Performance Vehicles (Page 178)

This past weekend brought American endurance racing fans the 63rd running of the 12 Hours of Sebring race and Chevrolet Corvette teams dominated the overall field, the prototype class and the GT LeMans class – giving Chevrolet their first overall Sebring win in 50n years while the GTLM Corvette Racing team made it 2-for-2 in 2015.

The 2015 BMW M3 will play a key role in the new Mission Impossible “Rogue Nation” movie starring Tom Cruise. Watch the M3 get crushed. [video]

We knew that the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro would usher in the new 6th generation of the famed GM muscle car, but with literally every aspect of the car being new except for the bowtie emblem and the SS badges on the rear end – while the Alpha platform and LT1 engines will also be unique from other applications.

There are few names in the high performance Ford Mustang world more respected for their go-fast capabilities than Saleen Automotive so it should come as no surprise that the new Saleen S302 Black Label based on the 2015 Mustang GT is one of the baddest ponies on the block – with 730 supercharged horsepower ready to tackle the Dodge Challenger Hellcat.

The BMW Team RLL driving the Z4 race cars miss out on a podium finish at the scorching hot 12-hr race. How hot was it at Sebring?

The 2015 Subaru BRZ GT300 official test at Okayama International Circuit video shows some big changes that have been made to the new race car. Watch the video.

The All Japan Rally Championship 2015 Subaru WRX STI is unveiled for fans at the Subaru motorsports fan day. How does Subaru engage their fans?

Since the Chrysler Group announced that they had suspended the ordering process for the Hellcat powered Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger, there are quite a few people and media outlets reporting that Hellcat production has been suspended – which simply isn’t the case.

Drift champ Vaughn Gittin Jr. has himself a new 2015 Ford Mustang RTR race car and today, we have our first footage showing Gittin getting sideways in this season’s race car – but rather than sliding around a paved track, he has taken to the ice to show off his new muscular Mustang.

When the Cadillac CT6 debuts next month at the New York Auto Show, it will introduce a new pair of V6 engines, with the top of the line twin turbocharged V6 delivering a whopping 400 horsepower while cylinder deactivation will help make it more fuel-friendly than the other twin turbo V6s already in use.

2015 WRX STI Ice driving school in Finland is the ideal place to test the performance vehicle.

We have already looked at the detailed pricing of the R/T, SRT 392 and SRT Hellcat versions of the 2015 Dodge Charger and today, we look at the most budget minded go-fast package for the Mopar muscle sedan – the 2015 Charger R/T Scat Pack.

The Godzilla supercar is staying firm with its price tag, but adding some fun goodies including a 45th Anniversary Gold Edition and, perhaps more importantly, even more horsepower. The 2016 GT-R may be the last model year before redesign as well.

The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is marketed as the most track capable Corvette ever and while this GM supercar is engineered to be a beast on a road course, there is already one lightly modified C7 Z06 that has gotten into the 9-second quarter mile range – which is said to be the first new super-Vette to break the 9-seconr barrier.

Check out this interactive 360 degree video onboard the Subaru WRX STI Global Rallycross car at Charlotte.

The 2015 Subaru WRX STI rally car finished in first place on day one of the Russian Rally Championship. Day two had very different results.

This past weekend, the 2015 Dodge Charger funny car continued its domination of the class in the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, with Don Schumacher Racing’s Ron Capps winning his first event of the season, the third win in three events this year for Schumacher’s team after Capps’ team Matt Hagan won the first two events of 2015.

Yesterday we brought you the news that the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro would be introduced at a special “public” event on Detroit’s Belle Isle and today, we bring you the unfortunate news that the event – while free – is officially sold out, and then some.

The Mustang community is eagerly awaiting the dealership arrival of the new Shelby GT350 and GT350R versions of the 2016 Ford Mustang, but leaked information suggests that the two premium performance pony cars will have limited production numbers – especially for the GT350R.

The 2015 Subaru WRX STI Launch Edition is sold out. What does the collector-car insurance company Hagerty say about the future value?

Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter recently told Autoline’s John McElroy the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8, which we speculate could be called the Zora, does not exist- seemingly putting to rest the ongoing rumors that the next generation Corvette will rely on an all-new mid-engine design.

Due to the overwhelming number of preorders for the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, the Chrysler Group has temporarily restricted orders as they work to meet the early demand for orders already placed while also validating the current orders – which we clarify here for all of those spreading rumors around the internet.

After a great deal of speculation, General Motors has finally announced that the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro will be introduced at a special event at Detroit’s Belle Isle on May 16th and in addition to the debut of the 6th generation Camaro, GM has a list of attractions that turn this new model debut into a day-long affair that is sure to be a dream day for any Camaro lover.

This past weekend, R & D Sport who manages the 2015 Subaru BRZ GT300 race car, took the car out for its first track test. What new changes does the BRZ get?

The 311RS Mitsubishi Lancer EVO X returns with a new 2015 Spec Blew model. What upgrades does it get over the 311RS?

David Higgins smashed the course record at Mt. Washington Hillclimb last summer with the Subaru WRX STI. Check out the amazing interactive video of the record run!

Watch Bucky Lasek in the Subaru WRX STI Global Rallycross car in the final at Las Vegas. Check out this interactive 360º video.

We have seen more than a few videos showing the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat racing against a variety of high performance vehicles and today, we watch as a lightly built Cadillac CTS-V Wagon with 600 rear wheel horsepower gives a stock Hellcat Challenger a very good run – but it eventually comes up short.

Although the Ford Mustang has beaten the Chevrolet Camaro in the first few months of 2015, General Motors expects to reach the 500,000 units sold plateau with the 5th gen Camaro this month and they are celebrating by showing off the 2016 Camaro in action on the track.

Ford Motor Company has run the numbers for the 2015 Ford Mustang sales and inquiries for the US, Europe and China, with red being the most popular overall around the world followed by black – with each region also having a uniquely popular hue.