Several thousand car freaks in tuned cars, mainly from Germany and the Netherlands, descended on the Kanaal-Noord industrial estate in Bree on Saturday evening. There they held drag races, turned donuts, and drifted, among other things. “This will not go unpunished,” said the police, who noted the license plates of the offenders.
Patrick Brebels, Marie Wyers
Today at 1:24 PM
A large illegal tuning meeting took place at the Lommel industrial park on Saturday evening. About 2,500 cars gathered in the Van Zon parking lot. The police arrived en masse, after which those present left in a column. There have been no major incidents.
In the late evening, the Lommel police received reports that a large group of cars had gathered in the parking lot of Horeca Van Zon. The provincial intervention plan came into effect and large numbers of police officers deployed to Lommel from various neighboring police zones.
It turned out to be a tuning meeting for which no permit had been applied for. Cars were doing donuts and fireworks were being set off, among other things. Many spectators also gathered at the two roundabouts on the Balendijk. The roundabouts were completely closed.
“An estimated 2,500 cars have converged on and around the Van Zon parking lot, mainly from Germany,” said Lommel police chief Bart Voordeckers around 12:20 am. “The illegal tuning meeting was organized by Germans. All in all, they are quite disciplinary. When we arrived, the cars slowly started to leave. And now the Van Zon parking lot is empty again. No arrests have been made at this time.”
The exodus was largely peaceful. A long column of cars slowly drove away from the industrial estate. Among those present were speed devils and attention seekers who burst their tires near the spectators. Drones monitored the situation from the air. When the police arrived at the meeting, there were probably another 1,000 cars on their way to Lommel, in addition to the 2,500 cars present.
At that time, the original Škoda Octavia began to be produced as a tudor, i.e. a two-door sedan, lower middle class. In 1960, a practical estate car also arrived, which then lasted many years in production. While the Tudor went to rest in 1964, when it was replaced by the Škoda 1000 MB, the station wagon only ended in 1971.
The name Octavia was subsequently abandoned by the Czech car company for decades. It revived it only in its modern era, in 1996 – and successfully, today the Škoda Octavia is the brand’s bestseller, which is currently sold in its fourth generation. By the way, she recently underwent an interesting facelift.
But back to the original “octave”. It was this that became the focus of a remarkable competition between two French motoring websites. The editors of Turbo and Automobile Propre embarked on complex conversions of two old Škoda cars.
We will continue to focus on this interesting project in more detail, today we will present you one of the concepts created as part of the competition. The members of the Turbo editorial team turned to design students to design the shape of their car. And then they chose one of the proposals.
Among the participants of the “audition” was also a student Como Dupont, who took the renovation of the old Octavia really exceptionally well. When creating the design, he went in different directions, but all of them looked extremely distinctive, sporty and aggressive. In one case it is even a convertible.
However, the final concept retains the original Tudor bodywork. But here, in addition to various modifications, the body kit includes muscular sides, several spoilers, large thresholds and other sporty elements. Proper wheels must not be missing.
Photo: Côme Dupont
At the front, small round LED headlights attract attention, among which there is a front mask, which also lights up and resembles the Enyaq electric model in concept. The hood is decorated with a special element that brings the car closer to current Škoda cars.
The rear is very impressive, especially thanks to the solution that lengthens it. It includes new lights connected by an LED bar. And the massive diffuser cannot be overlooked. So what do you say, can you imagine this “tuned” Octavia as a real car?
Do you like the concept of the sporty Skoda Octavia?
No, the original is the original, this is more of a circus.
A total of 717 readers voted.
2024-02-25 18:00:00
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Not long after the premiere of the current generation of Suzuki Jimny, which took place already in 2018, the first modifications began to appear, which gave the small Japanese off-road an interesting style. Most of the modders bet on simulating the off-road legend Mercedes-Benz G-Class, but other, often very original ideas were also found.
The Japanese tuning company DAMD will present one of them at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show, which has decided to modify the body of the small SUV in the style of the European legends of rally racing. The Renault 5 Turbo and Lancia Delta Integrale cars became the inspiration.
Photo: DAMD
Offroad Suzuki Jimny disguised as a Lancia Delta Integrale
Let’s start with the red car, which refers to the iconic Lancia with a mask, four-point lights, a fast stripe across the hood and cabin, or a prominent spoiler. In addition, we see sports seats in the cabin.
The blue car resembles a Renault 5 Turbo with a specific radiator grille and angular headlights. A smiling detail on the side is the prominent “Turbo” inscription, but supplemented with a smaller “Non”. Apparently, this is a car with an atmospheric engine.
Photo: DAMD
Offroad Suzuki Jimny disguised as a Renault 5
In both cases, the cars are built on the iconic white OZ Racing wheels, which emphasize the racing character. The blue car has an unpainted front bumper, while the red one has a painted one. In both cases, the bumper of similar shapes also received yellow fog lights, typical for cars of the eighties.
Unfortunately, the company did not show the interior and did not reveal the technical parameters either, but it can be assumed that at least everything under the hood remained the same. In Europe, the Suzuki Jimny is offered with a 1.5-liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder, while in Japan the car is also available as a kei car with a small turbocharged three-cylinder.
2023-12-28 12:56:48
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October 28, 2023, 1:49 p.m
PiataAuto.md editors
VW’s VR engines are already a legend, and enthusiasts are paying tens of thousands of euros to now buy VR6 Golfs or other VR models that used the same engine family. Basically, they were V-shaped engines with such a small angle between the two groups of cylinders that they used a single cylinder head, like an engine with cylinders positioned in line. AND due to the small angle they made an unrepeatable sound. Well, HPA Motorsports in Canada has done the impossible and ordered 50 classic VR6 turbo engines, which they will modify and install on modern Golfs!
The engines are new, freshly manufactured, according to the original specification. When you have an older car, with many brands it is still possible to order even whole engines for many years, sometimes they are assembled from previously manufactured components, other times, if the demand is higher, they go through the production line completely once a several years, to replenish the stock. Somehow those from HPA managed to order exactly 50 such engines and when they received them at the headquarters they made the big announcement for VW fans, about the exceptional conversions they will do. And here the explanation lies in the fact that VW, even if it removed the VR6 engines from the Golf two decades ago, continued to produce some poses for some US models, including the VW Atlas until recently. And that’s how VW was still able to produce these classic engines.
The VR6 engine chosen was the 2.5 liter one, the larger versions not being chosen. The reason lies in the fact that the 2.5-liter engine is the only turbocharged VR from the factory, so it is equipped from the start for turbochargers, with all the correct intake and cooling channels. And that allowed HPA to apply a more powerful turbine and get 550 HP out of it!
Those from HPA Motorsport intend to mount it especially on the VW Golf R from the 7.5 generation. Thus, instead of the 300 HP engine under the hood, Golf R owners who want the conversion will receive 550 HP and the classic sound of the VR6, finally obtaining a car “as beautiful as it would have been from start”.
Those from HPA say that the engine, due to the high power, would only be compatible with DSG boxes, but they are analyzing the option of proposing a manual box soon. Anyway, the production is limited to only 50 units. In fact, it is a conversion of cars already owned by enthusiastic owners, not production. And the price of the conversion, which includes the labor, and the VR6 engine, and all the other adjustments, is about $40,000.
And something tells us that in the shortest time we will hear that all 50 orders will have already been received. And that’s also thanks to the impeccable reputation of HPA Motorsports, which guarantees that the modified model will work “like from the factory”, as if it was designed that way from the start.
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2023-10-28 10:51:30
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The German company ABT Sportsline, named after the founder Johann Abt and has been tuning Volkswagen cars for more than thirty years, has prepared one of its most evil cars. The Lamborghini Urus Performante crossover has undergone a comprehensive revision: the new version is called Scatenato, that is, “wild” in Italian. 99 of these cars will be made.
From the outside, the Urus Scatenato is distinguished by its massive and developed body kit: the splitter, air duct grilles on the hood, mirror housings, wheel arch extensions, spoiler and other elements are made of carbon fiber. At the rear there are four pipes of a new exhaust system made of titanium. The ABT studio also changed the wheels: they are equipped with different-wide tires of size 285/35 ZR23 on the front axle and 325/30 ZR23 on the rear, although the same parameters are available for the factory Urus. The seats, front panel, transmission selector – all this is also decorated with carbon fiber. Several decorative elements with the inscription “1 of 99” recall the exclusivity of Scatenato.
Now about the most interesting part. The four-liter V8 engine’s turbochargers and intercooler have been replaced, and the software has also been adjusted. If the Urus engine produces 666 hp from the factory, then after the intervention of ABT the power increased to 810 hp. Unfortunately, other specifications have not been published. But we can assume that the acceleration time to “hundreds” was reduced (3.3 s for the factory version of the Performante).
The original Urus costs from about 230 thousand euros, and with such a tuning package its price can double: the kit itself is estimated at 179 thousand euros, plus an additional payment for installation and full legalization (in Germany). It is important that after such modifications the factory warranty for the car is maintained.
2023-09-29 17:27:24
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