Project Kahn, the Bradford-based UK tuninghouse, has created the Audi TR8 – a package for Audi TT owners who feel the need to separate themselves from other owners of the popular Ingolstadt coupe. Personally, we quite like the new bumpers and we were already fans of the company’s 20-inch RSV alloy wheels, but those R8-style sideblades were always going to divide opinion…
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Mercedes-Benz has created a bus based on its Citaro G model, as part of the European Bus System of the Future transport project that will be shown at the Bremen bus show from today. Its futuristic bus includes such goodies as WLAN, GPS, and LCD monitors showing everything from onward connections to cultural, political and business information.
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Patrick Simon drives Audi’s sweet R8 GT for Germany’s Motorvision. With a 560hp V10 engine and a top speed of 198.4 mph, the GT is the fastest and most powerful car in the current model line. Only 333 examples of this limited-edition supercar will be sold worldwide.
The two Porsche Boxster E prototypes at the Michelin Challenge Bibendum in Berlin last week have proved to be a real smash with the public. At the forum for sustainable mobility, which was staged for the eleventh time this year, representatives from politics, industry, trade and research discussed the environmentally-friendly mobility and vehicle concepts of the future. The trips in the electric Boxsters were in particular demand amongst the expert audience. On a sporty circuit, the vehicles demonstrated that a Boxster with electric drive still remains a genuine Porsche in terms of driving dynamics.
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The completely revised, even more powerful KTM X-BOW R has been presented to the public in the series version. Just two days after the official opening of the Red Bull Ring in the presence of national and international motorsports personalities, the “R” has been able to show just what it’s capable of on this racing circuit.
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Germany’s Auto Bild compares the BMW 1 Series M Coupé and Audi RS 3 Sportback with Ford’s sinister-looking weapon – the Focus RS500.