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Tuning

Range Rover upgraded by Overfinch

British company Overfinch, which customizes Land Rover and Range Rover cars, has unveiled its latest work, the Helix, based on the Range Rover Defender.

Overfinch has fitted the car with a new body kit that includes flared wheel arches, a massive carbon fiber hood dome, a new front bumper with redesigned intakes and carbon details. There are also carbon sills, a new rear bumper, a diffuser, a spoiler, and a light bar with the company logo. Special attention is drawn to a set of forged 24-inch wheels, made from a single piece of aluminum, which is perhaps the most complex design ever seen, with a swirl design.

The Range Rover‘s interior is truly top-notch, but Overfinch decided to freshen it up with Arancia leather covering the seats, dashboard, steering wheel, center console and door panels, as well as a lot of carbon details.

There have been changes under the bonnet as well. The Range Rover is powered by a 4.4-L twin-turbo V8 engine which, thanks to a new exhaust system with variable valves, now delivers 621 hp and 890 Nm of torque. That’s significantly more than the 530 hp and 750 Nm of torque in the standard Range Rover.

Speaking of price, this carbon body kit costs £104,589.

Source: Overfinch

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Range Rover upgraded by Overfinch
Auctions

1977 Ferrari 512 BB ‘Wide Body’ is up for auction

Between 1973 and 1984, Ferrari produced the Berlinetta Boxer (BB) series of sports cars. The first BB model, the 365 GT4 BB, was a replacement for the Ferrari Daytona, and was also the first in a series of road-going Ferraris equipped with a mid-mounted flat-twelve engine. In 1976 Ferrari revealed the second model from this series, the 512 BB, and by 1981 only 929 units were produced. Now one of them, a 1977 Ferrari 512 BB ‘Wide Body’ is up for sale.

This car is finished in Rosso Chiaro with Nero leather upholstery and Red carpets, and is in almost factory condition with less than 6,000 miles on the odometer. When the car was purchased in 1977, the first and only owner sent it to Maranello where it was upgraded with wider wheel arches to house 9J front and 11J rear alloys instead of the original 7.5J and 9J, the area between the B and C pillars was reshaped and adorned with deeper NACA ducts. The engine cover was removed and modified with a Competizione-style wing, the side lights were moved inside the front grille, triple air vents were added to both rear wings, while the carburetors were supplemented with a special, twin-pipe sports exhaust.

The 512 BB is powered by a 4.9 L F102 B flat-12 engine with 340 hp (250 kW) and 331 lb-ft (449 Nm) of torque. It accelerates from 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 6.2 seconds with a top speed of 262 km/h (163 mph). The engine is mated to a five-speed manual transmission that sends power to the rear wheels.

The car comes with a ‘suitcase’ tool case and history file and is estimated at £150,000 – £170,000. The auction will be held on 9 April 2025.

Source: H & H Classic Auctions

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1977 Ferrari 512 BB 'Wide Body' is up for auction
News

The road-legal Ford Matech Concepts GT1 costs $1.7 million

In 2011, the Swiss racing company Matech Concepts, which developed the Ford GT race car, went out of business, and its plant was purchased by the English company LYNX Motors. Now, this company, in cooperation with the American company Graham Rahal Performance, announces the production of a road-legal version of Ford’s racing model, the Ford Matech Concepts GT1 Le Mans.

There is not much information about this road-legal version yet, but what the company has announced is that it will have a carbon body and an aerodynamic upgrade. The published photos also suggest that this car could be equipped with a new front splitter, spoiler and a large rear wing. The interior will be upholstered in leather, and it is believed that it will have a new steering wheel and a lot of carbon details.

What is known for sure is that only 28 units of this car will be produced. They will be powered by a supercharged V8 engine that will deliver a whopping 1,217 hp, and will be mated to a 6-speed manual transmission.

LYNX Motors will allow customization of the cars, and each will cost $1.7 million before adding any road or track aero options.

Source: LYNX Motors

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The road-legal Ford Matech Concepts GT1 costs $1.7 million