carve is aggressive by the acclaimed Alfa Romeo 1900 Disco Volante (Flying Saucer).

As a badge of appreciation, Alfa Romeo had the names of all those who contributed in the conception accounting in a appropriate applique beneath the art piece. In addition, anybody will accept a 1/43 calibration archetypal of the sculpture.

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Mercedes SLS AMG Kicherer Blacks Out

This actuality is the Mercedes SLS AMG Atramentous Edition by German affability close Kicherer. The adapted Gullwing archetypal gets a abounding anatomy matte atramentous antithesis blanket accumulated with some bright capacity such as the center-section of the awning and the new advanced and rear aprons. The German tuner additionally puts on a set of 20-inch blacked-out rims with a able lip.


Performance modifications accommodate a recalibrated ECU and a custom action bankrupt arrangement that advice access the front/mid army 6.3-liter V8's achievement from 571HP to 620HP, as able-bodied as an adjustable sports suspension.

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2010 Toyota MR2 Gumpert Apollo

Gumpert Apollo replica that's based on a additional bearing Toyota MR2 (1990-1999) on eBay. While the aboriginal mid-engined Apollo supercar gets an Audi-sourced 4.2-liter, twin-turbo V8 with 650HP or an batty 800HP in Sport form, the Toyota-based replica makes do with a adapted adaptation of the Japanese sports car's four-cylinder turbo engine, with the agent claiming it yields "255 WHP at 15psi and 303 WHP at about 19psi" on the dyno. Hit the 'read more' button beneath for the abounding angel gallery.

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2012 New VW Beetle Retro Design

This actuality architecture abstraction for a New Beetle MkII was bound by our Brazilian acquaintance Eduardo Oliveira, who you may bethink from antecedent concepts like the 2012 Jetta, Hyundai i30 Sedan and Ford Thunderbird CC. Unlike David Cordoso's futuristic-looking angle (see here) that we showed you aback in May, Oliveira's architecture for the New/New Beetle is far added retro.2012 New VW Beetle Retro Design

Follow the jump to analysis the abounding angel arcade and acquaint us what you anticipate about it in the comments area below.

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2011 Ford Mondeo Facelift with 240HP 2.0 -liter EcoBoost and 200HP Diesel

New autogenous appearance accommodate the addition of LED address lights, a new accessory aeronautics arrangement and a Premium Sound Arrangement advantage which incorporates a 265-watt, eight-channel amplifier unit.



Under the bonnet, the afresh launched 203HP 2.0-liter EcoBoost turbo petrol will be abutting by the aboriginal appliance of a college achievement 240-horsepower adaptation and a assiduously revised 2.2-litre Duratorq TDCi agent engine.

Ford said that the 240HP adaptation of the 2.0-liter Ecoboost turbo petrol will acknowledgment the aforementioned C02 emissions (179g/km) as the 203HP unit, behindhand of bodystyle.

For the 2011MY, the revised 2.2-liter turbo agent assemblage boasts a 12 per cent ability access to 200-horsepower, authoritative it the best able Duratorq agent agent to date.

The Mondeo additionally allowances from a newer adaptation of Ford's six-speed PowerShift bifold wet-clutch manual arrangement that comes as accepted for all EcoBoost petrol engines, and will be accessible as an advantage for the 140PS and 163PS versions of the 2.0-litre Duratorq TDCi diesels.

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Audi TTS Pikes Peak Driverless Model

Audi TTS Pikes Peak Driverless Model

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conducted its free agent races, the Grand Challenge and the Urban Challenge, in 2005 and 2007, but Volkswagen is still researching the technology. A accumulated accomplishment with Volkswagen's Electronics Research Laboratory (ERL), Stanford University's Dynamics Design Lab (SDDL), and Sun Microsystem's resulted in the free Audi TTS. The accumulation alive on the car is because a run up the 12.4-mile Pikes Peak Hill Climb advance in 2010 to authenticate the capabilities of its driverless technology.

This new apprentice car is based on a 2009 Audi TTS, the action adaptation of the TT coupe. This car has Quattro all-wheel-drive and is motivated by a turbocharged, absolute injection, 2-liter, four-cylinder agent bearing 265 application and 258 pound-feet of torque. ERL adapted this car with the sensors, servos, and drive-by-wire accessories all-important for computer control, while SDDL developed the programming so the car can acknowledge appropriately to sensor data. Sun congenital the computer belvedere to run the car.

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