Today we want to show you really gorgeous example of car tuning. This is 1963 Buick Riviera with tuning by Fesler. The Scottsdsale, Arizona, dweller, co-owner and CEO of toymaker Ronin Syndicate, Tony Diaz, began his pursuit of the dark side a few years ago, combing the country for the perfect candidate for his evil mission. “I had been looking for a Riviera for a long time,” explains Tony. “I wanted it to look thug, but not modern-day thug—more like something from the ’30s,” proclaims Tony. “Like you would expect dudes with tommy guns to jump out of it.” Tony definitely had gangster goals, and thankfully his friend Chris Fesler was up for the task of making Tony’s dreams a reality.

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To promote the New Twingo, Renault has enlisted the combined creative talents of four European artists, including Nicola Roberts from Girls Aloud, to create a series of bespoke city cars. Renault offered four “artists” of varying nationality and cultural discipline – fashion, music, design and cooking – the opportunity to express their vision of a “Cabinet of Curiosity” by creating their own bespoke Twingo interior. The results of the style project reflect their view of the world: joyous, optimistic, clever and bold, just like the compact city car.

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This stunning dark “batmobile” is made by a car wrapping specialist from Germany SchwabenFolia. Based on Wiesmann Roadster’s MF5 V10 version and named "Black Bat" the car comes with a dark look that consists of a matte black body, black-painted 20-inch wheels and a Batman logo featured on the back. According to SchwabenFolia Black Bat can sprint from 0 to 100km/h (62mph) in 3.5 seconds, continues to 200km/h (124mph) in less than 10 seconds, and reaching a top speed up to 321km/h (200mph).

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French supercarmaker Bugatti in collaboration with Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur has released unique version of Bugatti Veyron – Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport L’Or Blanc. It’s the world’s first vehicle with porcelain elements in exterior and interior design. “At first, it seems to be an unusual idea to use porcelain in a car, especially in the world’s fastest convertible,” comments Dr. Stefan Brungs, Director of Sales and Marketing at Bugatti Automobiles.

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Inspired by special edition the Mini Cooper S “Inspired by Goodwood” Bulgarian design studio Vilner develop its own luxury version of Mini. Apart of Rolls-Royce-designed “Inspired by Goodwood” interior of Vilner’s car called “The Italian Job” emulates a Bentley. Vilner completely revamped the MINI’s interior and with double-diamond stitched brown Nappa leather and Alcantara on the seats, headliner, door panels, center console and dash it looks like modern Bentley. Exterior also underwent changes. The Mini Cooper S’ was colored with matte gray wrap with two matte black racing stripes going up the hood towards the full matte black roof, racing lines and “01″ numbering on the doors. The package is completed by a new set of 18″ black wheels. Price is still unknown, but since the similar Mini “Inspired by Goodwood” edition go for around $77,500, hardly the Bentley Mini Cooper will be cheaper.

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Since 1981 German tuning company Gemballa produces seriously tuned Porsche vehicles. To help celebrate its 30th anniversary, the company has unveiled at the 2011 Top Marques Monaco Show two new models: The Porsche Cayenne-based Tornado and the Porsche Panamera-based Mistrale. Both the Tornado and the Mistrale feature a heavily customized body with unique front and rear ends, and an array of bespoke aero parts. Gemballa offers a variety of customizations for both interiors, ranging from carbon-fiber trim and seats finished in a mix of alcantara and leather to high-end infotainment systems. There’s plenty of magic under the hood as well with Gemballa offering two different engine kits for the V8 Turbo models. In celebration of its 30th anniversary this year, the German company decided to limit production of the Tornado and Mistrale models to 30 units each.

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Ferrari 458 Italia is perfect car. It needs no customization. But Europian tuner Oakley Design all has decided to make it better. It is offering tuning package limited to just only 5 units. They have improved not only the car’s appearance, but also its perfomance. The aerodynamic package includes a carbon-fiber front spoiler lip, carbon-fiber inserts on the radiator air exit ducts, wider side sills, a lighter carbon-fiber rear diffuser, a new rear spoiler and carbon-fiber roof panel, mirror covers, and an engine cover insert. The engine’s output has been increased by 10%, obtaining a total of 627bhp and a peak torque of 567Nm. The sprint from 0 to 60 mph is made in 3.0 seconds, while top speed is 205 mph. The first production model for the 458 Italia by Oakley Design will be making its way to this weekend’s SEMA Show.

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Everybody knows that in Russia bears walk around the streets and play balalaika. But it is something extra new that Russians use Golden cars. However, speaking about the Musical contest Eurovision 2009 that was organized stylishly in Moscow recently it’s easily to imagine such phenomenon. Gold-filled cars are not new in the auto-tuning world. In one of the German museums a gold-filled Porsche boxter was exhibited. The difference is that while Germans exhibit these cars in museums – the Russians use them daily.

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