Following on from its brilliant BMW M2 video, Electric Federal has created this film documenting the evolution of the iconic M3 model.
BWS Motorsports’ Marc Norris talks about the box-arched car that was initially built to compete in the DTM Championship right up to the current version, which is doing a great job of dominating it in 2013 following last year’s triumphant return.
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Styling and performance specialist Vorsteiner has teased its new program for the Lamborghini Aventador.
Still at the pre-production stage, the carbon fibre Aventador-V package will not only include a full array of components replacing such factory items as air intake shrouds, but also a more aggressive front splitter, side blade skirts and a two-piece wing section.
The conversion is topped off by a choice of the company’s specially designed 20 and 21-inch diameter monoblock forged aluminum wheels.
Vorsteiner also provided a insight into how its products are developed. A blue laser light scanner is used to create an accurate, computer-generated 3D model which can then be used as a virtual base for the development team to work with, ensuring that the end product will be a perfect fit.
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On the eve of its tenth birthday, fifty BMW M3 CSL owners from all over Europe to mark the occasion at the BMW Welt in Munich.
For many BMW enthusiasts the hardcore E46 M3 CSL (Coupé Sport Leichtbau) is the ultimate M model, with Sport Auto taking one around the Nurburgring in 7:50 minutes – two seconds quicker than the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4.
The deletion of electric seats, navigation system, air conditioning and stereo system, and the use of carbon fibre in such areas as the roof, front bumper and rear diffuser, along with a plastic boot lid and cardboard boot floor, sees the CSL undercuts its regular sibling by 110 kg (240 lb), while the slightly improved output of 265 kW (360 hp) and 370 Nm is thanks to an optimized carbon airbox, revised software, camshafts and exhaust valves.
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Here’s a video from a VIP event held last month by Lamborghini at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch with Stephan Winkelmann in attendance, which saw a handful of people offered the chance to drive the company’s stunning Sesto Elemento.
Carrying a $2.2 million price tag, this carbon fibre track weapon tips the scales at just 999 kilograms (2,202 lb) and uses the 419 kW (570 hp) V10 engine and all-wheel-drive layout from the company’s 1,340 kg (2,954 lb) Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera. With a power-to-weight ratio of just 1.75 kilograms per hp, 100 km/h appears in just 2.5 seconds with top speed surpassing the 300 km/h mark. Wearing different motorsport wheels and sliding windows from the concept car, it looks – and sounds – like it’s ready to be abused. Just 20 units will be created.
“The Sesto Elemento is intended for collectors who occasionally also want to drive on a track. It is for a car collector who also wears a race suit,” said the Chief Designer of the Sesto Elemento, Filippo Perini.
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Winterlingen stylinghouse Lumma Design has released photos of its CLR 6 M program to suit BMW’s mighty M6 Coupe and Cabriolet.
The muscular body package comprises of an aggressive front bumper with large air intakes and splitter, a ventilated carbon fibre bonnet, front and rear wheel arch extensions, side skirts, a carbon fibre motorsport rear wing and bumper with air outlets and diffuser section. Filling the arches is a set of Lumma’s multi-piece 21-inch alloys wrapped in 275/30 and 325/25 rubber.
The only change to the car’s 412 kW (560 hp) 4.4-litre V8 engine is a complete stainless steel exhaust system culminating in quadruple tailpipes.
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Mercedes-Benz has broken the Nurburgring’s lap record for a electric production car with its SLS AMG Coupe Electric Drive, dipping below the 8-minute barrier in the process.
Recording an impressive time of 7:56.234 minutes with Markus Hofbauer behind the wheel, the Gullwing takes the crown from Audi’s R8 e-tron, which took 8:09.099 minutes to negotiate the Green Hell exactly a year ago. Putting the achievement into perspective, Walter Röhrl recorded a 7:56 in a Porsche Panamera Turbo.
Producing a colossal 552 kW (740 hp) and a maximum torque figure of 1,000 Nm from a quartet of electric motors, the electric-power gullwing is capable of cracking 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 3.9 seconds.
“Mercedes-AMG impressively shows the potential of the SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive with this new record on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. This record run is further proof for our constant innovative vigour,” said the Chairman of Mercedes-AMG GmbH, Ola Källenius.
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