If you like your hot hatches extra hot, you’ll love this spicy little meatball. It’s a Mk5 Volkswagen Golf R32 twin-turbo boasting 485kW (650hp) thanks to a comprehensive HPA twin-turbo kit and 3.6-litre stroker engine. The Volkswagen Golf R32 is already a very potent little package, being Volkswagen’s most powerful […]
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Video: Insane dune buggy with 1800hp twin-turbo 427 V8
Not many words can describe this 1800hp sand dune buggy video which has recently been uploaded to YouTube. Apparently, this is with the boost set to ‘conservative’. According to a Jalonik report, this epic dune buggy features a 427ci twin-turbo V8 churning out a mind-blowing 1800hp (1343kW). The stunning engine […]
2012 Hyundai Veloster turbo concept to be unveiled at SEMA show
Hyundai and ARK Performance have joined forces to come up with a special racing Hyundai Veloster turbo concept which is set to be on show at the 2011 Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) event in the US. Looking to be one of the main Hyundai attractions at SEMA 2011, the […]
Nissan GT-R Abflug widebody bodykit
There’s plenty of tuners around throwing spanners at the 3.8-litre twin-turbo R35 Nissan GT-R engine, but not many companies out there are doing aero kits. Abflug has just changed that by coming up with a full widebody bodykit. The Abflug Nissan GT-R R35 kit is one of the fattest kits […]
2012 Porsche Panamera Diesel speedART PS9-300D power kit
Porsche specialist tuner speedART has announced a new power kit for the 2012 Porsche Panamera Diesel, called the PS9-300D. Though this power kit appears slightly tamer than the one on the speedART Porsche 911 SP91-R, it’s certainly cool to see the German tuner fiddling with diesel power. The speedART PS9-300D […]
Video: World’s fastest couch breaks Guinness Record in Australia at 163km/h
The record for the world’s fastest couch has just been broken, and it happened right here in Australia. Camden Airport in south-west Sydney hosted a speed record attempt on Monday, where a custom-made performance couch cracked on to 163km/h, placing it in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s […]
Nissan 370Z tuning kit by Stillen with over 500hp
Steve Millen and his company, funnily enough called Stillen, have announced a new tuning kit for the latest Nissan 370Z two-door sports car. The kit comes with a comprehensive engine tuning package including a supercharger for the original 3.7-litre V6, pushing power beyond the 500hp (373kW) mark. Stillen has been […]
Video: Chevrolet Camaro drag car loses rear axle (diff) in race
Watch on as this Chevrolet Camaro drag car throws its rear axle out during a drag race. Drag racing can be scary stuff when things go wrong; this guy is just lucky his Chevrolet Camaro drag car didn’t decide to spit out the rear axle half way down the track […]