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If you love the new Mercedes SL but hate the redesigned headlights, PIECHA Design has a body kit for you.
Unlike most conversion packages, the Avalange RS body kit restores the four-eyed look of the pre-facelift model. While some of us would be more than happy to stop at that point, PIECHA Design also offers LED daytime running lights, aggressive side skirts, and attractive 20-spoke alloy wheels. Out back, the SL can be outfitted with a redesigned rear bumper with a massive diffuser.
While pricing information wasn't released, expect to pay a healthy premium for the styling enhancements.
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TECHART new Porsche Boxster/Cayman tuning program
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Tuning firm TechArt has released a new package for both the Porsche Boxster and the Porsche Cayman facelifts. Amongst the upgrades are a pair of TÜV certified aerokits incorporating LED daytime runners, as well as carbon fiber interior touches, and sport springs.
Bodywork includes a front spoiler, body colored spoiler lip, side sills, and freshened up rear end. TechArt optimized the aerokits in a wind tunnel, making them as aerodynamic as they could. Developments from the testing helped to increase the downforce at multiple points on the car, including at the back where a rigid rear spoiler and apron help keep the car on the road at high speeds.
Other items include either 19- or 20-inch aluminum wheels that keep the brakes visible, and a customized set of sport springs. On either vehicle, the chassis can be dropped by up to 30 mm, depending on the customers' demands. Automatically adjusting daytime lights also dim when a turn signal is switched on.
Inside, TechArt uses one of a pair of carbon interiors in tandem with aluminum pedals, three-spoke steering wheel, and lit entry sills. The company also offers a wide variety of customized interiors that use any number of leather materials, colors, and seams.
Pricing was not revealed in a release from the company.
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Crashed cars to 'call' for help?
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Car makers could be forced to install technology into new European cars by 2014 that would automatically call emergency services in the event of a crash, the European Union's executive said on Friday.
The eCall system can save the lives of people who are unconscious or confused about their location after an accident, but it has failed to take off due to worries about the costs.
Although the standards and technology are ready and 15 countries have given it their backing, Denmark, France, Ireland, Latvia, Malta and Britain are not ready to commit, the European Commission said in a statement.
"If the eCall roll-out does not accelerate, the Commission stands ready to set out clear rules obliging governments, industry and emergency services to respond," said European telecommunications commissioner Viviane Reding.
"I want to see the first eCall cars on our roads next year," she added in a statement.
The Commission said it presented a strategy for introducing the system in all new vehicles across Europe by 2014, starting from next year.
It estimated the system could save 2 500 lives annually.
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