Archive for the ‘Custom Cars’ Category
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
This vehicle made almost entirely of wood really is a piece of art. His story began back in 1959, when a boat builder located on the west coast of America introduced its own version of a unique hotrod, that, in the same time shows his ability in shaping wood.
This vehicle was equipped with an Ariel Square Four motorcycle engine of 42 HP, coupled to a sequential transmission in four steps. Seems to be a little power for a hotrod, but, think again! This work of art only weights 350 kg!
The suspension was “borrowed” from a Citroen, and the steering box from a Renault. Some pieces, including the taillights, are Cadillac original while the remaining components were manufactured by hand.
This unique automobile wasn’t used too much by its creator, who then sold it to a collector from Nevada. From this collector, the hotrod got into the propriety of the Auto Museum St. Louis, which now sells it on eBay. The price? Only $22,500 for such a great creation!
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
In these pictures you can see an Audi R8 relpica made by a Spanish guy who started from a technical platform provided by a Ford.
All this story started from a Ford Cougar V6 of 2.5 liters, to which was added a body which keeps almost to perfection the dimensions and shapes of the German model, an Audi R8. Alberto Gavach Fuertes from Zaragoza is the genius who created this model, and the result is impressive given the facts that the front transmission and engine mounted in the front were kept, although Audi R8 is a model with the engine positioned in the center.
There were applied modifications only to the car’s exterior, because in the interior only a R8 logo was mounted on the steering wheel, nothing more. Interesting is that the owner put the car up for sale and wants 40.000 euro for it, three times less than an original model but more expensive than a brand new Audi TT 2.0 TFSI. Hard to choose, right?
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
160 HP added and 250 kg less at an Audi R8 sounds really good, right? Well, these specifications are found on the special model prepared by PPI Automotive Design, being named Razor GTR.
PPI Automotive Design, not a very popular tuner, will present at the Auto Show from Essen a great custom car called PPI Razor GTR, which technically is a modified Audi R8 . The aim of this project was to improve the aerodynamics and the power of this supercar. So, the German tuners managed to reduce the car’s weight by 250 kg and increase its power to 580 HP. This modifications automatically improved the car’s acceleration, PPI Razor GTR reaching the speed of 100 km/h in only 3.7 seconds.
In addition to the technological progresses, Razor GTR is presented with an aerodynamic kit and new body elements which provide a very sharp aspect. Also, in order to facilitate the pressing line, this tuned model gets a huge aileron and a adjustable hydraulic suspension.
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
The Mini Cooper you can see in these pictures is more a work of art than a car, and will be exposed at the Picadilly museum in London. The British model is decorated with one million Swarovski crystals of 40 colors which practically sketch the main American symbols: the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, the White House and the American flag.
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
The model you can see in this picture is a Bugatti Veyron with a body-kit finished to behave like a mirror. But it’s not Dubai, U.S, nor Russia.
In fact, the model was realized by an artist called Olaf Nicolai, the model being exposed in the new Autostadt flag of Volkswagen, situated in Wolfsburg, Germany, which reopened on 31 october. The most important models of the German group are exposed in a special area full of mirrors.
So, if Volkswagen will ever sell this model, where will it arrive? Most probably Dubai, Moscow or Las Vegas.
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
The world is full of modified Japanese models that aspire to supremacy in different confrontations on road between “bad boys”. Well, one of those “bad boys” can now be proud of his car, being the fastest Honda Civic in the world, a car that is for sale on eBay!
The car, a 1999 Civic, established an official speed record on the salt track from Bonneville, Utah, where it achieved a maximum speed of 366 km/h. I made you want it? You can have it, just bid more than $21.177.77 and go to Las Vegas, Nevada to pick it! Oh, unnecessary to mention that this car has very few things in common with the series model, an engine that develops 728 HP being the most essential part of the modification process.
Looking for a Honda Civic of your own?
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