Performance Vehicles (Page 181)

A 2015 Subaru WRX destroys concrete barriers and crashes through the Hagan Hamilton Insurance building. How did the driver and passenger walk away unhurt?

I recently spent a week behind the wheel of the 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe with the 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine and with the 6th generation Camaro being built on the same Alpha platform chassis, this compact luxury coupe could preview a very good 4-cylinder Camaro for 2016.

The Chrysler Group has announced a voluntary and preventative recall of the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to inspect a seal in the fuel line of the 707 horsepower Hellcat Hemi, even though not a single customer has experienced the problem that has caused this recall.

The arrival of the 2015 Ford Mustang in the Chinese market comes at the end of the Year of the Horse in the Chinese zodiac, so with the help of drift legend Vaughn Gittin Jr, Ford Motor Company has put together a video saying goodbye to the Year of the Horse – and that video is pretty awesome.

Bucky Lasek visited COBB Tuning and woke up his 2012 Subaru WRX STI. Check out how COBB SoCal helps him get an extra 100 WHP.

Subaru will bring the new European spec. 2015 Levorg to the Geneva Auto Show this week. Will Australia get the new sports tourer?

Subaru likes to tease fans with performance concept vehicles and brought the 2015 Legacy B4 Blitzen Concept to the Tokyo Auto Salon. Check out the video.

David Higgins pilots new 2015 Subaru WRX STI to an icy win at Rally at the 100 Acre Wood 2015.

The new 2015 Subaru WRX STI NBR race car is getting ready for the Nurburgring 24-hour race. What changes did STI make with this new car?

Subaru Rally Team USA reveals the new 2015 Subaru WRX STI rally car with its new livery. Why won’t Ken Block be at Rally in the 100 Acre Wood?

Earlier this month, the new 2015 Subaru WRX STI NBR race car underwent new experimental wind tunnel testing. What changes did STI make to the race car?

Those 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat owners who preferred the “Supercharged” emblems on the front fender rather than the Hellcat head logo can now purchase the original text badge through the Chrysler Group dealership parts network for as little as $40.

The American Muscle 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost got a new full exhaust system before hitting the drag strip recently, with significantly better power figures leading to 8th mile ETs that would be in the low 12 second quarter mile range – which is pretty mind-blowing considering how little work has been done to this fuel sipping 4-cylinder.

When the last 2002 Chevrolet Camaro rolled off of the Oshawa Assembly Line, it was believed that we were seeing the final Camaro ever, but after a 7 year hiatus, the Camaro returned for the 2010 model year with a retro look and the newest versions of the LS engine series that powered the end of the 4th generation – with power levels never before seen from a GM muscle car.

During a recent Q&A session with Jalopnik readers, Cadillac boss Johan de Nysschen hinted that the upcoming CT6 full sized luxury super sedan could have a twin turbocharged V8 engine and based on the recent trademark filings by General Motors, that TT V8 could be called the LT5 or LTX.

The folks from Hot Rod recently took the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat to the Kenne Bell Performance dyno facility in Rancho Cucamonga, California and during the piece detailing that dyno testing, Hot Rod mentioned that Kenne Bell is working on a Hellcat-like supercharger system for the 2015 Challenger Scat Pack that will lift the output to 901 horsepower.

As we continue on with our history of the Chevrolet Camaro engine that we started when GM offered up a brief look at the Chevy muscle car history and today, we look at the 4th generation of the Camaro – which ushered in a new look, new engines and much bigger power.

Matt Hagan brought his 2015 Dodge Charger funny car into the Carquest Nationals in Phoenix Arizona looking to back up his season opening win in Pomona and the champ didn’t disappoint – winning every single round with a better reaction time and an awesome time.

Among the many 2015 Ford Mustang GT fastbacks at the 2014 SEMA Show in Las Vegas was the brilliant blue supercharged muscle car built by the Petty's Garage and, in conjunction with Ford Motor Company, Petty’s team is producing 143 examples of this 627 horsepower beast for sale through your local Ford dealership.

Based on the GM release looking at the history of the Chevrolet Camaro engines, today we continue our in-depth look at the history of the Camaro engine lineup – this time focusing on the 3rd generation which ran from 1982 through 1992.

Nissan has parntered with Always Evolving to enter the 2015 Pirelli World Challenge season with two NIssan GT-R GT3 cars. A NISMO and an AE driver will pilot each.

Watch a 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX with Dominator tracks and some coil spring upgrades take on the snow.

The 2015 Subaru Levorg is popular in Japan and makes its launch in Europe this fall. Will we see the sports tourer in the U.S.?

Subaru engineers used the BRZ sports coupe to develop the new generation 2015 WRX and WRX STI. What did they learn from BRZ?

Now that the 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat has proven itself as the most powerful muscle car in the world, the only true gap in the Dodge lineup is a Challenger TA inspired by the Viper TA and powered by the Hellcat Hemi – which would be ideal for the prospective Mopar muscle car buyer who wants high performance without the luxury goodies.

Ford Motor Company has introduced some incredible performance models over the past few months, including the new Raptor F150, the Shelby GT350 Mustang and the Focus RS, but they have only offered up estimated power figures on all of those models – a decision which has quickly gotten to be very played out in the modern performance vehicle segment.

As part of our ongoing series detailing the engine history of the Chevrolet Camaro, we move to the second generation, which was the longest running era of the Camaro, covering the 1970 through 1981 models.

Subaru's goal: Create the best handling WRX and STI ever. The only question was, how.

Back in December, we talked about the European pricing for the 2015 Ford Mustang and while that pricing applied specifically to the German market, it looks as though new Mustang buyers in the UK will be paying an even bigger price to rule the road in the newest American muscle car.

Since the day that the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat was introduced, the Chrysler Group has insisted that it was the quickest, fastest and most powerful 4-door production sedan in the world – but a new video shows the Hellcat Charger backing up that claim against five of the highest performance sedans in the world.