In the same year with the coupe version, Ferrari also brought the GTS Turbo. Like the GTB version, it was also specially built for the Italian market in order to avoid the extra taxes for the models with a displacement larger than 2,0 liters. The car remained into production from 1986 to 1989 with 828 units produced.
The GTS Turbo was in fact a turbocharged version for the 328 GTS, but powered by a 2,0 liter engine.
Like the 328 GTS, the GTS Turbo model presented a softening of the wedge profile of its predecessor, the 208 GTS Turbo, with a redesigned nose that had a more rounded profile, that was complimented by similar treatment to the tail valance panel.
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While General Motors has not decided yet the official launch date of the Camaro Convertible, there are lots of tuners out there who are already offering a convertible version for the American muscle car.
And Newport Convertible Engineering is one of the tuners. The car has been on display at SEMA Show for those who wanted to see it, and for those who want to ride it the car is already available for ordering.
Except for the roof the car is pretty much a standard Camaro SS. It is also with about 100 lbs heavier, and can be offered with Forgiato cast-aluminum wheels — 22" in front and 24" in the rear.
Even if the Aston Martin DB9 is a car that needs no improvements, the German tuner Wheelsandmore revealed a new tuning package for the sporty convertible. Their kit makes modifications to both the exterior and engine performance.
The exterior package includes: side skirts, front and rear aprons, a rear lid spoiler 9.0×20" Kahn RS-V wheels for the front and 11.0×20" Kahn RS-V wheels for the rear. Also the ride has been lowered by 25mm thanks to a H&R springset.
Thanks to a "small" ECU upgrade and the installation of a 200 cells sportcatalysts and a valve controlled, but also a new stainless steel exhaust system the engine’s output has been increased by 60hp and 50lb-ft of torque. The stock was 476hp.
Announced earlier this year, the Corvette Grand Sport has received a new accessories package for the SEMA Show. The new Heritage Package will be available for order in early 2010.
The new Corvette is painted in a new Cyber Grey exterior color and comes with: mesh inserts for the front fender vents, ZR1-style front splitter and rear spoiler, ZR1-style rocker extensions and wheel spats, tinted dark chrome fender badges, “Tech” pattern engine cover with red lettering inserts and Grand Sport logo on the hood blanket and floor mats and leather console cover.
On the interior it add a “Tech” pattern interior trim kit, racing-style pedal covers and a PAL iPod connector.
Press release after he jump.
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How does a Lexus IS300 with $100,000 invested in it look like? Like this one! David Huang is the proud owner on this IS 1000 sports car and will show it to the rest of the world at SEMA Show.
As you might have guessed (from its name), the car develops a total of 1000 hp. It is painted in a custom color-shift Midnight Purple paint and sits on 20" VS-XX anodized-chrome with BF Goodrich KDW/TA tires.
Press release after the jump.
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Maybe the most aggressive customized Lexus IS 350C to be presented at SEMA Show comes from 0-60 Magazine and Design Craft Fabrication. Painted in white, the 0-60 Magazine’s IS Coupe features a new Greedy Performance exhaust system, engine management computer and gauges.
Its sporty appearance is being accentuated by acing wheels with Continental Performance tires, Brembo brakes with custom front and rear Big Brake kit and KW coilover suspension system.
Press release after the jump.
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The automaker Toyota is well known for making extremely economical models and their proven reliability, however the Japanese car builder is also known for something completely different, something a little faster. TRD or Toyota Racing Development as it is known is responsible for the automobile manufacturer’s racing efforts ranging from NASCAR to SuperGT, but that is not all, because TRD is preparing a special edition Lexus IS C for the SEMA Show in Las Vegas sporting an F-Sport package for the open air IS. The TRD IS C makes the most of a ground effects kit from Five Axis Design and is covered in eye catching Vibrance Orange Glow candy paint.
The modified IS C sits on a set of F-Sport ten spoke forged aluminum alloys measuring 19 inches in diameter and wrapped with sticky Michelin Pilot Sport tires as well as Lexus’s F-Sport performance front and rear brake upgrade kit, F-Sport lowering kit consisting of new shocks and springs as well as a set of sway bars to make the factory tuned drop top IS handle as good as it looks.
Press release after the jump.
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While just the other day we were telling you about the bright green drop top IS C by Fox Marketing, today we have another tuner treat for you with another customized IS C for SEMA. The aftermarket parts manufacturer VIP Auto Salon and the Japanese car enthusiast website JTuned.com have come up with what they call the Matador Red IS C and is just as unique as the last one we showed you. Setting it apart form the rest of the crowd of Lexus IS convertibles at the show will be a carbon fiber hood, carbon fiber trunk spoiler, high performance exhaust and a set of custom wheels and tires to round out the tuner transformation. So what would it cost to park one of these Matador Red IS C’s in your driveway, roughly $15,000 over the sticker price, and you can’t be in any hurry because it will take the craftsmen a month and a half of hard labor to get the job done.
Press release after the jump.
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The spiders built by Ferrari have always been a perfect expression of their sporting heritage. It was this very heritage that inspired Pininfarina stylists as they set about designing the spider to clothe the refined 348 series chassis. The result was a car that offered the same impressive performance as the berlinetta, with a remarkably flex-free chassis, as well as the possibility of true top-down motoring.
Revealed in 1993, the 348 Spider represented the first fully open Ferrari in over 20 years. It came to replace the Mondial Cabriolet.
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The skies opened up and the sun shone down upon us here at Top Speed recently when we received a call from our test car supplier letting us know that they had something special in store for this weekend. What showed up later on that afternoon was a Viper Red 2009 SRT-10, never before had any shade of red been so adequately named. This is was not our first time getting behind the wheel of the 8.4 Liter ten cylinder convertible, but there is just something about this shade of red that pops along and when combined with our car’s optional lightweight forged rims, showing off those bright red brake calipers, that makes this venomous vehicle something special.
Anyone familiar with the interior of a Dodge Viper will tell you just how minimalist the cockpit of these cars can be, with a few select white face gauges in front of the driver and a few auxiliary dials stacked just off to the side, even the an AM/FM/CD player radio is nothing to write home about. However creature comforts are not what this car is about, even though the interior does looks nicer than we remember, perhaps due to an improvement in materials. One thing that was very familiar was the smell of the V10, the radiating heat it emitted and the feel of that six speed manual shifter vibrating in your right hand, that is because Team Viper set out to make the most visceral performance machine ever built in the U.S.; and they have succeeded. Unfortunately Dodge needed their car back so our pleasant surprise was untimely cut short, but any time spent behind the wheel is well worth it.
With the increase in displacement to a full 8.4 Liters, the maximum output of the V10 has gone up to an even 600 HP and 560 lb-ft of torque. The 2009 SRT-10 can accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in just 3.5 seconds, run the standing quarter mile in 10.9 seconds @128 MPH and reach a top speed of 202 MPH; all while averaging and estimated 12 MPG in the city and a rather impressive 22 MPG when cruising at highway speeds. The only option that our 2009 Viper Red Dodge came with were a set of optional forged rims which brought the modern American muscle car’s rice tag up to $93,000; not too bad for the closest thing you can get to a 1968 Corvette.
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