Autos

The latest Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe is a very nice looking car but if you want to get attention, you should opt for the C63 AMG and if you really want to stand out from the crowd, the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series Coupe is the car for you!

Mercedes first started giving theirs cars the Black Series treatment in 2005/2006; the upgrades were mostly aesthetic and made the cars look more like the race cars from DTM (a German racing series).  The 2012 C63 AMG Black Series Coupe sees not only aesthetic upgrades but it also adds some other goodies as well.  The car was officially launched at this weekend’s Formula 1 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

The Nissan 370Z is one of our favorite affordable cars; it looks pretty good and offers excellent performance (for the price).  The Japanese manufacturer has now released a new racing version of the car called the Nissan 370Z Nismo RC, the RC doesn’t stand for Radio Control.

The Nissan 370Z Nismo RC is a bare-bones version of the 370Z Nismo and includes deletion of the passenger seat, carpets, AC, sound system, and other “luxury” items.  The car loses 360 pounds, now weighing 2,954 pounds.  Power from the 3.6 liter V6 engine has been slightly increased to 355 horsepower and 276 pound-feet of torque.

The Land Rover Defender and the Mercedes G-Class (also known as G-Wagon or Geländewagen) are at the top of our list of tough off-road vehicles that we would love to have in our garage.  A few months ago Bulgarian tuning firm, Vilner, worked their magic on the Defender and today they present us a tuned version of the Mercedes G-Wagon.

The Defender, in stock form, is a very bare-bones vehicle in terms of creature comforts, so the transformation on that vehicle was massive.  The Mercedes G-Class, on the other hand, comes with a very luxurious interior but Vilner took its interior to the next level.

In October 2013, Lamborghini will be celebrating its 50^th anniversary and I’m certain we can expect something special being unveiled around that time. While suckers like us wait around wondering what the company will come up with, people like Mark Hostler are already visualizing the possible designs should Lamborghini decide to release something.

Mark Hostler is a transportation design student at Staffordshire University and the car you see here is the Lamborghini Ferruccio Concept designed by him. The hard-edged and extremely aggressive concept Lamborghini is supposed to blend the shapes and design details of various Lamborghini’s over the past 50 years.

The sixth generation BMW 3 Series finally has a station wagon (F31) in the lineup and unlike the previous generation, this 3 Series wagon will be available in North America.  The 3 Series wagon will be called Touring in Europe and Sports Wagon in North America, in Europe the car will go on sale later in 2012 while North Americans will have to wait until spring 2013 to get their hands on these sporty wagons.

I’ve been a Datsun/Nissan/Infiniti fan many, many years now. Although the design of the Nissan Juke is way too bold for my taste, I still enjoy looking at the vehicle and admiring the very unique design. And those of you who are Juke fans, you are already very familiar with the Juke-R which started out as a bad ass concept and Nissan is now producing in very, very limited numbers.

Since most of us can’t afford the 485hp Juke-R, there is some good news as Nissan has announced that they are releasing a Juke with the Nismo badge. There is also a 400hp Juke by Fox Marketing but lots of Nissan fans want to keep it “factory” with no outside influence. Although the Nismo Juke is not nearly as powerful as the Juke-R, the 1.6 liter turbo engine will be tuned to bring more life to the vehicle.