After seeing the totally wicked Pagani Zonda R at SEMA 2009 up close and personal it has left quite the mark in my memory. With that being said, I think this one-off custom Pagani Zonda Tricolore with it’s blue carbon fiber would look spectacular out in the wild. Other than the blue carbon fiber it also sports some new LED lights and a fin installed on the back engine cover while the interior gets a unique bright blue coloring and Guarnieri emblems in the head rests.

It is definitely more tasteful than the publicity stunt Pink Pagani Zonda S

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Back in October 2009 at the Texas Mile, Underground Racing (home of the World’s fastest street legal twin turbocharged Lamborghini’s) showcased their 1500hp Lamborghini Gallardo 5000 which is now the fastest Lamborghini in the world which was able to hit 241mph in 1 mile.

Power comes from Underground Racing completely rebuilding the Gallardo’s engine matted with a massive pair of 62mm turbos then fueled with C-16 racing gas. Just check out the videos and their Matte Black Twin Turbo Gallardo LP560-4 which was at SEMA 2009.

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Florida’s Sarasota Cafe Racers have taken the popular Cars & Coffee concept of car guys networking and sharing the passion to a new level. America’s premier car guy lunch, Florida’s Sarasota Café Racers, is celebrating the start of its sixth year of All Cars. Their policy: No Dues. No Drama. No Poseurs!

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The Tajima EV Mini Sport is an all electric single seater mini formula 1 looking vehicle price around $23,000 USD (without battery) and weighs 300kgs using steel tube space frame and resin bathtub like body. The EV has a motor output of 0.59KW, delivered to the rear wheels via a drive belt which can be powered by lead or lithium polymer batteries delivering ranges of 25km (lead battery costs $2500 USD) or 90km (lithium battery costs $5500 USD) It produces a top speed of 70km/h. The Tajima Motor Corp is run by Japanese race driver Nobuhiro Tajima.

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Watching some young punk snow drift in his dads Rolls Royce Phantom Snow Drift Video was cool, but not as bad ass as Mr. Ken Block snow drifting his brand new 2011 Monster Ford Fiesta Rally car down the icey roads of Gladwin Michigan to prepare for Rally America’s 1st race of the year!. Checkout the snow drift video below and a 2nd video of his new car up close and personal!

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Bored during the winter with nothing to do? Well head out to the nearest snowy field with your friends and drift your Rollls Royce Phantom! Hilarious! I wonder if his parents noticed any snow caked up in the wheels the next morning? I wonder if this guy was trying to respond and one up the Maybach Drifting Video?

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Audi unveiled their new R8 V10 Convertible (aka Spyder) at the 2009 Frankfurt International Motor Show in September. It sports the 5.2L V10 engine found in the coupe which delivers 518hp and 391ft-lbs of torque. Crank the volume and enjoy the video!

Don’t forget to checkout the Iron man 2 Audi R8 V10 Convertible spy pictures!

http://www.carzi.com/2009/07/19/iron-man-2-audi-r8-converitble-pictures/

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Former UFC Champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson was recently rear ended by a women while driving home from California’s Orange County Audi dealership in a brand new V10 Audi R8. Looks like his new V10 is sporting the same wheels (but with a black lip) that his last black R8 had when it was at HIN LA in 2008 – Rampage R8.

Rampage said, “I am fine, the little old lady is fine, but my car got hurt, and for that I’m sad.”

This is the first time in a couple years that Rampage has been in a vehicular incident where he wasn’t being chased by cops or in a wham bam freeway slam fest in his monster truck!

His new V10 powered Audi R8 shares the same 5.2L engine as the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 but has been de-tuned to deliver 518hp and 391ft-lbs of torque. (vs the LP560-4 which produces 552hp and 398ft-lbs of torque).

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Here is my first post (of many) of the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon Girls. Please enjoy these photos safely and responsibly and don’t forget to checkout some of the photo albums of the modified and exotic cars I have uploaded from Day 1 at the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon Cars on MadWhips.com!!

Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 Girls
2009 Tokyo Auto Salon Girls Part i
2009 Tokyo Auto Salon Girls Part ii
2009 Tokyo Auto Salon Girls Part iii

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This post is kind of a big deal because this event marks my 2nd year in a row attending the Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 (Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 Review) and because this post is CarZi.com’s 1000th post!!

Checkout last years Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 Pictures to get a taste of what the Tokyo Auto Salon entails. Check MadWhips.com next weekend for all my photo coverage!

Even with down yet slowly recovering economic conditions affecting everything global & automotive, the 2010 Tokyo Auto Salon will be celebrating it’s 28th anniversary this year with approximately 300 companies in attandance (2009 had 334 companies which drew 230,000 visitors in 3 days!!).

Last year, among the 334 companies that were in attendance the two that really stood out produced some custom Lamborghini Murcielago 4×4 ATV and a custom Ferrari Suzuki Hayabusa Trike which garnered much attention from the crowd and automotive blogs/magazines around the globe.

Finally, my trip to Tokyo’s flagship Nissan Ginza Showroom gave me the timely opportunity to provide the world with the first detailed up close photo album of the Nissan GT-R Spec V which saw 40,000+ views in less than 24 hours!

Bottom line is that the Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 is in less than 5 days and before I make my attendance I will be hitting Hakuba, Japan for some sick world class powder snowboarding If you happen to be at the show and see me (i’ll be one of a few tall white guys) don’t be shy and say hi!

Exhibition Name: TOKYO AUTO SALON 2010 with NAPAC

Exhibition Dates:
January 15, 2010 (Friday) 09:00–18:00 (Trade and Media Day)
January 16, 2010 (Saturday) 09:00-18:00 (Open to the public)
January 17, 2010 (Sunday) 09:00-17:00 (Open to the public)

Location: MAKUHARI MESSE (Nippon Convention Center)
International Exhibition Hall (Halls 1 through
2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 Girls
2009 Tokyo Auto Salon Girls Part i
2009 Tokyo Auto Salon Girls Part ii
2009 Tokyo Auto Salon Girls Part iii

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Got this cool Pininfarina storage drive at Christmas thanks to a secret Santa in the office. I didn’t know that Pininfarina extended it’s design (or name) to anything other than vehicles. Either way it’s pretty cool looking. Drive is sold by Simpletech.

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Sometime in late November, Posh Spice (aka Victoria Beckham) bought a grey Bentley Continental Supersports for her husband David Beckham after his LA Galaxy team lost a US Cup Final. The Bentley GT Speed can do 0-60 in 3.7 luxurious seconds thanks to it’s W12 which delivers 621bhp and 590ft lb of torque (attainable at 2000-45000rpm).

Bentley Motors denotes: “The Continental Supersports represents a perfect relationship between engineering and design with the enhanced iconic GT looks reflecting and heightening the supercar performance.”

This Supersports will sit nicely next to David Beckham’s Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe and Victoria Beckham’s Bentley GT Coupe with DUBs

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It has happened with Michael Jordan, it has happened with Brett Favre, and it has happened even with Jay-Z. So perhaps it is no surprise that another superstar icon has announced he is coming out of retirement. Michael Schumacher is coming back to F1, but not to Ferrari. The new Mercedes-Brawn F1 team made the official announcement December 23, 2009 that the Seven Time World Champion will be driving for them in 2010 along with Nico Rosberg.

Schumacher started his F1 career in 1991 with Jordan, but as a contracted Mercedes driver. He went on to win his 7 titles all under director Ross Brawn (2 with Benetton, 5 with Ferrari.) Now he returns under Ross Brawn once again. When the 2010 season kicks off in Australia on March 26th, Schumi will be 41 years old.

Can a 41 year old compete with 25 year old athletes in their prime. I have to say, very unlikely. Schumacher is obviously supremely competitive, and he is returning clearly with one goal in mind – Another Title.

But Alonso is also intensely competitive, and he’s going to be in a Ferrari. Somehow I find it difficult to see how Schumacher has a chance, when Alonso beat him pretty nicely during Schumacher’s last two seasons (2005 and 2006.) And that was with Alonso in a Renault and Schumacher in a Ferrari under Ross Brawn.

I think Schumacher is going to have a difficult fight against Alonso in a Ferrari, but it is sure going to be fun to watch the two compete. It’s also going to be interesting to see Lewis Hamilton race against Schumacher, as Hamilton started F1 just after Schumacher left.

2010 is going to be a very interesting season, with 4 world champions gunning for the title. Stay Tuned…

Last week MadWhips was uploaded with over 500 pictures from the 2009 Dubai International Motor Show 10 thanks to our friend Tariq199! We spent the weekend drooling over the custom and wild McLaren SLR’s, Bentley’s, Zenvo ST1 and these 3 special one-off Bugatti’ Veyrons custom built for the Middle East Market, honoring it’s (financial) importance and its strong partners in the area – Al Habtoor Motors, UAE, Al Zayani Trading Co., Kuwait, Al Ghassan Motors, Saudi Arabia and Dana Motors, Quatar.

The 3 Custom Bugatti Veyron’s are: Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Soleil De Nuit Pictures, Bugatti Veyron Nocturne Pictures, Bugatti Veyron Sang D’Argent Pictures.

Checkout all 4 Photo Galleries from the 2009 Dubai Motor Show

2009 Dubai International Motor Show 10 (Album 1 of 4)

2009 Dubai International Motor Show 10 (Album 2 of 4)

2009 Dubai International Motor Show 10 (Album 3 of 4)

2009 Dubai International Motor Show 10 (Album 4 of 4)

The Bugatti Veyron Grandsport 16.4 “Soleil de Nuit” (Sun of the Night) at the 2009 Dubai International Moto Show 10. This is a modern interpretation of Bugatti’s core values: Art, Forme, Technique. The “Soleil de Nuit” is the 2nd Middle East one-off model created for the 2009 Dubai Motor Show. Polished Aluminum along side Blue Metallic paint, Sang Noir rims and Burnt Orange interior mark this cars version.

The Bugatti Veyron Nocturne at the 2009 Dubai Motor Show. The Bugatti Veyron “Nocturne” has a polished aluminum hood and special polished custom rims. The interior hosts a black nanocoated magnesium dashboard and a center console in galvanized platinum!

The Bugatti Veyron Sang D’Argent at the 2009 Dubai International Motor Show 10. This one-off Veyron Sang D’argent. A subtle silver metallic mixed with polished aluminum parts enhance it’s already silver theme. It has bugatti Grand Sport rims and Havanna interior with quilting pattern on seats and saddle.

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