Performance Vehicles (Page 169)

The new Ford Shelby GT350R-C Mustang race car made its competition debut this past weekend at Watkins Glen, but after qualifying at the front of the field, the debut of the new Shelby race car was spoiled as fans were forced to watch a Chevrolet Camaro Z28 win the race under caution.

STI announces a new 2016 Subaru BRZ tS which will be available today in Japan. What is special about the new BRZ tS?

While the attention of the muscle car community has turned towards the future, I recently had a chance to spend a week behind the wheel of a 2015 Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE – a package fitted with handling goodies that easily make it one of the stickiest muscle cars I’ve driven while also serving as a clear reminder as to why the 5th generation Camaro has been so popular.

This past weekend, the Chrysler Group’s Mopar division unveiled their two newest models based on the Dodge Challenger – with the Drag Pak 354 and the Drag Pak 426 prepared to battle the quickest factory-built race cars from Ford and Chevrolet.

The folks at Hennessey Performance have created a new package for the Ford F250 Super Duty that transforms one of the toughest trucks on the market into one of the biggest, baddest SUVs on the market – with power levels topping 650 horsepower for the gas engine and 880lb-ft of torque for those with the PowerStroke diesel.

A Subaru Impreza WRX STI with 780hp wows the crowd at Goodwood Festival of Speed. How fast was the Subaru?

Allow us to toot our own horn a bit as we pat ourselves on the back for hitting the nail on the head with our guesses about the awesome new Juke R NISMO concept.

Mark Higgins takes the new 2015 Subaru WRX STI NR4 and runs it hard at Isle of Man TT. What did he have to say about the new rally-ready sedan?

Travis Pastrana will enter New England Forest Rally driving the Subaru WRX STI rally car. Will he and Higgins be able to beat rival Ken Block?

Subaru has issued a recall of 72,000 vehicles due to a potential emergency braking issue. Which vehicles are affected?

Ford Motor Company has finally announced the official power figures for the 2016 Ford Focus RS and even though it uses a similar engine to that found in the 2015 Mustang EcoBoost, it makes substantially more power in this new all-wheel drive super-hatch – packing 345 horsepower and 347lb-ft of torque.

Hey, admittedly I’m an unabashed Honda performance fan. Thanks to Honda "Tuners" and the fans that enjoy what they do, hot Honda Civic Si street mania is alive and well in Miami. Here's one "Honda Fan-Boy's story.

It was recently discovered that General Motors filed trademark applications for Corvette Manta Ray and Manta Ray, both of which are being legal protected with the intention of being used in the name of a future vehicle or engine.

Warner Brothers has announced that the bright orange Dodge Charger from the Dukes of Hazzard television and movie series will never again be produced as a die cast toy or collectable due to pressure to eradicate the Confederate flag from modern day America.

The most expensive 2015 Subaru WRX STI on the planet is undergoing some final testing. What improvements does Higgins think it still needs?

As unique as the customer who requested this 2015 BMW M4 Individual 25th Anniversary model, so is the car itself. What makes this M4 unique?

This morning, Ford Motor Company offered up the first bit of information on the 2015 Ford Shelby GT350R-C Mustang race car, which will make its on-track debut this weekend at Watkins Glen in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge.

General Motors has rolled out the first official information on the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible and this new drop top has five vital features that make it better than any Camaro Convertible in the past – while also having a distinct advantage over the Ford Mustang Convertible.

Scion will race the FR-S sports coupe at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Robert Walker has three years experience but it may not help.

The folks at GM dribbled out a few images on their site yesterday. Here is a sneak peek if you can’t wait.

The 2016 Subaru WRX is the best buy in the compact performance class today according to Edmunds. Why did they rate the new Subaru WRX so high?

The 2015 Subaru BRZ GT300 qualified 11th and finished in six place at round 3 SUPER GT. How does BRZ catch the larger displacement engines?

Lexus will finally start to show off its V8 coupes in racing.

This past weekend, the 2015 Dodge Charger funny cars entered the 11th race of the 2015 NHRA season and when the final round had been run, Matt Hagan had claimed his 4th win of the season while the 2015 Dodge Charger claimed its 88h win – once again in dominating fashion.

Based on comments made by Shelby brand manager Jim Owens, there is a Ford Mustang Shelby GT350S race car on the way and the folks at TopSpeed have already drawn up what they expect this new road racer to look like, as shown in the image above.

General Motors really hasn’t had much to say about the arrival of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible, but a new 15 second video on the official Chevrolet YouTube page suggests that the new drop top muscle car will debut this Wednesday – we just don’t know when or where or how.

The two 2015 Subaru WRX STI Global Rallycross cars were nowhere to be found at the Final GRC Daytona yesterday. What happened to SRT USA?

Three BMW models are the top ranked vehicles in their categories according to the J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Initial Quality Study. What are the top 3 BMW’s?

The 2015 Subaru WRX STI can be transformed by JRM into the 2015 NR4-spec Subaru WRX STI rally car. Will many people spend $159K on this rally car?

One of the coolest features of the 2015 Ford Mustang GT is the launch control system and while testing the new Blue Oval pony car, I found the Mustang’s system to be the best of the modern muscle cars - and I put together the brief video below that lets you hear the roar of the 5.0L V8 when launching hard from a stop and running through a few gears.