Your grandpa's plain-Jane W221 Mercedes-Benz S600 is his pride and joy. Ask him to borrow it, then show up with Speedriven's 695 hp kit installed. Imagine the joy on his weathered face when he finally smokes ol' Chester's Black Series.[...]

What do you do to follow up crashing a twin turbo Lamborghini Gallardo at the Texas Mile on a 250+ mile an hour run and walking away unharmed? Evidently, you build a blisteringly fast Lamborghini Gallardo Nera.[...]

Manchild Matt Farah says the 710 hp STaSIS V10 R8 is so good it leaves him speechless. Unfortunately, when he can't speak he lets out an unnerving maniacal laugh. It's the only thing that'll make you want more commentary. [...]

It's possible the excitement we feel about the American Fiat 500 introduction's just misplaced hope for the importation of the hot Abarth 500, which now makes us want the even hotter 212 hp Novitec-tuned version. [...]

In the world of European tuners, BRABUS usually gets points balancing style and substance, including the criminally insane E V12 Coupe. Their take on the SLS AMG, however, is all about getting the Benz wider than Kirstie Alley. [...]

In the battle of ridiculous tuner shop superlatives, tuning shop G-Power takes the cake with the BMW M6 Hurricane RR, calling it the "world's fastest four-seat coupé." Really? Could we possibly get any more infantile infinite in our regression here? [...]

Our stillborn Pontiac G8 ST is South Africa's Chevrolet Ute SS, and one tuner's cranked the SuperUte's supercharged V8 to 535 hp. It's sexier than that South African chick I dated, and maybe even crazier. [...]

Never say Toyota doesn't understand the crowd at SEMA, bringing a Sienna minivan and Scion xB with bodies engorged several feet like rolling demonstrators for ExtenZe. How else do you put the swagger in your wagon? [...]

GM never built a production version of the Ram SRT10-fighting Chevy Silverado 427 Concept. Four years after the truck's SEMA debut the wrench-turners at Houston's Fastlane have recreated the concept with their 500 hp, Corvette-powered 427SS Silverado. [...]

We've just heard Underground Racing's twin turbo Lamborghini Gallardo crashed and flipped yesterday at the Texas Mile under heavy crosswinds. The video below just misses the crash but other photogs supposedly may have better shots. Have them? [...]