Performance Vehicles (Page 156)

Jack Beckman and his 2015 Dodge Charger R/T funny car came into the final event of the 2015 Mello Yello Drag Racing Championship with a shot of toppling Del Worsham and claiming the season championship, but Del beat Jack in a head to head battle and secured the title for the NHRA’s fastest bodied class.

Over the past two weeks, a fleet of 2016 Chevrolet Camaro coupes have been touring the country as part of GM’s Find New Roads Trip and one of the groups testing the newest Chevy muscle car stopped by a dyno shop with a 2016 Camaro SS – and the LT1 laid down some very impressive numbers.

The conditions were extreme at Rally GB. How did the Subaru NR4-spec WRX STI do in the monsoon conditions?

BMW hasn’t even launched the first 2016 M2 and fans are already dissatisfied with the performance coupe. What are their complaints?

As the 2016 model year units of the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger reach dealerships around the United States, we are seeing more and more Hellcat versions sitting unsold on lots – meaning that if you have been waiting for your chance to own one of the 707hp beasts, some careful shopping will almost certainly net you a new supercharged muscle car.

The first official fuel economy numbers for the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro have arrived on the EPA website and while we only have the figures for a few of the configurations – the new Camaro appears to be slightly more fuel efficient than the comparable 2016 Ford Mustang.

The 2016 Subaru WRX gets the nod again and is on the list of nominees for Ward’s 10 Best Engines list. Can WRX pull off another victory?

While many people are eagerly awaiting a new Jeep Grand Cherokee powered by the supercharged Hellcat Hemi which might be called the Trackhawk, the biggest new thus far on the 2016 Grand Cherokee is the arrival of the SRT Night package – which will debut at the upcoming LA Auto Show.

The new Ford Mustang is selling like hot cakes and it has proven to be a massive success among buyers and the media, so it comes as no surprise that the bestselling sporty car in America has piled up a few more titles in the past week – including being called the best stunt car on the market, being named the Road & Track Performance Car of the Year and being named the Hottest Car of the 2015 SEMA Show.

For just the second time since the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro was introduced, the Dodge Challenger sold more units in the course of a month – beating the GM muscle car by 120 units and building on what is already the best year for the modern Mopar muscle car.

Mitsubishi will auction off the first 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition #0001. How long will bidders have?

Subaru Canada is experiencing record growth and the 2016 WRX/STI is leading the lineup. Will WRX/STI’s success spur more stand alone STI models?

As part of the ongoing 2016 Chevrolet Camaro road trip campaign titled the Find New Roads Trip, Chris Frezza of The Camaro Show and Jason Port of CamaroNews will be driving a 6th generation Camaro from San Francisco to Los Angeles – and you can follow along with the crew via a handful of social media venues.

The Ford Mustang posted another stellar sales month in October 2015, moving more than 10,000 units for the 5th time this year and in doing so, the Mustang is nearly 40,000 units ahead of the Chevrolet Camaro in the annual sales race – making up for 5 straight years of losing the fight by slaughtering the competition in 2015.

Higgins tests the new NR4-spec Subaru WRX STI ahead of the Wales Rally GB. Why does he call it the silent assassin?

The 2016 Subaru WRX/STI is scolding hot and the Subaru BRZ is ice cold. Why are these 2 Subaru models traveling in very different directions?

The all-new BMW M2 Coupe hasn’t even hit BMW showrooms and there’s already talk of an M2 Cabriolet. Should BMW build one?

This past weekend, NASCAR driver Danica Patrick delivered the first 2016 Chevrolet Camaro sold via the retail process to a very lucky owner in Texas, as Alican “Turk” Boyacioglu officially became the first person in America to own a next generation Camaro.

Bob Bondurant’s school of high performance driving has made a major announcement, switching to the Dodge Viper, Challenger and Charger from the Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro fleet that the Arizona-based driving school has been known for over the past decade.

There are plenty of people in the automotive world who have criticized the decision to offer the 2.3L EcoBoost 4-cylinder in the 2015 Ford Mustang but having had the chance to spend a week driving the new pony car with the tiny engine, I can safely say that no one should judge this car without first driving it – as this fuel-friendly engine is worth every bit of the hype.

Subaru commemorates the Nurburgring 24-hour victory with a special 2016 Subaru WRX STI NBR Challenge Package. Fans won’t see it in the U.S.

A new generation will be attracted to the new BMW M2 for more than one reason. It’s the least expensive M model, but there’s other reasons.

The specific upgrades made to the Nissan GT-R for its record-breaking run on the Nurburgring will now be available as production options on Godzilla as the GT-R NISMO N Attack Package.

The new top 3 Series model, 2016 BMW 340i is at the SEMA Show and new M Performance parts will bump up the hp significantly.

Can a full-sized pickup truck be modified to become a world record speed holder? Nissan and Cummins are going to find out with a specially modified Titan XD being shown at the SEMA show in Vegas.

Here’s what Lexus brought to the annual celebration of aftermarket add-ons.

The new Ram 1500 Rebel is the biggest and baddest factory half ton Dodge or Ram truck of the modern era, but at the 2015 SEMA Show, the Mopar crew has taken this rough and rugged factory package to an even more extreme level – with a fairly brief modification list.

C7 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray owners got some good news this week, as General Motors used the 2015 SEMA Show to introduce 14 new components of the Corvette Z06 which can now be purchased for the Corvette Stingray – lifting the “base” Corvette to a whole new level of performance.

As expected, Ford Motor Company introduced the 2016 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet drag racing package at this week’s 2015 SEMA Show and along with the news of the certified 8 second quarter mile times comes an awesome video showing just a quick glimpse of the quickest Mustang ever in action.

According to the folks at Dodge and the SCCA, the new Dodge Viper ACR has proven itself to be the most capable street legal track car in the world by setting new lap records at 13 different tracks around the United States – defeating cars that cost ten times as much at well-known road courses like Virginia International Raceway, Road Atlanta and Laguna Seca.