Hot Tuned Cars

Lumma Design rushed the reveal of the first performance kit for the BMW X6. The engineers managed to give birth to an impressive machine capable to compete with anyone and impress the public at the Geneva Auto Saloon.
Lumma called this version CLR X 650M and comes next to the older packages CLR X 650 and CLR X 650GT. The base model for this package was the M version of the X6 that has 555hp and a V8 4.4l overcharged engine.
After the engineers at Lumma finished working at the car, it had 650Hp and 830Nm of torque, 150Nm extra than the base M model. Even if the car weights 2200kg it reaches 100km/h in only 4.5s and has a top speed of 312km/h.
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The Japanese at Subaru will present a crossover at the Geneva Auto Saloon called XV.The new crossover is based on an Impreza. This new car is the production model derived out of the concept presented last year at the Tokyo Auto Saloon,Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept. This new model, Subaru XV, will be available in the second half of 2010 and will be a hybrid as the concept presented at Tokyo. It will have a 2.0l engine and two electric engines all connected to the Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive traction control.
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One year ofter launching the Lampo concept, the guys at Protoscar reveal at the Geneva Auto Saloon with a new improved vresion, Lampo2. The new electric roadster has a new exterior design and an improved interior.
Protoscar claims that the platform the model is build on, BRUSA, was improved in matters of weight and streamlines. As the old model, Lampo2 has two electric engines, one in the front and one in the back,with improved performances 268Hp and 440Nm of torque and 408Hp and 640Nm of torque.
The new concept reaches 100km/h in 5s, has a top speed of 200km/h and can run 200km between charges thanks to the improved Li-Ion batteries.
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The American tuning house, SpeedFactory, developed a modified version of the Dodge Charger 426 Hemi that is able to do a quarter mile drag in only 9.453s. This is the fastest model build on a Chrysler LX/LC platform in the world. This platform is also used by Dodge Chargerm Magnum, Challenger and Chrysler 300 C.

The SpeedFactory version of the Dodge Charger 426 is equipped with a V8 Hemi engine that has a Vortech V7 YSI compressor, offering it 900Hp.The interior was stripped out so the car would weigh 1700kg. Most of the element are original,as on every Charger, the only modifications brought to it were to the differential and transmission so it be able to handle even 1000hp and a new suspension that helps the driver keep the trajectory in drag races. The record was obtained on the South Georgia Motorsports Park track and the Charger reached 234km/h.

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TechArt presented pics with the new body kit for the Porsche Panamera, that they will reveal at the Geneva Auto Saloon.
The body kit modifies the streamlines of the Panamera, thanks to the new rear and front bumpers.The body kit also includes an aileron and 21″or 22″ alloy wheels
The interior was also modified in TechArt style.

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