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New products from BMW tuner Wunderlich tank guard for the BMW F 800 GS

Specifically for the BMW F 800 GS all model years BMW motorcycle accessories specialist Wunderlich has developed a new and professional tank guard. In combination with the proven Wunderlich crash bars or Basic Adventure this stable padlock protects effectively now the top part of the panel. The resilient mounting points to take just in case the forces acting on reliable and prevent further, costly damage, such as tipping over the bike after a fall.

The tank guard forms a stable and homogeneous unit with crash bars and integrates visually very successful in the design of the F 800 GS. It comes in black with the complete Anabusatz and a detailed and easy to understand instructions for easy mounting. In spite of the hand crafted, plastic coated steel pipe, it is light in weight.

The tank guard costs 189, - Euro and is made ​​in Germany.

Lexus GS F-Sport variant. (Lexus)

The premium brand in the Toyota group wants to offer to the end in all model series "F Sport" versions. For a site visit at the ADAC test site in Grevenbroich is "automotive industry" made a personal impression of the sport-offensive.

The IS F was published in 2008 and is still in the program: five-liter, 311 kW/423 hp, 0 - 100 in 4.8 seconds, top speed 270 km / h (electronically limited). The whole daily, and packed in the normal IS-body. At most, the large wheels, the rear spoiler and the small 8-shaped dual exhaust pipes reveal the potency. And the price: 70,600 euros - twice as much as the basic model IS 250th

Romp even more, the engineers were the Lexus LFA. Without regard to series production such as the IS-F, they developed a cockpit made of carbon fiber plastic, powered by a V-ten-cylinder 4.8-liter, speeds up to 9000 rev / min and 412 kW/560 hp. It accelerates the 1500 kg vehicle predominant in 3.7 seconds from zero to 100 h and a maximum of up to 325 km / 500 copies of the LFA were built by hand and immediately sold - 50 of which amplified again with "Nürburgring performance package". Test driver Akira Iida lapped so the famous Eifel-course in 7 minutes and 14 seconds. In Germany were sold out of the 500 LFA specimens 16, for 375,000 euros each round, one with Nürburgring performance.
Competition for A6 and 5 Series

The GS Sport version has a variable suspension and sporty design elements. The nearly five-meter mid-size sedan has recently appeared in a new form, it should again be an alternative such as the Audi A6 and the BMW 5 Series. They have to be as a GS 250 with 2.5-liter V6 engine. (154 kW/209 hp) and the GS 450h with 3.5-liter petrol plus electric motor, total output 254 kW/345 hp The prices are € 45,200 for the GS 250 and 54,750 euros for the GS 450h, for F Sport will be (including a comprehensive feature set and the GS 450h, including rear-wheel steering) is called each about 15,000 euros more.




Third model with F-Sport emblem is the recently revised in some details RX. It is an SUV, much like the VW Touareg, the Volvo XC90 or the Mercedes ML to have a RX 350 with 3.5-liter petrol engine (204 kW/277 hp) and RX 450h as with the same V6 engine plus two electric motors. The second provides for the four-wheel drive at the rear axle. The system output is 220 kW/299 hp, the standard consumption is specified at 6.3 l/145 g of CO2. The F Sport trim level does not differ in the drive, but in details such as the tighter suspension with transverse dampers front and rear and an independent diamond-shaped "Diabolo" grill. The base prices be 53,150 euro for the RX 350 and 59,950 for the RX 450h, supplement F Sport: round 10,000 and 13,000 euros.

The modifications introduced in the 2011 CT 200h compact sedan at the sports model are limited to a firmer suspension with horizontal dampers front and visual changes such as the bumpers, side skirts and the grill. The system performance of the hybrid (100 kW/136 hp), the driving values ​​and the consumption (3.8 l/87 g) do not change, the price increases by 34,430 euros to 5,000 euros good.