Volkswagen Golf GTI G60 Fire and Ice ( A3)'1990

'Purple Element'

Beautifully painted Fire and Ice GTI with upgraded ever cool BBS RS's. Source: volksforum.com

Source: ffp.fi

In 1990 Volkswagen released Fire and Ice edition of the mk2 Golf for the German markets. Dark violet pearl finished and very contemporary trimmed edition was offered in several engine options.

G60 prefers the fastest and rarest versions of mk2 Golf that are equipped with "G-lader" magnesium supercharger with 60mm inlet. Engines are highly sensitive for the air temperatures and performance depends much of the weather. The G60 engine is developed from the earlier and smaller G40 version used in Polo G40. Original G40 unit was produced to compete with Polo's more powerful hot hatch rivals, such as Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9. Engine deputed in 1988 at B3 Passat's nose and was produced until July 1993. The ultimate G60 unit can be founded from VW Motorsport produced Golf Limited with 209hp and 247Nm.

In details

Engine
Straight 4, 1781cc, 8-valve, supercharged (G60 PG)
Side-mounted intercooler
Compression ratio: 8:1

Numbers
160hp/5600rpm
225Nm/4000rpm
Top speed: 216Km/h
0-100Km/h: 7,8s
0-400m: 16,3s
1032kg

Transmission
5 -speed manual, FWD

Chassis
McPherson, coil springs, anti-roll bar (front)
Torsion axle, trailing arm, coil springs, anti-roll bar (rear)
Ventilated disks

Estoril 15" alloys with 190/50VR15 tyres

Exterior

Dark violet pearl metallic lacquer paint finish

Green tinted glass

Double head light grille

Colour coded 'big' bumbers with deep front spoiler

Clear front indicators

Darkened rear lights

Large Fire & Ice -logo on the rear head quarter panel

Pink rear Golf badge

Interior

Sport seats

Custom trim with various Fire & Ice -logos

Other

Approx. 2,500 produced;

1.8 8V, 90hp - 2.200 made

1.8 8V GTI, 107hp -  200 made

1.8 16V GTI, 129hp - unknown

1.8 8V G60 GTI, 160hp - 70 made

1.6 8V GTD, 80hp - 60 made

Porsche Boxster 550 Spyder 50th Anniversary Edition (986) '2004

'Perfect match'

Today I got inspired of the first Boxster while dreaming of having convertible in my garage. It's not the prettiest Porsche with its straight character line, ugly roof lump -shared by many and also spoiled numerous of otherwise great designs, somewhat symmetrical front and rear design and the ever-ugly roll bars. Mazda Miata from the same era don’t have roll bars, so why Porsche? Anyway, it's a Porsche with sympathetic frog face and fabulous soul. 

GT Silver, dark chrome and cocoa-brown makes a perfect match. Source: auto-power-girl.com

Porsche is a master of producing limited edition models -the cars that Wolf Cars celebrates. There's a tremendously of different versions, most of them ridiculous sales boosting make overs, but some of them are really special, like RS-models. The one that I felt in love today is a 550 Spyder 50th Anniversary Edition released in 2004 -exactly one of those make over editions, nothing really special, but has a perfectly matching colour scheme. GT Silver Metallic from Carrera GT concept and cocoa-brown leather interior makes a one of the most sophisticated marriages I have seen.

Cocoa-brown leather and silver detailing. Source: 6speedonline.com

In details:

Engine
Flat 6, 3179cc, 24-valve
Compression ratio: 11:1
Boxster S sport exhaust with special end tip 
Numbers
266hp/6200rpm
310Nm/4600rpm
Top speed: 266km/h
0-100km/h: 5,7s (Tiptronic: 6,4s)
0-400m:14,1s
1420kg 
Transmission
6-speed manual, RWD
Sport shifter -15% travel 
Chassis
'M030' sport suspension -10mm
Silver four piston brakes with cross-drilled and ventilated 318/299mm disk
Two-tone seal grey and silver Carrera 18" wheels with 5mm spacers   
Exterior
Painted in GT Silver metallic (from Carrera GT concept car)
Grills finished in body colour
Cocoa-brown soft-top  
Interior
Cocoa-brown full leather interior
Special silver detailing
Sport seats with silver back
Production number plate in centre console
Bose-high-end sound system 
Other
Grey natural leather interior as a no-cost option
1953 pieces produced (celebrates the 550 Spyder from 1953)
American model has a fully red rear lights

Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II (W201) '1990

Source: motors.goods2send.com

'Black Widow' 

She’s having the phattest tail ever seen in a Mercedes. The large tail takes us back to 90’s when Group A Touring Car Championship allowed only aerodynamic modifications introduced in production versions. Thus baby-benz came on sale with a full race outfit. 

Exterior modifications are fully functional and developed in wind tunnel.  BMW research and development Chief Wolfgang Reitzle said when EVO 2 was introduced: “If that rear wing works, we will have to rebuild the BMW wind tunnel" and they did! Rules also limited that rear wing should not impede vision backwards, but benz-boyz made a clever move and limited the vision with rear window lip and made wing invisible! All-in-all aerodynamic changes were successful and Klaus Ludwig took the DTM driver’s title in 1992.

It's hard to get any closer to DTM spirit. Source: mb190.de

It’s not only the exterior that makes this wolfcar such a masterpiece, but the engine too. Thanks to race-engine builder Cosworth who took the standard 190E 2.5-16 engine (introduced 1988) and changed the compression ratio, shorter stroke crankshaft, bigger cylinders, intake and exhaust system and a raised peak rpm that helped unit to produce 235hp (+40hp) at 7200rpm! Redline cuts in at 7700rpm that’s something that very few Mercedes features and could give Honda’s VTEC a run for its money. The engine note gooses pimples!
  

Limited rear visibility. Source: maydaygarage.com

The chassis tweaked to suit the engines performance with huge brakes, electronically adjustable suspension and 17” wheels. Even the exterior is full of drama and race spirit the interior is almost standard with a huge steering wheel, typical for the Mercedes in that era and modifications are limited to sportier seats and couple extra gauges.

 

  In details

Engine

Cosworth Straight 4, 2463cc, 16-valve, Bosch KE-Jetronic suction tube injection (M102E 25/2)
compression ratio 10,5:1
Numbers
235hp/7200rpm (redline 7700rpm)
245Nm/5000-6000rpm
Top speed: 250km/h

0-100km/h: 7,1s

0-400m: 15,5s
1340kg

Cd 0,30 (standard 0,32)
Transmission
‘Dog-leg’ 5 speed manual, RWD

Limited slip-differential
Chassis

MacPherson struts front/ 5-link rear, anti-roll bars

Individually mounted springs and electrically controlled hydraulic dambers (three settings: normal, low -15mm and high +30mm)

Brembo ventilated disks (300mm) with 4 pot calibers, ABS

8 ¼ x 17” (ET 34) alloys with 245/40ZR17 Dunlop SP Sport tires
Exterior
Arc extensions

Bumper extensions

Special bumpers

Adjustable front splitter

Two-piece boot spoiler with adjustable trailing edges

Rear window lip

Side skirts

Skirt extensions

Door extensions

Aerodynamic modification reduced lift by 40% in rear axle and rear 47%

“EVOLUTION” plates in front wings

Oval exhaust exit
Interior

Black leather/checker interior (full black leather with comfort package)

Sport seats

Individual back seats

Wood trim

Three extra gauges in center console (oil temp, lap time and volt)

Consecutive number plate in shift knob (written in the following way: 001/500 up to 500/500).
Other

Only 502 Evolution 2 models was produced and all of them were sold before the production, 2 of them were painted in silver (test cars) and others in Blaushwarz (blue-black) metallic

Construction period: 01/05/1990-07/19990

Most EVO2’s were fitted with the optional comfort package which included a full leather interior, air-conditioning, sunroof, etc.

Purchase price when new: 109,440 DM (around 72,960$)

Swiss-versions has a plastic gap in front intake and tube mounted in the exhaust manifold to reduce the noise. Additionally the huge rear wing was not road legal; therefore the EVO 2 was officially sold with EVO 1 spoiler.