Mazda MX6 Modif With Scissor Door

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Here is the new bodykit for Mercedes V-Class Vito W638. All parts are 100% 3D computer aided design. The design and development is, as always, according to strict TUV guidelines.

The bodykit contains a frontbumper, side skirts and rearbumper/skirt.

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Auto Cars Modifications Mercedes-Benz F800 Style Concept 2010
Mercedes-Benz F800 Concept is a style that shows the future of quality cars from a new perspective, as a premium five-palanquin technology combines high efficiency drivers with safety and unmatched comfort and emotional design language features, which interprets the current style of a Mercedes Benz on the line with the brand attributes processing performance.

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The Detroit Auto Show has a long and proud history spanning over 100 years. The first show was held in December 1907 at Beller's Beer Garden in Riverview Park, Detroit, and, with 17 exhibitors, the Detroit Area Dealer Association knew they had a winner on their hands. They had no idea how popular the show would eventually become, though, and these days it showcases over 130 exhibitors. It is also extremely popular with industry guests, public and press alike and 650,000 visitors attended the 2009 Detroit Auto Show with over 31 million more visiting the official website. Highlights of the Detroit Motor Show's 103 year history include the 1957 show when the first international auto manufacturers' vehicles were shown, the 1965 show when the Cobo Center was home to the exhibition for the first time and the groundbreaking international show of 1989. It is also the only auto show in the USA that is approved and sanctioned by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles.

The Detroit International Auto Show is an amalgamation of four separate events: the industry preview, the media preview, the charity preview and the 9-day public show. It is an unprecedented opportunity for vehicle industry professionals to network, for philanthropists to contribute to charity events and for Joe Public to view the latest automotive innovations. The 2010 Show will be highlighting eco-friendly vehicles and attending the EcoXperience, sponsored by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, will enable visitors to ride in the latest electric and hybrid vehicles on its 70,000 sq. ft. indoor course. And all of this and more has been organized for the visitor's pleasure by the highly motivated and talented committee of only five members!

The 2010 Detroit Car Show will include exhibitions by Mitsubishi, Cadillac, Ford, Chrysler, Dodge and Roush, to name a few. Counted among the 2010 sponsors are Denso, ZF, the accounting firm KPMG, Johnson Controls, Delta, Michelin and the MEDC. The 2010 show will also host the 9th Annual Michelin Challenge Design Competition as well as the EyesOn Design Award, sponsored by The Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology, for the most innovative automotive designs. The show also hosts a Photo Contest and a High School Poster Contest.

The 2010 show should include all categories found in earlier shows and may include some new ones and visitors can marvel at the Production Car Introductions and the Concept Car Introductions. As the 2009 show spotlighted 18 new vehicles in the Production category along with 14 in the Concept category, the sky is truly the limit for the 2010 show. The winners of the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards will also be announced; the Hyundai Genesis and the Ford F-150 respectively won last year's awards.

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Mazda began as the Toyo Cork Kogyo Co., Ltd, founded in Japan in 1920 manufacturing machine tools. In 1927 it was renamed Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. and shortly after started manufacturing vehicles, the first being a three-wheel truck, the Mazdago, in 1931.

Mazda's first car, the Mazda R360 Coupe two door passenger vehicle, came out in 1960, with the four-door Mazda Carol appearing in 1962. The next year, Mazda's car production topped one million. During the 1970s, Mazda successfully entered the North American market, and financial difficulties during the 1990s saw Ford take a controlling interest in Mazda in 1999.

Mazda cars have a reputation for looking and feeling different from the mainstream, thanks in part to their use of Wankel - or rotary - engines in certain models. During the 1960s, Mazda cooperated with NSU's Felix Wankel - who gave his name to the engine - in Germany to introduce rotary-powered vehicles and this continues to the present day with the RX-8.

The company claims that: "Everything we do is daring, ingenious and fun. Our cars all have that extra-special 'Zoom-Zoom' factor: sports-inspired design and motoring in their soul,". This is reflected through the full range of current cars from the all New Mazda2 Supermini to the Mazda BT-50 pick-up.

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With the sunlight hours getting shorter and the weather getting gloomier, the motorway is a dull and dreary place during the daily commute. In an ideal situation a sports car would make the world of difference and it's forgivable to daydream given the wealth of choice that the range offers.

It seems that every country has more than one sports-car manufacturer to its name now and some which weren't historically associated with the range. Take BMW and Audi, for instance. Once typically associated with luxury and saloon cars, both have offered up some formidable sports cars in recent times and Audi's new R8 is on a competing level with the BMW M6, or is it?

There are many aspects to consider when judging a sports car, and they're not all related to the performance. After all, when you buy a sports car you want people to look at it with more than a touch of admiration and the green-eyed monster. Especially as, if you're motoring around England, it's safe to say that sitting in traffic jams won't be too unfamiliar.

On a looks basis the Audi R8 is a clear winner. While the BMW M6 is certainly sleek and boasts some nice five-spoke alloys, it is somewhat pedestrian. It' rear three-quarter profile looks worryingly reminiscent of the 3-Series Compact and there's an inescapable sensation that you're looking at a plumped-up Peugeot 406 Coupe. Not what you want if you're dropping upwards of 80k on a motor.

In sharp contrast, the Audi R8 is just that: sharp. It exudes a sense of powerful speed even just sitting still. It's all ducts and intakes sculpted into a smooth body that looks like some hunched-up predator waiting to rip the road into pieces. Given that the R8 wades into your bank and takes just under 80k, it had better look like it's about to break every speed limit.

The Audi R8 also boasts a higher theoretical top speed of 301 km/h to the M6's 250 km/h. I say theoretical as it's highly unlikely that you'd get a chance to push the accelerator all the way to the floor and keep it there long enough outside of a track day and keep you license. Given that these cars aren't exactly Class 1 on the insurance level, the fewer points you have on your license for being caught tugging over the tonne on the motorway the easier it'll be to get insured.

So the real element, performance-wise, that makes the difference is acceleration. Which one hurls you into the back of your seat and keeps you there until you lift your right foot off the gas?

Well, let's look first at that poised monster the A8. Is it an animal waiting to pounce? It is. This thing will get you from 0-70 in under six seconds, five point five to be precise and do a quarter mile in under 13. Knowing that you don't join the motorway at zero, let's put it another way: the V8 lurking beneath all that sculpted shine will get you from fifty to seventy in just two and half seconds, I think it takes me longer than that to complete a sneeze.

So, what of the M6? It may look like a on over-fed hot-hatch but it's hiding a naturally-aspirated V10 engine beneath that blue-and white badge. This means that even the lightest touch will send the rev counter up like a racing car.

Yet all those lucky motoring writers have said that it's easy to feel like you're sat in luxury saloon than a racing car, especially on the more gentle and un-challenging roads. Like the motorway, then, which even it's name brings to mind. Isn't the M6 the longest motorway in Britain?

Accounts of driving the Audi R8 have it surging out of corners with a sense of almost violent urgency, amazing speed and grip and leaving many addicted to it. Not having a spare 160k in my account, or even half of that to buy one, or being a motoring journalist with a questionable hair-style it's unlikely that BMW or Audi will let me get a chance to test these cars for myself and thus conclude the day-dream testing.

With that in mind, and statistics being famously unreliable, I shall have to give the day-dreams on the grey motorway mornings to the Audi R8. A supercar needs to look like it's moving even if it's not. When you see it in your rear-view you want to feel a bolt of terror that if you don't get out of its way fast, your car will be eaten.

The R8 screams power and force and has the engine to match. It's the kind of car you keep locked in the garage so that it doesn't scare the neighborhood children or passing Alsatians. For a more gentlemanly power-stroll though the M6 would be parked on the drive so as not to terrify the neighbours.

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The New Born

Ide modifikasi

Dengan ide kreatif dan liarnya, Vero mencoba membuat sebuah mobil yang berbentuk mirip dengan laba-laba, sehingga mobil ini diberi nama Tarantula. Diakui Vero kalau Tarantula merupakan turunan dari Jollyjumper, mobil yang juga hasil garapannya. Tapi kali ini sang empunya mobil ingin menunjukkan skill untuk menghasilkan mobil ratrod dengan finishing yang rapih dan mulus hingga ke detail. Selain itu, lewat mobil ini dirinya juga ingin membuat mobil terceper yang pernah ada namun juga bisa nyaman ketika dikendarai.

Untuk mewujudkan hal itu, sektor kaki-kaki mendapatkan perhatian yang lebih. Sedangkan bagian atap di choptop sebanyak 8 inci. Dibagian suspensinya, pria berbadan besar ini mencangkok sistem suspensi memakai air suspension . “Supaya saat kondisi parkir, mobil yang di beri julukan Tarantula ini lebih ceper lagi dari Jolly jumper, tapi saat jalan juga bisa naik hingga 18cm (sangat lebih dari cukup, karenalebih tinggi dari Honda Jazz bagian bawahnya) bila saya butuhkan” ujarnya. Kaki-kaki pada Tarantula mencangkok sistem as roda Independent, yang dapat bergerak masing-masing. Dengan ini kestabilan mobil ketika melibas tikungan menjadi semakin mantap.

Detil, rapi & unik

Proses pengerjaan 'si Tarantula' ini bisa dibilang cukup lama. Kurang lebih memakan waktu hingga 20 bulan, ini terjadi karena sang empunya mobil ingin membuat sebuah mobil hotrod (ratrod) yang punya finishing rapih, cantik dilihat, terasa nyaman saat dikendarai, handling-nya stabil, super rendah dan unik. Banyak yang bingung kenapa kali ini ketika membangun Tarantula bisa rapih dan catnya mulus? “Dulu sewaktu bikin Jollyjumper dibalur dengan warna doff dan terkesan sangar bukan karena tidak bisa bikin yang rapih, tapi karena saya tahu maunya apa” ungkapnya.

Kesulitan saat membangun mobil hampir tidak ada karena sudah ada pengalaman dalam membangun mobil-mobil hotrod, tapi ketika mobil sudah jadi barulah timbul kesulitan, hal ini karena suspensi memakai air suspension yang jumlahnya 3 balon, titik kesulitannya yaitu ketika memposisikan mobil untuk parkir ada kesulitan tersendiri dan juga untuk memposisikan dudukan mobil ketika di naikkan. “Sekarang kalo bawa mobil ini, semuanya harus diukur dua kali yaitu ketika parkir dan ketika di naikkan, soalnya 2 kali lebih sulit!”tambahnya.

Untuk urusan performa, Tarantula yang bermesin 5700 cc ini dirasa tidak ada masalah walaupun menggunakan transmisi automatic. Yang pasti, pengendaliannya lebih responsive dan lebih stabil dibandingkan dengan Jollyjumper. “Tapi karena bodynya mulus dll, jadinya agak ngilu untuk di tekak-tekuk karena sayang, walaupun sebenarnya bisa” pungkasnya.

Mesin
Elektrik: Busi Accel, Kabel Moroso, Batterey Optima

Mekanik: Air Filter K&N, Fuel Pump Holley, Intake Manipold Edelbrock, Exhaust Manipold custom (KickassChoppers), Header 4-1(2) custom (Kickass Choppers), Kepala Silinder Edelbrock, Kem – Durasi performer plus, Katup isap Edelbrock, Katup buang Edelbrock, Per katup Edelbrock, Piston Arias, Stang Piston-Poros Engkol-Blok Silinder Stock, Kopling centerforce.

Kaki-kaki

Suspensi: Sokbreker Air suspension, Pelek billet Metal Structure 20x8 (F) 24x11(R), Ban Nitto 20x215 (F) 24x335 (R), Rem/tipe Disc Brake, Kaliper Wilwood

Bodi
Grill custom, Headlamp V-Factor, Choptop 8 inci
Interior

Setir Billet specialties, Pedalset Lokar, Shift knob B&M, Jok custom (KickassChoppers) Leather, Doortrim Leather with aluminum

Data Spesifikasi
Mobil :Ford Roadster 1934
Kapasitas Mesin :5700 cc
Pemilik :Bang Vero
Usia :32 jalan
Rumah Modifikasi :Kickass Choppers

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Subaru Ballistic Of Accelera

Publik Jakarta kembali terhenyak ketika ditampilkan Subaru Ballistic yang sudah sampai pada evolusi generasi ke-3

Future Design

Untuk model dari Ballistic-3 ini, mirip dengan mobil konsep yang didesain Mazda California Design Studio dan Swift Engineering, Mazda Furai. Dan untuk membentuk mobil ini seperti Mazda Furai, hanya sasis bawaan saja yang disisakan, lainnya dibuang. Sebagai penguat tambahan dan juga berfungsi sebagai tulang bodi, 3 buah jenis besi disematkan didalamnya yaitu besi siku, besi gepeng dan besi pipa dimana masing-masing besi ini disesuaikan dengan bentuk dan juga penempatannya. Besi siku bertindak sebagai penguat sisi kulit bodi, besi gepeng berukuran 1.2 mm untuk bagian bodi yang menghadap keatas dan yang terakhir yaitu besi pipa dipergunakan untuk membentuk pilar A, B sampai belakang.

Bagian dek dalam pun didesain ulang dengan aplikasi bahan aluminium setebal 1.2 mm dengan penempatannya direndahkan dan berpatokan 3-5 cm dibawah kopel bawaan. Hal ini juga yang mempengaruhi posisi duduk dan juga ketinggian atap. Sedangkan untuk bodi, seluruhnya terbuat dari bahan fiberglass, kontur bodinya yang “berstruktur” menyerupai desain alur angin dengan baluran airbrush warna silver, hitam dan merah yang mengacu pada shadow concept semakin mempertegas kesan futuristiknya.

Interior Sports Car

Aroma sports car terasa kental ketika melongok kedalam area kabin. Mulai dari jok yang dibuat single seater dan mengadopsi konsep kenyamanan dari gokart. Belum lagi dengan setirnya yang digarap menyerupai kemudi pesawat. Dari area inilah, instrumen-instrumen dan tombol-tombol yang ada difungsikan serta tetap menjunjung estetika sebuah sports car. Dan untuk lebih mengentalkan nuansa sports car, dashboard dilapisi material berbahan suede dan yang lainnya berbahan sintetik berwarna hitam dengan jahitan warna merah.

Konstruksi sistem motorize yang tersembunyi, membuat konsepsi engsel dan trigger perantara menjadi cukup rumit. Akan tetapi kesemuanya tetap mampu dibuat dengan rapi dan tidak meninggalkan fungsi dasarnya. Dan yang mampu membuat publik berdecak kagum adalah dengan mengaplikasi cellular security system custom yang mampu membuat mobil mampu dihidupkan dari jarak jauh dengan perantaraan ponsel. Begitu juga untuk mematikan mesin mobil, cara yang sama juga dipakai. Untuk itu dibutuhkan bantuan komputer CT2 autolock, untuk mengatur pergerakan motor starternya agar dapat bekerja secara sempurna. Komputer ini tinggal menyesuaikan waktu kerjanya sampai menyentuh titik picu agar mesin dapat hidup sempurna.

Dengan kualitas akhir (finishing) bodi yang sangat cermat dan penerapan konsep serta ide yang benar-benar matang dengan detail yang bisa dibilang baik dan presisi, membuahkan hasil modifikasi ekstrim yang patut untuk selalu diacungi jempol. Congratulation...!

Data Spesifikasi

Custom body conversion, cat Spies hecker gun metal, pernis very high solid DeBeer, custom carbon wing, custom headlight, custom grill, custom front & rear bumper, custom side skirt, custom engine hood, custom back light LED, custom motorized engine & trunk hood, custom motorized door.

Mesin EJ 25 balanced internal, injektor Power Enterprises 400 cc/menit, blow off HKS SSQV type 3, turbo twin ball bearing Garret GT3528R, intercooler Greedy 28R, custom chrome piping, reservoir tank A'PEXi GT spec, fuel pressure SARD, fuel pump Walbro 225 l/hour, kopling HKS twin plate, external wastegate Tial F44 35mm, stainless braided housing Folia Tec, radiator aluminium Koyo, nitrous four-fogger system NOS, pengapian Haltech E6X, custom wiring, custom ceramic muffler pipe, custom exhaust manifold, custom muffler.

Velg iForged Rev 20x(9+11) inci, ban Accelera 225/35R20 & 245/30R20, rem Brembo 6 pot & 4 pot, suspensi udara depan Air Lift, custom rear pneumatic system, dek aluminium custom, cat kolong Spies Hecker gun metal, interior fiberglass, custom single seater seat, custom dashboard, shift knob Sparco, pedal set Sparco, fire killer Sparco, harness Sparco, interior lapis suede & kulit sintetik Mondeo, sistem starter mobil custom.

Head unit Pioneer 5950, 2 set speaker Consonance 6 inci, speaker Consonance Croaxial 6.2X, 2 sub Consonance CE12SX 12 inci, power speaker Consonance CE100.4, power sub Consonance CE1200D, monitor TV Oris 7 inci, cap bank Consonance 2F

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Alien Style Citroen C2

Alien Style Citroen C2

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The flow of wind

Since the appearance of the first car its design has been significantly changed. Modern cars are very fast, comfortable, and aerodynamic, yet it's not the limit of the development in this domain. Thus Japanese designers have recently managed to create quite a futuristic car that looks very unusual.

This latest design direction of Mazda Company was called "Taiki". The appearance of such an original design was inspired by the shape and flow of wind. Their challenge was to create "a design that visually expresses the flow of air and the atmosphere" - called "taiki" in Japanese. The shape of the car's back, especially of the back wheels, has no right lines, but curves. It's so unusual that it's hardly possible to imagine that there was something of this kind before. Due to its shape given concept seems to be extremely aerodynamic, yet no other information about its characteristic features is available.

Anyway this gadget can be considered as a very forward thinking one. I would say that it's a breath of fresh air in a slightly stale auto show season. However it's not the fact that there will be a significant number of proponents of such a bold design.

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RCA Concept Cars

Royal College of Arts has truly crafted some royally spectacular designs of concept cars that do not yet soar in to the skies but look almost good enough to go around as alien creations that are crafted for inter-planetary journey travelling at the speed of light. Being constantly in touch with almost every single concept car design on a daily basis and having seen more than a few personally it is pretty hard to get surprised anymore consistently. But once in a while amazing designs like this come along which take the standards several notches higher by not just producing ‘Spielberg’ styled stuff, but also making them energy-efficient and emission free!

These concept cars build upon the RCA’s world-renowned vehicle design program, which has produced many exceptional designers over its 40 years of existence. Now that nearly every major auto manufacturer has announced plans for an energy-efficient automobile, these breathtaking designs should set a whole new standard in eco-design as we venture in to a future that holds a millions surprises which we hope are filled with green goodness.

Pierre Sabas’ Airflow concept encases an electric engine and suspension within an exterior constructed entirely of glass, while Jon Radbrink’s Nuaero car integrates sophisticated aerodynamic principles such as airfoils, a venturi tunnel, and a catamaran-esque underbody to maximize its efficiency. Sergio Loureiro Da Silva’s rocket-red Phoenix car pairs beautiful aerodynamic curves with a system that regenerates lost energy through movement, and Arturo Peralta Nogueras’ futuristic vehicle runs on algae and features an evolving solid hologram technology to adapt to its environment, passengers, and scenarios.

You just have to sit back and take a moment to allow this amazing work to actually sink in as it would still look unreal. All I can say is that, “Thank God we had photography or all the words in the world could not have conveyed the sense of spectacle that I have just witnessed.”

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