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Performance Vehicles (Page 143)

By Patrick Rall on April 19, 2016 - 1:01PM
A new Chevrolet Camaro SS 50th Anniversary edition will serve as the official pace car for the 2016 Indianapolis 500 with legendary team owner Roger Penske at the wheel – marking the 5th time in the past 7 years where a Camaro has been the Indy 500 pace car.
By Will Maley on April 19, 2016 - 9:04AM
The Lamborghini Diablo is considered to be one of the iconic supercars of the nineties due to its distinct shape and thunderous 5.7L V12 engine. Trying to find one for your collection isn't difficult since Lamborghini built around 2,900 Diablos.
By Denis Flierl on April 19, 2016 - 8:44AM
BMW is attracting new fans to the M2 Coupe with a number of marketing firsts.
By Denis Flierl on April 19, 2016 - 7:31AM
Two powerful earthquakes struck Kumamoto in south-western Japan. It is affecting automakers Toyota and Honda but not Subaru.
By Parks McCants on April 18, 2016 - 8:27PM
Torque News puts Honda’s latest and greatest Civic offering through its paces.
By Patrick Rall on April 18, 2016 - 3:31PM
Rumors of a high performance Dodge Durango SRT have been rekindled by spyshots showing a test vehicle with a new, more aggressive front fascia which many believe will be a Hellcat Durango – but one of the insiders from Allpar suggests that the SRT Durango will pack the 392 cubic inch Hemi rather than the Hellcat Hemi.
By Patrick Rall on April 18, 2016 - 2:29PM
After the #4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R appeared to be the car to beat in the GT LeMans class this past weekend in the Grand Prix at Long Beach, a dirty move by one of the Porsche North America team cars forced Corvette Racing to settle for 2nd with the car piloted by Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin.
By Patrick Rall on April 18, 2016 - 1:30PM
On this day 52 years ago, more than 22,000 people had purchased the new Ford Mustang which had been formally introduced at the World’s Fair on April 17th, 1964 – marking the start of the longest-running car and one of the most famous American cars in the history of the industry.
By Will Maley on April 18, 2016 - 11:16AM
Last year, Koenigsegg announced they would be tackling the Nürburgring lap record with the One:1, a model that has a one to one ratio of horsepower to kilogram, making it the most powerful production car in the world at the time. But those plans were scrapped.
By Denis Flierl on April 18, 2016 - 7:58AM
Watch as an airplane worker in the UK wins a new 2016 Subaru WRX STI.
By Denis Flierl on April 18, 2016 - 7:39AM
Can you keep your eyes on Gigi in the new 2016 BMW M2 Coupe?
By Parks McCants on April 18, 2016 - 12:19AM
Torque News takes a closer look at what many believe to be Honda’s best Civic offering yet. We spend a week in the seat of Honda’s best selling 2016 Civic Sedan Touring.
By Denis Flierl on April 15, 2016 - 2:42PM
The 2017 Subaru WRX and WRX STI pricing and new upgrades are announced.
By Patrick Rall on April 15, 2016 - 1:37PM
The new Ford Mustang is the first ever to be sold in South Africa with the preferred right hand drive configuration and like every other RHD market that has just gotten the new Mustang – the American muscle car is sold out well into the foreseeable future.
By Denis Flierl on April 15, 2016 - 7:36AM
Subaru, Prodrive and STI have partnered together to built the ultimate 2016 Subaru WRX STI Time Attack car.
By Parks McCants on April 14, 2016 - 5:17PM
After an hour or two in the seat of 2017 Acura NSX, a plot developed in my sensory overloaded brain to attempt to justify the purchase of Acura’s $158,000+ rolling automotive art piece. In short, Acura NSX redefines performance dynamics, I want one.
By Patrick Rall on April 14, 2016 - 3:03PM
The configurator page for the new Ford GT supercar has gone line on Ford.com, allowing us all to burn a few minutes picking our favorite combination of wheels, stripes and exterior colors, but those folks hoping to buy a new GT will have to apply through the unique purchased process – with only approved buyers getting the green light to take one home.
By Patrick Rall on April 14, 2016 - 1:20PM
The Dodge Viper, Hellcat Challenger, Hellcat Charger and the rest of the many Hemi-powered vehicles in the brand’s lineup makes it the leading American brand in terms of high performance vehicles and in their newest advertisement, the company shows off all of these powerful vehicles as they storm through the streets of Detroit.
By Patrick Rall on April 14, 2016 - 12:34PM
I recently spent a week driving the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro 1LT RS Convertible and while I liked a great many aspects of my first CamaroSix experience, I was most impressed by how well General Motors embraces the 3.6L V6 – making their “base mode” muscle car better than the previous version and maybe better than any V6 muscle car before it.
By Will Maley on April 14, 2016 - 9:03AM
It seemed slightly odd that Porsche would introduce a second-generation of the 911 GTS in 2015; less than a year before the updated 911 with turbo flat-six engines would be revealed. But it seems it was meant to be a short production run.
By Denis Flierl on April 14, 2016 - 8:17AM
The new BMW M4 GTS makes its international press launch in Barcelona Spain. How did BMW M save weight in the M4 GTS?
By Denis Flierl on April 14, 2016 - 7:59AM
The new 2016 Subaru WRX STI rally car undergoes testing in Australia. How is Molly’s time behind the wheel going?
By Patrick Rall on April 13, 2016 - 3:22PM
The pricing has been announced for the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro in the United Kingdom, and even though the new GM muscle car isn’t right hand drive and the new Ford Mustang is – the Camaro still costs more than the Mustang in both 4- and 8-cylinder form.
By Patrick Rall on April 13, 2016 - 12:45PM
The Ford Mustang is so popular in Australia that the American muscle car is technically sold out until the middle of 2017, but the Motor Company is trying to help shorten the waiting list by allocating an extra 2,000 units for the Aussie market – although those extra cars won’t arrive until late this year.
By Patrick Rall on April 13, 2016 - 12:00PM
Jon Sipple and his record-setting Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat were back at the track this past weekend with a tune engine tune and the result was yet another record run – making the world’s quickest manual transmission Hellcat Challenger even quicker.
By Will Maley on April 13, 2016 - 9:13AM
With Mercedes-Benz introducing a new E-Class earlier this year at Detroit, we wondered what could be in store for the high-performance E63.
By Denis Flierl on April 13, 2016 - 7:54AM
BMW M2 wait times are growing. How long are buyers waiting?
By Patrick Rall on April 12, 2016 - 2:34PM
The folks at Hennessey Performance took their Venom GT Spyder to the Naval Air Station in Lemoore, California for a run at the convertible top speed record and they achieved that goal – shattering the Bugatti Veyron’s convertible top speed record in hitting 265.6 miles per hour with an engine borrowed from the Corvette Z06 and the Camaro Z28.
By Patrick Rall on April 12, 2016 - 12:28PM
This past weekend, we see new a new record for the quickest Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat set at the Modern Street Hemi Shootout and after Ricky Ellison set the record with a 9.59, he backed up his record with a 9.58 – in less than ideal conditions and without the aid of nitrous oxide.
By Denis Flierl on April 12, 2016 - 7:13AM
Here’s a preview of what’s coming on the new 2017 Subaru WRX and WRX STI.