German Car Scene

Month: September 2013

  • Porsche 911 Carrera 4S vs Chevrolet Corvette C7 vs Ferrari F12 Berlinetta

    Porsche 911 Carrera 4S vs Chevrolet Corvette C7 vs Ferrari F12 Berlinetta
    On this episode of Head 2 Head, Motor Trend’s Carlos Lago teams up with Randy Pobst to line up its Best Driver’s Car competition winner, the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, against Chevrolet’s Corvette C7 and the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta.

    The 911 uses a 3.8-litre unit with direct injection that develops 294 kW (400 hp) and 440 Nm of torque and allows a 0-100 km/h time of 4.1 seconds and a 299 km/h top speed, while the Corvette is packing a 6.2-litre V8 producing 343 kW (460 hp) and 630 Nm and the Ferrari a 6.3-litre V12 which, at 545 kW (731 hp) and 690 Nm, is the most powerful car that Motor Trend has ever taken around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
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  • Mercedes-Benz SSC-Class imagined

    Mercedes-Benz SSC-Class
    Singapore-based digital artist and car fanatic Theophilus Chin has revealed his latest work; a four-door version of the forthcoming Mercedes S-Class Coupe.

    The fact that Mercedes-Benz recently stated that its CLS will be the company’s largest four-door Coupe hasn’t stopped Theophilus from creating one. When it came to naming the vehicle, he looked to the past for inspiration and decided to call it the SSC-Class as a homage to the supercharged, 7.1-litre-engined SSK (Super Sport Kurz) built over eighty years ago.
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  • Jeff Zwart talks Porsche 911 with Petrolicious

    Porsche 911
    In another brilliant video from the guys at Petrolicious, serial Porschephile Jeff Zwart talks about his lifelong love affair with the 911, and how it all began with his father’s early 901.

    As well as photographing and filming everything from motorsports to the latest production models, coffee table books, posters, and art pieces, Jeff has masterminded many advertising campaigns for the company over the last couple of decades. And if that’s not enough, he’s also a seven-times Pike Peak Champion who set the record for the fastest street-legal car on the event in 2011 driving a 911 GT2 RS.
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  • BMW X6 M Design Edition announced

    BMW X6 M Design Edition
    BMW has taken to Facebook to announce details of its new X6 M Design Edition.

    Visually the special variant features components from BMW’s M Performance range, including 21-inch light alloy wheels, a front splitter and rear spoiler in carbon fibre and optional body stripes. Black kidney grilles and a black diffuser section complete the aesthetics.

    Inside the cabin there’s black Merino leather upholstery throughout with Mugello Red elements and stitching on the seats and dashboard, piano black trim inlays and a special edition plaque on the glovebox lid.

    Under the hood is the regular model’s 4.4-litre biturbo V8 powerplant, which develops 408 kW (555 hp) and 680 Nm of torque, allowing a 0-100 km/h time of just 4.7 seconds and a limited top speed of 250 km/h.

    Just 100 units will be built, with pricing yet to be announced.
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  • Porsche Carrera GT invasion at Lake Garda

    Porsche Carrera GTs on Lake Garda
    Porsche recently took a group of Carrera GT owners on a trip to Lake Garda in Italy, which saw them set off from Porsche Centre Stuttgart before spending all weekend enjoying the hotel and its surrounding roads.

    Supercar fanatic BabyloNordschleife was there to capture the event, which even featured a surprise in the form of a 918 Spyder. Built between 2004–2007 in Leipzig, the GT is propelled by a 450 kW (612 hp) 5.7 litre V10 engine, which delivers a 324 km/h (201 mph) top speed, a 7:28 Nurburgring time and a stupefying soundtrack.
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  • Mercedes-Benz S-Class by German Special Customs

    German Special Customs Mercedes S-Class
    Chemnitz’s German Special Customs has released initial details of its program to suit the new Mercedes S-Class.

    The company’s aggressive aero package includes a deeper front bumper with larger intakes and lip spoiler, a ventilated carbon fibre hood, angular side skirts, carbon fibre trunk lid spoiler and rear bumper with air outlets and diffuser housing trapezoidal tailpipes.

    The S-Class sits on a set of 21-inch multi-spoke alloy wheels, with GSC also working on performance increases across the range, including a 634 kW (850 hp) upgrade for the S 63 AMG.
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