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Issue 78 of Autosalon magazine has just hit the news stands and as usual it's packed full of hot cars and even hotter chicks! Wheeldemon have a full page ad' in this one so go buy an issue and check it out! Also of note is the insane Orange Evo (with Enkei GTC01's...) and a look behind the paddock fence at F1. If you want to stop by the Autosalon website for more details on the mag', events and more head over too www.autosalon.org

Happy New Year to all our members, hope you guy's had a wicked NYE! We're busily ramping up lot's of new stuff for wheeldemon over the next few weeks with more content, new functionality and more! Stay tuned... Here's to a great '09!!

Despite tough economic conditions and a heavily debated presidential election Advanti Racing USA debuted its 2009 lineup at the SEMA show in Las Vegas.

Over 100,000 attendees viewing over 1,900 exhibitors got a chance to see the grand debut for Advanti Racing USA and all of its products. Executives from YHI Manufacturing, Lowenhart Corporation and Riverside Manufacturing were all thrilled with the great response from this years show. Lowenhart, who’s products have not been seen at SEMA for more than 6 years, was ecstatic with all the positive feedback at the show.

The Advanti Racing USA display had the only F1 car at the SEMA show and all that came by got a very close up opportunity to see one of the best in the world. Even with all the impressive machinery and women at the SEMA show Advanti Racing drew strong crowds and was a show highlight!

You can visit Advanti Racing USA online here

We're excited to announce the arrival of the Pro-Comp tyre range! These bad boy's are some serious rubber. Built for pro competition sports and extreme off road use they are NO COMPROMISE designs. Designed in the U.S.A the Pro-Comp brand is famous for being the go-to tyre for extreme events like Rock-Crawling, in fact Pro-Comp is the official tyre of the Red Bull Rock Crawling team! See www.redbullrockcrawlers.com for more on these amazing beasts! We've got the All Terrain, Mud Terrain, Xtreme A/T and Xtreme M/T up so cruise along to the tyres section and check 'em out!

Available for a limited time is the Chrome finish version of the stunning Crypt wheel from Advanti. As you can see from the pic (cheers Wade!) it's a wicked looking wheel!

Sizes available are 17x7 / 18x7.5 / 18x8 / 19x8 / 20x8. The Crypt chrome will suit most popular vehicles!

Now available in 235/60R17 and 235/55R18 sizes the Achilles Desert Hawk is the tyre to beat for SUV and 4x4 vehicles!

High quality tyre featuring advanced compound technology and a low noise superbly grippy pattern the Desert Hawk is a great allrounder and awesome value. We reckon it's pretty hard to go past and with these additional new sizes most SUVs and 4x4s are catered for.

ACHILLES DESERT HAWK H/T
235/60R17 102H

ACHILLES DESERT HAWK H/T
235/55R18 104H

German Sebastian Vettel on Sunday won the Italian Grand Prix in treacherous wet conditions to become the youngest race winner in Formula One history!

The 21-year-old led all the way from the lights to the chequered flag to give his Toro Rosso team the greatest day in their history. He is also the youngest person to be on pole position.
"I don't know what to say but this is just unbelievable. I feel so happy for me, for my family and the team," Vettel said.
"When I stood on the podium and saw the crowd it was a moment I will never forget for the rest of my life.
"We had a difficult start to the season and so who would have believed this - a pole and a win."

Vettel, who also made history on Saturday by becoming the youngest driver to ever win pole, drove superbly to finish almost 13 seconds ahead of Heikki Kovalainen, in a McLaren/Enkei Wheels, with Poland's Robert Kubica finishing third for BMW Sauber/O.Z Wheels.

More pics from this historic win are in the motorsport section of the galleries page!

Last and retired: that was the result at the end of a very tough weekend for Scuderia Toro Rosso...
It started to go wrong on Friday, when technical problems saw Seb Vettel only do nine laps, then he ran wide on the first lap today to drop from eleventh to fifteenth, before retiring when a wiring loom got damaged. At least French Seb got a demon start to move up three places from nineteenth on the grid – the result of a five place penalty for blocking Heidfeld in qualifying, but then, both times he came in to refuel, the system caught fire and he was left driving almost blind with extinguisher foam inside his helmet.
This race might have been rather processional, but with pit lae fires (Barrichello and Nakajima also suffered flare-ups during refueling), punctures and engine failures, it produced an unusual podium, with McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen taking a popular maiden victory, followed home by a man making his first ever visit to the F1 champagne spraying ceremony in the shape of Toyota’s Timo Glock.
Kimi Raikkonen kept his title hopes alive, coming home third ahead of an ever improving Renault driven by Fernando Alonso. Lewis Hamilton still leads the series, having survived a puncture to come home fifth. The saddest tale of the day is that of Felipe Massa. The Brazilian pulled off two incredibly ballsy moves from third on the grid, first to out gun Kovalainen to the first corner and then, all wheels locked, the Ferrari man charged past pole man Lewis to take the lead. But with just three of the seventy laps remaining, he parked his hobbled Prancing Horse opposite the pit wall, with an apparent engine failure. There was plenty of smoke and probably a few tears.
We now enter what might be called the F1 Summer Break, but everyone will be working flat out at the Faenza factory! In all honesty, the characteristics of the Hungaroring circuit were never going to suit the STR3 car, but we could have hoped for a bit better than this. There’s a Red Bull party tonight for Budapest’s Beautiful People and none of our guys are too bothered about missing it, as they’re flying home tonight.
The next few races should suit our package better, starting with a step into the unknown at the new Valencia street circuit for the European GP!

Accelera is a tyre brand we're particularly proud to be associated with. Like us, most of you want a performance tyre that provides all of the grip and ride comfort of the high priced big brand tyres but that price tag is just a bit excessive. This is where Accelera step's in with a range of tyres that is as good as anything else out there but at a fraction of the price! Skeptical? Wheels magazine independently tested seven brand name tyres including Bridgestone, Dunlop, Falken, Goodyear, Pirelli, Sumitomo and the Accelera in 235/45R17 and 195/60R15 sizes. To read the whole article online follow this link!

The Advanti Gauntlet, one of our stunning new 2008 styles, has been officially JWL load rated to 880Kg on all 20x8.5 and 22x8.5 sizes in 5-114.3 and 5-120 fitments.