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Article: TEUTONIC TUNERS; Frankfurt's SEMA zone teases, displeases.(NEWS)
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- AutoWeek
- Article date:
- October 5, 2009
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Byline: MARK VAUGHN
Before you get to the Ferraris and the Lamborghinis at the Frankfurt motor show, you see the tuners. It's like a small, German version of the SEMA show, where some of the cars are truly exciting and some require that you avert your eyes.
Hamannthe tuning house in Laupheim, Germany, that has been working its own version of magic on supercars for more than 20 yearsgave the wide-body "Victory treatment to a Lamborghini Gallardo [1], with a body kit and paint job to make it look like a fighter jet.
Whether you're a sheikh or just too chic, the Hamann "Volcano [2] (yes, that's a paint job) version of the Mercedes-Benz SLR may ...