Celebrating 150 years of the Unification of Italy, the aftermarket specialists at Romeo Ferraris decided to launch a special dedicated tuning program for the occasion. They turned their attention to the MINI Countryman, with the model receiving not only styling upgrades, but a series of performance mods as well.

Finished in a blue matte paint and with the roof painted in the same color as the tuner's Fiat 500 Abarth Chrome Anniversary, the bonnet and the tailgate of the MINI Countryman featur... [...]

While the brand with four rings is working on making a special edition Q7 which will be produced in limited run of just 555 models, Audi's SUV is targeted by aftermarket specialists who want to give it a special touch of their own.

So is the case with the tuners at Kahn Design, the same who have given us the Audi TR8, TT GT Coupe and the Project Kahn Audi Q5.

Now they have taken ‘the biggest Q' and tweaked it pretty much everywhere, but leaving what's under the bonnet untouched. This...[...]

We've heard of O.CT Tuning before, the Austrian customizers that brought us the Boehler concept.BS3 back in 2009 and are best known for their work with ECUs. This time, the tuners have turned their attention to the regular Audi R8, giving it more power than even the V10 GT version has to offer.

See Audi, why did you phase out the 4.2-liter in the S5? You guys could have added a supercharger that would have made it so awesome.

By adding its Roots type supercharger kit, along with [...]

Owners of the entry-level Audi R8 with the 4.2-liter naturally aspirated V8 seeking a healthier output may want to take a look at O.CT. Tuning?s latest offering. The European tuning firm has developed a new performance package that bolts on compressor to the Audi model?s V8 engine while also tweaking the ECU and adding a custom exhaust system.[...]

The MINI Countryman may be, you know, British, but that hasn't stopped Italian tuning house Romeo Ferraris from creating a special edition in celebration of Italy's 150th anniversary as a nation.

The festive MINI is based on the flagship Countryman Cooper S that is powered by a 1.6-liter turbocharged petrol churning out 184-horses and a peak torque of 240Nm. After Romeo Ferraris technicians remap the ECU and add a new intercooler, a sports air filter and a race-spec exhaust system, the aforementioned numbers grow to 227HP and 328Nm (241.9 lb-ft).[...]

Muscle cars seem to be prime targets for some serious tuning upgrades. Whether it’s because of loyalty to speed or to the vehicles’ history, these cars have received all kinds of modifications to boost their performance or their muscular stance. Western Motorsports knows a thing or two about these types of developments, focusing on performance parts for Ford vehicles. They even released a Ford Mustang ’Vanquishd’ in 2006 at the SEMA Show which took advantage of Ford’s most exotic engine built for Aston Martin: the 6.0 liter V12 found in the Aston Martin V12 Vanguish. That specific vehicle is now on sale for a price of $79,900.

The price tag may scare a few people off, but before anyone goes running in the opposite direction, be aware that this particular Mustang now boasts of a full 600 HP as found in the 6.0 liter V12 engine from the Vanquish. This engine is mated to a 6 speed manual Tremec T-56 transmission, custom 6-2-1 headers with Magnaflow 3" exhaust, and a special set of Baer Extreme 14" 6 piston brakes. The car also gets new KW Suspension coilovers for the front and rear.[...]

We live in the world of fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions now, and we definitely need our fix of crazy tuning. Today, G-POWER came to the rescue by announcing that their stage two kit for the M3 has clocked an impressive 333.29 km/h (207.10 mph) at the recent Auto Motor und Sport High-Speed Test event in Italy.

This means that the BMW rocket blew away all but two of its rivals - osing out to cars producing 900 hp and 1,000 hp. To make the accomplishment seem even larger, the SK II Sporty [...]

While this is not the fist time the aftermarket specialists at Wheelsandmore touch the Ferrari 458 Italia, their latest project is impressive nonetheless. Dubbed 458 Italian Stallion, the upgrade program designed for the successor of F430 model brings extensive modifications, as you can see in the adjacent images.

While many say they are more than satisfied with the fourth most powerful serial engine of the Scuderia Ferrari, the tuners seem to have a whole different opinion on the subject.[...]

While VW's 270-horsepower Golf R hatchback is hardly underpowered, the engineers over at the German tuning firm Siemoneit Racing felt like it could use some extra ponies.

Siemoneit Racing calls its tuned VW Golf R the ?Black Pearl?for obvious reasons- and it offers customers a choice of two performance packages. The first boosts the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine?s output from 270HP and 320Nm to 355-horses and 485Nm (357.7 lb-ft) through thanks to the updated ECU software, custom exhaust and a new air intake system.[...]

It seems as though Wheelsandmore is never short of ideas when it comes to tuning projects, as evidenced by these fancy programs we’ve been getting lately. On the same day they introduced separate tune-ups for the Ferrari California and the Lamborghini Murcielago, the German tuning shop also dished out one for the Ferrari 458 Italia. It’s called the ’Italian Stallion’, and appropriately so because Wheelsandmore’s program offers all that - and more. No pun intended, by the way.

For starters, the tuning firm gave the Ferrari supercar a two-tone design with black racing stripes running down the middle to go with a huge rear wing on the back of the car. Then there’s also something that’s right up their wheelhouse: a new set of fancy rims. For this program, Wheelsandmore chose to give the 458 Italia a set of its own 21" "6 Sporz²" forged rims to go with 245/30/21 and 345/25/21 Hankook tires in the front and back of the car, respectively. The car also has a lift-up system at the front axle, providing a substantial hydraulic lift of about 40 mm to ensure that the car can clear any and all speed bumps that may come its way.