New Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Available for Order, Priced from €334,000 Plus Taxes

The order book for the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 racer car is now officially open with net pricing set at €334,000 (about US$434750), or €397,460 (around US$517,300 at today's exchange rates) if you include Germany's 19 percent VAT. Teams that will order the car now will get the Gullwing racing model on time for the next motorsport season, starting in February 2011.

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Pogea Racing Tunes Fiat 500 Abarth Ferrari Dealers Edition to 264HP

German tuning firm Pogea Racing believes that there's something fundamentally wrong about a hot hatch carrying the Ferrari nameplate that's powered by an engine producing only 165-ponies . So the tuner decided to do something about it.

The car in question is the extremely rare Fiat 500 Abarth Ferrari Dealers Edition (there's also a non-Abarth model). Starting with the stock engine, Pogea Racing upgraded the 1.4-liter turbocharged unit with a larger turbocharger and intercoolers, new exhaust system, modified downpipe, new catalytic converter and recalibrated ECU.

The result? Output has been inflated from 165HP to 268HP, with torque climbing from 230Nm to 330Nm / 243.4 lb-ft.

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