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Performance Vehicles (Page 208)

By Patrick Rall on May 3, 2014 - 11:19AM
The American sport compact world has been clamoring for the high performance Ford Focus RS that has dominated the European segment for years and while the RS still hasn’t arrived stateside, the Ford Focus ST is a powerful representation of how great an American sport compact can be…and in more ways that just straight line acceleration.
By Denis Flierl on May 3, 2014 - 8:33AM
The 2014 Subaru BRZ GT300 has qualified in second place for the second leg of SUPER GT that takes place at Fuji Speedway this weekend.
By Denis Flierl on May 3, 2014 - 7:24AM
The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI Launch Edition will be on display at Subaru Boxerfest in Maryland this weekend with original 1998 Subaru 22B-STI.
By Patrick Rall on May 2, 2014 - 3:52PM
The 2015 Dodge Challenger was designed to feature some styling cues of the 1971 Challenger and while the automaker has succeeded with this evolutionary design – there is still no convertible and the lack of a droptop version in a segment that obviously appreciates the open air freedom really blows my mind.
By Patrick Rall on May 2, 2014 - 1:07PM
When the new C7 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray made its world debut at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, many of the loud mouthed, old school Corvette owners cried foul at the new look – insisting that this car wouldn’t succeed due to the unconventional look – but after the first four months of 2014 the new Corvette is outselling the previous model by almost 200%.
By Denis Flierl on May 2, 2014 - 10:29AM
How does the average new car buyer benefit from Subaru's 2015 WRX STI motorsports involvement? Here’s how.
By Denis Flierl on May 2, 2014 - 7:31AM
Subaru announced all-time record sales for WRX STI. Why is it the hottest selling car in the lineup?
By Patrick Rall on May 1, 2014 - 4:08PM
On Tuesday we looked at a picture of the Hellcat Hemi engine that will power the next generation SRT Challenger sitting on a factory engine stand from our friend The Mopar Man and today, The Mopar Man has new, spicy shots of the Hellcat Hemi in the Challenger’s engine bay along with some spy shots showing what we believe to be the new SRT Challenger.
By Patrick Rall on May 1, 2014 - 2:57PM
Last month, the Chevrolet Camaro moved more than 9,000 units for the first time since the first half of 2012 – allowing the Camaro to soundly pummel both the Ford Mustang and the Dodge Challenger in monthly sales while also giving the Camaro back the lead in annual muscle car sales for 2014.
By Patrick Rall on May 1, 2014 - 10:58AM
When Ford Motor Company announced the Line Lock feature for the 2015 Mustang GT, they talked about how it would help benefit racers only to finish by saying that racing will void your engine warranty – leaving many people to wonder when you should be using Line Lock as to not void your warranty.
By Denis Flierl on May 1, 2014 - 7:58AM
EVO Australia magazine has given the new 2015 Subaru WRX STI a “turbocharge tick”, rating it four and-a-half stars in their May edition.
By Patrick Rall on April 30, 2014 - 2:50PM
The US Department of Energy and General Motors have teamed up with 16 universities around the country to make the Chevrolet Camaro more eco friendly as part of the EcoCar3 Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition.
By Patrick Rall on April 30, 2014 - 2:10PM
Ford Motor Company is looking to market the 2015 Mustang to as many people as possible and through as many unusual channels as possible with the most recent (and most unusual) being this new 80s Dance Battle video by musicians Scott and Brendo– showing the Mustang from a variety of angles both moving and stationary.
By Patrick Rall on April 30, 2014 - 12:30PM
2015 Dodge Challenger test mules have been running around the Metro Detroit area for months now, but with the New York debut of the new look, the camouflage is coming off of these mules and I recently stumbled across one in Milford – offering a good idea as to what to expect from the 2015 Challenger SXT Plus.
By Denis Flierl on April 30, 2014 - 7:19AM
Subaru UK has announced pricing on the 2014 BRZ and it’s less than last years model. Why does Subaru want to differentiate it from the 2015 WRX STI?
By Patrick Rall on April 29, 2014 - 5:26PM
The 2014 Chevrolet SS performance sedan has been marketed by General Motors as a 4-door Corvette and when the 2015 SS models begin arriving in dealerships later this year, they could feature a pair of new features to back up the Corvette relation of this full sized sedan.
By Patrick Rall on April 29, 2014 - 2:59PM
While some images have caught what is believed to be the new Hellcat Hemi under the hood of a Dodge Challenger test mule, this image appears to be the first full engine image that we have seen of Chrysler’s new 600+ horsepower supercharged Hemi.
By Patrick Rall on April 29, 2014 - 10:38AM
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is one of the nastiest muscle cars ever sold for road use, but for those folks who need way more thrust than the standard 580 horsepower can provide, the Hennessey HPE1000 package pushes the output into the 4-figure range – and today we have a video of that thousand horsepower monster in action on the quarter mile.
By Denis Flierl on April 29, 2014 - 7:38AM
Four-time World Rally Champion Tommi Makinen provides his thoughts on the all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI.
By Patrick Rall on April 28, 2014 - 1:49PM
The future Dodge Charger SRT and Dodge Challenger SRT will be powered by a new supercharged Hemi codenamed the Hellcat and the folks at Allpar have a video courtesy of automotive paparazzi Chris Doane showing the new supercharged V8 during acceleration testing in the new Dodge Charger.
By Patrick Rall on April 28, 2014 - 1:04PM
General Motors has announced that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will be offered with the sexy Pacific and Atlantic packages that debuted at last year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas – bringing a high performance look to the 2015 Stingray Coupe and a high end luxury look to the 2015 Stingray Convertible.
By Patrick Rall on April 28, 2014 - 11:22AM
Ford Motor Company announced earlier this year that they were teaming up with the nail polish company Opi to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Ford Mustang and with the celebration well under way – we have a first look at the six shades offered in the Ford Mustang by Opi lineup.
By Denis Flierl on April 28, 2014 - 6:52AM
An improved 2015 Subaru BRZ is coming but will we see a new Subaru BRZ STI?
By Denis Flierl on April 27, 2014 - 8:11AM
Will we ever see a 5-door hatch in the performance 2015 Subaru WRX or WRX STI again? Subaru listens to their loyal fans. Here is a way to let them know.
By Denis Flierl on April 26, 2014 - 10:36AM
The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI is at the New York International Auto Show along with the 2015 Global RallyCross STI. But who else brought a new STI?
By Patrick Rall on April 25, 2014 - 2:29PM
While the $75,000 price tag and the limited quantities of the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, there will likely be some folks who cannot acquire the real thing who will try to make a more affordable trimline of the Camaro look and drive like the Z/28 – but GM isn’t going to make it easy for dreamers to build a knock-off of the new super-Camaro.
By Patrick Rall on April 24, 2014 - 6:39PM
Since the 2015 Dodge Charger R/T was introduced last week at the 2014 New York International Auto Show, there have been critics who hate the new look for a variety of different reasons – but Chrysler doesn’t care if you hate the 2015 Charger design because there really isn’t any competition for the brawny Mopar sport sedan.
By Patrick Rall on April 24, 2014 - 2:29PM
Ford Motor Company announced earlier this week that the unique 2014 Ford Mustang GT that was built to serve as the hero car in the racing action movie Need for Speed sold at the Barrett Jackson Palm Beach Auction – with all of the $300,000 from the winning bid going to charity.
By Patrick Rall on April 24, 2014 - 11:05AM
This weekend, visitors at the National Corvette Museum will get to meet the newest Callaway tuned C7 Corvette Stingray – with a supercharger package that helps this beast produce 620 horsepower and 600lb-ft of torque.
By Denis Flierl on April 24, 2014 - 7:50AM
2014 Subaru BRZ is participating in the Japan Gazoo Racing series. Why is BRZ the perfect track car?