The Victorian state division of Nissan car clubs in Australia, SkylineAustralia and the Nissan Datsun club (NDSOC) recently held a “Show’n’Shine” event in Melbourne. Members of both clubs took the opportunity to display their pride and joy and the public was invited to vote for the best cars of the …

Californian tuner SP Engineering is responsible for this sleek Milano Red BMW M3 Convertible. This shows how an M3 Convertible can be done up to look just as equally hot as the coupe version. Hence this is our pick this week for the tuner section. Performance Meisterschaft quad tip exhaust system …

Akrapovic is renown maker of high performance exhaust for cars and bikes. Their latest offering is an all new exhaust system for the Ferrari 458 Italia. The exhaust raise the 458’s 4.5 litre V8 engine power from 570 horsepower and 540 Nm to 581 horsepower and 566 Nm. Apart from …

The Buttonwillow Super Lap Battle is a major motorsport event in North America and is one of the most popular track for time attack sprints in the US. Drivers who go there have nothing but only fast times to aim for, thus making the Buttonwillow track in California a benchmark in …

The folks at 7Tune.com managed to scoop these two bright and shiny Lexus LF-A testing at the Fuji Speedway in Japan recently. The nature of the test was not revealed but it was reported that Toyota’s test drivers and engineers were involved in some serious high speed flying lap around …

The Mercedes C63 AMG is no doubt a very good package straight out of the showroom. But it is also a popular platform for after market tuners. The latest tuner to give a shot at the C63 AMG is German tuner Wimmer RS in the form of a performance upgrade …

S2000 tuning specialist GoTuning built and tuned this neat AP2 S2000 with good selection of performance parts. Unlike the track based GoTuning S2K we featured awhile ago, this particular one is setup for daily use. Performance Amuse R1 Titan Exhaust JDM Ram Air Intake System Sun Auto Grounding System Drivetrain …

A Nissan Skyline festival and track day was held at Fuji Speedway in Japan recently. It is one of the biggest gathering of Skylines ever held in Japan, comprising a mix of all generations of Skylines ranging from the classics to the mighty R35 GT-R. Various well known Japanese tuners …

For any self proclaimed European marque tuner, a line up cannot do without a customized Audi R8. The latest tuner to have acknowledged this is German tuner Anderson-Germany. Called the “Racing Edition”, the package is designed for the V10 R8. It consists of an ECU remap, intake and exhaust upgrades. …

Two weeks ago Switzer set a new world record for the highest top speed for a Nissan GT-R in a quarter mile (400 metres) sprint, stopping the speed trap at 156.44 mph (251 kph) and a time of 9.38 seconds. We have a video here. This record is now once …

Last month, a red Lexus LFA made an appearance in Toyota City, Japan. Here’s a couple videos from the event. I must admit I just never get tired of listening to the sound of the LF-A’s silky smooth V10 engine.

The Honda booth at the 2010 SEMA show could well be one of the major highlights of the event with twelve CR-Z Sport Hybrid coupes from various tuner on display including some from Honda’s own performance division Mugen. The show cars further demonstrate the huge tuning and customization potentials of the …

Kia will unveil a pumped up version of their popular Forte Koup 2 door coupe at the upcoming 2010 SEMA show. Called the Kia Forte Koup Type R Concept, it surely makes you think: Type R?? Yes, for unknown reason Kia is following the foot steps of Honda and decided …

Last week we featured the amazing build of GTM’s twin turbo Nissan 370Z churning out a thousand horsepower on the dyno. Now it is making its first public appearance at the 2010 SEMA show with some amazing finishing touches such as new wheels and unique vinyl. However this isn’t the …