Welcome back to the Rescars Weekly Round-up. This week’s news has been dominated by tuners with ABT, Liberty Walk and Novitec all revealing new upgrades to existing cars. We’ve also seen the return of a V8 and a switch to electric power. Let’s dive in… The Fiat 500 goes electric As someone who is still […]
ABT Audi S8 is faster than a Porsche
The ABT Audi S8 is “faster than a current generation 992” thanks to the German tuning company’s extensive performance upgrades. The standard S8’s 4.0-litre bi-turbo V8 already puts out 563bhp which seems to be more than enough for a fast but discreet luxury limousine. One would also assume a 3.9-second 0-62mph sprint would be adequate. […]
Novitec tunes Ferrari F8 Tributo to 791bhp
German tuner, Novitec, has released details of its Ferrari F8 Tributo tuning packages. “It already puts out 710bhp and 568lb ft of torque – does it really need to be tuned?”, you might ask. Well according to Novitec, “there’s no such thing as enough power” so they’re offering two tuning packages for the F8’s 3.9-litre […]
Lumma Design tunes the Jaguar F-Pace
What is it about SUVs that makes them so irresistible to tuning companies? They can’t keep their hands off them, and German tuners, Lumma Design, clearly couldn’t keep their hands off the new Jaguar F-Pace. Jaguar are up there with the best in the business when it comes to making extremely attractive cars. They’re pretty […]
Mountune kit now available for Ford Focus RS
To those of you who, for some strange reason, don’t feel like 345bhp is enough power for the latest edition of the Ford Focus RS, fear no more… Mountune have come to the rescue. Mountune, Ford’s official tuner, and the manufacturer’s Performance division have worked their magic and boosted the 2.3-litre EcoBoost engine to 370bhp […]