The german car tuner Hartge has revealed a new tuning kit for BMW 135i Coupe. With a new control unit the 135i Coupe modified by Hartge has gained 44 HP and it’s 3.0L twin-turbo engine can develop 350 HP and 340 Nm. With these performance improvements the 135i Coupe can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.8 seconds and it could reach a maximum of 280 km/h. This power boost won’t change the car’s fuel usage which is pretty small for a fast car. Hartge also created a special body kit that has an extension for the front spoiler, new side skirts, a rear diffuser and a small rear wing. The car is a lot more aggressive than a stock BMW 135i and received stylish 20″ rims as a finishing touch.
Month: September 2008
JE Design Seat Leon 1 P
JE Design is a car tuning company well known for modifying Seat cars. The latest tuning kit gives a carbon look to Seat Leon and this includes a body kit and a special film that will be applied over the car to give that offers a carbon look. The most important performance modification was made for the 2.0 TDI engine. With a special performance kit they managed to add 36 HP and now the engine can develop 176 HP and it has a maximum torque of 405 Nm. This performance improvements will help this car accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 8.3 seconds and this Seat Leon could reach a maximum speed of 214 km/h.
Lorinser Mercedes SL500
Even though summer is over for most of us, we would all love to own a fast convertible car that could turn heads easily. Mercedes SL500 is one of those cars and the guys from Lorinser decided to create a facelift to make it even better. The Lorinser Mercedes SL500 has a new front bumper with three huge openings and new air intakes, new side skirts and a wide rear bumper. The large air intakes from the front bumper give this car an aggressive look and make it look a lot different than the stock version. The car has RS9 wheels that are equipped with wide tires and give more handling and new energy to this car.
Proton WIRA 2006 Tuning
Even though this car is a bit old, this Proton has a lot of secrets that will impress everyone. It has a front bumper taken from a Mitsubishi Evo III, side skirts from Evo II and a rear wing from the ’95 Lancer. The exterior won’t be as impressive as a new supercar but this car’s interior is awesome. With new gauges, new steering wheel and sport pedals everyone will feel like a race driver in this car. But the best part just starts: In car Entertainment made from a lot of components like: Alpine DVA-9860E DVD head unit, a universal remote controller Alpine RUE-4191 DVD and an 8″ LCD. Everywhere in the car you can see Boston Acoustics S60 speakers and the owner also installed 2 amps: one from Oxygen Audio with 800W and one from Phoenix Gold with 200W.
D3 Cadillac XLR-V
Cadillac XLR-V is probably the most expensive Caddy ever build with a price around $100,000. A lot of people said this car is not luxurious enough to match cars that have same price. Six figures price might be a bit too much for a car that lacks history and gorgeous interior of a Mercedes Benz SL for example. The american tuning company D3 tried to improve this car’s performances and they made a special tuning kit for the engine that already develops 433 HP. They installed a new admission system, modified the car’s exhaust and improved the engine cooling unit. As a result, the V8 engine can develop now more than 525 HP and D3 also offers performance tuning kits to 575 HP and 600 HP for speed addicts. After they added more power to the car they had to install a high performance braking system.
Hamann BMW X6
BMW X6 is already a very popular SUV and every famous car tuner wants to modify this car. The X6 is a radical car that combines the sweet look of a coupe with luxury and offroad performances of an SUV. The car has a clever 4×4 system and hybrid power under the hood. Longer, wider and lower than the X5, the X6 has an aggressive look and every single body panel is unique.
Hartge, Lumma and AC Schnitzer where the first ones that modified this supreme car and now the guys from Hamann created a special tuning kit for this lovely car.