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.

The highly anticipated 7^th generation 2014 Chevrolet Corvette (C7) was unveiled today at the Detroit Auto Show, Chevy is calling it the Corvette Stingray because this is a “special car” (GM’s words) and it marks the 60^th anniversary of the “original American sports car”; the first Corvette C1 was unveiled on January 17, 1953.

I’m somewhat of a fan of Corvette cars, with the exception of a few models, but I think I’ve become a bigger fan of the car with the introduction of the C7.  The 2014 Corvette Stingray has similar lines as the C6 Corvette, but this is a completely different design.  The car looks like it was designed by the

Last year I wrote about the Audi S3 Hatchback; a car that’s powerful, nimble, and somewhat decent looking.  But if that car was a little small for you, Audi is now offering a solution, they’ve just released images and information on the upcoming the 5-door Audi S3 Sportback (also known as a wagon), which is based on the A3 Sportback.

The Audi S3 Sportback looks very similar to the S3 Hatchback, obviously with an extra pair of doors and is longer; it has a 1.38” (35mm) longer wheelbase.  The S3 wagon looks like a proper car; the hatchback version looks too much like a toy car, in my opinion.

We’ve written about a couple of vehicles modified by Lexani Motorcars such as the Toyota Sequoia and the Mercedes Sprinter and today we bring you the GMC Yukon XL Motorcoach which is strictly business on the outside and a huge party on the inside. The Yukon XL you see here can now be referred to as an XXL as this large SUV has been extended by 30-inches allowing lucky passengers more freedom to move around, work, and of course play.