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Stradale Modena Turns the Jeep Wrangler Into a Brabus-Style Street Monster

When you hear the name Stradale Modena, your mind might jump straight to the Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale—loud, raw, red, and very early-2000s. But this Stradale Modena has nothing to do with Maranello’s track special. Instead, this Italian outfit from Emilia-Romagna has picked a very different canvas for its high-end sculpting: the Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator.

Yes, Italy is now building its own answer to Brabus—but for Jeeps.

Brabus Energy, Boxy American Canvas

Stradale Modena specializes in turning the Wrangler and Gladiator into aggressive, wide-bodied street bruisers. Its lineup consists of the GTX package for the Wrangler and the Xtrema treatment for the Gladiator.

Both kits come with a familiar but effective visual formula:

  • A deeper front bumper with oversized air intakes
  • Wide fenders that exaggerate the already-square silhouette
  • LED roof lights
  • A rear spoiler
  • A sportier rear bumper with an integrated diffuser
  • Four tailpipes—because subtlety is not the mission

If the shapes look a bit Brabus-like, that’s by design. The intake geometry and ventilation cutouts echo the German tuner’s aesthetic, made even clearer with a custom grille featuring a circular emblem and an optional hood scoop. Customers can spec piano-black or carbon-fiber trim to crank up the attitude.

Bigger Wheels, Stiffer Suspension, Louder Attitude

Both the Wrangler GTX and Gladiator Xtrema ride on aftermarket wheels wrapped in 35-inch tires, though 37s are available for those who want the towering stance of a desert marauder. Suspension is stiffened, the exhaust is custom, and the entire package leans more toward urban intimidation than off-road exploration.

Powertrain: From Stock Jeep to Hellcat Fury

Under the hood, buyers can keep the familiar Jeep options—

  • 2.0-liter turbo four (Wrangler)
  • 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 (Wrangler and Gladiator)

But if you’re already spending six figures on a wide-body Italian-tuned Jeep, chances are you’re not stopping at a four-banger.

Stradale Modena offers two V8 upgrades:

  • 6.4-liter Hemi 392
  • 6.2-liter Hellcat V8, supercharged, pushing 717 hp

That last one turns these boxy machines into straight-line hooligans. A Hellcat-powered Wrangler isn’t subtle, but it would make your morning commute considerably more interesting.

Inside: Alcantara, Leather, Carbon, and More Tech

The cabin receives a full makeover with leather and Alcantara surfaces, contrast stitching, and carbon-fiber trim. Optional upgrades include a new infotainment system, high-end audio, and additional driver-assistance features—because if you’re paying super-SUV money, you should at least get the toys.

Prices That Climb Into Brabus Territory

Exclusivity doesn’t come cheap:

  • Wrangler GTX: from €97,000
  • Gladiator Xtrema: from €100,000

Add a V8:

  • Hemi 392: +€34,500
  • Hellcat: +€78,800

Load everything—carbon bits, 37-inch wheels, full interior, electronics—and your Jeep can soar to:

  • €292,680 (Wrangler GTX)
  • €294,480 (Gladiator Xtrema)

That’s deep into luxury-SUV money, though still a step below a fully-optioned Brabus G-Class.

Global Ambition, Italian Soul

Stradale Modena operates out of Emilia-Romagna but has partnerships in the Middle East and West Africa, allowing customers in those regions to order and complete builds locally. The strategy is clear: become the Brabus of Jeeps, globally.

The Stradale Modena Wrangler and Gladiator packages aren’t for purists, off-road traditionalists, or bargain hunters. They’re for people who love the idea of a Jeep—but want it angrier, louder, wider, and dressed in Italian tailoring.

It’s unapologetically extravagant. And honestly? We kind of love that.

Source: Stradale Modena

Tuning

Larte Design Gives the Lamborghini Urus S a Two-Tone Attitude Adjustment

Larte Design isn’t exactly new to the Lamborghini world, but they’re certainly making up for lost time. When we last checked in back in October, the tuner was busy sculpting the already-bold Urus into an even sharper creation. That project, finished in loud green and gray, marked the brand’s first direct encounter with Sant’Agata’s best-selling bull. Now the shop is back with a fresh take on the updated Urus S—and it’s even more theatrical.

A Satin Twin, but Not a Copy-Paste Job

At first glance, the latest Larte-tweaked Urus might look familiar. That’s because the body kit is largely the same: aggressive fender inserts, roof and rear spoilers, beefier door moldings, wider arches, and a front fascia bristling with add-ons. The vented hood is pure Larte, as is the redesigned rear diffuser, which houses dual brake lights and new openings for the custom exhaust finishers.

But the biggest departure from the first build isn’t shape—it’s shade. Instead of the shouty green-gray combo, this Urus S wears a satin wrap that flows between blue and purple depending on the light. It’s a chromatic mood ring for the wealthy and impatient.

Rolling Stock and Carbon Flair

The wheels are the same design as the previous project, but this time they get a glossy black treatment with subtle purple accents. The body kit, unsurprisingly, is fashioned from carbon fiber—because even when modifying a 2.2-ton SUV, weight savings still photograph well. Tinted windows complete the aesthetic, adding privacy and sharpening the contrast against the shifting body color.

Inside? Larte hasn’t shown anything new, which likely means the cabin stays factory fresh—unless a mystery tuner made a pit stop along the way.

Power, Price, and the Usual Mystique

As with any Urus S, power remains at Performante levels: 666 horsepower from the familiar 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8, good for a 0–100 km/h sprint in 3.5 seconds. What Larte will charge for the makeover remains a secret, though we’re guessing it’s the sort of number that will not be printed on a window sticker anytime soon.

Still, the message is clear: if the standard Urus S feels too subtle—and yes, that’s a sentence we can barely type with a straight face—Larte Design stands ready with more carbon, more presence, and far more color.

Source: Larte Design

Tuning

The Yenko SC Silverado: A 1,000-HP Middle Finger to Subtlety

Street trucks might be about to stage the kind of comeback usually reserved for rock bands and questionable fashion trends. Ford fired the opening salvo with its Lobo-branded Maverick and F-150. Then Ram teamed with Fox to cook up a 650-hp pavement-scraper. And now Chevrolet—backed by the mad scientists at Specialty Vehicle Engineering—has rolled out a hand grenade with headlights.

Meet the Yenko SC Silverado, a 1,000-horsepower, rear-drive, manual-transmission pickup that seems less like a product plan and more like something someone dared the engineers to build after midnight. Totally unhinged. Completely unnecessary. Absolutely glorious.

The Powertrain: Four Digits, Zero Shame

SVE starts with GM’s familiar 6.2-liter aluminum V-8, then essentially turns it into a rolling middle school science fair volcano—only this one’s forged. A 1538MV steel crankshaft, forged rods, forged pistons, upgraded heads, and a supercharger hanging on top like a chrome exclamation point all come together for a reliable, warrantied (yes, really) 1,000 horsepower.

A “Boost By Wire” system manages the mayhem, and buyers get a choice between 91- or 93-octane calibrations. A stainless steel dual cat-back exhaust adds the kind of soundtrack that’ll make the local noise ordinance committee reach for the phone.

Six-piston Brembo fronts clamp down on 16.1-inch rotors—because eventually, you will need to slow this thing down. But the biggest headline has nothing to do with power.

The Manual Lives—In a Pickup

In an era where trucks are becoming more like iPads on 35-inch tires, the wildest choice SVE made wasn’t horsepower—it was the gearbox.

They installed a six-speed manual.

Take a second and let that sink in. Neither Ford nor Ram offers a stick in their street trucks. GM doesn’t offer one in the production Silverado. Yet here we are, staring at a 1,000-hp, rear-drive pickup with three pedals. It’s like finding out your accountant moonlights as a stunt pilot.

The chassis gets its own transformation: a two-inch drop up front and a five-inch drop in the rear, with Fox performance shocks tuning out the slop. The result? A truck that squats, plants, and corners more like a muscle coupe that swallowed a toolbox.

Old-School Yenko Style, New-School Violence

SVE leans heavily on the nostalgia that made classic Yenko Camaros and Novas legendary. Buyers can pick from bold side stripes in classic colors—Gloss Black, Hugger Orange, Silver—and a cowl hood stamped proudly with a 1,000 HP badge the size of your ego.

Lightweight 22-inch wheels come in multiple finishes, wrapped in Nitto rubber that will probably die heroic, smoky deaths. Badges everywhere remind the world that this isn’t just another Silverado; it’s a Yenko. And if the badges don’t do it, the stance and the idle certainly will.

What It Costs to Cause Trouble

Here’s where things get spicy.
SVE starts with the most basic 2026 Silverado W/T—rear-drive, regular cab, short bed, the pickup equivalent of a blank canvas—priced at $36,950. Then they add the YENKO/SC package for $89,995.

By the time the dust settles, you’re signing paperwork for roughly $127,000. That’s supercar money. Then again, this thing’s built to humiliate supercars, not compete with them politely.

Every truck comes with SVE’s 3-year/36,000-mile warranty on the engine and supercharger. So at least when you grenade a set of rear tires, you’ll know the drivetrain is still covered.

The Yenko SC Silverado makes no attempt at practicality. It’s not here for towing, commuting, or being reasonable. It exists for one reason: to prove that the street-truck era isn’t just back—it’s louder, faster, and more unhinged than ever.

And if this is where the segment is headed, count us in.

Source: specialty_vehicle_engineering via Instagram