Automobile typography

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Guido Weeren


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Index Afa Romeo Blitz Castrol Donkervoort Evolution Firenza Greddy Hankook Impreza Jeroentje.nl K sport Lexus MR2 NOS Outlander Porsche QSP Recaro Supra Toyo Tires Uno Volk Racing WRC XKR-s Yokohama Z

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Alfa Romeo

Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automaker founded in 1910. Alfa Romeo has been a part of the Fiat Group since 1986. The company was originally known as A.L.F.A., which is an acronym for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (translated: Lombard Automobile Factory, Public Company).

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Blitz

Blitz have been established for 25 years and have become one of the leading tuners in Japan due to the fine detail and superior workmanship of their products. Not only do Blitz parts look stylish and sleek, but they are constantly refined to maximise the power output from your engine. So, if you want the highest quality, but also the best performing parts, fit Blitz. The Blitz product range is engineered to a very high standard, so you can feel confident when fitting any Blitz part that it has been carefully designed and extensively tested to give you maximum performance and reliability.

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Castrol

is a brand of industrial and automotive lubricants which is applied to a large range of oils, greases and similar products for most lubrication applications. The Castrol brand is part of the BP Group of companies, but has retained its separate identity.

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Donkervoort

More than 25 years ago Joop Donkervoort decided to build his own sports car. He started off his car manufacturing company from his small family home in Tienhoven. A few years later the company moved to Loosdrecht, where most of the cars have been built. In 2000, a beautiful modern production facility was realised in Lelystad from which we develop and assemble the cars, from the chassis to the last detail of the car. In the past 25 years, up to 1,000 cars have left the factory. In 1996 we started a co-operation with Audi ; a beautiful marriage, that gives us the possibility to build a car using one of the most reliable, most powerful and compact engines on the market. A Donkervoort is the ultimate deal for the real car enthusiast, that wants no compromise in driving pleasure. We make our cars ultra light and in combination with tremendous power and superb road holding characteristics of a racing car, we have created the car that make the hearts of many car lovers beat faster. Today’s Donkervoort has without any doubt moved on from the very first models; our continuous efforts to achieve better quality, combined with modern and attractive styling have led to the current D8-series. The ultimate in sports cars, created for the real car enthusiast.

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Evolution

The Lancer Evolution (colloquially known as the “Evo”) is Mitsubishi’s flagship sports car. Based only on the unibody of the domesticated Lancer sedan the Evo is a rally inspired, turbocharged, all wheel drive, durable and finely tuned automobile. The number designation of the model is most commonly a roman numeral. Evolution models prior to version V were the officially approved models for Mitsubishi’s efforts in the World Rally Championship’s Group A class and SCCA Pro Rally Championship. In order to follow these rules, the Evolution is based on the same platform as the Lancer, but is much more powerful and the only major part in common between the Evo and the Lancer is the unibody. Ten street versions of the Evolution have been produced from 1993 up to today. Evolution versions VI, VII, VIII, IX and X did not need to meet WRC homologation requirements.

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Farenza

The world’s increasing needs for radial tires is spreading to every corner of the globe and from this; the SUMO FIRENZA radial tire was created. The new Truck Bus Radial range is taking the world by storm. Working closely with like minded distributors around the world to ensure a unified commitment to our philosophy of quality, dependability and growth through evolution, our tires are proving their worth to all tiers of the industry. This is the genesis of our radial growth. New markets, new sizes, new patterns, and new product ranges are continually being developed and expanded upon to meet global requirements.

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Greddy

The Trust Company Founded in Japan in 1977, The Trust company LTD has become a major player in automotive performance products. With popular brand names like GReddy, GREX, and GRacer, the Trust Company offers one of the widest varieties of performance automotive components. They are most well-known for their complete catback exhaust systems with unique straight through muffler design and bolt-on turbocharger kits. Since 1994, the development and distribution of Trust Company products in the United States has been accomplished by GReddy Performance Products, based in Irvine, California. Trust was unable to use its own name there as it was already copyrighted, therefore they became officially known as GReddy. In 2005, GReddy Performance Product, expanded to add an east coast facility in Old Bridge, New Jersey.

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Hankook

The Hankook Tire group, based in Seoul, South Korea is the seventh largest tire company in the world. Established in 1941 as the “Chosun Tire Company”, it was renamed “Hankook Tire Manufacturing” in 1968. recently hankook tires relocated in Hong Kong China for a larger headquarter Hankook Tire’s worldwide reputation has largely grown due to its radial tire and bias-ply tire production. The company now supplies tires as original equipment to the Toyota Motor Corporation, Ford Motor Company trucks only, General Motors trucks only, International Truck and Engine Corporation, and others. In addition to producing about 50 million tires per annum, the company also sells batteries, alloy rims, and brake pads. Hankook supplies tires for the Primetime Race Group which race in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series.

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Impreza

The Subaru Impreza WRX STI (formerly STi, officially changed in 2006) is the highest standard-edition trim in the Subaru Impreza compact car line, produced by Japanese automaker Subaru. In the late 1980s, Subaru created the Subaru Tecnica International (STI) division to coordinate development for the FIA World Rally Championship and other motorsports activities. After the company had grown, the division was used to create high-performance consumer versions of the Subaru Impreza WRX, an all-wheel drive car with a turbocharged flat-4 engine, leading to the development of the Impreza WRX STi. The Subaru World Rally Team has used a race-prepared version of the WRX STI as its rally platform since the model trim’s creation.

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Jeroentje.nl

Jeroentje.nl is offering a wide line of car tuning parts. We are one of the suppliers of popular brands, homemade products and Japanese performance engines. If your looking for a custom exhaust systems, turbo kits, custom intercooler systems, motor swaps, shock absorbers and breaks to bold on your car, look no further then jeroentje.nl

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Ksport

Ksport Suspension Company is dedicated to bringing quality aftermarket performance products to the market year after year. Built on a foundation of motorsports, our products have been proven both on and off the track for over 10 years in countries across the globe. We will continue to expand our vast array of applications and our commitment to customer service in 2008. We would like to welcome you to our family of dealers, tuners, race teams and customers across the globe.

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Lexus

(Japanese: Rekusasu) is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation. First introduced in the United States, where Lexus has become the highest-selling make of luxury cars, today Lexus brand name vehicles are available throughout the world. In 2005, the Lexus marque launched in Japan, marking the continued global expansion of the luxury division.

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MR2

The Toyota MR2 is a two-seat, mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Toyota from 1984 until July 2007 when production stopped in Japan, in three different design series. The latest version was called the Toyota MR-S in Japan, the Toyota MR2 Spyder in the United States, and the Toyota MR2 Roadster in Europe.

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Nos

Holley Performance Products is an automotive performance company based out of Bowling Green, Kentucky. They produce mostly engine modification products, and among the company’s owned divisions are popular brand names such as Nitrous Oxide Systems (NOS), FlowTech, and Hooker Headers.

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Outlander

The Mitsubishi Outlander is a compact crossover SUV manufactured by Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors. It was originally known as the Mitsubishi Airtrek when it was introduced in Japan in 2001, and was based on the Mitsubishi ASX concept vehicle exhibited at the 2001 North American International Auto Show. The ASX (Active Sports Crossover) represented Mitsubishi’s approach to the industry wide XUV trend for retaining the all-season and off-road abilities offered by a high ground clearance and four-wheel drive, while still offering car-like levels of emissions, economy and size.

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Porsche

Porsche SE or Porsche is a German manufacturer of automobiles, which is majority-owned by the Porsche and PiĂŤch families. Porsche SE holds two chief assets, the first of which is Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, often shortened to Porsche AG, manufacturer of the Porsche automobile line. The second asset is a large stake in Volkswagen AG. It was founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche, an Austro-Hungarian engineer, born in Maffersdorf, AustriaHungary (today Vratislavice, Czech Republic) who also designed the first Volkswagen. The company is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, a city district of Stuttgart, Baden-WĂźrttemberg. They currently produce 911 (997), Boxster, Cayman, and GT sports cars and Cayenne sport utility vehicles.

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QSP raceware

stands for quality products for a good price. They sell race products like: Safety Seat Belts, Silicone hoses, Steering wheels, Fuel Pumps, Intercoolers, Dumpvalves, Overalls, Shoes, Gloves, Radiators, Window safety nets and many many more. QSP raceware is a new company in Holland, witch today is a big race supply developer in the Dutch rally’s and the Dutch drift scene.

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Recaro

RECARO GmbH & Co. KG, commonly known as Recaro, is a German company based in Kirchheim unter Teck in the vicinity of Stuttgart, known for their automobile bucket seats. The company can produce OEM racingstyle seats for mainstream manufacturers.

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Supra

The Toyota Supra was a sports car/grand tourer produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider. Starting in mid-1986, the Supra (in its third generation, MKIII) became its own model and was no longer based on the Celica. In turn, Toyota also stopped using the prefix Celica and began just calling the car Supra. Due to the similarity and past of the Toyota Celica’s name, it is frequently mistaken for the Toyota Supra, and vice versa. The Supra also traces much of its roots back to the Toyota 2000GT with the main instance being its engine. The first three generations were offered with a direct descendant to the 2000GT’s M engine. All four generations of Supra produced have an inline 6-cylinder engine. Interior aspects were also similar. In 1999, Toyota ceased sales of the Supra in the United States and in 2002 Toyota officially stopped production of the Supra in Japan.

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Toyo Tires

Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.,Ltd. is a tire company based in Japan. The company started in 1945. In 1966, the company expanded to the United States as Toyo Tire Corporation. In 1999, Nitto Tire North America was established. Today, it is one of the largest tire companies in the world.

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Uno

The Fiat Uno is a supermini car produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat. The Uno was launched in 1983 and built in its homeland until 1995, with production still taking place in other countries.

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Volk racing

Volk wheels uses hot forging that is a process to form metal lines with volume distribution that corresponds to a design shape of a billet aluminum alloy. The forging of rays wheels starts with this kind of hot forging. RM forging a method developed exclusively by rays is a process to spin a uniform structure with fine metal flows formed by hot forging. A RM forged rim is thinly formed by cold spinning, a high speed spinning machine can form rims of varied widths. Then the wheel goes to the solution heat treatment, its rapidly heated with thermal treatment and then fits to form a strung structure. Then the VOLK Wheels go into a age Treatment when they are kept at low temps for long periods of time. Then they go off to the standards dept to be checked and then off to finishing to get painted. There is a ton more that goes into making volk wheels so check out the video on the site to give you a better idea. The Volk Racing TE37, CE28, GTU, GTM, Time Attacks are all made with this process. Volk offers many racing wheels for the STI, EVO, 350Z, RX8, Supra, G35 and many more. Most volk custom wheel orders take about 6/8 weeks to finish and arrive in the usa / canada.

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WRC

The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. The driver’s world championship and manufacturer’s world championship are separate championships, but based on the same point system. The series currently consists of 15 three-day events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Each rally is split into 15-25 special stages which are run against the clock on closed roads. The sport’s commercial rights are administered by International Sportsworld Communicators, who also produce the daily event highlights shown in 186 countries.

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XkR-s

Based on the XKR, the XKR-S is the fastest production XK to date. With recalibrated engine management, the XKR-S reaches an electronically limited top speed of 174mph (280kph) – 19mph (30kph) faster than the XKR. This additional performance is made accessible by improved aerodynamics (reduced drag and lift) and suspension set-up. The high performance braking system for the XKR-S was developed by Jaguar’s Special Vehicles team in partnership with British competition brake specialist Alcon. The limited edition coupé is identified by the unique XKR-S badge on the rear of the car. The exterior of the XKR-S has been subtly enhanced to make it recognizably different without being overstated. Another significant element in the revised handling package is that the ride height of the XKR-S has been reduced by 10mm compared with that of the XKR.

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Yokohama The Yokohama Rubber Company is a tire company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company founded and started in 1917 in a joint venture between Yokohama Cable Manufacturing and B.F. Goodrich. In 1969 the company expanded to the United States as Yokohama Tire Corporation. The Aspec A300 was the driving force behind its tremendous rise. Branding, especially in Japan, will often use “ADVAN� instead of Yokohoma. ADVAN wheels and tires have a strong presence in the JDM aftermarket scene around the globe, as well as the aftermarket scene in Japan itself.

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Z Z-car usually refers to a series of sports cars manufactured by Nissan. Early on they were released under Nissan’s Datsun brand name. Starting out in 1969 with the 240Z, the Datsun Z-cars have been popular in Japan, where they are known as the Fairlady Z (Note: the Fairladys used 2000 cc L series motors), the United States, and the United Kingdom. Even with their good looks, reliability, and strong performance, they have been remarkably affordable automobiles. The Nissan Z cars also currently holds the record of best selling sports car series of all time with around 1,685,000 in five generations.

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