Tuningcars: May 2015

Prior Design Widebody BMW 650 on Vossen Wheels

The first thing that usually pops into mind when you see a slammed car sporting a massive wide body kit is OK, so it looks great, but I bet it’s an absolute nightmare to drive. Well, be that as it may, the guys from Vossen wheels decided to prove it is not impossible by driving this Prior Design Widebody BMW 650 all the way from Miami to Los Angeles.

The reason for this cross-country trek was make it in time to L.A. for the 2015 Bimmerfest West, and also to prove these cars are still usable in spite of their extreme looks. The Yas Marina Blue Prior Design Widebody BMW 650 looks absolutely awesome standing still, but it is utterly beautiful on the move.

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The ingredients of this unique Bimmer include a wide body kit from Prior Design with custom bumpers, fenders, grilles, and aero parts that make the whole thing look more like an M6, Brembo brakes with red calipers, KW K3 Variant coilovers, Meisterschaft exhaust system, and of course a set of gunmetal Vossen VPS-306 wheels shod with Pirelli P-Zero tires. The car is put together by Ultimate Auto.

There are few things more enjoyable than traveling long miles in a good car surrounded by scenery and amazing driving roads. The only way it could be any better is to attend a cool car show afterwards, and maybe a few parties after that!

Custom Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit II by Office-K

The eccentric Japanese tuner Office-K Tokyo is taking break from upgrading exotic super cars and working on a classic model for a change. The car they’ve been tasked with spicing up this time is a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit II which is like the perfect 70s pornographer’s car!

And it seems OFK is going with the same theme in modifying the car, as they have fitted it with a number of custom body panel that aren’t very Rolls-Roycey to be honest and would look more at home on a 1995 Honda Civic. Then again, the Silver Spirit is hardly RR’s finest hour, so it’s probably all right.

OFK Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit II is equipped with a body kit consisting of custom front and rear bumpers, side skirts, a vented bonnet, fender flares and chrome side vents, a massive tailpipe, and above all a set of Forgiato DITO-ECL 20-inch rims. Yes, the wheels do look a bit of place on this car, but frankly that’s the least of its problems.

The interior of this Roller is a bit overwhelming in terms of its sheer redness, but even in the pictures it screams luxury, comfort, and a plush ride. There are large leather seats with full-size armrests, automatic transmission, electric everything, and a lovely and quintessentially British walnut dashboard.

TAG Motorsport Cadillac Escalade Is a Luxury Tank!

Caddy Escalade is a car with celebrity status thanks to its starring role in many a rap video and also films and TV series such as Entourage. It is also a car with great potential for personalization, as you can see with this handsome matte grey TAG Motorsport Cadillac Escalade.

The Escalade is a car with an imposing presence due to its sheer size. But it is not, at least in standard form, what you call cool because it comes with an awful lot of blingy chrome stuff and wheels that, though huge, are nowhere near big enough for a car of such great stature. TAG Motorsport Cadillac Escalade addresses all these issues.

First off, the car was wrapped in a cool and stealthy matte gunmetal grey foil that suits the car beautifully and also complements the new flaps and side steps perfectly. Then the chrome bits were all blacked-out with a nice coat of matte black, and the windows got a moderate tint as well. The pièce de résistance of this treatment, however, is a set of ADV1 wheels.

Measuring 24 inch in diameter and 10 inch wide on all four corners, the ADV10R Deep Concave CS wheels on TAG Motorsport Cadillac Escalade are finished in matte black on the disc and gloss black lips to match the rest of the vehicle. Now, these are properly huge rims, but they still fail fill up the vast fenders of the Escalade completely.

White TechArt GrandGT Looks Devastatingly Awesome On 22s

Somebody get this Porsche Panamera some cough syrup, because it is absolutely and undoubtedly sick. And yes, TechArt's GrandGT body kit was prescribed by the doctor.
Even if you're not a fan of the Panamera, you have to admit, this thing is aggressive beyond belief. TechArt used a fiber-reinforced composite based on carbon, glass-fiber-reinforced plastic and polyurethane components for this impressive exterior package.
Again, you don't have to be a fan to appreciate the fact that TechArt did a better job than other luxury tuners such as TopCar when it came to the Porsche Panamera.
Another great example of some quality work on this particular model comes from Mansory, though neither them nor TopCar gave the Panamera such a mean-looking rear wing, and so we'll give TechArt some extra points for that!
The custom wheels you're admiring measure 22x10 at the front and 22x12 at the rear and are made by ADV.1. They're called the ADV5.2DCSL (or Deep Concave SL Series), and they match the Panamera's character really well. Also, the disc finish is Titanium with a Brushed Gunmetal lip.
In terms of performance, TechArt has been offering different power kits for the Panamera for some time now, all of them being activated by pushing the standard 'Sport' button on the center console.
Since last year, the German tuner has been raising the output of the Panamera Turbo by 74kW/100 HP and 130 Nm (95 lb-ft) of torque. With the resulting 612 HP (620 PS) and 900 Nm (663 lb-ft with the Sport Chrono Pack), it can hit 100 km/h (62 mph) in as little as 3.7 seconds and go from 0 to 200 km/h (124 mph) in just 12.4 seconds.
Your top speed also increases from 305 km/h (189 mph) to 320 km/h (198 mph), which just means that this car will finally get to run as fast as it looks. And that's pretty much all you can hope for.