Performance Vehicles (Page 177)

This is not an April Fool’s Day joke – the 2015 Ford Mustang outsold both the Chevrolet Camaro and the Dodge Challenger combined in March 2015, posting the best March sales since 2007 and the best overall sales month for any muscle car in the past 4 years.

The official word has surfaced that there will only be 250 examples of the 2017 Ford GT supercar built annually for the entire world, guaranteeing sales success but also guaranteeing that this car will never pose a real threat to the likes of the Chevrolet Corvette or Dodge Viper in terms of real world performance credentials.

Subaru will debut the new 2015 WRX STI Global Rallycross race car at the New York International Auto Show. What new changes will be coming for 2015?

The “Official Car of MotoGP”, the 2015 BMW M4 with innovative water injection took to the track for the first time. How much more power does it get?

The 2015 Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger powered by the 707 horsepower Hellcat Hemi remain locked out of the order banks at dealerships around the country, but in an effort to meet the crazy high demand of these record-setting muscle cars, Dodge has ordered 1,000 examples of the supercharged Hemi to be built – although it is unclear what number that 1,000 is being added to.

Bridgestone’s new tire designed for cars like the ISF and RC F

When the Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang was first introduced last year, the Motor Company promised that the new flat plane V8 engine would deliver at least 500 horsepower and 400lb-ft of torque, but new comments made by a Ford exec indicate that it will be at least 520 horsepower.

The new 2016 Ford Focus makes its official debut at NYIAS this weekend. How will this new competition from Ford affect Subaru’s 2015 WRX STI?

The BMW M4 DTM Champion Edition is super expensive and ultra-exclusive. The first customer took delivery of the Marco Wittmann model.

The new Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat is the quickest and fastest 4-door production sedan in the world, but when the newest Alpina version of the BMW M5 arrives later this year with 591 horsepower and 590lb-ft of torque, it will have a top speed that will challenge that of the 707 horsepower Charger.

We have seen the new Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang in person at a couple auto shows and we have even gotten a chance to hear the new high performance pony cars rev their engines in and around the displays, but this new video showing a Shelby GT350 test car out in the wild still grabs my attention.

General Motors offered up their newest batch of details on the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro today and the most important bit of information is that the 6th generation Camaro will weigh at least 200 pounds less than the comparable outgoing model – which could put it in the same weight range as the 2015 Ford Mustang.

At this year’s New York International Auto Show, Scion will feature the 2015 Scion FR-S by Super Street.

The Chrysler 300 was one of the models that helped to introduce the world to the Chrysler LX platform and while there weren’t as many of the big luxury sedans in the 2015 LX Spring Festival in Irvine, California, the Chrysler 300 owners had just as much to show off as those driving Dodge Challengers and Chargers.

While the most critical bit of information on the 2016 Ford Mustang relates to the new Shelby GT350 and GT350R packages, those who will be buying a higher volume 2016 Mustang will get 10 exterior colors from which to choose, according to a leaked brochure at Mustang6g.com.

The John Force Racing team has had a tough 2015 NHRA season in their new Chevrolet Camaro race cars, but when Force arrives at the Four-Wide Nationals this weekend in Concord NC, his Camaro SS funny car will have a new Chevrolet-branded livery – hopefully bringing with it some luck for Force and his team.

The new Ford Focus RS will make its American debut next week at the 2015 New York International Auto Show with a new, more powerful 2.3L EcoBoost engine that could end up in the Ford Mustang EcoBoost for the 2017 model year as well – bringing new levels of power to the fuel-sipping pony car.

Today we bring you a look at some of the Dodge Magnum show cars in attendance at the recent 2015 Spring Festival after featuring the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger over the past two days – with the sporty wagon not being as common at the show, but Magnum owners made sure that their cars were as well represented as the others.

If you have been dreaming of rocketing around a race track in the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, but you cannot deal with the $80k+ price tag, those dreams can become a reality in Las Vegas for just $299 – as Exotics Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has added the new Corvette Z06 to their fleet of high performance cars available for on-track rental driving.

The 2016 Cadillac ATS-V hasn’t reached owners yet, but General Motors has already announced an increase in horsepower for the high performance luxury sport sedan with the official SAE rating of 464 horsepower - in addition to boasting better performance numbers than originally expected.

The second-generation XF debuted in Jaguar style with a big production involving a massive stunt which kept onlookers in suspense as the Jaguar XF piloted across the Wharf on two thin wires. See it here.

Ford Motor Company has announced that the new high performance Focus RS will make its US debut at the 2015 New York International Auto Show next week and with any luck, this grand introduction will include just how much power the hottest American hatch will produce with the 2.3L EcoBoost 4-cylinder from the new Mustang.

Some would argue that the most important aspect of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS is the LT1 V8 tucked under the hood so to prepare Chevy fans for the debut of the 6th gen muscle car, GM has offered up a free ringtone that makes your cell phone sound like the new SS V8 engine.

Today we bring you the second installation in our Top Ten of the 2015 LX Spring Festival, looking at the ten Dodge Charger show cars in Irvine, California that I found to be the coolest in the massive crowd of modern Mopar performance vehicles.

The 2015 Subaru BRZ GT300 was tested again on the track, this time at Fuji Speedway. What problems is STI trying to correct?

Normally DTM Drivers Timo Glock and Marco Wittmann race a BMW M4 on the race track. Watch them test a BMW X6 M on the track.

Start making space in your garage. McLaren’s newest model, the 675LT is stunning and it can be yours for a mere $350,000.

The 2015 Lexus RC is the newest luxury sports coupe from the Japanese automaker and I recently had a chance to spend a week behind the wheel of the beautiful RC350 F Sport – during which I time I got a chance to experience the sporty new Lexus coupe in the worst conditions that Old Man Winter could muster up.

This past weekend I attended the 215 LX Spring Festival in Irvine, California and while it would be impossible to show you every car in attendance, over the next few days I will bring you my favorite cars from the show, beginning today with my top ten favorite Dodge Challenger models in attendance at the gigantic modern Mopar show.

Almost a year ago, we looked at the possibility of a 2015 Ford F150 that could be the most fuel efficient half ton truck in America with the 4-cylinder EcoBoost engine from the 2015 Ford Mustang and now that we know more about both the new F150 and the new Mustang – the idea of a 4-cylinder EcoBoost SFE F150 seems even better.