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We invited speed tuners to bring cars—AutoThority 850i, DR Motorsports Corvette ZR-1, Lingenfelter Corvette, Peter Farrell Supercars RX-7, RENNtech 500SL, Saleen Mustang—and show us their stuff.

Brent Gill owns a 1997 BMW Z3 with LS1 V8 making around 450 hp. The engine sits on a set of Vorshlag mounts and features LS6 intake manifold and timing chain, upgraded valve springs, Lunati VooDoo camshaft, TSS pushrods, ...

Take every notion you've ever had about Germans being stuffy and un-comedic and throw it out the window. Why? Because this 1994 BMW 316i swapped with the 5.6 liter V12 from an 8-series is hilarious and impressive in every sense of those words.

Naran Automotive has revealed one of the options buyers will be able to spec on it’s upcoming 1,034bhp front-engined hypercar. It’s called the Celare Pack (from the Latin for “to conceal or hide”) – and it’s a detachable aero setup, which allows the car to generate more downforce than a GT3 racer. Naran Automotive says its new aero package can be installed or removed “within 20 minutes” by its engineers, allowing the hypercar to be quickly set up for either track or road use. Th...

Legend goes that when Jan van Riebeeck came to the Cape in 1652, he was accompanied by his wife Maria, and Ghaleeb Theys. Ask any Cape Town car guy, and they will tell you they know the story, or heard of the legend that is Oom Theys. Not only is he entrenched in the Cape car culture, but is the man behind Theys Tyres, and a walking and living encyclopedia of the BMW E12. I pride myself on my car knowledge, but I will gladly concede that when it comes to the BMW E12, the Oom taught me a thing o...

Remember when BMWs had small grilles and were (for the most part) elegant? This old 7-Series is one of them and it wants to lure you in with its more-than-decent overall condition. It’s a 1984 745i that was destined for Europe and made its way to the US alongside approximately 1,000 other examples, out of which only a handful are estimated to have survived. This particular car was restored in 2005 by the previous owner and then sold to the vendor four years later, who spared little expense in...