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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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  • JMS Tuning BMW 4 Series Coupe

    JMS Tuning BMW 4 Series Coupe
    Walddorfhäslach-based aftermarket specialist JMS Tuning has revealed details of what it can provide for owners of the new BMW 4 Series Coupe.

    For now, the only bodywork addition is a Racelook front spoiler with integrated diffuser priced at €399. JMS can also supply a KW Variant 3 inox-line coilover suspension kit, which allows a drop in ride height of 55 mm at the front and 45 mm at the rear, and a wheel and tyre package available, comprising of Schmidt Revolution Gambit alloys, which measure 8.5 and 10.5 x 20-inches.

    The company will shortly be rolling out ECU upgrades, air filters, exhaust systems and adjustable software to eliminate the delay that can be found in electronic fly-by-wire pedals.

    [Source: JMS Tuning]

  • Porsche 991 Turbo and Turbo S Cabriolet revealed

    Porsche 991 Turbo Cabriolet
    Porsche has released details of its new 911 Turbo and turbo S Cabriolet models ahead of their public unveiling in Los Angeles on November 20.

    Sharing the same powerplant as the Coupe; namely a turbocharged 3.8-litre flat-six engine developing 520 hp (383 kW) and 560 hp (412 kW) respectively, gears are switched via the seven-speed dual-clutch PDK transmission, which sends power to a new all-wheel drive system (PTM) utilizing an electronically controlled and activated multi-plate clutch that directs more torque to the front wheels when necessary.

    The Turbo cracks 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds, while the Turbo S takes 3.2s, with both capable of achieving a top speed of 318 mph (197 mph). If you’re interested, average fuel consumption on both cars stands at 9.9 litres per 100 kilometres with CO2 emissions of 231 g/km, which represents an improvement of up to 15 percent compared to its predecessor.

    The Cabriolet roof system, which uses a lightweight magnesium frame with a Coupe-like arch that offers aerodynamic advantages, opens and closes in around 13 seconds, at speeds of up to 50 km/h.

    Due to be launched in Germany this December, pricing starts at €174,431 for the Turbo and €207,989 for the Turbo S.
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