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Performance Vehicles (Page 132)

By Patrick Rall on August 29, 2016 - 12:14PM
Leading up to the Woodward Dream Cruise, Dodge introduced the new 2017 Challenger T/A with either the 5.7L Hemi or the 392 Hemi and while some will complain that these new trimlines are not elaborate enough – I think that this new Challenger T/A is a perfect package for the current muscle car market.
By Denis Flierl on August 29, 2016 - 8:40AM
David Higgins and Craig Drew secure their sixth Rally America Championship. What happened to Pastrana?
By Denis Flierl on August 29, 2016 - 8:30AM
The 2016 Subaru BRZ GT300 gets its first win of the season. The team overcame a lot to get the victory.
By Denis Flierl on August 27, 2016 - 7:34AM
Is a US-spec 2018 Subaru BRZ tS coming to US shores? New trademark applications suggest it could.
By Parks McCants on August 26, 2016 - 2:13PM
Limited to 100 units for export to Japan, Acura NSX is now available for customer order in Japan, it’s pricy!
By John Goreham on August 26, 2016 - 11:29AM
The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Classica and Lusso trims with automatic transmission are missing a key feature.
By Denis Flierl on August 26, 2016 - 7:57AM
Lasek and Isachsen won’t be behind the wheel of the new 2017 Subaru WRX STI GRC supercar in Atlantic City. Remember Chris Atkinson?
By Patrick Rall on August 25, 2016 - 4:58PM
While this past weekend’s Roadkill Nights by Dodge focused on the title brand, one of the nastiest Chevrolet Camaro drag cars in the world was on hand to show off the capabilities of a 3,500hp twin turbo Chevy - drawing as much attention from the crowd as any car in the racing field.
By Patrick Rall on August 25, 2016 - 2:38PM
The new Dodge Viper ACR has set over a dozen track records around the world with its 645hp V10, but for those European Viper owners who want to set track records more efficiently, the German tuning experts at GeigerCars has a new package that increases the output of the wicked American supercar by 120 horsepower.
By Patrick Rall on August 25, 2016 - 2:07PM
Online discussions on enthusiast forums and social networks make it clear that Ford F150 fans still want a “Lightning” high performance on-road pickup, regardless of how good the 2017 Raptor F150 might be on the road and off – mainly because these folks want a short cab, short bed truck that lacks the added weight of four wheel drive.
By Denis Flierl on August 25, 2016 - 7:45AM
Watch Travis Pastrana roll his 2016 Subaru WRX STI at STPR in 360
By Patrick Rall on August 24, 2016 - 3:50PM
The Camaro Corral brought 50 years of muscle car history to the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise, with over a hundred privately owned Chevrolet Camaros and some free swag for both participants and visitors of the Pleasant Ridge display.
By Patrick Rall on August 24, 2016 - 2:12PM
Ford Motor Company originally planned to build just 500 examples of the new Ford GT, spread over the next two years, but after receiving a huge number of purchase inquiries and deciding that they want to keep running production-based endurance racing – the automaker has decided to add two more years of production to the new carbon fiber supercar.
By Parks McCants on August 24, 2016 - 12:49PM
One could feel the electricity in the air Saturday night as Acura’s General Manager Jon Ikeda spoke of things to come for Honda’s premium car division. The world’s first design and manufactured in America supercar signals a shift in the makers design directive.
By Patrick Rall on August 24, 2016 - 11:54AM
After doing a piece earlier this week about the new Camaro ZL1 being able to get to 60mph in first gear with the manual transmission, a handful of Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat owners contacted me to point out that their manual transmission muscle cars will do the same – and they can do it in about 4 seconds flat.
By Patrick Rall on August 23, 2016 - 4:34PM
During the 1st half of 2016, the Ford Mustang is the bestselling sporty car in the United Kingdom, comfortably beating the Jaguar F Type and every other sporty car with more than 250hp in the UK according to Ford Motor Company.
By Patrick Rall on August 23, 2016 - 3:11PM
This past weekend, the 2nd Roadkill Nights by Dodge event was held at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan, and while things didn’t go quite as smoothly as they did with the smaller crowd in 2015 – this year’s Detroit Roadkill event was a massive success and a ton of fun for everyone who attended.
By Denis Flierl on August 23, 2016 - 10:26AM
Subaru Tecnica International (STI) put their badge on the Levorg Sport and it sells out in 30 days. Why is that good news?
By Denis Flierl on August 23, 2016 - 7:43AM
The Scion FR-S is now the 2017 Toyota 86 and it gets a minor refresh. It also gets a small price bump.
By Parks McCants on August 22, 2016 - 6:20PM
Acura’s halo car turned more than a couple of heads at the hypercritical auto aficionado driven preview to Carmel’s Concourse classic car show.
By Patrick Rall on August 22, 2016 - 3:31PM
GM continues to offer up little bits of information on the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with the most recent being the fact that when equipped with the 6-speed manual transmission, the 6th gen Camaro ZL1 will get to 60 miles an hour in 1st gear – which could lead to a 0-60 time below 4 seconds.
By Patrick Rall on August 22, 2016 - 12:44PM
While racing at the 2016 Roadkill Nights by Dodge event in Pontiac, Michigan, a Tesla Model S went head to head on a slippery surface with a Ford Mustang GT, and the highly touted electric super sedan took a serious beating at the hands of the American muscle car.
By Patrick Rall on August 22, 2016 - 10:07AM
This past weekend while attending the Woodward Dream Cruise, I stumbled across the “Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT Trackhawk with the Hellcat Hemi” that has been making its rounds through the automotive media and having seen it in person – and I still don’t think that it is a Hellcat model.
By Denis Flierl on August 22, 2016 - 8:06AM
The Toronto Subaru Club Hypermeet is the largest gathering of Subaru enthusiasts in Canada. There were plenty of Subaru WRX STIs on hand.
By Denis Flierl on August 21, 2016 - 8:03AM
Subaru Russia drops the price on the 2016 Subaru WRX STI. What’s the issue in Russia?
By Will Maley on August 20, 2016 - 10:47AM
When Lamborghini revealed the Centenario at the Geneva Motor Show in March, they said about 40 of them would be built - 20 coupes and 20 roadsters. We have seen the coupe and now we get our first glimpse at the roadster.
By John Goreham on August 19, 2016 - 11:43AM
Your retractable hard-top, fast-back Miata will soon be available for pre-ordering.
By Denis Flierl on August 19, 2016 - 8:25AM
Nissan is going to make sure Usain Bolt gets "Bolted" in a big way. What’s in store for the gold medalist?
By Patrick Rall on August 18, 2016 - 1:31PM
In addition to the hundreds of privately owned Ford Mustang coupes and convertibles lining Mustang Alley at this weekend’s Woodward Dream Cruise, Roush Performance will showcase their entire Mustang lineup – from the 300hp RS to the 670hp RS3.
By John Goreham on August 18, 2016 - 11:11AM
Fiat has just made picking the Abarth version of its new 124 Spider much easier.