Hyundai Equus by Rhys Millen Racing

Hyundai announced recently that it will show a Rhys Millen Racing version of the Equus at the 2010 SEMA Auto Show next month. The RMR Signature Edition Equus will include exterior, interior and performance upgrades that will enhance the already luxurious sedan.



Exterior changes to the Equus include front chin and rear deck spoilers, carbon mirrors and a two-tone carbon fiber and "Red Bull Racing blue" paint job, plus 21-inch HRE wheels.



A new intake and exhaust system add 30 hp, for a total of 415 hp from the 4.6-liter V-8, while 14-inch front brake discs bring things to a halt. It’s not our cup of tea—we’d have attached the Korean-market hood ornament and called it a day—but it should be right at home among the bewinged and neon-lighted creations that dominate SEMA.



The car also gets two-tone carbon-fiber mirrors, front and rear spoilers and a leather interior with suede accents. It rolls on 21-inch wheels.







Press Release



RHYS MILLEN RACING BUILDING SIGNATURE EDITION EQUUS FOR SEMA



Visitors to Hyundai's SEMA booth will be treated to the latest customizations from Rhys Millen Racing as his modifications to the company's new flagship sedan will be unveiled. The RMR Signature Edition Equus will include exterior, interior and performance upgrades that will enhance the already luxurious sedan.



"This is the third consecutive year we've partnered with Hyundai to bring a must-see car to the SEMA Show," said Rhys Millen, owner, Rhys Millen Racing. "The intelligent luxury platform of the new rear-wheel drive Equus is a perfect vehicle for tuners who have graduated from other segments and want to work with the best the automotive industry has to offer."



The Equus will showcase exterior RMR Signature Edition components including carbon mirrors, and front chin and rear deck spoilers. A two-tone carbon fiber and Red Bull Racing blue satin clear paint by BASF and HRE 21-inch P40 wheels will appropriately round out the exterior.



Tuners aiming to get even more power from the stock 385 horsepower, V8 engine to the wheels will get a glance at a bolt-on RMR Signature Edition air intake and stainless exhaust that together will add another 30 horsepower. The RMR Signature Equus will also feature a 14-inch brake kit designed to tame the 415 horses.



The interior of the Equus will feature RMR Signature Edition embroidered headrests and floor mats, and ostrich hide leather seats with suede accents.



The RMR Signature Edition Equus will be shown in the Hyundai Booth along with other specially designed cars exclusively built for this year's SEMA Show.

Rolls Royce Apparition

Rolls-Royce Apparition - is a concept by a young native of Dallas, Jeremy

Westerlund. He was still a student, and presented his project as an art center of the School of Design. The car differs

sharp geometric lines, the huge hood and a large 23-inch wheels.

2014 Ford Ka

Ford prepares to present absolutely new generation of the smallest model under name Ka only in 2014. However journalists from English magazine AutoExpress have managed to learn something about the new car.



At creation of new generation Ford Ka the main attention will be given to design. Ford management plans to make from Ka one of the most stylish cars in the market. And for this purpose without risky experiments with appearance not possible to manage such car. According to AutoExpress, serial Ka will be made in style concept Start which has been shown in April of this year on a showroom in Beijing. And Ka will be equipped too with the petrol motor in volume of 1,0 l from ruler EcoBoost which capacity will makes from 85 h.p. to 125 h.p. depending on adjustment.



Apparently, at the heart of following generation of Ford Ka there will be a new platform which will be created by joint efforts of engineers Ford and Fiat.

Mini Scooter E Concept

BMW has releases the MINI Scooter E Concepts that will officially debut at the Paris Auto Show next week. Created to bring together a youth-oriented lifestyle element and sustainable mobility, the scooters take significant design cues from the MINI lineup of cars while using a lithium-ion battery pack to deliver guilt-free mobility.



Mini's moped is, predictably, an uncannily retro two-wheeler. The step-through design, front fender, and curved body all bear a striking resemblance to vintage Lambretta scooters. Appropriate, we suppose, given the Lambretta like the Mini itself was once tied to the British Mod scene in the 1960s. Minor cues, including the chrome trim on the leg shield, the round projector headlamp, spoiler-like grab handle, and twin taillights do help tie the Scooter E to its four-wheeled Mini siblings.



Design-wise, the Scooter E Concept takes many cues from the MINI paradigm. The large wheels, 11-inch rims, give the scooter a bulky look, while the headlight unit is also sizable and round and the Scooter E features upright taillights similar to the MINI Countryman.



Apart from the compact battery, a charging system and connecting cable are integrated snugly in the rear of the MINI Scooter E Concept. The charging cable has a plug which fits into any conventional domestic socket. This has the major advantage that topping up the energy reserve does not depend on a special charging station being available. Stop-offs for shopping or visiting a café can be used for hassle-free battery recharging.



The three concepts, styled by a small team in Munich, Germany, under the guise of BMW Group design boss Adrian von Hooydonk, will be used to gauge public reaction before Mini decides whether or not to press ahead with a premium-priced electric scooter.

2011 Ferrari SA Aperta

Ferrari unveiled the convertible version of the 599 Gran tourer at the 2010 Paris Auto Show next week. The Ferrari SA APERTA was developed to celebrate Pininfarina's 80th anniversary and naturally, will be built in just 80 units.



The SA APERTA is a 599-based roadster featuring the V12 from the GTO and a ‘light soft-top’. This be no automatic folding soft-top though; it’s like a snap-on and is only to be used when the weather gets RUDDY TERRIBLE.



The front-mounted 6.0-litre engine delivers 661bhp and 457lb ft of torque to the rear wheels, and the car's vast range of interior trim ensures that no two of the 80 SA APERTAs to be built will be the same.



The interior gets sophisticated materials, trim and colors used throughout. Ferrari announced that each SA Aperta will be an unique model.

De Macross GT1

Despite lacking own motor industry, in Canada occasionally appears cars about which all public speaks long time. Super car De Macross GT1 promises to become the next disturber of calmness.



Some years ago the automobile world was stirred up by news that in Canada is constructed three-local 1300 h.p super car Locus Plethore, at once received for the characteristics a nickname «Quebec bomb». Though bomb would be more pertinent to replace with a word "rocket". Looked Locus Plethore simply magnificently and at that point of time was one of the most beautiful sport cars of the world. And characteristics «Quebec bomb» were not less impressing, but after a while this project has ceased to submit life signs.



To make the way in elite super car creation the Canadian company De Macross Motor Corporation (DMMC) has decided to undertake the next attempt. Now sport car De Macross GT1 which will be made in 200 copies and, according to Canadians is almost prepared for small-scale manufacture, will make a competition to Italian Pagani Zonda. About the car while it is very small known. The engine located before a rear axle is 5,4-liter eight borrowed at American firm Roush Yates Racing Engines (it is known for the cooperation with commands of championship NASCAR).



Capacity of the motor is unknown, but it is possible not to doubt that Canadians and their American partners will squeeze out of the engine all possible and impossible. Monocook De Macross GT1 will be made of composit materials and aluminum, from the motor racing world also will borrow a suspender and transmission. While the car exists only in the form of model, and the first "live" super car will be shown in November, then its characteristics and the price become known. On it Canadians don't prepare to stop and in the future want to exhaust two more "budgetary" models which will compete with Ferrari 458 Italia and Porsche 911.

2011 KTM X-Bow R

KTM have just unveiled an upgrade to their X-Bow in the form of the X-Bow ‘R’. The KTM X-BOW R will be powered by the same engine as the new Audi S3. If Audi's engine is left in standard form, it means the KTM X-BOW R will develop 265PS and 350Nm of torque.



KTM is still in the process of developing the car. The major change is an upgraded powerplant generating at 300 horsepower, a significant jump from the standard X-Bow’s 237 horsepower. The engine for this even more powerful version comes again from Audi--but it is the more potent unit found in the Audi S3 sports hatch.



The packages each include a vast number of completely new developed parts, which increase the performance of the car dramatically. Many of these parts will be also available separately in the PowerParts program, so all current KTM X-BOW owners will enjoy the benefit of the new developments



The standard version of the KTM X-Bow delivers 240 hp, and has a total weight of 790 kilograms.

2011 Jeep Patriot

Chrysler has just revealed the first images and details of its 2011 Jeep Patriot, and the compact softroader has received very subtle nip/tuck for the new model year that touch nearly every aspect of the vehicle.



Exterior upgrades include what Chrysler describes as a more "aggressive" front fascia with standard foglamps, a new rear fascia, body-color grille and optional 17-inch wheels. The SUV also gets four new exterior colors, as well as an increased 4x4 ride height. "Ride and handling is refined courtesy of returned steering and suspension systems," said Chrysler in a statement, although specific details are not being disclosed yet.



At the interior the automaker has increased the quality of materials, and the steering wheel integrates the audio/trip controls just like in the new Grand Cherokee.



The 2011 Jeep Patriot will be offered with front-wheel- or four-wheel-drive, and will be available in three configurations – Sport, Latitude and Latitude X. Sales will begin in the fourth quarter of 2010.



Other top features are the 2011 Jeep Patriot model's affordability, fuel economy for its segment and safety features, Chrysler said. (The 2010 model took Top Safety Pick honors from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety -- provided the vehicle has the optional side torso airbags). Chrysler hasn't announced pricing, but Edmunds experts expect that the base-model MSRP will be $17,795 and predict that fuel-economy will be a combined 25.

New 2012 Land Rover Defender X-Tech

Land Rover has launched a new bound copy adaptation of the Defender. Called the X-Tech, the newcomer makes its admission at the Brussels Motorshow and will go on auction from March, starting at ВЈ24,995



Based on the 90 Hard Top Commercial derivative, the X-Tech's exoteric is corrective in Zermatt Silver, with a allegory atramentous accomplishment to the roof and caster arches. The X-Tech Defender aswell debuts newly-designed appearance atramentous 16-inch Saw Tooth admixture wheels. The autogenous is accessible in Ebony and the seats now affection covering ancillary bolsters. The Defender X-Tech is powered by a 2.4-litre agent engine with 360Nm. Despite the appropriate copy spec, buyers can still aces from the abounding ambit of accessories aswell available.

2012 Land Range Rover Evoque Revealed

Land Rover has apparent the newest access to the Range Rover line, the Evoque, at the brand’s 40th Birthday anniversary in London. The Range Rover band represents the ultimate in performance, luxury, and flush air-conditioned for the Land Rover brand. Despite its diminutive size, the Evoque isn’t a change of the Freelander/LR2, but is a full-fledged Range Rover. The Evoque should be aloof as comfortable and aerial assuming as the blow of the Range Rover line—at atomic that’s what we hope.



What is absolutely absorbing is aloof how abundant the Evoque has in accepted with the LRX Concept. Many of the abstraction car touches are gone (slim addition mirrors are replaced with accepted units, assembly archetypal has aperture handles), but the Evoque carries over about banausic from the concept’s form. Mechanical capacity are still sparse, but with a planned accessible admission of September 30th at the Paris Motor Show and an on-sale date in the Fall of 2011, we should apperceive added soon. In the meantime, analysis out the abandoned account that Land Rover Evoque provided, and let us apperceive what you think.

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Orange Lexus LFA

The Lexus LFA accustomed extra-late at the supercar table, with Toyota application a diamond-finish access for all the aspects of the vehicle.Speaking of finish, Lexus is application this year's copy of the Detroit Auto Show to accompany the LFA into the spotlights already again, with the aggregation introducing an orange covering for the vehicle.



Here's how the automotive ambassador describes the LFA:The new Lexus LFA marks an important moment in both the history of Lexus and the development of the supercar. A accurate "clean-sheet" design, the Lexus LFA was created by a small, amorous and committed aggregation of engineers whose accomplishment has been to advance the boundaries of technologies abstracts and engineering at every date to aftermath a car like no added to accept agitated the Lexus badge.



Well admonish you that the vehicle, which had fabricated a adoration out of carbon cilia use, is powered by a 4.8 liter V10 unit, which allows the disciplinarian to play with 553 hp and a best torque of 480 Nm. Yes, the abstracts ability not complete so top in today's power-obsessed world, but this car is not alone about performance, but aswell comes with a boundless akin of absorption to data and exclusivity.

2011 Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale

The European sales launch of the 2012 Maserarti GranTurismo MC Stradale is just around the corner, due early in the first quarter of 2011, and with it, we have its European pricing: 154,721 euros. The U.S. launch is due shortly after Europe's, and though we can't know for sure, we may extrapolate a rough idea of what it'll cost this side of the Atlantic.



The heart of the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale is a 4.7-liter V8 engine that sends 450 hp and 510 Nm of torque to the rear wheel. In comparison to the GranTurismo S, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale has 10 hp and 20 Nm of torque more. Although it doesn't seem much, the party piece is in its weight. The Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale is 110 kg lighter than the S which result and improved performance numbers. The car weighs a total of 1770kg. The top speed of the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale is rated at over 300 km/h. The 0 to 100 km/h sprint takes 4.6 seconds.



Inspired by the Trofeo GranTurismo MC and the race-winning GT4 motorsport models, the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale special edition has been tweaked and modified as a direct result of the lessons learned from Maserati’s three racing programs. But what makes this vehicle even better is that it’s road legal.

2011 RSC Raptor GT

Manufactured in Germany, RSC’s newest supercar sports a front-mid-engine design and is rear-wheel drive. The RSC Raptor GT is powered by a 2.6-liter rotary engine that's available in four versions, with power outputs ranging from 500 hp, to 1,200 hp. The RSC Raptor GT S is the base model, equipped with Dry Sump, it develops 500 hp. The RSC Raptor GT RS has a water-to-air turbocharger system and develops 800 hp and the RSR has a twin-turbo and outputs a massive 1,200 hp.



The Raptor GT will be sold with different spec-variants called the GT S, RS, RSR and N-spec. Depending on which model, engine configurations vary and include a water-to-air inter-cooled turbo or a bi-turbo system. The engine is coupled to an 8-speed RSC R-Shift transmission with a hydraulic shift mechanism which makes gear changes in 25 to 35 milliseconds.



Inside, the RSC Raptor GT is also said to feature a pair of seven-inch digital displays coupled with a five-inch tachometer, gear indicator and shift lights, the entire package supposedly weighing in at a claimed 2,425 pounds. RSC also plans an all-wheel drive, mid-engine project with similar specs, which seems like a lot to bite off while they still appear to be chewing on this one.



Depending on the model, the body is of 80% glass fiber or carbon fiber and differs in details in the form and aerodynamics. The interior will get two 7" full-graphic-Diyplays, high-quality materials like carbon fiber, brushed aluminum and various types of leather.