An interesting design concept has been sent to us from MR Khosravi Design called the Dragon Gullwing and based on the Mercedes SLS AMG. While we’re curious to hear the reaction from the car tuning enthusiasts, this is definitely the most unique take on the Mercedes SLS that we’ve seen to date. On the exterior you will notice new doors that when closed will extend to the rear of the car. Dragon heads shooting out the front appear to hold the headlights, while the new wheel spokes resemble a dragon claw. The inside has a crazy custom feel that looks almost too futuristic to be true.
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One of the most amazing cars in the world, the Pagani Huayra, is planned to debut on US show floors in 2013. This comes after the US Department of Transportation announced the car would not be allowed in America because of the lacking airbag system. Pagani plans to change this problem with the Huayra, so they will be able to manufacture 15 units at a price of $1,375,000, and an extra $374,000 for the airbag upgrade to make it street legal. With that cost you’d expect it to have some gold plated airbag covers inside, but instead you’ll find an AMG-sourced 6.0-liter twin turbo V12 engine under the hood producing more than 700 horsepower and 1,000 newton meters of torque.
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While Toyota is finishing up the FT-86 for production, their Scion brand of cars has released the concept of the new FR-S. Looking pretty good, the car was initially displayed at the New York International Auto Show in April, and now Ken Gushi talks about the styling to bring more hype. He currently drifts a Scion TC in Japan, but as you can tell in the video he will be ditching that car if the Scion FR-S concept goes into production. The second video has the Vice President of Scion, Jack Hollis sounding extremely excited to launch the Scion FR-S. Hit the jump to see the videos and judge for yourself if the Scion FR-S is going to be a hit or miss.
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A unique car concept was released by the German tuners Irmscher called the 7 Selectra, an electric concept roadster. This classic Lotus 7 type car features a 144V DC motor producing 175 kW and an insance 800 Nm of torque. It is said to be the largest ammount of torque available for an electric car currently. Lithium iron phosphate cells (LiFePo) provide the battery power. The advantage to this liquid cooled battery is minimal power loss at low temps, and the fact they can be charged wirelessly. Technology has allowed these batteries to be charged to 60 and 100 percent in 3 to 8 hours.
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This is a concept from Project Kahn, however they have released this image of what the all new Cosworth-powered Range Rover Evoque styling kit could look like. Some of the design will be modified over the next year, since the Evoque won’t be launched until 2012, but it still looks stunning for a luxury SUV. The British tuning experts plan to offer a custom body kit along with multi-spoke lightweight alloy rims, to fit perfectly with this exceptional blue livery. Unfortunately, the tuners from Project Kahn do not know when this will be completed or how much the cost will be, so stay tuned!
