2011 MTM Audi R8 BiTurbo
There’s a strong possibility that German tuning house MTM’s booth at the Geneva Motor Show will be visibile from space. The boys from Wettstetten are bringing their paint-free polished-aluminum Audi R8 BiTurbo to Hall 5 at Geneva. The company is mum on exactly how they removed all that paint, but they do allow that it took 700 hours of polishing to get the car where it is now. @funkmasterflex
Volkswagen Golf R
As part of its 2011 Geneva Motor Show festivities, Volkswagen is letting us loose behind the wheel of its range-topping Golf R, set to arrive in United States as a 2012 model. Production of the Stadeside-spec car begins at the automaker’s Wolfsburg plant this November, and we’ve just learned how different our version of the Golf R will be from the model that’s already on sale in Europe. @funkmasterflex
Lewis Hamilton to swap cars with Tony Stewart?
Formula One champ Lewis Hamilton will take the wheel of Tony Stewart’s #14 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chevrolet at Watkins Glen. For lending Hamilton his car, Stewart will get the opportunity to try out the 2010 McLaren MP4-25. While both men are likely to come away shaky in the knees and with a better understanding of each other’s racing worlds (as did Jeff Gordon and Juan Pablo Montoya when an earlier swap was arranged) this isn’t just two random pals tossing their respective keys to each other. @funkmasterflex
2011 Mansory Zapico
You may know Mansory more for doing terrible things to supercars like the Bugatti Veyron than for motorcycles, but it turns out their gold plating and leather cladding skills know no bounds. To keep things interesting, Mansory has just rolled out a bespoke motorcycle developed with customizer Thomas M. George, and it actually looks pretty good. @funkmasterflex
