We present you the new SMS 570 Challenger by Steve Saleen. To launch his first production model under the SMS badge, Steve Saleen rented out an Orange County night club and had a rave!The launch felt a bit like a wrap party, for the crowd was mainly comprised of SMS staff and Saleen family members celebrating the completeion of SMS 570 Challenger numero uno. While we would have liked to take it for a spin, we were told that the car is heading to a certain big auction in Arizona so they don't want to risk damaging it. It was honestly enough to just see it for now.

WALD International, tuning firm from Japan, has officially unveiled its Sports Line aerodynamic package for the Nissan GT-R at the 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon apart from the Lexus IS-F Sports Line Black Bison Edition.The WALD Nissan GT-R R35 Sports Line features custom front lip spoiler, custom nose cover, a carbon fiber engine cover, low-drag duct covers from lightweight composite material and a new rear wing.

Even if some automakers attempt to revive old models using next-gen technology and styling elements, it's sometimes impossible to do that, especially due to the market conditions which are continuously demanding a certain type of design, engine performance or body style. This is exactly what Racer X Design, a small body styling company, is aiming to do with the early BMW 6 Series produced between 1976 and 1989, according to a report posted by Autoblog via SeriousWheels. The resulting model, dubbed RZ-M6 looks, let's say, appealing, as it combines elements of the current 6 Series with retro elements that make the overall appearance of the vehicle aggressive yet stylish.

After extensive research and development South Side Performance has found a turbo combination that results in a generation of 820 hp for Nissan’s most current supercar. These turbochargers are extremely high performance capable allowing GT-R owners to run more power on lower boost.

It was just a coincidence that AMG made a contradicting announcement in the same month just one year apart. If it can be recalled, last year AMG said that the horsepower war was not yet over, but this year they say that it is. The reason for this is that RENNTECH has something more extreme for their 20th anniversary.

For the first time, Audi Sport will offer a racing sports car specifically developed for customer use in the form of the powerful 500 hp plus GT3 version of the Audi R8 which will be available from autumn 2009. The logistics and factory space required for the AUDI AG customer programme will be created over the next few months in Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm and Gyr....

What would it take for Project Kahn to design a “Smart” wheel for a Smart Car that has been intended for the narrow streets of Europe? For Afzal Kahn English masculinity is defined by two elements – horsepower and elegance. Afzal Kahn needed no convicing as it will present its latest developed “Smart RSL Wheel” on the 20th of February this year.

Miranda Series comes out with a special version of the Bmw, the Bmw 3-Series Winter Concept. The new concept, based on the E90 320d, gets a 2.0L diesel engine prepared to run with 199 hp and 415 Nm of torque.

In the search of toppiling records of peak speed, 9ff has demonstrated itself as a serious contender however the series of the German tuner’s revisions for Porsches goes through the whole scale from gentle to the most aggressive. In this instance, the most belligerent includes the 9ff Vantage GTR....

The balloon white car was on their stand next to a Murcielago and some rather cool lambo style quad bikes. It looks to have been dramatically lowered to the point where the wheels have disappeared into the body work; this is done using an air suspension kit. An extreme body kit has also been applied, incorporating a couple of large air ducts in the rear behind the wheels and up front below the front fender. There’s a new rear wing that’s almost larger that the car itself and a new set of what look to be two piece alloys.