Range Rover SuperSport II by Overfinch

Making its UK debut at the Salon Privé Luxury and Supercar Show on 2nd July at the Hurlingham Club in London, the SuperSport II by Overfinch is based on the Range Rover Sport. The aggressively styled SuperSport II features a 10 piece bodykit combined with 20 or 22-inch alloy wheels wrapped in high-performance tires. Other amenities include a new sports steering wheel, a sports instrument panel with red needles and coloured brake callipers. -Continued

Overfinch offers the SuperSport II as a new model with three different engine options (V6 and V8 diesel and 4.2 V8 Supercharged petrol), all of which feature ECU upgrades. Prices start from £59,995 or approximately $120,000.

Standard Specification - Overfinch SuperSport Range

Overfinch TDV6 HSE SuperSport £59,995
Standard features:

• New Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE (with standard equipment)
• Full 10 piece SuperSport Aero Body Styling
• Choice of Tiger or SuperSport Alloy Wheels in Silver or Titanium finish with Performance Tyres
• SuperSport Quad or Triangular Exhaust Tails
• Colour coding to: Front Grille Surround, Side Vents, Door Handles, Door Mirrors & Lower Tailgate Trim
• Coloured Brake Callipers with Overfinch Logos
• Overfinch Tread Plates
• Engine Performance ECU Upgrade
• SuperSport Steering Wheel in fine Leather
• Overfinch Bonnet and Tailgate Lettering
• Sports Instrument Pack with Red Needles
• Set of Overfinch Floor Mats with Leather Edge binding
• Clear Side Indicator Repeaters

With Bespoke Nappa Leather trim in a variety of styles £63,495

Overfinch TDV8 HSE SuperSport £66,495
Standard features:

• New Range Rover Sport TDV6 HSE (with standard equipment)
• Full 10 piece SuperSport Aero Body Styling
• Choice of Tiger or SuperSport Alloy Wheels in Silver or Titanium finish with Performance Tyres
• SuperSport Quad or Triangular Exhaust Tails
• Colour coding to: Front Grille Surround, Side Vents, Door Handles, Door Mirrors & Lower Tailgate Trim
• Coloured Brake Callipers with Overfinch Logos
• Overfinch Tread Plates
• Engine Performance ECU Upgrade
• SuperSport Steering Wheel in fine Leather
• Overfinch Bonnet and Tailgate Lettering
• Sports Instrument Pack with Red Needles
• Set of Overfinch Floor Mats with Leather Edge binding
• Clear Side Indicator Repeaters

With Bespoke Nappa Leather trim in a variety of styles £69,995

Overfinch 4.2 V8 Supercharged SuperSport £69,995
Standard features:

• Full 10 piece SuperSport Aero Body Styling
• Choice of Tiger or SuperSport Alloy Wheels in Silver or Titanium finish with Performance Tyres
• SuperSport Quad or Triangular Exhaust Tails
• Colour coding to: Front Grille Surround, Side Vents, Door Handles, Door Mirrors & Lower Tailgate Trim
• Coloured Brake Callipers with Overfinch Logos
• Overfinch Tread Plates
• SuperSport Steering Wheel in fine Leather
• Overfinch Bonnet and Tailgate Lettering
• Sports Instrument Pack with Red Needles
• Set of Overfinch Floor Mats with Leather Edge binding
• Clear Side Indicator Repeaters

With Bespoke Nappa Leather trim in a variety of styles £73,495

Baby Hot Rods and Who Cares About Gas Prices!

The way gas prices are skyrocketing, in a few years these baby pedal cars will probably be the only Hot Rods we’ll be able to afford to take out for a ride…

Via: Motorpasion

2009 Range Rover Autobiography Edition to Debut in London

Land Rover has announced that it will unveil a new, high-specification version of its Range Rover model at the British International Motor Show on July 22nd 2008. Dubbed 'Autobiography', the new flagship model receives more leather upholstery than any Range Rover before. The Autobiography's facia, door casings, door bins, seats and centre console are all finished in leather. Even the floor mats are edged with leather. -Continued

The 2009 Range Rover Autobiography also gets new 20-inch diamond-turned twin-seven-spoke alloy wheels, new paint colours and an optional half wood steering wheel with matching gearshift insert. For those who still want more, Land Rover will offer an exterior design pack featuring Supercharged grille, side vents, lights and stainless steel pedals on the TDV8 Autobiography which will be available from £72,995 or $145,300 on the road.

As for the rest of the range, for the MY2009 the Range Rover receives new wheel styles, new exterior colours and optional wood and leather heated steering wheels. Moreover, satellite navigation and Hybrid TV will now be available as standard from HSE specification and upwards.

BMW X6 Hybrid (?) Prototype: Scooped in Munich

About a fortnight ago, we showed you a set of scoop images featuring a heavily camouflaged BMW X6 prototype that was caught by one of our readers at Rochester Hills in Michigan. Now, another reader of ours has sent us new images of a nearly identically camouflaged X6 test mule that was scooped this time in Munich, Germany. As we noted in our previous post, despite the gigantic hood scoop, we believe that the X6 pictured here is a prototype of the forthcoming X6 Hybrid that’s expected to enter production in mid-2009. -More pics after the jump

Thanks for the images David M.!

2010 Mazda3 Concept: Nope, It’s Not Official, It’s Photoshop...

Some of you may have wondered why we didn’t post anything on the Mazda3 Concept images that took the web by surprise yesterday. To be frank, we had discovered these images during the weekend but we were 99% sure they weren’t official. The only problem was we didn’t know where they came from. Of course, we could have created a nice story hiding the real-facts, but that’s not our style.

Today our hunt down finally paid off as we managed to discover the “culprit”. Turns out that these, rather convincing, pictures of a Mazda3 Concept are the work of "Grif-1", a member of the Russian design site, "Render". If anything else, we’ll give our kudos to Grif-1 for doing a wonderful and quite detailed work on the Mazda3 Concept. Hopefully we’ll hear from him again in the near future. -Continued

Link: Render

New Dacia Logan: Subtle Redesign

Four years after the release of the Dacia Logan, the Renault Group released a facelift version of its successful low-cost sedan. Inspired from the 5door Dacia Sandero, the New Logan features a new front grille paired with a redesigned front bumper and larger headlights. Likewise, the sedan’s rear-end features a new bumper, revised tail-lights and a more streamline design for the boot lid. Renault/Dacia’s designers also updated the Logan’s interior that features new door panels and a revised centre console with new controls. -Continued

In terms of chassis upgrades, the front and rear tracks of New Dacia Logan have been widened 7mm either side, which reinforces the roadholding capabilities of the vehicle. On the passive safety front, the 2009 Logan features a new honeycomb structure for the dashboard which reduces the severity of impact to the knees. There are no changes under the hood with the New Logan being offered with the same petrol engines (1.4 75hp, 1.6 90hp and 1.6 16V 105hp) and diesel engines (1.5 dCi 70hp and 1.5 dCi 85hp) as before.

Tesla to Build Mass Market Electric Sedan in California

Tesla’s forthcoming battery-powered 4-door sedan model that is scheduled to enter the market in 2010 will be manufactured at a facility in the state of California (just like the Roadster) and not in Albuquerque, New Mexico as it was previously announced. Tesla Motors and Californian Governor Schwarzenegger made the announcement at a joint press conference at the company’s San Carlos headquarters.

“Today’s announcement is incredible news for California’s economy and its environment,” said Governor Schwarzenegger. “If California was a baseball team this would be like winning the first round draft pick and recruiting a player who is a perfect fit on our roster because Tesla Motors and its all-electric cars belong in California,” the Governor added. -Continued

Ze’ev Drori, President and CEO of Tesla Motors, remarked, “Tesla has achieved an extraordinary accomplishment. We are the only automobile company today delivering full performance battery-electric vehicles to our customers. Make no mistake - we are not a niche player with a car only for the rich and famous. As our agreement with the state so clearly demonstrates, we are building a high volume ZERO EMISSION VEHICLE, manufactured in California for mid-range family use. And we aren’t going to stop there. We will continue on and build even more affordable cars.

You are witnessing the debut of a new car company, a company unlike all others, a company with a disruptive technology, a company dedicated for the exclusive production of Zero Emission Vehicles.”