Performance Vehicles (Page 106)

The folks at Mustang6g.com have gotten ahold of the order guide for the 2018 Ford Mustang and included in this information is the new Carbon Sport Interior package – which adds carbon fiber and other premium materials around the cabin for an added touch of premium performance.

The Dodge Challenger is the most powerful car sold in the USA and during the month of June 2017, Mopar’s muscle car was the bestselling sporty car sold in America – beating the Ford Mustang, the Chevrolet Camaro and every other 2-door performance car in the market.

I know that our seasoned car-club, armature race-nuts, will find the headline above to be a bit redundant. But then again, this is 2017 Civic Type-R.

With 278 second generation Acura NSX Hybrid supercars sold in the United States to date, you may never encounter one running the roads and freeways of your home turf. Nonetheless, Honda’s ultimate halo car has reignited the regeneration of the Acura brand.

Check out the first videos of the new 2018 Subaru WRX STI Type RA NBR Special at Goodwood. It looks wicked fast.

Just before the newly-refreshed 2018 Subaru WRX/STI performance models arrive, sales take a dip. Are fans waiting for a faster STI?

Toyota's midsize Tacoma pickup had a strong month in June, showing that not all vehicle sales are slowing.

The TorqueNews/Camaros Unlimited Camaro of the Month for July 2017 is this beautiful 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS owned by Robert Drury.

The June Hellcat of the Month as picked by the members of the SRT Hellcat Facebook page has picked this beautiful TorRed Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, owned by David Cach of Michigan.

Subaru Japan announces the 2018 WRX S4 for the Japan market but something is missing. Is Subaru sacrificing performance for safety?

A new BMW i8 Roadster has been announced and is revealed in this new video. When is it coming?

The Subaru WRX was cast in a perfect role in ‘Baby Driver’. Here’s why demand will skyrocket for the rally-bred performance sedan.

Porsche just unveiled its iconic new 911 GT2 RS, which is the most powerful 911 so far built by Porsche and here is what the auto media thinks about it. The Porsche 911 GT2 RS comes with 700 HP and costs $293,000.

Subaru WRX, Forester, Outback and Legacy are finally being recalled in Russia for the Takata airbag issue. What took so long?

A Subaru fan dumps $250K into his 2002 WRX Bugeye. The car is now banned from competing in car shows.

Dodge has announced that the exterior styling of the new Durango SRT will be available on lower performance models and while some people hate the idea of the high performance look on the non-performance models. I think that this move comes at the perfect time.

While the 4th of July falls on a Tuesday, General Motors is offering a 10% discount on the 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray – knocking as much as $8,500 off of the price of the original American sports car for the celebration of our nation’s independence from England.

Ford announced this morning that the 2018 Mustang EcoBoost models will come equipped with a similar line lock feature to the one offered for the previous Mustang GT, so with the demise of the V6 – every new Mustang for the 2018 model year will make it easier for owners to smoke the tires.

The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat with the optional Widebody package will draw plenty of attention on the street due to its unique look, but that flared body and wider tires make an impressive impact on performance – allowing the wider Hellcat to run a 10-second quarter mile with the stock tires.

Looking through our West Coast Honda Dealership inventories, the long awaited 2017 Civic Type-R remains elusive, or at the least, “ in transit.” Torque News finds one listed for sale in Eugene, Oregon.

Car lovers always try to highlight the finishes on their vehicles. Mustang owners debate the best polishes to make a metallic finish shine on a 2016 Ford Mustang.

The folks at Kenne Bell have just rolled out their new 4.7L supercharger kit for the Hellcat-powered Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger, which with proper supporting modifications will double the stock output of the Mopar monsters – packing more than a thousand rear wheel horsepower “with ease”.

FCA announced today that for the second year in a row, Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge will sponsor legal street racing on Detroit’s Woodward Avenue along with a massive automotive festival at the M1 Concourse grounds which border the temporary race track on Woodward.

This past weekend, the NHRA Mello Yello Championship Series headed to Norwalk, Ohio for the Summit Racing Equipment Nationals and for the 9th straight time, a Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Charger R/T took the win in the Funny Car class – beating JRF Camaro driver Robert Hight and giving DSR its 11th win in 12 events this season.

RealTime Racing’s founder and Pirelli World Challenge race series champion Peter Cunningham, drove his re purposed Acura TLX GT track car for the first time on the “Race to The Clouds,” running the second fastest time to the summit.

Canada will also get the 2018 Subaru WRX STI Type RA and BRZ tS limited edition models. How many will be shipped up north?

FCA has filed for a trademark of the Cuda name, leading many people to believe that this is a guaranteed sign of a new muscle car coming in the future, but does this filing point towards a new model or is FCA just looking to protect one of its classic monikers?

We talk a great deal about the world’s quickest Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcats, but the quickest modern Challengers on the street are not Hellcat cars and Todd Barber’s twin turbo Challenger R/T is a great example – running through the quarter mile in the mid 8-second range.

Yesterday we talked about the teaser video showing the 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE and today, we have the full video and the stunning record time of just 7:16.04 – making it the fastest muscle car to lap “The Ring” and the second fastest American car to turn in an official Nürburgring record time.

When it comes to proving why BMW is the best engine builder in the world, the Engine of the Year awards 2017 tells the story. Why is BMW i8 the best again?