If you've been keeping tabs on RPM Planets' ongoing coverage of the Nissan GT-R Concept car, you'll know that the clock is steadily ticking down towards the Ocober 24^th public unraveling of Nissan's high performance GT-R at the Tokyo Motor Show.  As if the hype wasn't large enough, Nissan has begun the festivities with the launch of the official GT-R website.

It is almost funny to sit back and watch the different automotive cliques.  In Detroit, automakers are constantly fighting over who makes the most power, who goes the fastest, and who sells for the best value.  However, take a trip across the ocean, slip on a custom tailored suit, and climb into you brand new 1 million euro hyper exotic.  Power is insignificant; you're driving one of one hundred brand new Lamborghini Reventions.

The BMW M5 is quite the performance machine with just its factory tune.  The shrill exhaust note is enough to wake the dead, and the acceleration will give you a natural dose of Botox.  Now take that, add a few performance goodies, and turn the wick up just a bit.  What you are left with is the new Evosport M5.

BRABUS is at it again to set itself apart from the elite pack of performance sedans.  Its latest creation, the BRABUS Bullit, will not only set itself ahead of the world’s fastest sedans, but many of the world’s supercars as well.  Take the already potent Mercedes C-Class, add some air-splitting body panels, performance suspension, top it off with a 720 HP BRABUS SV12 S Biturbo engine and you’ve got the venerable 224 mile per hour Bullit.  As if you weren’t jealous enough, the 6.3 liter outputs 974 lb-ft of neck-breaking torque.  With a certain amount of obedience in mind for the driver, BRABUS has electronically limited the in-car torque to a mere 811 ft-lbs.

With all the hype surrounding the latest street monster from Chevrolet, many names have been unofficially tossed around.  Referred to as the Blue Devil, Corvette SS and the Z07, the fender badge of the upcoming supercar will now officially read ZR1, per Motor Trend’s Todd Lassa.

Photographs of the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette SS in road testing continue to surface.  The latest pictures reveal subtle changes in the shape of this assumed road-worthy race machine.  Starting with the meat and potatoes of what will make this GM's ultimate performance car, a definite bulge in the hood has been spotted.  Cramming 6.2-liters of American V-8 with the supercharger is an easy explanation for the need of increased under hood real estate.  Pictures also reveal that the hood and roof are made out of carbon fiber.  Not only does this deviate from the expected fiberglass history of the Corvette, but the new material will yield additional weight savings.

What do you get when you take the already-plenty-awesome Aston Martin DB9 and mix in a few key ingredients from the racing spec Aston Martin DB9R?  You get this beauty right here, the Aston Martin DBS.  The Aston Martin engineers took the classic DB9 styling and infused it with functional aggressiveness based on what they had learned from the DB9R.  And what makeover would be complete without a healthy upgrade in horsepower?