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OKM64 and Tarmacworks – Mitsubishi vs Subaru – Rally Legends FEATURETTE
They began as bores and ended as legends. Rarely have cars had such stellar careers as the four-wheel-drive rally cars Subaru Impreza WRC and the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI. Meanwhile, in a country far to the east, a company with the heavyweight name Fuji Heavy Industries was struggling to make its products famous and sought after beyond the rising sun. But Europe hardly took any notice of the Subaru brand’s models, even though they offered clear unique selling points with permanent four-wheel drive and boxer engines. Because the once similarly Audi brand with its Quattros had made its way onto the big boulevards via rally tracks, the Japanese also entered…
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Koenigsegg Agera R, RS, ONE:1 – The King of Sweden FEATURETTE
The most powerful super sports car! The Agera R from Koenigsegg was one of the stars of the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. With its 1115 hp, the Koenigsegg had to admit defeat to the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (1200 hp). A 5.0 litre V8 mid-engine on only 1330 kg was an absolute challenge! Around 1.4 million Euros had to be put on the table for an Agera R. After the CC models, which really launched the Koenigsegg brand internationally, the Agera R was the next big thing from company founder Christian von Koenigsegg. We had the pleasure of welcoming the Agera R as a Hot Wheels model in numerous variants,…
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DCM BMW M3 GTR E46 – A NFS MOST WANTED FEATURETTE
Racing cars for the road… The BMW M3 GTR E46 was produced almost by necessity to compete in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). Only a handful of vehicles of this type were built in the 00s, technically the road version is almost identical to the racing version, only the power was throttled to 258 kW (351 hp). Body parts such as the roof, rear wing, front and rear apron were made of carbon fibre reinforced plastic. In the end, the car had an unladen weight of just 1350 kg, as comfort was also dispensed with and there was only room for two people in the vehicle. At the time…
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Legacy of Nissan Skyline GTR R34 – JDM FEATURETTE
The Skyline Culture: The roots of the Nissan Skyline GT-R go back to 1969, when Nissan introduced the Skyline 2000 as the “2000 GT-R” sports version. At the time, the Japanese car, which was powered by an in-line six-cylinder, had 160 hp and weighed only 1,100 kilograms, was Nissan’s reaction to American muscle cars. The attempt failed to some extent, the GT-R sold rather sluggishly due to the oil crisis in the 1970s and was discontinued in 1973. (Today, however, the so-called “shoe boxes”, Hakosuka, are traded in good condition for well over 200,000 Euros). It was not until 1989 that project manager Kozo Watanabe decided to offer a GT-R…
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YM Model Rowen Lamborghini Aventador S FEATURETTE
More than a vent and a door! In 2015, Rowen International presented the body kit for the then brand-new Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. Concerns arose that a Japanese tuner would not really be successful in connection with a hypercar like the Aventador. But far from it, because the carbon body kit presented at the time looked great on the Italian. Since 2011, the Lamborghini Aventador, the successor to the Murcielago, has been produced like hot cakes. Up to and including 2022, when the last Aventador models left the production line, around 11,500 vehicles were produced. This includes all the numerous special models, such as the Aventador J, SV, SV Roadster, Aventador…
