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At first sight what you are looking at here might appear to be a standard BMW M2. But upon closer inspection one notices a number of carbon additions giving the little sports car a unique and serious look. This is the3D Design BMW M2 equipp...

It has been only a few days since BMW revealed the new 2018 BMW M5 super sedan but already there is talk of tuning it. The first proposition comes from Manhart Racing who wants to give the car an extra 200 horsepower and 200 percent more attitude. We like! What they have in mind for Manhart BMW M5 MH5 800 is, as the name suggests, an 800 horsepower output to begin with. Of course, as we know B...

Next week Porsche will unveil a new version of its Cayee SUV. Traditionally, this is not something we would get excited about. After all, the new model will at best be just a little bit less ugly than its predecessor. But we have to say this sketch of2018 Porsche Cayee they have just released looks pretty intriguing. The sketch shows us the silhouette of2018 Porsche Cayee. It reveals a ...

As you may know BMW revealed a few days ago a refreshed 2 Series for next modelyear with some decent upgrades. Butthey still have a bunch of the existing model they need to shift, and what better way to do that than the tried and tested ‘Limited Edi...

So far almost all BMW M2 tuning kits we’ve seen had to do with body kits and some with power upgrades. Now Print Tech kick starts the wrapping game for this car with this rather amazing purple BMW M2 they’ve just finished working on. Actually the color on this purple BMW M2 is called “glossy fuchsia” and it’s like a very metallic magenta. It is an interesting color, but we have to say it doesn’t really work on a car as small as the M2. It would have looked a lot better on something with a bit more bulk, like an X5 or something. That said, we like how this shade of purple goes with the charcoal grey M wheels on this car. BMW M2 Highlights: Three-litre six-cylinder in-line engine withM ...

This is just petrolhead heaven, isn’t it? What we have here is a Porsche 911 R and an equally hard-core but much better looking Aston Martin in form of the V12 Vantage S, and a guy like Chris Harris to toss them around the circuit, mostly sideways. If you like driving and all its little technical details, this video will be like Godfather II to you. Chris begins his comparison review of Porsche 911 R vs Aston V12 Vantage S by warming up his left leg at the gym because both these cars have a manual gearbox which is a rare thing these days. But driving stick is like riding a bicycle. You’ll never forget it. [embedded content] So what would be your choice if you were in the market for a hi...

It is known that despite his strong love of sophisticated European sports cars, Chris Harris also has a fondness for American muscle cars mainly because they are such horsepower bargains. Mustangs and Camaros and Corvettes, Harris has driven them all liked them, but what does he think of the wildest Yankee-mobile of them all, Dodge Viper ACR? You may remember this blue Dodge Viper ACR from the first episode of the new and failed Top Gear. Well, only now we get to see Chris’s take on it, and it’s a very short take sadly. But hey, you don’t need more than four minutes to decide if you like the ACR or not. [embedded content] Viper ACR Highlights: 8.4-liter V-10 overhead-valve engine Rated ...

It took a while, but Chris Harris’ review of the new, face-lifted Porsche 991 Turbo S is finally released. Chris filmed this a while back at Kaylami race track in South Africa, and it has now found an outlet on Top Gear, a venue which Chris seems to be taking over completely. At any rate, here’s the latest Turbo 911 and the verdict of one of the best car reviewers on the planet. Chris and Porsche 991 Turbo S are both great, but how awesome is Kayami? Even if you don’t find the car interesting and consider it old news, you should still watch the video if only just for the track. [embedded content] Porsche 991 Turbo S Specs: Engine layout Rear engine Number of cylinders 6 Displacement 3.8...

It is almost mandatory for sport exhaust makers these days to come up with nicely edited videos of their custom system so that the customers can sample the noise before ordering their kits. We have already heard what Fi Exhaust and Armytrix have in store for BMW’s latest sports car, now let’s check out the highly anticipated Akrapovic BMW M2. Akrapovic has been quite clever with the making of this video. They realized they have to hook the customers from the first click, and so they came up with rather superb promotional footage: [embedded content] Akrapovic BMW M2 benefits from a custom exhaust system featuring ultra-lightweight high-grade titanium, which will lower the overall weight ...

Hama is taking their sweet time over developing the promised aero kit for the BMW M2 but it seems the bugger is finally ready to take the tuning scene by storm. These are the first photos of Hama BMW M2 sporting the body kit they first aounced last year, and it’s looking somewhat peculiar. Maybe that’s because this particular Hama BMW M2 uses white aero parts on a white body and that is making the whole thing look kinda fat. But Hama has to do a lot better with the finished product if they want to have something to say against the truly amazing kits that are in the pipeline for the M2. What they are proposing at this stage incudes a rather massive front spoiler lip that sits on the stoc...

After getting traded from place to place like a baseball card, Chris Harris has finally settled at Top Gear website where he can continue do what does best, which is make boring car reviews fun and interesting. In one of this first reviews for the new employer Chris gets to grips with the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio. And yes, he does throw it around a bit. The boy has lost none of his skills becoming a corporate beyotch! Well, looks like it is now Chris’s tu to get pounded with all those dislikes on YouTube. Of course, this being Chris, people are holding back to some extent. Still, some of the hate directed toward Top Gear is going to inevitably ricochet off and hit him. [embedded c...

It’s been a while since we last saw one of these awesome real world reviews from Harry’s Garage. Now though the petrolhead king is back sporting a beard and reviewing another classic SL-Class Mercedes-Benz. Harry loves these cars, and after the R129 he showed us a while back he now has a more popular R107 1971 Mercedes 350 SL and wants to tell us about it. This generation of the SL has one of the most iconic body shapes ever and one that seems to be aging really, really well. The lines and contours of this macho car have a nice whiff of vintage about it, but the whole thing still looks refreshingly mode. So let’s join Harry and see what owning a 1971 Mercedes 350 SL is like: [embedded c...

One of the coolest things about the BMW M2 is how normal the car looks in standard guise. It’s just a compact saloon that happens to go like a stabbed rat and have one of the best driving experiences in any class and price range. But if you are a bit of dork and want everybody to know how awesome your car is, the M Performance division has something exclusively designed with you in mind. The M Performance catalog for the BMW M2 is full of good stuff like carbon fiber aero kit, sport exhaust system, gloss black exterior trim, Alcantara interior trim, and… but one option they offer, as showcased here in these nice photos by Pfaff BMW, is a full M racing color livery. You can actually orde...

A while ago we showed what PSM Dynamichas in mind for the BMW M2 in terms of a wide body kit. Now, if that proposition was not ‘extreme’ enough for you, check this out. This is Aristo Dynamics BMW M2 and it takes the concept of wide body-ness to a whole new level. Just like PSM’s car, Aristo Dynamics BMW M2 is a rendering at this stage but the Spanish tuner does have a concrete plan to make it. We like what we’re seeing in these images, but there is always a degree of uncertainty with extreme kits like this whether they look like this in the flesh and up close. The M2, after all, is a pretty compact coupe. Won’t those huge fenders look ungainly on it? Those huge fenders are only part o...

We’ve been showing you some pretty cool tuned BMW M2s lately, either ready to roll, in development, or in concept phase. So we thought we top it all off with the most outrageous example of the car that exists today, which is of course the Manhart MH2 630. Visually, acoustically, and mechanically, Manhart MH2 630 is the sickest BMW M2 you’ll find anywhere in the world right now. But that doesn’t necessary mean it is the best. All those strong flavors, they can get a bit too much you know. Still, this seven minute video will give you a thorough look at the MH2, so you have ample time to decide whether you like it or not: [embedded content] So as the name suggests, Manhart MH2 630 BMW M2 p...

It was only a few day ago when we mentioned Armytrix exhaust as one of the essential mods for any BMW M2. Since then though, other exhaust makers have released their own custom system for the German sports car. So nowlet’s listen to what Frequency Intelligent has to say. The system installed on this BMW M2 is officially called Fi Exhaust Turbo Back Valvetronic with carbon fiber tips. Crank up your speakers, because it’s a good one: [embedded content] BMW M2, as you know, has a heavily turbocharged straight-six engine, and neither of those characteristics are good for exhaust noise. That is why there are all of a sudden so many aftermarket exhaust systems available for it, because it’s t...

We realize it might be too soon to make this leap, but we reckon we have already found the coolest BMW M2 body kit that’s ever going to be built. It’s being developed by a tuner called PSM Dynamic and it’s a combination of wide body and naked carbon. You can’t really go wrong with that combo. PSM Dynamic BMW M2 boasts two pairs of properly flared wheel arches on the front and rear complemented, in these renderings at least, with a pair of extended sills in exposed carbon fiber. That alone would have made the M2 a lot more exciting to look at, but PSM is not stopping there. Besides the wide fenders PSM Dynamic BMW M2 also featuresa custom aero kit, also made of naked carbon fiber, consis...

Showoffs buy the M4. BMW M2 is for those who love driving, those who yea for the delicious recipe of the original E30 M3. While the M2 is pretty close, all things considered, to the king, there are a couple of necessary mods you needto make it perfect. And we’re not talking about body kits or silly wraps or new wheels even. No, the first thing you need on your BMW M2 is the KW suspension. They have just come out with two setups for the M2 including the KW 3 Way Clubsport kit which is sort of for track-focused driving, and KW suspension Variant 3 coilover which is more street. Both systems improve the handling characteristic of the M2 and increase the joy of coering in it. What’s more, t...

Tus out AC Schnitzer BMW M2 is going to be one of the first properly tuned versions of the German sports car we will see. The tuner is hard at work developing a full kit for the M2, and they have already released some preview pictures to let us know what’s in store. Granted, the list of modifications for AC Schnitzer BMW M2 currently reads like a wish list. But we know from their previous works that AC boys don’t mess around. They are going to deliver big time with the M2, tuing an already superb fun machine into something that is also classy and very, very exclusive. We can’t wait to see the finished product. AC Schnitzer BMW M2 Program Details: Engine– Performance upgrade– engine o...

It was back in April when we first got wind of the feud between the two lead presenters of the New Top Gear, started by Chris Evans criticizing Matt LeBlanc’s conduct in a film he made in London with stunt driver Ken Block. Tus out Evans is being a jerk to everyone on the production team, and LeBlanc now wants him gone. According to the latest reports by British tabloids — I know, not the best of sources — LeBlanc has threatened to leave Top Gear unless Chris Evans gets fired. We suppose what the American means is that he won’t renew his contract for a second season, because all the filming has been done for the first season and all he has to do to get the rest of his salary is to toler...