Toyota Motor together with tuning studio Gazoo Racing transformed a midget car Toyota iQ into the real race car.
Toyota GRMN iQ Racing Concept not only threateningly looks thanks to the developed aerodynamic body-kit, 17-inch wheels and an aggressive 3-coloured colouring, but also is really ready to extreme driving. The 4-cylinder motor develops 116HP!
The interior of Toyota iQ Racing Concept also looks as race bolide: here there are sports seats with 4-dot belts, a framework of safety and sports accessories, aluminium pedals and so forth.
The Tokyo Auto Show present to the World Community a set of car surprises. For example, this exotic Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder. It's necessary to notice that car is tuned so, what to define, what motor-car manufacturer presented one of the brightest cars of autoshow — is actually unreal. The cowl form gives to the car similarity as at Nissan 350Z, the back part casts thoughts on Infiniti G35 Coupe.
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The car body is coloured into golden colour (by Paint Star), besides it, on exterior of a car has been used a aerography sketch that gave to the car very bright and unique kind. The car ground clearance has been reduced at the expense of use of low bumpers. In addition to everything, the magnificent interior fitted by a white skin — gives to the car true uniqueness.
TRD (Toyota Racing Department) especially for the Tokyo Auto Salon finished special version of Lexus IS-F. The car which has received a tuning package, has been named as IS-F Club Performance Accessory. Tuning a Car certainly underwent the most courageous innovations.
Lexus IS-F Club Performance Accessory has been equipped carbon cowl, a front both rear spoiler and the rear choke tube. Besides, has been modernised the car interior. TLD cover a surface by carbon fibre, and sports seats has covered into orange skin. The car received sports suspender, strong brake and an exhaust system, and also new cooling system.
Lexus LS was a brand leader, but now the car should search for new lines to strengthen sensation of style and to impress buyers. The US Platinum Motorsport tuners is shown a new kit-packages to make indelible impression from 2011 Lexus LS460.
Lexus LS460 Sport
Platinum Motorsport offers a new front bumper with low landing, a radiator enclosure and lateral skirts. The rear bumper is left without changes. Wheel disks — Agetro W150 (22-inch) have been added for impressing of sports style from Lexus LS460 Sport. The car has been offered in nacreous blue that gives more aerodynamical shape to LS460 Sport.
As well as in the majority of the tuning projects, Platinum Motorsport left the engine for Lexus LS untouched, fairly considering that standard V8 engine (380HP/367Nm) will be enough for city racers.
The US tuner offered the unique vision of Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X. AMS Performance exhausted the complete set for versions of Lancer Evolution X, raising its productivity. The tuner offers so serious updatings that thought up for a package a new brand name — AMS 900X.
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo AMS 900X
They use the 2,2-litre engine with buckets JE, Kelford valves, new valve springs and connecting rods by Manley I-Beam. In addition to it, the engine received GT900x V-band body-kit, and also a sports exhaust system and an advanced fuel radiator. As a result of these completions capacity of Lancer Evo X increased to 900HP.
The tuning complete set also includes the new clutch, the strengthened barrels of gear controls and the chromeplated engine bearers. The cost price of tuning complete set AMS 900X for Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is not informed.
On a motor show in Sydney Lexus company presented hybrid car CT 200h with sport package F Sport.
2011 Lexus CT 200h F
The firm program of completions includes: possibility of dark blue body (is offered only for "charged" sedan IS-F), installation of a new radiator enclosure, more aggressive front bumper, and also other wheel disks. Also the car with sport package F Sport receives the modernised interior with a new steering wheel, metal mouldings on a pedal, and other mouldings on thresholds in style IS-F.
Besides it, for a hybrid hatchback the recustomized suspender is offered. According to representatives of Lexus, in this car a roadability improved, and also noise and vibrations decreased. The power-plant of model CT 200h did not undergo to changes.
The European car sales of Lexus CT 200h begin in the middle of October. The first buyers can receive the car by the end of current year.
It seems that updated version of a family Honda Civic sedan reached that stage after which the premiere of a novelty can take place literally in any day. Anyway, the photos which have been finished in Near-Eastern desert by journalists Car Middle East testify to about it.
Honda Civic 2011
Judging by the presented photo, the design of the new Civic does not differ from old version. More likely, this car concerns a category cardinally modernised, than made anew. The freshest elements are tail lights, however the general silhouette of a car remained invariable.As to a passenger compartment the interior also has been moderately renewed. For example, designers changed the form of a car wheel and changed some lateral panels, leaving the central extension housing without visible intervention by Honda Civic tuning.
In the relation of assortment of power units and prospective sales date information is absent.
APR Performance has offered the aerodynamic tuning increasing the sizes of a body. Aerodynamic tuning increases each party of the car by 45 mm in front and on 50 mm behind. The increase in the sizes also has concerned wheels: forward disks have the size 20"x10" (285/25/20), back — 20"x12" (325/25/20).
Aerodynamic tuning for Infiniti G35 includes 2003-2007 also an additional a carbon covering of mirrors. Updating of mirrors includes also lenses with a wide corner of the review and a blue covering for the best safety.
Aerodynamic tuning for Infiniti G35
Cost of aerodynamic tuning for Infiniti G35: $4500US.
Till the end of June Impreza WRX and WRX STI will be equipped with special tuning packages of Prodrive, thus car cost remains former.
Gift Tuning
British division Subaru begins rather favourable advertising campaign. All buyers Subaru Impreza WRX and WRX STI will receive a tuning set from Prodrive Performance absolutely free of charge.
The structure of package Prodrive Performance includes the recustomized electronic block of engine management, high-efficiency system of release and many other things, including the facilitated 18-inch wheels with sports tyres. After installation of a package of the characteristic of the car considerably improve.
For example, for Impreza WRX power of the engine grows with 230-265HP, and twisting moment with 320-390Nm.
Company Honda tuning studio — Mugen — engaged in operational development of exclusively cars of this mark, has presented the special updating of hatchback Civic Type-R which has received name Mugen 200. In total it is planned to make 200 cars in this version. On it informs site Carscoop.
Honda Civic Type-R by Mugen
The special version of car Honda Civic Type-R will be painted exclusively in white colour and begins to be equipped with the aerodynamic weather-cloth of a body including a new forward bumper, other "skirts", the big back spoiler and other back bumper with the integrated branch pipes of final system. Also the novelty will receive 19-inch wheel disks, emblems with an inscription "Mugen" on a body and the special tablet in salon with individual number of each car.
Honda Civic Type-R Mugen 200
The technical stuffing of such cars will not undergo to any modernisation. Hatchbacks will be equipped still with the two-litre motor power 201HP. We will notice, that studio Mugen has developed earlier 240-strong updating Honda Civic Type-R for which it is offered similar Mugen 200 weather-cloth of a body.
Sales Honda Civic Type-R Mugen 200 in the Great Britain will begin in April of current year.
Japanese tuning studio Tommy Kaira has presented to public the project of tuning Nissan GT-R which has received name Ebbrezza-R.
Nissan GT-R by Tommy Kaira
GT-R has received the aerodynamic body executed from the facilitated carbon fibre. Also the car is completed by new 20-inch wheels with tyres Pirelli P-Zero of dimension 255/40 ZR20 in front and 285/35 ZR20 behind.
Technical tuning Nissan GT-R from Tommy Kaira consists in installation of sports system of release from the titan, rigid shock-absorbers and springs, and also some other elements of a suspension bracket improving controllability. Model specifications are not informed, but they only the little differ from standard model as not improvement of characteristics was a studio overall objective, and transformation of appearance and car salon.
Nissan GT-R (interior)
The company informs nothing on the plans concerning a batch production of a tuning package, but some components Nissan GT-R by Tommy Kaira, in particular an aerodynamic weather-cloth, will be accessible in the Japanese market, apparently, already in the near future.
To every possible variations on a theme of tuning Nissan GT-R one more is added — hardly probable not the most unusual. As the author of idea independent company Cobb Tuning has acted, having finished standard the version of the Japanese supercar on purpose refuelling by ecologically pure fuel — ethanol (mix E85).
Nissan GT-R loves ethanol
However, it is possible to name ethanol E85 absolutely ecological pure fuel only rather. On 85% it consists of spirit (more often corn or reed) and on 15% from gasoline. Ethanol is available in the United States and in the South America, but in Europe and Asia practically is not applied.
Experts Cobb Tuning assert, that on the properties mix E85 can be approached to the best grades of the racing gasoline accessible in the early nineties of the last century. Being based on it, they have equipped regular for GT-R 3,8-l petrol V6 with two new high-efficiency fuel pumps Walbro 255 and atomizers on 800 cubic sm from Deatschwerks.
Nissan GT-R by Cobb Tuning
What thus a fuel consumption level, let even harmless, developers modestly hold back. Up to the end prospects of occurrence of the complete set for transfer GT-R into ethanol on free sale are not defined also.
The beginning of year has appeared rather positive for admirers Subaru Impreza WRX STI. In total several days ago in sale in Japan there was the special series Impreza WRX STI R205, differing the modernised suspension bracket and the improved systems of the engine, and now version WRX STI A-Line Type S addressed by for whom appearance of the car is not less important, than technical characteristics is offered to the Japanese buyers.
Impreza WRX STI Type S
Impreza WRX STI A-Line Type S it is created on the basis of WRX STI A-Line, left in sale on an internal car market of Japan in the beginning of the past year, but differs from the car a number of cosmetic completions. Among them the new 18-inch carbon wheels covered with a varnish of colour of a weapon steel are allocated. Supports of brake mechanisms are painted in is dark-golden colour.
The wheel is sheathed by a natural skin and from the same material furnish of door panels is executed. A red proline are present both on a wheel and on door panels. WRX STI A-Line Type S are equipped with 5-step automatic transmission with gear change possibility in a manual mode.
Subaru Impreza WRX STI A-Line Type S
The 2,5-l petrol engine with a turbo-supercharging has not changed in comparison with version WRX STI A-Line. Power of the engine of 300HP. Cost Subaru Impreza WRX STI A-Line Type S makes in Japan from $34,800US dollars or 24,400 euros. The car can be got under the advanced order form.
Tuning studio Original Runduce has dressed sport car Nissan GT-R in carbon.
Carbon Nissan GT-R
The composit material not only has completely replaced metal panels of the original, but also has changed appearance. Japanese while hold other details of the tuning in the strict secret, promising to tell all details is closer to the Tokyo motor show.
Nissan GT-R by Original Runduce
Meanwhile, writes Caredge, power of the engine will grow with 480 to 600HP.
Japanese tuning studio Tommy Kaira continues work on version Nissan GT-R. Work proceeds some months and approaches end: the end result will be presented on the Tokyo motor show which will take place from January, 15 till January, 17th, 2010. This action practically is completely devoted tuning and the newest workings out of the Japanese companies.
Nissan GT-R by Tommy Kaira
Nissan GT-R from Tommy Kaira it will be allocated first of all with the aerodynamic weather-cloth executed in basic from the carbon. The car will receive a new forward bumper, overlays on thresholds, dilators of back wheel arches, a massive back bumper, and also a rear wing on a luggage carrier cover.
In change salon will have the cosmetic character directed on giving of comfort and luxury. The forward panel is sheathed by a matte natural skin, in salon sports armchairs Recaro are placed.
Aerodynamic components by Tommy Kaira
In spite of the fact that the engine and transmission remain without completions, the car suspension bracket is considerably modernised. Aerodynamic components from Tommy Kaira will appear on sale in Japan soon after end of the Tokyo motor show. Their approximate cost is not disclosed yet. At present the company has extended some images finished GT-R, but official photos of completely finished car will appear only directly ahead of presentation.
The imagination of the Japanese fans of tuning has been directed this time on a minivan for home market which has found lines of appearance of a German sedan.
BMW + Odyssey
Court on everything, "native" forward part Honda Odyssey has seemed to the owner insufficiently expressively, there have been therefore begun searches of the donor for change. In a role of that has acted BMW 3-Series in body E92. It is possible to judge result on the presented photos, and at the same time to notice and other completions to which the family minivan has undergone.
Honda Odyssey (minivan)
Disorder of wheels differs simply monstrous negative value, wide tyres on expensive carbon disks supplement a picture.
On December, 17th in sale special release of cars Nissan Note — Aero Style has arrived. As base versions for cars of special release complete sets 15X and 15RS have served. Novelties differ stylish design which allocates with appeal Note even more, and are thus offered under rather reasonable price.
Special release Nissan Note
Cars of special release are equipped by the exclusive chromeplated lattice of a radiator. Besides it, cars are completed with antifog headlights with multireflectors and a safety plate for doors. A wheel of cars of special release will fit a skin with a red proline. Besides, novelties are equipped with aluminium pedals.
Nissan Note — Aero Style
Cars of special release Note Aero Style are accessible in following colour shades: white nacre, a grey, black and silvery metallic. The price 15X Aero Style makes 1,541,400 yens, and 15RS Aero Style it is possible to get for 1,635,900 yens.
Japanese company Subaru for the international motor show in Los Angeles which will open in the beginning of December, has prepared the special version of model Impreza WRX — Limited.
Subaru Impreza WRX Limited
At the heart of company "special clothes" — car Impreza WRX in complete set Premium. In a standard complete set have included a leather upholstery of salon, the panoramic hatch, satellite radio, CD-changer on 6 disks, an audiosystem with MP3, a subwoofer, seats with logos WRX, a blacked out rear-view mirror with a compass, system Homelink, the iPod interface, and also the lever of a transmission of firm Momo, metal overlays on a pedal from STI.
Under a cowl the standard 265-strong engine in volume of 2.5 litres, working together with a five-step mechanical transmission is placed. The debut of all-wheel drive car Subaru Impreza WRX Limited will take place within the limits of the international motor show in Los Angeles where should announce cost of the special version.
The car has not gone on sale yet, and to demonstration are already ready four showcar from the known North American tuning companies.
Suzuki Kizashi for the US
Suzuki Kizashi will enter the market of the United States in December, but month before in Las Vegas the annual exhibition where the car will be one of appreciable participants, thanks to four tuning versions created Road Race Motorsport, Delta Tech, Westside Auto and experts of edition Import Tuner will take place.
The version from Road Race Motorsport receives name Platinum Edition. The car have equipped with an aerodynamic weather-cloth of working out Carbontrix. Also the car is allocated with a non-standard lattice of a radiator, an air inlet on a cowl and unusual colouring, including a black roof.
All cars are completed by sports springs and stabilizers of cross-section stability Progress Technology. A place of regular brake mechanisms have replaced improved Rotora (330 mm in front and 260 mm behind). Under a cowl — the high-efficiency inlet system, improved operating electronics, sports system of release and many other things.
Suzuki Kizashi (sedan)
Delta Tech Engineering at tuning Kizashi has paid special attention on an audiosystem. Having used components Kenwood, authors count on quite good result. Appearance is improved by means of aerodynamic weather-cloth RK Sport, sports armchairs are developed Katzkin, and sports elements of a suspension bracket — Koni. The light engineering practically is completely replaced on light-emitting diode.
Perhaps, the most expressive appearance possesses Kizashi from Westside Auto Group, received name Soleil. Two-ton colouring of a body (colours Napa Merlot and Bronzed Amber are used) is unusual.
After tuning the car has lost door handles and many acting elements in a back part. Car "sounding" will be improved by final system Yoshimura. Carbon wheel disks R-Worx painted in golden colour with tyres Bridgestone Potenza complete a picture.
As to Kizashi under magazine Import Tuner version the edition yet has not published any photo of the working out, suggesting to wait the exhibition beginnings.
