Performance Vehicles (Page 112)

The Subaru WRX STI will remain the exclusive OEM vehicle at the DirtFish Rally School. Why does the school include the BRZ?

Off to a solid start for 2017, Cox and Eversley will attack the streets of Long Beach, California in the 3rd round of Pirelli World Challenge GT behind the wheel of the Acura RealTime Racing NSX GT-3 car. It should be a great weekend for Acura.

A new video has been posted online showing a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat beating a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in two out of three roll races in a clash between two stock, supercharged muscle cars with their automatic transmissions.

FCA uses the start of the Houston Auto Show yesterday to introduce a new exterior color for the 2017 Ram 1500 Rebel with Delmonico Red combining two of my favorite things – a high performance off-road truck and the proper color of a good steak – along with rolling out new lettering for the tailgate of the premium Limited models.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced this morning that the 2017 Indy 500 “Festival Cars” had been delivered, with 101 specially outfitted 2017 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertibles built for official use and public sale around the Indianapolis area – and the cars intended for public sale should be at local dealerships soon.

It seems as though the Ford Mustang will become the weapon of choice for Blue Oval drivers in the Australian V8 Supercar racing series – meaning that there will either be a coupe running in what has traditionally always been a sedan-only series, or the Mustang body will be adapted to fit on the current sedan race car platform.

Just because you are rich doesn't mean you be above the law.

The team at Hennessey Performance has cooked up a new package for Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 owners who want to go from the street to the drag strip and runs 9s, and to battle Dodge’s newest high performance Challenger, HPE is calling this 1000 horsepower muscle car the Exorcist.

The Subaru WRX and WRX STI performance sedans are riding high with stablemates Outback and Forester. What new records did they set?

Definition: SUVGS, or SUV Guilt Syndrome, often results from the purchase of, ownership and operation, of an over sized, over chromed, Dub wearing, gas guzzling, 3-row SUV.

The first new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE built for public sale will be sold to the highest bidder at this weekend’s Barrett Jackson Palm Beach Auction, with the proceeds going to the United Way – a figure which will likely climb well into the six-figure range.

Through the first three months of 2017, the Dodge Charger leads all rear wheel drive sedans in sales and in terms of every rear wheel drive car sold in America – only the Ford Mustang has sold more units, and that is by a narrow margin.

This past weekend, the teams of the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series headed to Las Vegas for the Denso Spark Plug Nationals and for the 3rd time in four events, a Don Schumacher Dodge Charger took the win in the funny car class – with Tommy Johnson Jr grabbing his first win of the season.

The Ford Mustang beat the Chevrolet Camaro and the Dodge Challenger the 5th month in a row and the 27th time in the past 29 months, allowing the Motor Company to continue to lead the muscle car segment as it climbs out of the slow winter months.

The TorqueNews/Camaros Unlimited Camaro of the Month for April 2016 is this radiant green 1973 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Type LT RS – owned by Adam Kappell.

Subaru will bring faster 2017 WRX STI Rally cars to the most terrifying hillclimb for rally drivers in America. It’s coming in July.

Subaru introduces the newly-redesigned 2018 Subaru WRX and WRX STI.
Should you buy one now, or wait for the all-new 2020 model?

In the last week of March, we drove 2017 Acura NSX sport hybrid on the backroads of Seattle's neighboring countryside. It was raining so hard at times that one couldn't see the road through the cadence of the windshield wipers. Acura NSX didn’t skip a beat.

If you want to learn to drag race in a new Chevrolet Camaro SS for less than $180 and you live in the Middle East, you are in luck, as the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi is now offering the Camaro Drag Race Experience.

Earlier this week I got to check out the lineup of customized Jeep vehicles which will make their formal debut next month at the 2017 Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, and I am completely smitten with the incredible Quick Sand Concept shown here – packing Hemi power into a customized 2-door Wrangler.

When Team EKS starts its battle against other competitors in Saturday's opening battle of the FIA World Rallycross season in Barcelona, it marks a number of firsts.

The 2018 Ford Mustang will have a handful of new features compared to the 2017 models, but one of the most unique might be the red pulsing engine start button – which, according to Ford, flashes at a similar rate as the heartbeat of a horse at rest.

How was the performance-oriented Subaru WRX STI born? Credit it to STI’s “Spirit of Challenge”.

Those folks considering a 2017 Dodge Challenger or Dodge Charger in R/T Scat Pack form can now add the Dynamics Package – which improves performance with a handful of components borrowed from the Hellcat models.

The new 2017 Subaru WRX STI chokes in Australia’s Eureka Rally. Two challenges ruined the day.

The Chevrolet Camaro is not built in the right hand drive configuration which is required for legal use in Australia, but those hardcore (and financially wealthy) Chevrolet fans “down under” who want to drive the most powerful GM muscle car ever – a local company will handle the importing and all of the work to switch the supercharged beast to right-drive for around $146k AUS.

FCA has offered up a pair of teaser images ahead of next month’s Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, and while the details on these two Mopar-modified Wranglers are scant – I am going to go ahead and predict that we will see at least one custom SUV with Hellcat power.

Spy shots revealing what appears to be a Ford Shelby GT350R Mustang with more extreme aero bits could reveal something as simple as upgrades for the GT350 line, or they could be the best shots yet of the rumored Shelby GT500 Mustang.

The Fiat 124 Spider's sales are not where they should be. We examine the possible reasons.

General Motors has filed for a patent with the US government for an elaborate active aerodynamics package which is displayed in the filing on a C7 Corvette – with the fine print detailing an array of adjustable components which adapt to the vehicle’s motion based on a variety of inputs.