Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren perfectly connects the heritage of legendary racing cars SLR from the 50’s with up-to-date technology of modern racing monoposts of McLaren-Mercedes.

Four years after the introduction of one of the today’s most powerful cars, Mercedes scores once again. The killer of Ferrari and Porsche as this car is often called has now a stylish removable roof and Roadster surname.

The coupe was also one of the pioneers in application of sporting technology into our streets. Its developers used a lot of carbon fibers that are heavily used in racing because of their incredible durability and low weight.

This carbon fiber technology was in case of the new roadster used even more, especially in construction of monocock’s chassis that is now extremely agile and durable against torsion forces even if the car hasn’t a solid roof. It provides nice safety thanks to its surprisingly high absorption ability.

Uniqueness of the roadster is hidden in the roof of course. In this case we can find a sophisticated system that can elegantly „uninstall“the roof and hide it under cover panels without any negative effect on beautiful lines of the car.

This semi-automatic system requires only manual release from the front window. The rest is all automatic and electro-hydraulic mechanism needs only 10 seconds. Safety deficit of open body is compensated with steel-reinforced A-pillars and two fixed roll-over bars behind the seats.

The SLR Roadster has a brand-new roof material that protects its passengers against bad weather, but it’s also very flexible and aerodynamic stabile. The owner can enjoy its high output aggregate without any compromises also in case of the top speed 332kmph what’s comparable with the coupe version.

This all is a result of many hours spent in a wind tunnel, where designers found the best mix of design, safety and usefulness. Now you can enjoy ride without any acoustic or performance distractions.

Heart of the roaster is same as we can find in the coupe. It’s a supercharged V8 engine behind the front axle with 5.5 liters of volume. The engine produces 460kW (626hp) at 6500rpm. Massive 780Nm of torque is available just at 3250rpm and remains practically unchanged till 5000rpm. With three valves per cylinder and 5-speed AMG automatic transmission Speed shift R it needs only 3.8 seconds to beat 100kmph.

The new Mercedes-Benz SLR Roadster is like its older brother produced in McLaren’s factory in English Working where they built also F1 monoposts. This model is available in exclusive distribution chain since September 2007.

The newest capture of Lorinser is also the smallest. Improvements were made on the city sprinter Smart ForTwo.

Owners of this midget can enjoy enhancements including higher performance and attractive design.

Great amount of muscles is visible from outside and this guarantees respect for Lorinser Smart ForTwo.

A new lowered front bumper with a massive central opening is characteristic for the front part and brings more air to the more powerful engine.

Its shape is similar to the bumpers of other Mercedes modifications, so Lorinser means it seriously.
There’s a nee pair of additional rounded lights and pair of lips. Lorinser also installed a sporting mask of the cooler.

There’s no problem to make the car bigger, if you have so nice body kit as Lorinser.

You can see it at the first sight that the car is much wider. Exactly for 55mm. And that’s very unusual for the Smart. Amazed bystanders are guaranteed.
This tuning pack isn’t only about design, but Lorinser made some improvements on the engine of this 800kg beast. These improvements boost the engine to 104hp (77kW) and this means that this shopping cart can accelerate to 100kmph in less than 10 seconds and reach 180kmph! And that’s too hot for this small car.

Its monumental look is enhanced by 6-spoke 17“ aluminum rims (8.5 x 17" and 7 x 17" respectively) It wears Continental tires (245/35 R17 and 215/40 R17) and that’s quite bold move to install so big wheels on this tiny specimen.

Also the interior involves some new improvements full of sporting materials as carbon fiber, aluminum and chrome in case of frames and moldings.

There are sporting gauges (revcounter and speedometer) and also high-quality audio system with GPS and LCD monitor.

Extended fenders are idyllic connected to unchanged sills that nicely match with the body designed by German designers. But the rear part is more interesting.

You can notice that it’s more massive thanks to wide fenders connected to the new rear bumper.

It has three typical openings, the side ones includes sporting exhaust tips. All openings are covered with an interesting glossy perforated sheet made of aluminum and with atypical „eyes.“

A few numbers in the beginning: 730 hp, 1320 Nm and 340 kmph. And this everything is in a coupe chassis. Brabus SV12 S Biturbo coupe is based on the Mercedes CL600.

The most important heart of this exclusive car is an engine Brabus SV12S Biturbo built from a turbocharged 12-cylinder engine Mercedes 600 and it’s the most powerful 12-cylinder to be allowed on the streets. A special crankshaft with bigger cylinders and better forged pistons increase the engine’s volume from 5.5 to 6.3 liters. Other modifications of the engine include heads and camshaft.

Of course, some heavy modifications were made on the engine’s peripheries. This involves a special exhaust system, two bigger turbochargers, high-performance intercooler and exhaust with metal catalyzer and low back pressure. Brabus modified the ECU to drill the most possible output and to meet EURO IV emission requirements (limits for exhaust emissions, maximal values can be 1.00 grams of Carbon Monoxide, 0.10 grams of Hydrocarbon, 0.00 grams of HC+NOx, 0.08 grams of Nitrogen Oxide and 0.00 grams of Particulate Matters per 1 kilometer).

This everything brings beautiful 730 hp (537 kW) at 5100 rpm and 1320 Nm of torque available even at 2100 rpm! But, only 1100Nm are available because of installed limiter.

This power of the engine is transferred through the modified 5-speed transmission to the rear axle. A limited slip differential is available too. Every mechanical is protected with ARAL lubricants.

Brabus SV12 S Biturbo coupe isn’t only the most powerful, but also the fastest. 100 km/h acceleration takes only 4 seconds and 200 km/h is done in 11.9 seconds. Its top speed is electronically limited to 340 km/h!

Aerodynamics is an essential part of the car’s success. So then all aerodynamic parts were tested in a wind-tunnel. A sophisticated shape of front bumper provides necessary pressure to the front part and bunch of cool air to the cooler. Front fog lamps integrated to the bumper secure great illumination of the road.

Also the rear bumper was improved. In the bumper we can see cut-outs for double exhaust tips and three LED lights at the back, 5 lights under the side sills to show what’s under the car as seen on TV - Fast and Furious style. The rear bumper was also tested in the tunnel to provide great under-pressure and high-speed stability on the roads.

This power increasing needs also better suspension parts, brakes and quality tires. Brabus offers Brabus Monoblock light-alloy rims (18, 19, 20 and 21“). Under the fenders you can install the biggest available rims – 9Jx21 in front and 10,5x21 at the back. The biggest available tires are 265/30 ZR21 and 295/30 ZR21 at the back. Brabus recommends Yokohama or Pirelli models.

New suspension parts decrease the car’s height for about 25 mm. Brabus installed its own high-performance brake system. 380x36 mm brake disc with 12 piston brake calipers are on the front axle and 355x28 mm discs with 6 pistons calipers are at the back.

Maybe every car manufacturer has own sporting model based on some stock model. Audi, a car manufacturer from Germany, has also one representative – a good looking car with great parameters. Audi S3 is a compact and stylish vehicle and the most powerful product from the A3 product line.S3.

The S3 is a new member of Audi’s sporting family and it can easily handle today’s demanding automotive market full of thirsty enthusiasts. It looks great as the stock A3, but it has also more aggressive look (sporting sills, bumpers, chrome parts etc.) and high-output aggregate. Generally, this sporting car is suitable also for the most demanding customer.

The S3 model offers especially one great part – the engine of course. Everybody knows that Audi is an expert and knows how to take care about direct injection systems as FSI in sporting modifications.

The S3 owns a 2.0 liter in-line 4-cylinder engine cooperating with a turbo and electronic engine management. Just 2 liters of displacement can produce amazing 265 hp (195 kW) at 6000 rpm and nice 350 Nm of torque available from 2500 rpm. These values are enough to shoot these 1455 kilograms to 100kmph in just 5.7 seconds. ABT Sportsline is a well known company. It’s focused on VW group brands such as Volkswagen, Skoda, Seat and Audi.

Their effort results into well tuned machines with great power under their hoods.

The newest mission of the company is to improve the great power of the S3.

Don’t expect any styling changes, don’t wait.

ABT Sportsline makes just performance tuning on this model.

Asking why? Take a look at the stock S3

It’s delicious for any tuner to tune petrol turbo engines with direct injection systems.