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Restomod 1973 VW Beetle

The VW Beetle is the legendary car of the German giant and perhaps the company’s most famous car. It was produced from 1938 until 2003, and almost 16 million units left the production lines. The car was designed by Ferdinand Porsche, yes the same one who founded Porsche AG. It is still popular in some parts of the world, such as Cuba, and the German vintage car restoration company, Memminger, turned one into a truly remarkable car.

As a base, the company took a 1973 VW Beetle 1303 and installed an air-cooled 2.7L boxer with 175 hp (129 kW) and 192 lb-ft (260 Nm) of torque. The engine is paired with a new 5-speed manual transmission with longer gear ratios. The company did not reveal the car’s performance, but a top speed of around 200 km/h is mentioned.

The car is finished in Oak Green over light brown leather that covers the interior. It is equipped with reinforced adjustable suspension, upgraded brakes, more open stainless steel exhaust system, Recaro seats, sports steering wheel, two-tone Fuchs alloy wheels.

The Memminger company was founded by Georg Memming, and due to their successful business and outstanding car transformations, they are often compared to one of the best restomod companies in the world, Singer.

Source: Memminger

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Restomod 1973 VW Beetle
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Opel Kadett GSi with 900 HP

Drag races are something we often see, where various modified super powerful cars compete against each other, and at the recent Race1000 held in Germany, a very interesting car appeared, the Opel Kadett GSi with 900 HP.

This model was produced between 1984 and 1991 when it was succeeded by the Opel Astra. It was stylish for its time and was offered in several petrol and diesel options, with the GSi at the top of the range.

Opel Kadett GSi is powered by a 2.0L 4-cylinder 16V Turbo engine with 900 hp, and the power is sent to the front wheels. It is equipped with a large intercooler that is located behind the front bumper, while the rest of the car does not have any additional aerodynamic components. At least we couldn’t see them.

The car was awarded the title of the fastest front-wheel drive car, reaching a speed of 298 km/h (). How powerful this car is can be seen in a clash with two very powerful sports cars, the Dodge Challenger and the McLaren 720S. None of them had any chance against this beast.

In the first race, the Dodge Challenger had no chance against the Opel Kadett. Challenger achieved a time of 20.524 seconds, which is more than 3 seconds slower than Kadett (17.371 seconds). In the second race, the McLaren 720 S had a bad start and lost with a time of 17.777 seconds, which is 0.6 seconds slower than the Opel (17.110 seconds).

Source: Gumbal via YouTube

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MANSORY Porsche 911 (992) Turbo S Softkit

The Porsche 911 Turbo S is one of the most powerful cars of the Stuttgart-based company, for which the German tuner Mansory prepared a special soft kit that makes this car less aggressive but still aerodynamic and even more powerful.

Under the hood is a 3.8-liter twin-turbo straight-six engine with 900 hp (662 kW) and 774 lb-ft (1,050 Nm) of torque. That’s very impressive compared to the standard model that has 650 hp (478 kW) and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque. It reaches 62 mph (100 km/h) in 2.5 seconds with a top speed of 340 km/h (211 mph). The increase in power was achieved thanks to the installation of larger turbochargers and a high-performance exhaust system, as well as the mapping of the ECU unit. This is not the only work of the German tuner, based on this model, as we recently saw the P9LM EVO 900 with similar performance.

Although Mansory has not released many details about this soft kit, it is known that there will still be a lot of carbon fiber components such as the hood, rear wing, side mirrors and front splitter, while the tuner has opted for a more subtle rear diffuser this time. However, there will be no large air intakes, fender vents and large roof ducts like those on the PL9M Evo 900. There is also a new set of black rims, which are more subtle than the previous options.

A similar equipment kit was prepared by Mansory for the Aston Martin DBX.

Source: Mansory

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MANSORY Porsche 911 (992) Turbo S Softkit