Tuners

With the Hyundai Genesis Sedan having undergone a major revamp, it’s only a matter of time before the Genesis Coupe gets a redesign. In the mean time, the current-gen Genesis Coupe is still a great car, and there’s no reason to stop having fun with it.

Hennessey Performance must have taken a look at the 2015 Ford Mustang and said one thing: “it needs more power.” After all, that’s what they do. Beginning with the Mustang GT, which rolls off the line with 435 horses under the hood, the aftermarket tuners at Hennessey boosted the car’s 5.0-liter V8 engine to a total output of 717hp.

Right off the assembly line, the Audi R8 is already a pretty good looking car. But as is the case with many sports cars, tuners like to have their way with them. In this case, German tuning outfit XXX Performance and Schmidt Wheels took the stock R8 and gave it a bold new look.

There’s a reason that Range Rovers have high ground clearance, but for those urban warriors who have no plans to ever take their Range Rover off-road, Lumma Design has a pretty slick looking tuning package for you.

Russia’s LARTE Design has dramatically tricked out the Mercedes GL-Class SUV with their bold Black Crystal body kit. Virtually ever component of the body has been enhanced for both styling and aerodynamics, adding new a dynamic new grille, front and rear bumpers, carbon bumper inserts, side sills, and rear door plates.

Inspired by the insane GT-R/Juke mashup that was the Nissan Juke R, the guys from UK tuning shop Severn Valley Motorsports decided to make a Nissan Qashqai with a GT-R R35. For those of you unfamiliar with the Qashqai, it’s a small crossover SUV that’s popular in the Middle East, New Zealand, Russia and the UK.

German tuning house Brabus has taken the short wheelbase Mercedes-Benz G500 and given it their trademark makeover. Despite being discontinued in 2011, Brabus still went forward and added their special touch to Mercedes upscale answer to the Jeep Wrangler.

The Smart is one of the silliest little vehicles on the road. Sure, it’s energy-efficient, but that’s about all its got going for it other than maybe its turning radius and ease of parking. Stock, the Smart coupe comes with a tiny 1-liter 70 horsepower engine.

In this video from our friends at AMS Performance, we get a look at exactly what it takes to turn a Nissan GT-R into a 2,000 horsepower beast. The time-lapse clip follows the AMS team as they prepared their top-of-the-line Alpha Omega GT-R for TX2K14.

It’s illegal to import the Nissan Skyline into the U.S. because it doesn’t meet our safety and emissions standards. But that hasn’t stopped some people from figuring out ways to get the cars stateside. Many who drive Skylines push them to their limits, modding their engines and exhaust systems heavily to turn them into the rocketships on wheels that they’re capable of becoming.

Sit back and enjoy the awesome snap, crackle and pop sounds of this tricked out Mitsubishi Lancer Evo as it repeatedly makes its way around some uphill bends. The car, souped up by Slovakia’s RK Racing Development spews forth a cacophony of incredible noises from its exhaust system as it flies around corners.