Performance Vehicles (Page 161)

The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro hasn’t reached showrooms yet, but General Motors has already rolled out a list of 5 performance accessories for the next generation muscle car that will improved the acceleration and handling capabilities – with 3 items available this year and 2 hitting the market early in 2016.

Some critics insisted that the 2015 Ford Mustang with the new 2.3L EcoBoost 4-cylinder engine would flop, but with the new Mustang posting sales numbers that we haven’t seen from a muscle car in nearly a decade - the EcoBoost package has proven to be incredibly popular, particularly in Southern California

The folks at Callaway have rolled out their new Corvette C7.R GT3 race car and I believe that this might be the meanest looking C7 Corvette we have seen thus far – and this beast will debut in a variety of road racing circuits around the world in 2016.

See how not to drive a BMW M3 or any performance vehicle on the Nurburgring. Video

The last 1600 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition models are being produced for the U.S. market now. When will they arrive?

This past weekend was another big one for the Dodge Charger funny car team and driver Jack Beckman, as “Fast Jack” set a new NHRA funny car ET record in route to winning his 7th event of the season and the 15th of the year for Don Schumacher Racing – all while moving the 2nd spot in the championship race, just 16 points out of 1st with two events left.

The 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Editions are rolling off the assembly line. Watch this production video saying goodbye to the last models ever.

The 2016 Subaru WRX STI new generation performance car continues to be a hot seller. How does it compare to the 2015 model?

Why will Subaru not be bringing the two 2015 Subaru WRX STI GRC cars to Red Bull Global Rallycross Barbados?

Nissan has announced that the beleaguered, but innovative LeMans racer will return to the circuit in 2016 for the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Randy Pobst recently took to the hills of Laguna Seca Raceway in the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 as part of Motor Trend’s Best Driver’s Car testing process and the results were shockingly bad – with the Pobst slamming the LT4 V8 for a lack of power on the straightaways caused by unknown engine problems.

The 2016 Ford Focus RS will be the first “RS” badged vehicle sold here in the United States and today, we have the first ever advertisement for the high performance all-wheel drive hatchback – featuring a whole lot of tire smoke and drifting.

Mitsubishi drops the EVO and Relliart performance models from the Lancer lineup. When will performance fans see the 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition?

Subaru Australia announces full specs for the 2016 Hyper Blue Subaru WRX STI and WRX. The U.S. won’t get the WRX.

The short list for the 2015 North American Car of the Year has been announced and the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro is on the list – giving General Motors a chance at a 3-peat while Chevrolet could claim back to back titles with performance cars.

The sales numbers for September are in and while the monthly totals weren’t great for the Dodge Challenger, last month officially made 2015 the best year for the modern Mopar muscle car - topping all years since the new Challenger was introduced back in 2008.

The Ford Mustang continued the streak of beating the Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger for an 11th straight month, dating back to November 2014 and helping the Mustang to extend its massive lead in the 2015 muscle car sales race.

In Japan, the limited number of 300 2016 Subaru BRZ tS sports coupes sold out quickly. Will fans in the U.S. see an STI enhanced BRZ soon?

Earlier this year GM announced the new Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition appearance package for the 2016 model year and this past weekend, the right to own the very first racing-inspired was auctioned off at the Barrett Jackson Las Vegas event – with the winning bid bringing in a half million dollars for charity.

Saying very little, Mazda teases us with a sexy shape.

The 2015 Subaru WRX STI NR4-spec developed by STI and JRM is getting attention. Who is looking at the rally car?

Is your BMW M4 rear-drive performance car ready for winter driving?

The fastback-only 2015 Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang is the most track-capable Mustang of all time, but those folks who have shelled out big money in the past for the likes of the drop-top 2013-2014 GT500 are eagerly anticipating a proper high performance pony car with a folding top – which shows even more need for a new Shelby GT500.

After the Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Charger funny cars dominated the first portion of the 2015 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series - winning 14 of the first 18 races of the season - the Mopar teams have entered the Countdown to the Championship by losing the final round in the each of the last two races.

Subaru Japan is producing the 2016 Subaru WRX and WRX STI performance cars as fast as they can. Where are they selling the best?

Dodge Viper sales are relatively flat and while the company is focused on the massive popularity of the Hellcat Challenger and Charger, the sales success of the automatic transmission in the Challenger Hellcat and the entire Corvette lineup makes it very clear what Dodge needs to do to sell more Vipers – with the lightning quick 8-speed transmission.

The official Canadian pricing for the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro has been announced and based on current conversion rates, buyers in Canada will be paying considerably less than the folks buying similar cars in the United States – even as production is shifted from Canada to the USA.

The production numbers for the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat have arrived online courtesy of the same site that posted the Hellcat Challenger productions numbers that we discussed yesterday, but for the 707hp sedan, production numbers are considerably lower for the 2015 model year.

Watch this video from the UK as a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO loses it after cutting off a motorcycle.

There have been rumors floating around the internet that General Motors might be working on a higher performance version of the Cadillac ATS-V with the LS7 V8 from the Camaro Z28, and local photographer Nathan Smith may just have witnessed one of these beasts in person parked along the streets of Dearborn, Michigan.