Autos

With three driver & team championships under its belt, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupe has taken the European GT3 Series racing scene by storm. In celebration of AMG’s 45^th anniversary, Mercedes has created the SLS AMG GT3 “45^th Anniversary”, which according to the company, is marketed “at car collectors with a particular penchant for motor racing”.

The car is built as a pure collector’s item and only five examples will be produced. Bernd Schneider, who has won five DTM titles, as well as the 1995 FIA GT world championship, will be assisting the AMG engineers in installing the 6.3-liter V8 into the car and putting his signature, alongside the engineer’s, on each of the five V8s.

Regular Unfinished Man reads know my love affair with the utilitarian Land Rover Defender, I try to write about as many tuned and non-tuned Defenders as I can find.  Today I bring you the Kahn Design Land Rover Defender Concept 17 Wide Body – Harris Tweed Prototype, now that’s a mouthful.

The Defender’s engine has been left alone with the interior being the main focus and a few exterior upgrades.  The exterior upgrades include a wide body kit that comes with wider front and rear fenders with integrated vents and gunmetal fender flares.  This gives the Defender an even more aggressive look than the stock version and the body-color-matching 18” wheels look amazing.  Can you tell I love this car?

I’ve never been a fan of the BMW 6-Series Coupe, the car’s design is just too soft looking and not sporty enough for me.  Then last year BMW introduced the 6-Series Gran Coupe, a 4-door sedan coupe thing, I liked the sedan better but not that much; however, I saw one in person at a BMW dealership with a sports package and it made me do a double take on the car and I actually liked it quite a lot.  So in my opinion, pictures don’t do the Gran Coupe justice and now that BMW has introduced the M6 Gran Coupe, which looks better in pictures, I’m thinking I’ll probably love it when I see it in person because an “M” BMW is always sportier and sexier than just a regular BMW.

This year’s Detroit Auto Show is loaded with newly designed cars and here’s the all-new, completely redesigned, 2014 Infiniti G37 Sedan – I mean Infiniti Q50 sedan.  Infiniti recently came up with the “great” idea of re-naming their entire lineup of cars and SUV’s.  Starting this year, all their cars will have the letter “Q” followed by a pair of numbers; their SUV names will start with the letters “QX”.  Most people I’ve talked about this, don’t like the new naming structure one bit, we’ll see how it goes and whether it’ll create confusion among consumers.

Forget the CLA, the new Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG is what North America needs. This beautiful high-performing hatchback was recently revealed by Mercedes and packs quite a punch for a 2.0-liter twin-scroll turbocharged vehicle. With the 2.0-liter turbo engine producing an impressive 355horsepower making it the most powerful series production four cylinder turbocharged engine in the world.

The power powertrain is mated to an AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7-speed dual-clutch transmission and also features the AMG 4MATIC all-wheel drive system. The system is a front-wheel drive car under normal conditions but when required, the 4MATIC all-wheel drive splits the torque between the front and rear axle at a 50:50 ratio. According to Mercedes, this system is 25 percent lighter than the all-wheel drive being offered by competitors such as Audi S3.