European Car News

Choosing the upcoming 24-hour race event at the Nürburgring, Volkswagen is presenting the new VW Scirocco R for the first time.

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Every year, Wörthersee in Austria plays host to the GTI meet, where VW and Audi fanboys come together from all over Europe. Audi has setup its own stand at this event. The brand’s appearance at the 28th Wörthersee Tour, running May 20-23 this year, is dedicated to the centennial “100 years of Audi” celebration. As a special highlight for the event at Wörthersee, Audi has prepared a customised Audi Q5 with 21-inch wheels, wider track, lowered ride height, a special paint finish and a tuned 3.0 TFSI engine, calling it the Audi Q5 custom concept.

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Wimmer Rennsporttechnik Solingen, the unknown European tuning firm with the long name, has released a number of performance upgrades for the new 997-generation Porsche 911 GT2 Biturbo.

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After months of leaked info, German tuner Hamann has officially introduced its upgrade package for the all-new 2009 BMW 7-Series.

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Having spent over 11 months developing this car, German design house Unique Sportcars has completed their first design concept based on the Ferrari F430, called the Calavera.

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The BMW X5 Sport Edition, which was first revealed back in June 2007, is finally been offered in Dubai and Abu Dhabi showrooms, as well as other GCC markets. It won’t aid your X5’s off-road abilities though, no matter what BMW claims.

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BMW is going to display a customised X6 ambulance at the upcoming RETTmobil rescue vehicle show in Germany. It is the xDrive50i version, and BMW goes to great lengths to describe the purpose of such a cramped ambulance.

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The 2010 Opel Astra, which was set to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show, has been officially released by GM. It is set to get a lot of its features from Opel’s midsize sedan model, the Opel Insignia. It comes with a new chassis and is also longer than the previous model by 71 mm.

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The Porsche Cayenne is painfully common on the streets of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, so no one even gives one of these monstrosities a second look any more. It looks like this “problem” exists in Europe too, according to Romania-based MAFF Tuning, so they’ve built a kit to make it look a bit more, shall we say, unique. The MAFF Muron throws itself into a ring dominated by German tuners.

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European tuner NOVITEC TRIDENTE now offers up a kit for the Maserati GranTurismo S, and it isn’t just all looks. A newly-developed supercharged V8 engine bumps up the power to supercar levels.

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