05 October 2008

Dark Tuning

Ramadan Nights, the Sequel...

BMW X5 HamannThis dusty X5 was wearing Hamann badges.

Porsche Cayenne GemballaAnother Cayenne with the Gemballa treatment.

Ramadan is over now, so I will try to stay away from the nighttime shots from now on. Hopefully, as people get back to their regular daytime schedules, we'll be seeing a lot more exotics on the road in the daylight.

04 October 2008

Evil Twin

As promised, here's a photo of "the one that got away" before. And this time, it brought a friend.

Lamborghini Gallardo & Gallardo SuperleggeraTwo black Lamborghinis parked near each other. Actually, I saw one arriving and the other leaving, so they weren't together at all. Just a random Doha coincidence.

Lamborghini GallardoThis small supercar costs about £125,000 in the UK (about $280,000 in the US). Four-wheel drive and 500bhp!

Lamborghini Gallardo SuperleggeraLamborghini doesn't make this lightweight version of the Gallardo anymore, since they recently updated the base model. But the idea was to cut down on the weight of the car by replacing a lot of the original parts with carbon fibre versions. The 70kg weightloss cost about £26,000 more ($50,000 more) than the Gallardo. Apparently only 37 black Superleggeras were made, so this is a pretty unique car.

25 September 2008

Ramadan Nights

Sorry about the dark photos. The exotics are pretty scarce in the daytime during the month of Ramadan. I think all the high-end cars are at home sleeping in the afternoon. After dark, however, some of them come out to play.

Bentley Continental GTThis is a different GT than the white one I saw last month.

Porsche Cayenne Gemballa GT BiturboA Cayenne that has been tuned by German aftermarket company Gemballa.

Two Chevrolet Corvette C6Two Corvette convertibles stopped at a traffic light. That's the front end of a Porsche Cayenne on the right-hand side.

Rolls-Royce PhantomThe driver is waiting for several ladies in black.

Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead CoupéThis is the first time I've seen one of these. It's the two-door convertible version of the Phantom. Gotta love the suicide doors.

The most amazing car that I've seen during Ramadan was a black Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera. I didn't manage to capture a photo of it, but I'll keep on the lookout.

23 September 2008

Aftermarket

Volkswagen New Beetle NismoHere's a VW Beetle with a Nismo badge. Not sure exactly what's going on there, but I guess they added some bits, including a spoiler.

BMW M5 HartgeThis M5 has been modified by German aftermarket tuning company Hartge.

17 September 2008

It Has Arrived!

Nissan GT-ROne of the most highly-anticipated cars in a long, long time.
0-60mph in 3.2 seconds. Top speed of 314km/h.

First GT-R in Qatar?

02 September 2008

Mustang Madness

Ford Shelby GT 500
Is it? I've never seen one like this (hood scoop, stripes, etc.).

Ford Mustang GT
I'm not sure if this is a hood scoop or a surface-to-air missile launcher. Has anybody seen one like this before?

01 September 2008

Fine Tuning

BMW M6 Hamann
This BMW M6, already a high-performance car, has been tuned by aftermarket company Hamann.