Vorsteiner Modifies Lamborghini Aventador

Vorsteiner have turned their eye on the Lamborghini Aventador and added some subtle modifications that make the car look awesome. Who could expect anything less from Vorsteiner?

The package for the Aventador includes a more aggressive front splitter and rear diffuser made from carbon fibre. Among the more obvious upgrades lies upgraded carbon fibre side air intakes, front and rear grille frames and hood trims.

The car follows Vorsteiner’s usual name format – it’s called the Aventador-V.

To finish the car off, Vorsteiner added their own titanium grey Monoblock forged aluminium rims; 20 inches in the front and 21 in the back. Pricing is to be announced.

An epic car from an car tuner.

IAA 2013: Audi A8/S8 Facelift World debut.

The refreshed A8 and S8 have been introduced at this years IAA Motorshow in Frankfurt on tuesday. Following a couple of teasers and some completely unjustifiable hype from Audi, the model which hasn’t been on sale three years yet has already received a nip and tuck for the 2014 model year.Bringing with it some mildest of the mild styling updates, the biggest giveaway for it being a newer car will be if the customer has specced the.. flashy (see what I did there).. ‘Matrix’ LED light clusters at the front. Audi is making a big deal out of this technology so i’ll give a brief explanation of it and why they did it. The lights as before are full LED, but this time around we have strips of individual diodes connected to sensors which can automatically dim a specific necessary amount given that a car is coming the other way. The diodes can shut off independent of each other depending on how much dimming is needed.

Doesn’t sound particularly ground breaking but it’ll likely make its way across our roads in years to come. Woe betide the man who scoffed at Audis use of LED day runners in 2006/7 saying “they won’t catch on”… Engine options remain largely the same, including the W12 and that remarkable 4.0 twin turbo V8 that has found itself in many of Audis faster offerings recently as well as some of Bentleys slower ones. One last slightly notable upgrade is noise reduction in the cabin. I could go on… but lucky for you I wont…

…I’m less quizzical about the facelift itself but more their motives behind doing it so early. Really though, it doesn’t take the whit of Sherlock Holmes to deduce that Audi is conscious of the new S-Class thundering into the market place along with the imminent arrival of the next generation BMW 7 series in a year or two. Keeping things fresh and ‘exciting’ and I suppose just new really, are paramount to keeping the undivided attention and loyalty of the customer base. Its extremely competitive… which is why this generation A8 saddens me. The truth of the matter is that this A8 is an exceptionally capable car and in truth didn’t, technically speaking, need any refresh at all. The bit that saddens me is that the cars oh so conservative design does its excellence no justice. The new S-Class is equally capable, if not more so and it is no shrinking violet about it. Eye-catching, maybe even striking, but elegant and progressive at the same time. Those enormous screens in the front, and call it juvenile if you want, are a massive talking point. They’re just pukka. The A8 was never an exciting car, but this is on a different level. A capable automobile shot in the foot by its own mediocre visual impact.

Alfa Romeo Reveals Production Figures For 4C

Alfa Romeo recently announced the production figures for its 4C, and they’re a bit disappointing.

3,500 examples of the 4C will be produced. That’s less than a Ferrari 458 Italia. This puts an end to the original expectation that the car would be an entry level exotic aimed at the mass market.

Alfa Romeo states that the small amount is due to “constraints related to the technical and technological solutions adopted”. This means that they’ve probably spent a bit too much on producing the cars – remember that a lot of the car is made from carbon fibre.

Alfa says that the car will be priced competitively – although it is unclear with what they’re trying to compete. Considering the rarity of the car it’s unlikely the price will be close to that of the Toyota GT86 or even Porsche’s 981 Boxster.

1,000 examples of the 4C will be staying within Europe, with the rest spread globally.

Jaguar C-X17 SUV slowly revealed ahead of Frankfurt...

Long rumored,and a part to the downfall of the C-X75,the Jag SUV is finally geting stage time in frankfurt.Described by Jag as a design study and a demostration of their new 'PLA' or Premium lightweight architecture,the concept runs on the frame which will eventually underpin both the SUV it previews and the segment 3-series rival 'XS'...

The 'all new architecture' seems strange to me as if i were a money conscious Jag,I would be borrowing heavily from the SUV builder and sisiter company Land Rover for building this car.An all new platform seems somewhat excessive when the resources are available...

On the design front its familiar Jag’. Anyone who worried that this would be ugly is either a chronic pessimist or just doubtful of the brand. I knew when this broke cover it would be one of the better looking cars in this segment. Cues from XF, F-Type and everything in between can be seen littered on this car, and thats no bad thing. Expect it to be positioned as an X3 rival when it goes into production and to borrow engine-wise from a range of JLR products.