The December BASF Car Pack
Those are not cars for the faint of heart. The BASF Car Pack for Forza Horizon 2 on Xbox One has something for every kind of car fan. Available today for $5 in the Xbox Live store, the BASF Car Pack features six cars to collect, customize, drive and race in the vast open world of Forza Horizon 2.
The all-new Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S and Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 will leave you gasping for breath. Looking for a more relaxed but just as glamorous ride? The Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Coupe is at home on Nice's boulevards just as it is offroad. The Cisitalia 202 GT and the Citroen DS 21 Pallas are both cars that were a look into things to come when they came out, and are still revered icons of automotive progress today.
In addition to the availability of the BASF Car Pack for Forza Horizon 2 on Xbox One, players will also be able to check out a new free car available to all: the 1991 Alpine A610.
2016 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S (Super GT)
When Mercedes-Benz lifted the veil on the SLS, mouths were agape. And its successor surely doesn't disappoint. Powered by the new-generation "hot-inside" twin-turbo V8 developed by the car's namesake Mercedes-AMG and with styling more befitting a sculpture than to a car, this car surely doesn't fear its competition.
2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 (Modern Muscle)
The newest Mustang Shelby may also be the baddest of them all. It has the looks of a snake ready to bite, and the flat-pane V8 is not only the most powerful naturally-aspired engine ever produced by Ford, but probably also the best sounding. A stiffer chassis and larger Brembo brakes add to the promise of living up to Carrol Shelby's original vision of a road car for the track.
2012 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Coupe (Sport Utility Heroes)
With the Evoque, Land Rover inaugurated a bold, new course that's taken the brand away from its image of utilitarian ruggedness by adding a layer of glamour and coolness. While purists looked with disdain, the new baby-Range Rover's been met with critical acclaim, and fantastic sale figures. And while its looks and posh interiors wink at Hollywood socialites, the high-tech all-terrain system, Magneride suspension and 240hp inline-4 engine mean the Evoque is just as capable as its older, humbler brethen where the black stuff ends.
1947 Cisitalia 202 GT (Rare Classics)
The brainchild of Italian industrialist Piero Drusio, the Cisitalia was a car that turned heads in its glory days - and still does. The curvaceous aluminium body, designed by Battista Pininfarina, was a ground-breaking design in styling, aerodynamics and materials, and gained the diminutive GT a place of honor in the Museum of Modern Arts in New York. 55 hp may not seem that much, but they were enough to push the 202, driven by legendary driver Tazio Nuvolari, to second place in the 1947 Mille Miglia. Sadly, the Cisitalia brand was short-lived, but its legend lives on in the world of Horizon.
1965 Citroen DS 21 Pallas (Cult Classics)
Structuralist philosopher Roland Barthes, in an essay about this car, said that it looked as if it had "fallen from the sky". And boy, was he right. When the Goddess (or Déesse - that's how you read those two legendary letters in French) was unveiled at the 1955 Paris Motor Show, its technological equipment was so beyond anything people had ever seen, the car may have been a spaceship for all they know. And still today, there are not many cars that can vaunt options such as directional headlights and hydropneumatic suspensions - the claim to fame for this car, they even allowed the DS to ride on three wheels.
Will you keep it stock and ride through the countryside in this iconic piece of French automotive design, or give it spaceship power to match its looks by choosing one of many engine swaps available? The choiche is yours.
1991 Alpine A610 (Retro Supercars)
Born to compete with cars with far more prestige and grunt, the Alpine A610 wasn't very appreciated during its 4-years production run, and was the last car of the French specialist car-maker before it disappeared into Renault. But make no mistake: with its relatively lightweight fiberglass body and 250 hp rear-mounted turbocharged Renault engine, the A610 bore all the marks of Billancourt's most successful products. Maybe you'll find a diamond in the rough in this French supercar.
(Heh, I needed an exercise in write-up as photos for my next set accumulate...)