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For some, a W221 Mercedes Benz S-Class is the epitome of luxurious transport and it is used mainly by the captains of the industry as a means to comfortably ferry them from one power meeting to another. Of course at the other end of the same playing field are pop stars, rap artists, premier league footballers, movie stars, the Russian mafia, Yakuzas that can actually afford such a car but think that it looks too sedate for them. For them you bring in people like Japanese tuning firm Wald so that they can make the car have more street cred. This basically means lots more of the motorsport look by adding diffusers and spoilers as well as those big steam roller sized wheels which have rubber band tires with extremely stiff ride wrecking sidewalls to the car coupled with an extremely lowered ride height, either from stiffer springs or an adjustment towards the air suspension (neither of which benefits ride comfort too). But boy does the W211 S-Class look good. A front bumper/spoiler setup that looks like it came from a Brabus CLS with daytime running LEDs and side slits, different front fenders with slits behind the front wheels, fat side skirts and that rear bumper/diffuser with slits at each side complete with...wait...the usual quad tail exhaust set up that seems to be the norm with all of these performance tuners. The only difference is the quad pipes are oval and look like they

The first time I saw the front end of a Lamborghini Reventon my knees went slightly weak. The large gaping holes and side strakes on the left and the right sides were another unique way to channel air to the car's radiators and also to cool down the brakes. This front end styling was then used on the Gallardo Superleggera and the Murcielago Superveloce. However, no one told Japanese Tuners cum used car resellers, maintenance garage, car insurance agents extraordinaire Super Veloce that they could not graft it on to a Ferrari F430. And so they did just that. Super Veloce has done something most Ferrari and Lamborghini owners would never have thought of. The F430 Super Veloce Racing, as it is now referred to, has the bumper of a Murcielago, intakes and side slits/strakes, skirts, rear diffuser and all as well as that Lamborghini-like GT Wing used on the Murcielago SV too. The front end however looks slightly out of place with the more rounded overall styling of the F430. Of course, this is just my opinion of the F430 SVR. Aside from the very mixed up looks, which at this very moment may be causing Enzo Ferrari to be turning in his grave, the F430 SVR has NOVITEC goodies added to it. The NOVITEC wheels are 19inch at the front and 20in at the rear and the NOVITEC suspension lowers the ride height even more than standard for that totally showcar look. The 4.3liter V8 has been left standard except for a NOVITEC muffler, which should free up more prancing horses and a lot more of the fabulous noise that the F430 makes. The sole demonstrator unit was previewed at the 2010 Tokyo Import Car Show and as usual, no prices have been announced. Would this be considered as blasphemy or plain Japanese innovation?

Hofele Design is a German company that does tuning on Porsches, Volkswagens and Audis to name a few. And this time they have decided to try and make the Porsche Panamera look slightly better. Take a look at the picture above and you can see that they are showing it with some boats. Or Luxury Yachts if you were being analytical about it. The Panamera Rivage GT 970 is what Hofele Design is now calling it and from what I can see, the yachts are still more streamlined looking than the body kitted Panamera. Anyway, the GT 970

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