Awesome Tuners

Vehicle tuner Hennessey takes the Ford Bronco Raptor to another level with its 500 horsepower Bronco VelociRaptor. It rolls on 20″ Hennessey wheels wrapped in 37″ off-road tires and features a new front bumper with pod fog lights, a new rear bumper, unique badging, and custom chassis tuning. Just 200 will be made for 2023.

For SEMA 2022, Lexus teamed up with DSPORT to build the most kick-ass IS 350. It rocks a twin-turbo V6 from an LS 500, cranked up to 600+ hp, a widebody kit from Artisan Spirits, a Seibon carbon fiber hood and trunk, GTHAUS stainless steel exhaust, a 6-speed sequential transmission, a 4-point roll bar, and Sparco racing seats.

German tuning firm Prior Design takes Porsche’s 750hp electric Taycan Turbo S and gives it the widebody treatment. Front fender flares add 60mm (~2.36″) of width, while the rears add 100mm (~3.93″), making way for enormous 22″ five-spoke wheels. Ample carbon aero components keep the EV closer to the ground.

Tuning experts Hennessey Performance took the 2020 Jeep Gladiator pickup truck, gave it a 6.2L Hellcat V8 engine and an amped up supercharger, making 1000 hp and 933 lb-ft. of torque. It has custom bumpers, 20″ wheels, an upgraded suspension with a 6″ lift, and much more. See it in person at the 2019 SEMA Show.

KarrMedia and VMP Performance worked to create and tune this tiny monster – an older model Mazda MX-5 Miata with a 707hp supercharged V8 Hellcat engine up front. They had to cut holes in the hood and firewall to make it fit, but connected to a 6-speed Tremec manual and a Ford 8.8 rear axle, it’s a bonkers little burnout machine.

The 2020 Toyota GR Supra is pretty sweet car in its own right, and Toyota is really encouraging tuners to make it their own. Check out this awesome shakedown footage of a completely reworked Supra Drift car made by HKS as it gets ready for the Goodwood Festival of Speed. It even packs a classic 2JZ engine.

We may be big fans of the latest-gen Mazda Miata, but we’ve never driven one with a 532 hp stuffed under the hood. DRIVETRIBE editor Henry Catchpole went for a ride in one of Flyin’ Miata’s heavily-modded roadsters, which packs a 6.2-liter Chevy LS3 V8 engine.

German tuning outfit Brabus works their magic yet again, this time taking the already incredible Mercedes-AMG GT S, and pushing it to 600hp and 553 lb-ft. of torque, then decking it out with custom carbon fiber aero, 20-21″ forged wheels, and a new titanium exhaust system.

AMS Performance uses engineering wizardry to turn a stock 550hp Mercedes-Benz AMG E63 4MATIC into a 700hp animal – without changing a single part. It’s all done in software. Go behind the scenes at AMS on 95Octane.

An Ecoboost F-150 fitted by SDHQ with a Raptor frame and body and tons of aftermarket parts, creating an off-roading beast of burden with lots of horses and torque yet has good MPG and ride.

German tuners Reifen Koch make a stock Mustang GT even more aggressive. The mod adds a new fascia, sills and tail, Brembo brakes, side exhaust, suspension upgrades, and a hydraulic axle lift kit.

G-Power tunes the M3’s V8 with a supercharger, custom crankshaft and other mods, resulting in 720 horses and 516 pound-feet of torque. 0-to-62 speed is 3.7secs, and a top speed of 205mph.

This German tuner has Corvette bones, but distinctly European styling, with retro-styled front and rear, and a top-of-the-line ZR1 6.2L supercharged V8 with 638hp and 604lb-ft of torque.