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.
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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.
ABT Audi Q5
The guys from ABT wanted to modify SUVs for a long time and the results they had with Touareg and Tiguan where incredible. Now, they decided to move to another SUV and they choose to modify the new Audi Q5. The guys from ABT changed the car’s face almost completely by installing new front and rear skirts, a great front grille and a rear wing that make this car look really aggressive. To complete this elegant car they equipped it with 20″ BR rims. ABT also prepared some performance improvements for the Q5. The 2.0 TDI engine has 20 additional HP now and it could develop 190 HP.
Kicherer Audi RS6 RSStreet
Audi RS6 is already one of the most wanted cars in the world because it has great performances and comfort. Even though it has one of the most powerful stock engines in the world, one that could develop 580 HP there are still clients that want more from this car. Kicherer decided to improve this car and the first modifications where made at this car’s engine. They tweaked it’s performances and now the engine has 700 HP and a maximum torque of 780 Nm. The car will accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.3 seconds and it’s maximum speed is around 280 km/h.
GeigerCars.de Dodge Viper
GeigerCars.de is another great tuning company from Germany. The company is well known for modifying American Cars and their latest project is a Dodge Viper. They created a special performance kit for this car’s engine made from efficient water jackets, new cylinder heads, large valves, new sparks, a large oil pump and a high performance oil induction system for the engine. This performance kit will add 100 HP to this Viper’s engine. The guys from GeigerCars.de also modified the car’s clutch and they installed high performance wide tires with 19″ wheels. The car will accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.6 seconds and it could reach a maximum speed of 325 km/h.
Hamann Mini Cooper R56
At the beginning of 2007 Hamann created a special aerodynamic kit for Mini R56. After a year and a half the car tuning company completes this tuning package with performance improvements for all engines that equip this small speedy car. For Mini Cooper S the guys from Hamann modified the control unit and the 1.6 turbo engine can develop now 204 HP. They also offer a stronger kit for this Cooper S called SportKit CS 230 that will upgrade the car’s engine cooling unit and it also has a new intercooler and exhaust system. This performance kit will take the car to 230 HP and 330 Nm.
Specter Werkes Corvette C6 GTR
There are a lot of people that have a Corvette C6 in their garage and probably all of them know that there are a lot of tuning options for this car. Companies like Lingenfelter, Callaway and Pratt & Milller could transform this C6 into a vehicle that’s capable to race with the best supercars in the world. A car tuning company from Detroit, Specter Werkes, launched a special GTR package for Corvette C6 last week. They created a wide body kit made from carbon fiber, installed a new hood, Stoptech brakes, high performance exhaust system from Corsa and Forgeline or HRE rims. Each client could choose a performance kit for the engine called Matrix II that will increase the engine capacity from 6.2 to 6.8L with a maximum power of 545 HP.
Edo Competition Murcielago LP710/2
The german car tuning company Edo Competition tries to modify every supercar on the market and their latest project is based on a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. They started to tweak the car’s performances by adding new air filters and modified elements to the car’s 6.5L V12 engine. The exhaust system was also replaced and the new exhaust is bigger and lighter. After they modified the car’s control unit this lovely supercar could develop 710 HP and 700 Nm. Thanks to this power boost, LP710/2 can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds, from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 10 seconds and it could reach and incredible speed of 360 km/h.