concept cars
As if the super rich didn't have enough to do. Now they have to name their own gafillion-dollar luxo-steamer. Italy's Stola Group, creator of the
Maybach Exelero, says it's building a run of 25 of a similar concept car it showed off at Geneva. The nameless coupe of questionable taste is powered by Mercedes AMG's 6.0-liter V12, twin-turbo'd and tuned by Brabus. Stola says the 750-hp gargantuan can hit 200 mph. Stola bosses say clients will be able to pick their own name for the coupe. We're going with
Nouveau-Riches Garbage Blanche GT.
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custom cars/hot rods: tuners
If the logic behind the RK Spyder is sound — that is, that an Italian design firm and a famed German Porsche tuner can improve on an already attractive and capable Porsche — then the logic behind the RK Coupe is even better. StudioTorino, the joint venture between designer Alfredo Stola and RUF has yielded another full-body recast, this time of the Porsche Cayman. Aside from being nearly completely reskinned by the studios' artistes, in the style of the Porsche 904 and Dino 246 GT, the closed-top RK also gets RUF's supercharged, 3.8-liter flat six (440 hp, 370 ft.-lbs). The result is a Cayman with Italian flair and an engine befitting the stock model's already spectacular geometry. All for four times the price.
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news: test drives
It seems like years since we first reported on Studio Torino's reworked Porsche Boxster, the RK Spyder, but the car is a reality — and ready for its close-up. The product of an epic partnership between Alfredo Stola, heir to the famed Italian coachbuilding family, and Porsche tuning house Ruf Automobile, the RK is an extremely low-volume (49) bespoke roadster. Edmunds
Inside Line's Nick Kurczewski got a chance to drive one of the $231,000 machines to suss out whether its got the x-factor, or if it's just an overpriced tuner. Research is such hard work.
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