My first was a VW Scirocco Storm, which had the usual wheels, suspension and exhaust plus a respray in purple, and that’s now sitting in the garage. “I’ve modified every car I’ve owned – and I still own them all!” he says. And so, as we’re soon to learn, is this ever-surprising estate car. This is probably the only E46 in existence with a carbon fibre DB7 steering wheel, and those sodding great brakes are there for a reason: you see, what really characterises supercars above all else is that they’re really rather powerful. He’s got the perfect family car – safe, practical, reliable, spacious – while at the same time turning it into a supercar. Quite simply, Sav is living out the dadlife dream. A particularly clued-up aficionado may spot that the Speedline wheels were original Aston Martin equipment. It wears its original shade of paint, it’s got a roof-box for that practical-family-man-on-holiday vibe… but wait, what’s that behind the front wheels? Does it really say Aston Martin on those calipers? And when you peep through the window, there’s an Aston Martin steering wheel in there too. And as you can see from the shoot, this BMW is an exercise in subtlety, in relative terms at least sure, folks like us will immediately spot the aired-out stance, the stellar split-rims, the M3 exhaust outlets… but to the casual bystander on the street, it’s just some old estate car. Sav is one of those kinds of guys who’s always happiest with a spanner in his hand and oil on his shirt, endlessly seeking out offbeat ideas and solutions. And Sav Kannides’ supercharged E46 330i Touring can be found somewhere toward the ‘surprise’ end of the scale. It’s a subjective area with a lot of wiggle room. In others, it can be a car that simply focuses more on power than aesthetics, and from thence the surprise arises. In some cases, a street sleeper might be a car that looks entirely standard and unassuming but hides a bewildering and entirely unexpected stable of horses within. Fusing the disparate styles of the E46 M3 and Aston Martin DB7, Sav Kannides’ supercharged 330i Touring is a big-power sleeper with a dreamy spec.įeature from Performance BMW magazine.
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