Performance Vehicles (Page 136)

The folks at Hennessey Performance are celebrating their 25th birthday this year and to highlight their silver anniversary, the crew has offered up a special edition of the HPE800 Ford Mustang – with 804 horsepower, 648lb-ft of torque, all of the physical attributes of the HPE800 package and some unique 25th anniversary appointments.

A video has hit the internet showing a new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 fitted with the Callaway SC757 package participating in a top speed event on a 1.5 mile track – hitting an awesome 205 miles per hour with the modified GM supercar.

For the 5th straight race, a Don Schumacher Dodge Charger won the NHRA funny car class and for the 5th straight race, the final round had a pair of Mopar team cars battling for the Wally – with Tommy Johnson Jr grabbing his first win of the 2016 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

Last month, Aston Martin revealed the drop-dead gorgeous Vanquish Zagato at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este at Lake Como. The question at the time is whether or not Aston Martin and Zagato would put this into production.

What’s the best way to prove the new BMW M2’s agility? Two BMW DTM drivers take it all the way to Hungary.

Watch 2016 Subaru WRX STI Nurburgring 24-hour driver Carlo Van Dam run the fastest lap.

The annual MIFBody Meet and Greet is Milford, Michigan is the largest all-Camaro and Firebird show in the state of Michigan and this year’s event was a good one – with more than 250 cars, hundreds of spectators and over a thousand dollars raised for the Turning Point Charity in Mt Clemens, Michigan.

According to the folks at Mustang6g.com, the Ford Mustang will soon be fitted with a 10-speed automatic transmission and their proof is the dealership parts locating system – which lists the 10-speed gearbox in a list of features for the Ford Mustang.

The Chrysler Group announced this morning that 2017 will mark the end of production for the Dodge Viper, but before the legendary American supercar slips off into extinction, the company will celebrate the beast with a collection of five limited edition packages – all of which help to commemorate the history of the Viper.

The U.S. gets the new Subaru 3-Row crossover, Australia gets the Levorg STI. Why can’t we have both?

I recently had a chance to spend a week driving the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro 1LT convertible and in addition to enjoying the driving characteristics of the “base V6 model”, I also really liked the interior of this muscle car and honestly, I think that the critics are just looking for something to dislike.

A truly visually stunning all electric 4-wheel-drive torque vectoring 2017 Acura NSX carries forward Honda’s vision for the future in automotive technology; 100% electric, zero emissions, badass!

50 years after the 1966 Ford GT40 race cars finished 1-2-3 in the 24 Hours of LeMans, the new Ford GT race car took the class win, along with the 3rd and 4th place spots in the GTE Pro group – while the Balance of Performance adjustments continued to keep the Corvette Racing crew fighting through the middle of the pack.

There hasn’t been any official information offered up for the 2017 Dodge Challenger just yet, but insider information from the folks at Hellcat.org suggests that this new model year will be getting a handful of new colors, a new infotainment interface and a new “special edition” trimline.

Subaru is getting their new Levorg sports tourer BTCC race cars dialed in. They scored their first 1-2 finish.

The AWD system of the 2016 Subaru WRX STI driven by Molly Taylor proved its worth. What happened in Australia?

The new 2017 Nissan GT-R and it’s stablemate GT-R NISMO will be at Goodwood Festival of Speed. What other surprises?

The qualifying rounds for the 2016 24 Hours of LeMans race have finished up and the new Ford GT cars have captured the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th spots in the GTE Pro class while the Corvette Racing teams have been forced to settle for last and 2nd to last in the class – but new Balance of Performance adjustments have been issued to several teams ahead of the race.

Subaru releases a new Isle of Man TT Course record run in the 2016 WRX STI. Check out the 1 minute sneak peak video.

Bucky Lasek will drive the new 2016 Subaru WRX STI at Forest Rally. Will he have any chance to beat Higgins?

The 2016 Subaru WRX and 2016 Crosstrek are tops in quality. What 10 qualities will keep you grinning?

The 2016 Kia Forte 5 SX isn’t marketed as a performance model, but this compact 5-door handles well and it has enough power to make it a fun daily driver – falling just short of the “hot hatch” designation without even trying while preserving all of the comforts needed to be driven through the daily grind.

The “Balance of Performance” adjustments required of the Corvette Racing teams during the first qualifying session for this weekend’s 24 Hours of LeMans race have had a horrific impact on the reigning champions, moving them to the bottom of the GTE Pro qualifying order while the new Ford GT – which was originally much slower than the Corvette – jumped to the top two spots in the class.

The Ram 1500 Rebel is the newest Moparized vehicle, joining the Dodge Challenger, the Dodge Charger, the Dodge Dart and the Chrysler 300 on the list of vehicles given the factory upgrade treatment, but as has been the case in the past – the Mopar 16 Ram will be limited to just 500 units.

The 2017 Nissan 370Z lineup gets no price increases. Do you like yellow?

Ford Motor Company hasn’t announced exactly when the 2017 F150 pickups with the new 10-speed automatic transmission will reach dealerships, but the image above – showing the shift indicator area of the F150 gauge cluster – leads me to believe that the arrival of the industry’s first 10-speed gearbox cant be far off.

The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS offers a dual mode exhaust system with varying levels of exhaust sound, but for those 6th gen Camaro owners who want to really let their LT1 V8 roar – the folks at Borla have three different exhaust systems, each with its own unique tone.

The modern Dodge Challenger has never been offered as a convertible while both the Ford Mustang and the Chevrolet Camaro have, but while some people insist that a Challenger convertible would have a big impact on sales – polling a handful of Mopar enthusiast group shows fairly low interested in a drop-top Dodge muscle car.

Has the golden age of performance cars passed us by? Check out the BMW 2002 Hommage.

Subaru Tecnica International brought 5 hot performance machines to Wicked Big Meet. Check out the gallery.