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Showing posts with label Automotives. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 19, 2021

The Marcello Gandini' proposal design for the Bugatti EB110 of the 1990s

Other Proposal As we all know, a prestigious fancy brand like Bugatti has also experienced gloomy days. One of the moments of the revival of the legendary French fancy brand had occured in the early 1990s originally proposed by Ferruccio Lamborghini, and carried out by Romano Artioli with Paolo Stanzini. Then through the new formed company named Bugatti Automobili S.p.A., Artioli assembled an unparalleled group of talents in pursuit of building a supercar worthy wore the Bugatti's badge.
The Marcello Gandini' proposal design for the Bugatti EB110 of the 1990s named Bugatti DMD80 Concept. (Picture from: Carrozzieri Italiani)
The list of prominent names in the automotive industry included Paolo Stanzini, the renowned engineer for the Lamborghini Miura, Espada, and Countach, who later became technical director of Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. As for the chassis development carried out by Tecnostile led by Tiziano Benedetti, Achille Bevini, and Oliviero Pedrazzi, all three of whom are known for having participated in the Lamborghini Miura' chassis and engine developments.
The Gandini's Bugatti DMD80 Concept has a classic wedge shape that concealed a number of aerodynamic tricks up its sleeves. (Picture from: RareComponentCar)
Then the company developed a supercar that would later be known as the Bugatti EB110 starting in 1987 for the chassis and mechanics. In addition, a number of well-known automotive designers and styling houses such as ITAL Design, Bertone, Paolo Martin and Marcello Gandini were also invited to make design proposals. At the end the Gandin's design proposal was chosen by the Artioli's company to be further.
The Gandini's Bugatti DMD80 Concept was originally built with an aluminum honeycomb chassis but later redesigned with carbon fiber. (Picture from: RareComponentCar)
The mentioned car was originally built with an aluminum honeycomb chassis but later redesigned with carbon fiber. Power is provided by a bespoke 3.5-liter V12 engine, with four turbochargers, which produces over 550 bhp of power and is channeled through the 6-speed manual gearbox and full-time all-wheel-drive system. All this allowed the car to reach a top speed of 221 mph with an acceleration from rest to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds, that's an outstanding performance number for the time.
The Gandini's Bugatti DMD80 Concept has deep recesses in the nose of the car provided airflow to elements of the cooling systems. (Picture from: RareComponentCar)
Gandini's initial design for this car was a classic wedge shape that concealed a number of aerodynamic tricks up its sleeve under the name of Bugatti DMD80 Concept. Deep recesses in the nose of the car provided airflow to elements of the cooling systems and double fan-assisted rear diffuser aided in road-holding. The car also has an "active" spoiler at the rear which rose above the deck while it run at high speed.
The Gandini's Bugatti DMD80 Concept fitted also double fan-assisted rear diffuser aided in road-holding. (Picture from: RareComponentCar)
The lines are clean, if a bit brutish, and represented one of Gandini's better late career designs. During the development phases, the automaker built four prototypes of the "new" Bugatti were clothed in Gandini' style of the uniqueness scissor-door types and went through extensive testing in that form.
The Gandini's Bugatti DMD80 Concept has also an "active" spoiler at the rear which rose above the deck while it run at high speed. (Picture from: RareComponentCar)
However, Romano Artioli was apparently not impressed with Gandini's angular design language incorporating a shovel nose and flared rear wheel arches and demanded revisions. So Gandini created a second iteration of the design with softer lines, revised head and taillights and slightly different proportions for the rear wheel arches, that's such similar cue can also be seen on the Maserati Chubasco of 1991. 
The Bugatti DMD80 Concept is clothed in Gandini' style of the uniqueness scissor-door types and went through extensive testing in that form. (Picture from: RareComponentCar)
Turns out this wasn't enough to calm the boss down and Gandini ended up lost his patience with the whole endeavor. And it could be said that the revived incarnation of Bugatti would not have a body directly penned by the maestro. Seeing this, then Romano Artioli commissioned Gianpaolo Benedini, an architect who had designed the company's iconic "Blue Factory" in Campogalliano, to make changes to the car's design that he asked for.
The 2nd iteration of the Bugatti DMD80 Concept done by Marcello Gandini with softer lines, revised head and taillights and slightly different proportions for the rear wheel arches. (Picture from: RareComponentCar)
The latest vehicle design replaces the network of cooling slots on the bonnet with ducts in the front fenders, leading to the outer sides of the two large fixed headlights, which replaced the pop-up headlights of the early prototype. In a peculiar nod to the original Bugatti radiator design, small horseshoe-shaped vents are also added to the lower region of the front fascia. Uniquely, pill-shaped vents and lighting were also added to the rear of the car as well.

This marked as the first of two occasions that Marcello Gandini's designs were ignored by his clients. The same thing happened during the development of the Lamborghini's supercar that would become known as Lamborghini Diablo when the company under the Chrysler's ownership. By employing internal staff, they also revised Gandini's design. 

However, in the end Gandini could breathe a sigh of relief when the Diablo design variants he sold to Giorgio Moroder and Claudio Zampoli later became the Cizeta V16T to be one of the wildest supercars of the early 90s, even crazier than the Bugatti EB110.
The Bugatti EB110 production version (in the middle) is flanked by the four prototypes of the Gandini's Bugatti DMD80 Concept. (Picture from: RareComponentCar)
On September 15, 1991, Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. unveiled the Bugatti EB110 in its final form for the first time at the Versailles and in front of the Grande Arche de la Défense, Paris, exactly 110 years after the birth of Ettore Bugatti

Like many similar businesses at that time, the automotive company also did not last long and was liquidated again in 1995. And during its short production period, it turned out that the company was only able to build the Bugatti EB 110 as many as 139 units with a dozen others made in carbon fiber by Dauer of Germany.
However, with the sinking of the Bugatti legendary brand at that time, it again invited the interest of many parties to revive it again. And finally in 2000, the legendary brand based in Molsheim, France was acquired by the German automotive giant Volkswagen Group. Under the banner of this new ownership, Bugatti is noted for producing some of the most spectacular and extraordinary supercars ever. If Ettore Buggati can witness the brand's achievements today, maybe he would be wore a big smile on his lips when sees one of the world's fastest cars wearing the Bugatti macaron with its typical horseshoe grille. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES |  RARECOMPONENTCARS | CARROZZIERI ITALIANI ]
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Saturday, December 18, 2021

A modern interpretation of the Porsche 909 Bergspyder

sTormPass Car companies often build unique cars that ordinary people have never thought of before. Therefore, many of the concept cars made as one of its engineering prototypes that cannot be realized into production version or just end up into the piles of the automaker's storage facility. One example is the Porsche Bergspyder 981 prototype which was built in 2015 and never produced by the Stuttgart-based automaker.
The Porsche Bergspyder 981 was built in 2015 as a modern interpretation of the legendary lightweight one seat speedster specifically for hillclimb races named Porsche 909 Bergspyder of 1968. (Picture from: OtoDriver)
The Porsche Bergspyder 981 was built in 2015, when Porsche's top brasses commissioned their Zuffenhausen-based engineers to build a new generation Bergspyder prototype, perhaps just to reminisce about the legendary lightweight one seat speedster specifically for hillclimb races named Porsche 909 Bergspyder which is now over of 50 years old.
The Porsche Bergspyder 981 (on the left) posed along with its predecessor hillclimb racing car named Porsche 909 Bergspyder of 1968 (on the right). (Picture from: OtoDriver)
Amazingly, the classic racing car of 1968 only has weighs of 384 kg, known as the lightest car ever made by Porsche. The new generation prototype is built based on the Porsche Boxster 981 under the similar design and layouts as its predecessor, ie the single-seater roofless sports car. 
1968 Porsche 909 Bergspyder was known as the lightest car ever made by Porsche with the weight only 384 kg. (Picture from: UrDesignMag)
While the car's exterior is also painted in identical white color of its predecessor and accented with striped green lines. However, unlike its predecessor, the new car weighs around 1,099 kg.
The Porsche Bergspyder 981 was built based on the Porsche Boxster 981 and featured as the single-seater roofless sports car. (Picture from: UrDesignMag)
Inside the cabin, the Bergspyder 981 has a redesigned dashboard, but still carries some elements of the Porsche 918 Spyder. The driver's seat is taken from the 918 as well, while the unique passenger side is fitted with a removable cover with a door that can still be opened, so that it can be used as a hidden trunk to store the helmets, etc.
The Porsche Bergspyder 981 has a redesigned dashboard, but still carries some elements of the Porsche 918 Spyder. (Picture from: UrDesignMag)
Furthermore, the car is powered by a flat-six 3,800 cc Boxer engine which is also used in the Porsche Cayman GT4. The engine is capable of producing around 393 ps of power and 420 Nm of torque, so it can make the Bergspyder car accelerate from rest to 100 kph in just 4 seconds.
Although it was originally planned that the Bergspyder would enter production at the time, in fact it has not yet passed the tests. So that made Porsche fail to market the car unit in several countries and finally the one-off prototype only became one of the cars on display in the Porsche museum. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | PORSCHE | MOTORAUTHORITY | URDESIGNMAG | SUPERCAR BLONDIE ]
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Friday, December 17, 2021

The forgotten Bertone's EB110 proposal design

Only Clay Still about one of the forerunner the design proposal for Bugatti EB110 which is expected to arouse the French automotive brand from its long hibernation. As we all knew, the French legendary car brand had been hibernated in a long time since the 1960s, in early 1990s it's tried to be revived by Ferruccio Lamborghini and Paolo Stanzini was then proposed to Romano Artioli.
The Bertone's proposal design for the next Bugatti EB110 back in the 1990s. (Picture from: CarStylingru)
Then through the new formed company named Bugatti Automobili S.p.A., Artioli assembled an unparalleled group of talents in pursuit of building a supercar worthy wore the Bugatti's badge. Besides empowering their own designers and engineers, it turned out that the newly risen company also invited several well-known designers and design houses such as ITAL Design, Gruppo Bertone, Paolo Martin and Marcello Gandini to submit a new car design proposal which was later known as Bugatti EB110.
The Bertone's proposal design for the next Bugatti EB110 back in the 1990s. (Picture from: CarStylingru)
Now we will discuss a little about the design proposal made by the Nuccio Bertone-owned design house. The Turin-based coachbuilder was invited in the project and also had opportunity to develop a design proposal for the next Bugatti's supercar to mark the revival of the French' legendary brand. In short, the designer team lead by Marc Deschamps, the chief designer of Gruppo Bertone at the time built  a clay model in 1:1 scale.
The Bertone's proposal design for the next Bugatti EB110 back in the 1990s. (Picture from: CarStylingru)
In our opinion, the model presented by Bertone at least, one of the most intriguing, as the car manages to look radical yet simultaneously refined and aesthetically cohesive with well integrated aerodynamic features that hadn’t been seen on production cars to quite the same extent at the time. Although it was quite an enticing design, there is one drawback ie its form is look not ease to recognizable as the Bugatti, so considered not meeting expectations of Romano Artioli, the Bugatti' CEO whose from the very beginning has the aim to tie together the past of Molsheim to the present in Campogalliano.
The three variants of the Bugatti EB110 in front of the company headquarter in Molsheim. (Picture from: Autoblog)
However, in early 1990, the Bertone's in clay model was tested in the Pininfarina wind tunnel in the presence of Oliviero Pedrazzi. Unfortunately it then made the collaboration between Bugatti and Bertone became increasingly difficult. On the one hand, Bugatti wants to assemble its own coachwork component (made by Golden Car based on the design of the Marcello Gandini). On the other hand, Nuccio no longer believes in the project. And by his own initiative, then ended the collaboration.
As we all knew, the Marcello Gandini's wedge design was chosen which would by further explored by Paolo Stanzini and the engineers of the marque, forming the basis of the five aluminium prototypes. There is also an interesting story behind the design concept created by Bertone, after pulling out of the Bugatti EB110 design invitation, the Bertone' design team then removed some Bugatti's badges of the model, and made a design overhaul included to change its color. After it was finished, it was submitted to Lotus's brasses as a car design proposal named Lotus Emotion in 1991. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCESSPORTCARDIGEST | CARSTYLINGRU | CONCEPTCARZ | AUTOBLOG | WIKIPEDIA | SOMETIMES-INTERESTING | TORQUEDAILY ]
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Thursday, December 16, 2021

Wow, Lexus has a fancy hydrogen-fueled ATV

Fancy ATV Lexus, which has been known to this day as one of the world-class car brands, whose production line is usually filled with fancy SUV and sedan models. And now the brand seems to want to give a surprise by introducing a hydrogen-powered ATV concept that's a completely different car came out of Lexus as usual.
Of all the concepts we expected from Lexus, this Lexus ROV Concept was definitely not one of them. (Picture from: KabarOto)
As quoted of the Lexus official website, the company-made ATV was introduced in concept form and called the Lexus ROV (Recreational Off-highway Vehicle). This is the result of the design of Lexus Europe. According to the automaker, this is a unique concept car, emission-free, and will be fun to use maneuvering in off-road terrain.

In terms of design, this car uses a body wrapped in bronze color, as well as Lexus characteristic LED lights with sharp curves for both the front and rear lights, plus an LED bar at the top to help the lighting system while run in dark condition.
The Lexus ROV concept seeks to bring Lexus' build quality and engineering to the utility task vehicle market. (Picture from: KabarOto)
The Lexus ROV is indeed designed for off-road purpose and built on a tubular chassis, for that the suspension was created much stronger, along with special off-road tires, and has a cage that can protect the passengers inside.
The Lexus ROV's cabin is quite luxurious, starting from the leather-wrapped bucket seats and four-point seat belts. (Picture from: KabarOto)
While on its cabin,  although it is not as luxurious as a Lexus' sedan or SUV models as usual. But for a buggy-kind of car, the Lexus ROV's cabin is quite luxurious, starting from the leather-wrapped bucket seats and four-point seat belts. Then there are several carbon panels on the dashboard, the steering wheel also has a paddle shift setting, the speedometer still uses analog and a small MID screen next to it. While in the middle panel is the place for regulating lights, transmission levers, drive settings, and handbrake levers.

And for the drivetrain, the automaker provides the best innovations that are unique and environmentally friendly for it. The Lexus ROV is carrying a 1.0-liter hydrogen-powered engine that works like a gasoline engine. But what makes the difference is a high pressure tank for compressed hydrogen which is delivered precisely by a direct hydrogen injector. How the engine works almost the same as the Toyota GR Yaris hydrogen, and the ROV emits almost no emissions at all.
The typical performance UTV stuff is present on the Lexus ROV Concept, like long-travel suspension. (Picture from: KabarOto)
"The Lexus ROV is our passion to thrive in the wild and meet the needs of consumers who are thirsty for adventure. As a concept car, the Lexus ROV also continues to prioritize lifestyle with continuous research in new technologies," said Head of Lexus Europe, Spiros Fotinos.
Indeed, so far Lexus has not explained when this cutie ATV will actually be realized or enter the production line. However, this ATV concept is considered to bring somekind of refreshment to the Lexus brand, because it's different from the concept car that has been shown before. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | LEXUS | CNET ]
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Paolo Martin's unique proposal for Bugatti EB110

Radical Concept Apparently gloomy days have also been experienced by a well-known automotive company like Bugatti. In the 1960s, the Molsheim-based company had declared bankrupt and should ceased production for a long time before revived back in the 1980s. The idea of Bugatti’s revival was initially proposed by none other than Ferruccio Lamborghini together with ex-Lamborghini engineer and designer Paolo Stanzani to Romano Artioli.
The most radical proposed design concept for the Bugatti EB110 called Bugatti 110 PM1 by Paolo Martin in 1989. (Picture from: SportscarDigest)
This happened when Ferruccio wanted to start another project after selling his raging-bull logoed company in 1981. At that time Romano Artioli was known widely as a Bugatti collector, turn out also had a personal ambition to establish a company worthy of Ettore Bugatti’s legacy, Bugatti macaron, and the horseshoe grille. And made the initial idea to estabilish a new brand changed into a wildly ambitious plan to revive one of the all-time great auto marques.
The wooden maquette of the Bugatti 110 PM1 posed along with its creator Paolo Martin at the Turin Auto Show 1991. (Picture from: Carstbatnevermadeitetc)
Disagreement with Artioli’s ambition to go huge from the very start, then prompted Ferruccio Lamborghini retreated. Following the dispute, Artioli and Stanzani soon started working on a draft to acquire the Bugatti brand. After successfully acquiring the brand, they teamed up with like-minded enthusiast, automotive historian Jean-Marc Borel founded a holding company called Bugatti International in Luxembourg in 1987.
The Bugatti 110 PM1 featured with a panoramic windshield and a floating rear wing integrated within the diagonal character line starting behind the front wheels. (Picture from: AllCarIndex)
Borel was managing the holding, while Ettore’s youngest son Michel Bugatti was among the board of directors. Romano Artioli himself led the Bugatti Automobili S.p.A. while 35% of the Bugatti International holding was held by Tecnostile, a highly regarded independent engineering company employing former Lamborghini personnel. In short to strategically place Bugatti at the center of the supercar industry, the company then established a modern production facility in Campogalliano, the outskirts of Modena.
It is interesting that in the Paolo Martin's design appears to reference the Luigi Colani’s extraordinary Lamborghini Miura Le Mans Concept of 1970. (Picture from: SportscarDigest)
In early days of this newly resurrected auto brand the man in charges leading the project was Paolo Stanzani together with Tecnostile, envisioning the underpinnings of the car. Both Artioli, Stanzani, and the principal Tecnostile team of Achille Bevini, Tiziano Benedetti, and Oliviero Pedrazzi agreed that the car had to go beyond the well-established concept boundaries of the time, namely the mid-engined V12 supercar. Still, the team spoke from experience, as they developed the chassis and the engine of the Lamborghini Miura.
The Bugatti 110 PM1's design revolved around aerodynamic efficiency, but it proved to be too far-out and definitely not elegant enough to be considered for production. (Picture from: SportscarDigest)
In the car design later known as the forerunner of the Bugatti EB110, apart from involving its own designer team, the company also invited several well-known designers at the time such as Giorgietto Giugiaro, Paolo Martin, Marcello Gandini, and Nuccio Bertone to create the looks of the upcoming car. A quartet of accomplished designers returned their vision for the future Bugatti and each was special in its own right.
The Bugatti 110 PM1 concept sat on display as a wooden maquette at the  the 65th Turin International Motor Show in 1991. (Picture from: Bestinsketch.it)
After some time ago we had discussed Giorgietto Giugiaro' designed car called the Bugatti ID90 Concept. Well, now we will discuss about the most radical proposal came from Paolo Martin (a former Pininfarina designer) who created a unique prototype called the Bugatti 110 PM1 in the 1989.
The Bugatti 110 PM1 concept shown as a model of sports car in 1: 1 scale and made entirely of wood. A structure whose shape exceeds the stylistic value. (Picture from: SportscarDigest)
The car appears in such an unusual shape with a panoramic windshield and a floating rear wing integrated within the diagonal character line starting behind the front wheels. Meanwhile, Bugatti 110 PM1 was a single seater sports car controlled by a joystick and “paddles” rather than a steering wheel. It is interesting that in the Paolo Martin's design appears to reference the Luigi Colani’s extraordinary Lamborghini Miura Le Mans Concept of 1970.
The Bugatti 110 PM1 concept has a single-seater cabin consists of a capsule in which the steering wheel is replaced by two handwheels located on the arm rests, for a more ergonomic ride. (Picture from: Carstbatnevermadeitetc)
The designer said that the philosophy of the project was essentially to create two distinct areas, that of traction and strength tied to earth and that of the living cell with aerial shape and ideally detached from the body. Inside its capsule cabin consists only one-seater in which the steering wheel is replaced by two handwheels located on the arm rests, for a more ergonomic ride. For safety, the driver has a four-point anchor belt that incorporates an abdominal airbag. 
For safety, the Bugatti 110 PM1 driver has a four-point anchor belt that incorporates an abdominal airbag. (Picture from: Carstbatnevermadeitetc)
Although they had made in a 1:4 scale model but this project reportedly did not run smoothly, due to the design proved to be too far-out and definitely not elegant enough to be considered for production and later the project was cancelled.😩
The Bugatti 110 PM1 concept in any case a reality resolved in a traditional way and presented so simply, to reawaken that intimate sense of taste and charm that always accompanies a valid work for a long time. (Picture from: SportscarDigest)
Furthermore, in 1991 this project had back on the track after Joshiro Kitami, a Japanese businessman was interested in it and wanted to revived the Ford Cobra's brand in which he had investments. Even in that time the designer had executed its polystyrene model to start engineering, but unfortunately this operation back to fail due to financial problems.😭
The Bugatti PM1 Concept known as a single-seater supercar made entirely of wood while sat on display at the National Automobile Museum (Il Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile) in early year of 2016. (Picture from: la Repubblica)
It made the designer then switched to build a 1:1 scale model out of wood. Finally, the wooden maquette of Bugatti 110 PM1 (only bodywork) finished and shown to the public for the first time at the  the 65th Turin International Motor Show in 1991.
Observed in its unique technical aspects or appreciated simply as an "unusual mobile" car, the PM1 is in any case a reality resolved in a traditional way and presented so simply, to reawaken that intimate sense of taste and charm that always accompanies a valid work for a long time. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | BESTINSKETCH.IT | SPORTSCARDIGEST ]
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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Here's the Porsche 911 GT3 Targa gets the magical touch of Ares Design

Nice One Sometimes seeing the fastcar exotic figure does not necessarily make the owner satisfied. They want those cars of their owned look special and different from others. For this reason, they then look for a qualified automotive workshop to realize that desire, even at a large cost.
The Porsche 911 GT3 Targa having more a curvaceous appearance as the niche result of customized by Modena-based coachbuilder company named ARES Design. (Picture from: GridOto)
Among the world's automotive enthusiasts, certainly no stranger to a Modena-based coachbuilder company named ARES Design. From this company, it has been noted that so many exotic car models have been produced, and here are several exotic car models made by the Modenese coachbuilder (had ever discussed and published in Trussty) as follow; the Ares Rolls Royce Wraith in 2015 then the C2 Corvette StingRayWami Lalique Spyder in 2018, and the Panther ProgettoUno in 2019.
The changes embedded by ARES Design have been carefully prepared, even covering all sectors of the Porsche 911 GT3 Targa(Picture from: SriwijayaTV)
And it was recently reported that the Italian coachbuilder has completed to modify the Porsche 911 GT3 Targa to look more classy and exotic. The changes embedded by ARES Design have been carefully prepared, even covering all sectors of the Porsche 911 GT3 Targa. The thing that stands out the most on the exterior is of course the over fenders which are made more stretched by 8 cm at the front and 4 cm at the rear.

In addition to having a curvaceous appearance, the front and rear bumpers have also been redesigned with a more sporty and dynamic model. Well, all the wide body components on the Porsche 911 Targa were specially developed by Modenese Centro Stile.
The Porsche 911 GT3 Targa's interior gets quite a lot more classy and charming materials of the brown-colored genuine leather that covers the steering wheel, seats, dashboard, door trim, and center console coupled with many other exclusive details. (Picture from: SriwijayaTV)
Looking into the interior, this 911 GT3 Targa gets quite a lot which makes the feel even more classy and charming. Call it the use of brown-colored genuine leather material that covers the steering wheel, seats, dashboard, door trim, and center console coupled with exclusive details such as the ARES Design badge pinned on the headrest and steering wheel.

Meanwhile, to add to the elegance, ARES Design also installed matching silver alloy wheels, coupled with silver mirror caps and a silver Targa roof, as the result is subtle aggressiveness with a touch of opulent elegance. Besides that there's also a silver livery on the front bumper and side skirts, while silver trim on the front wheel arches also adds to the stylish look of the car.
The Porsche 911 GT3 Targa is powered by a twin-turbocharged flat-six engine that has received system and sensor re-tuning, plus an upgraded exhaust system. (Picture from: SriwijayaTV)
Not only that, the ARES Design-made Porsche 911 GT3 Targa still keeps other changes under its hood by installing a twin-turbocharged flat-six engine that has received system and sensor re-tuning, plus an upgraded exhaust system. Although relatively simple, the upgrade is able to increase the overall engine power output by 60 horsepower.

Even without the power boost, the Porsche 911 GT3 Targa is fast by sending power to all four wheels via an eight speeds dual-clutch PDK gearbox. The standard 911 GT3 Targa goes from zero to 60 mph in four seconds, while the ARES Design-made ones is even faster ie 3.4 seconds.
We know what it's like to push at a mind-boggling speed, but by owning this ARES Design' 911 GT3 Targa should be a completely different feeling. Unfortunately there's no word on pricing yet, but we're assuming that those all fees aren't for the ordinary people. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SLASHANDGEAR ]
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