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Rastatt, Germany is, by most accounts, a place you wouldn’t be able to point on a map even if you’re life depended on it, but that doesn’t mean the town is a mere afterthought. On the contrary, it’s the home of German tuner ATT-TEC, a tuning company that specializes in wicked programs for BMWs.
Their latest project is for the BMW M3 E93 Convertible. Comprised of a complete aerodynamic and performance upgrade, ATT-TEC went to great lengths to give the M3 some serious looking edge. Aesthetically, the tuner gave the sports car a matte black wrapping foil to go with new carbon fiber components, particularly on the hood, the grille, mirrors, and side gills. Then, they fitted the M3 with a new set of 20" one-piece forged ADV.1 rims wrapped in 245/30R20 (front) and 295/20R20 (rear) Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta tires. Finally, ATT-TEC gave the car a KW Variant 3 inox-line coilover kit, which is adjustable for ride height, rebound, and damping.
Moving on to the engine, ATT-TEC fitted an SK I ?Sporty Drive? supercharger system from G-Power to the M3’s 4.0-liter V8 engine, before reprogramming its ECU unit and adding a new stainless steel exhaust. The result of all the engine tweaking is a car that now carries an output of 520 horsepower, a 100-horsepower increase from the stock model’s 420-horsepower output.
As far as prices go, the aesthetic modifications cost ?2,600 ($3,400) while the complete wheel-and-tire set hits ?7,150 ($9,400) with the coil over kit costing ?1,929 ($2,500). From there, the supercharger system will cost you ?12,740 ($16,800) with the stainless steel exhaust setting you back another ?1,595 ($2,100). Basically, customers are going to have to REALLY want to upgrade their M3 to dish out all of this cash.
BMW M3 by ATT-TEC originally appeared on topspeed.com on Sunday, 29 April 2012 06:00 EST.
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Aston Martin has reportedly sold their last One-77 supercar. It featured a 7.3-liter V12 engine with 750 bhp (559 kW / 760 PS) and 750 Nm (553 lb-ft) of torque. 
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These were built from damaged 1/43 Province Moulage kits. The bodies had some broken bits & needed some scratch work to make them ready for primer.
Paint is from Zero & worked very well. The paint came prethinned, but I still thinned them a little more.
These cars placed first & second @ the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1970.
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The sport's majority owner CVC has reportedly lined up several banks - including UBS, RBS, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Santander, DBS Group Holdings and CIMB - to handle the transaction. 
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Sebastian Vettel gave this already fascinating Formula 1 world championship another huge twist at the Bahrain Grand Prix with his first victory of the season.
What looked for a while like it might turn into a carbon-copy of so many of the Red Bull driver's wins on his way to the title last year - pole, blitz the start, consolidate lead - turned into a fascinating battle with the Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen.
The Finn showed all his old skill and consistency as he climbed from 11th place on the grid to take second place. In so doing, Raikkonen finally delivered on the potential of a car that has looked capable of this sort of result since the start of the season and proved he has lost nothing in his two years away in rallying.
The result, and a nightmare race for McLaren, leaves the championship finely poised going into a three-week break before the Spanish Grand Prix, with Vettel leapfrogging from fifth overall to first and only a handful of points covering all the top five.
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The race has dominated the news agenda over the weekend and, for those involved in the sport, it has not been pretty.
Most people could see the situation F1 has found itself in this weekend coming from miles away, but if the sport's bosses did, they are doing a good job of hiding it.
Last year's Bahrain Grand Prix was cancelled following the violent suppression of protests which were part of the Arab Spring that swept across much of the Middle East.
Troubles have continued, despite promises by the ruling royal family to instigate reform following a critical independent report last November, which detailed human rights abuses, including wrongful arrests and torture. Amnesty International says the situation in Bahrain is "not much different" from a year ago.
Yet F1 chose to return, FIA president Jean Todt and commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone believing the claims of the authorities that the situation was much improved and that they could guarantee security.
It did not take long for that last claim to be exposed. Returning from the track on Wednesday evening, down the main highway into the capital Manama, four Force India mechanics were caught between protestors on one side of the road and riot police on the other.
The protestors were throwing petrol bombs at the police, who were responding with tear gas. Petrol bombs flew over the car, and one landed worryingly close.
The whole incident lasted no more than two or three minutes, but it clearly spooked those involved - and the rest of their team, who subsequently chose to skip second practice on Friday so they could return to their hotels before dark. A decision made despite an intervention by Ecclestone.
Most F1 personnel encountered no trouble. But the unrest continued throughout the weekend, and on Friday night a protestor was killed.
Vettel, who had described the controversy over the race as "hype" when he arrived on Thursday, was forced to think again. "It's always dreadful when someone dies," he said after qualifying on pole position.
For all the protestations from Todt and Ecclestone about sport staying apart from politics, the grand prix has become part of the argument in Bahrain.
The protests are not specifically directed at the race, but it is seen as a legitimate target because it is so closely identified with the ruling Sunni royal family, who set it up as a global promotional tool for the country and by extension their regime.
The race organisers - effectively the royal family themselves - have overtly politicised the event by promoting it with posters using the F1 logo in the middle of the slogan "UniF1ed", in a country that is clearly anything but.
Protests have targeted Formula 1 both inside Bahrain and across the world. Photo: Getty
Ecclestone's and Todt's responses to this - that they cannot control how people promote their races (Ecclestone) or that the slogan can be interpreted in lots of ways (Todt) - are debatable at best. Some have called it sophistry.
If F1's bosses thought they could go to Bahrain, pick up the huge pay cheque for the race, and get out without any damage to their or the sport's reputation, they have been disabused of that notion in the starkest terms.
On Saturday, Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn - who, behind the scenes, has been one of the senior figures most opposed to holding the Bahrain race - said F1 "with proper judgement of what happened and what we saw needed to come to a conclusion".
I am told by senior insiders that the many of the sport's bosses have been staggered by the extent to which the sport's name has been dragged through the mud this weekend, as well as the focus on it by major global news organisations.
Quite apart from the obvious moral and personal safety issues involved, this is clearly a commercial concern. F1 is selling a dream and an aspiration. But the dream has this weekend become a nightmare - and there has been nothing aspirational about the image the sport has presented to the world.
F1 being what it is, if anything will make them wake up to the potential consequences of racing in Bahrain, that will be it.
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The perils of potholes: the unseen damage
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The data stems from Head of Design Gorden Wagener who spoke to British magazine Autoexpress at the Beijing Auto Show. The model is still in its earlier stages of development so we shouldn't expect a release until 2014. 
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Lotus have confirmed reserve driver Jerome D'Ambrosio will get his first taste of the E20 in next week's test at Mugello.
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John Beamer explains how Williams have refined the radical gearbox they developed last year - and produced a more competitive car.
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I've been retired a couple of years and loved building car models when I was younger. I decided to take up the hobby again and thought it would be a good idea to join this forum. My love is building muscle cars but will take on any challenge. Thanks
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Lamborghini has officially unveiled the Urus concept, ahead of its debut at the Beijing Motor Show. 
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I'm starting a new thread here as a few of these cars are filtering in Even More Gas Coupes & Sedans and I'd really like to keep them seperated.
The cars posted in the other thread are really good and I would like to see MORE AF/Xes, Match Racers, and early Funny Cars posted here. These cars played a major part in ending the Gasser Wars that were from 1955 to 1968. I'll start this thread with a Chevy II Nova that I had built a long time ago and I hope that MANY of you builders will post YOUR terrific builds here. Thanks.
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Mercedes has released the final specifications for the 2013 G63 and G65 AMG. See how fast they accelerate inside 
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I've been reading several bits of info regarding the wonders of Meguiars Scratch X. I have been one to use the graduated sanding pads followed by auto wax. While I have usually been satisfied with this finish i am always looking for ways to improve. Is Scratch X better than the sanding pads or should it be used for specific finishes? Just looking for some info and thanks.
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Today is 17 April. The Birthdate of the original ponycar.
So, Happy Birthday to the Ford Mustang!
Show Me Your Mustangs!
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