Performance Vehicles (Page 212)

This past weekend, the Ford of Europe officially began taking orders for the 2015 Ford Mustang for the European market at the UEFA Champions League Final game and with an incredible 9,300 people lining up – the first batch of Mustangs slated for sale across the pond sold out in less than 30 seconds.

Ford Motor Company has issued a statement and the simple infographic above showing how the 2015 Ford Mustang shares design cues that have not just been found on previous generations of the famed pony car in the past half century.

Earlier this week we brought you the news of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray getting a few new appearance packages and today, we have an idea as to when those first 2015 models can be ordered and when they will begin arriving in showrooms around the country.

It is May 28th, 2014 and while the 2014 SEMA Show is almost 6 months away, we already have out look at the first possible preview in the form of the new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray wearing an elaborate widebody package from Gurnade. Yes, SEMA previews already… and it’s a good one.

In order to help drivers of the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT make the most of the 485-600 horsepower, the Chrysler Group has included a new Drive Mode system that adjusts a variety of parameters including the suspension, the shift points, the traction control, the stability control and more – allowing the driver to make adjustments to fit his or her style and abilities.

Many WRX STI fans didn’t like the design of the new 2015 Subaru WRX STI. Is Mitsubishi to blame?

When the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro introduces the 6th generation of the fabled GM pony car, it will likely feature the same LT1 V8 that currently powers the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, but having that monster V8 in the Camaro SS could create a huge gap between the entry level V6 and these high volume V8 models – a gap that the company will need to fill somehow.

General Motors has dropped all of the details on the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, including the new 8-speed automatic transmission that we knew was coming along with a couple new exterior colors and some new exterior appearance package options – all of which should only help improve the already incredible C7 Corvette.

There is a good chance that when the new Dodge Viper arrives in 2015, less than 500 Dodge dealerships around the country will be able to sell the newest Mopar supercar due to the requirements set forth by the Chrysler Group management to sell the Viper under the short-lived SRT brand.

Nico Rosberg has won the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix for the second year running! Lewis Hamilton finishes second. Can Mercedes AMG Petronas be beat?

The Nurburgring is the proving ground for the 2015 Subaru WRX STI and has been for 20 years and counting.

The 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is on it’s way out for this generation, but the performance car isn’t done yet.

While we only have leaked pricing for the 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost models, those unofficial numbers seem like a solid enough deal that most buyers considering the base V6 or the more powerful and more efficient EcoBoost turbocharged 4-cylinder will opt for the slightly pricier yet much more impressive EcoBoost Mustang.

When the Chrysler Group formally announced the 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Hemi earlier this week, they were good enough to include a couple video clips of the car in action – but this amateur video of the Hellcat Hemi revving hard is a much better display of what this 600+ horsepower monster will sound like at wide open throttle.

While the American performance car world has long expected that the next generation Chevrolet Camaro for 2016, General Motors has now confirmed that 2015 will indeed be the final year for the current incarnation of the Camaro – and we are likely to see the next generation GM muscle car at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Red Bull Global Rallycross Top Gear Festival Barbados airs tomorrow May 24 1-2PM ET on NBC.

The 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat will feature a 200 mile per hour speedometer, leaving us to wonder if the 600+ horsepower Mopar muscle car could be the 4th of the modern American performance cars to hit the 200mph mark – possibly joining some very impressive company including the Dodge Viper, the Chevrolet Corvette and the Ford Mustang.

This fall, AMG's next high-performance vehicle will make its world debut: The 2015 Mercedes-AMG GT.

While the big news from the Chrysler Group yesterday was the official announcement of the 600+ horsepower Hellcat Hemi that will power the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT, but while we were all so focused on the new supercharged monster, we quickly skimmed over the fact that the new SRT Challenger will be offered in two different trimlines – one with the Hellcat Hemi and one with the current 392 Hemi.

Yesterday we brought you the initial pricing for the 2015 Ford Mustang V6 fastback and the news that the order banks were officially open and today, we have new information regarding the prices of the 2015 Mustang GT and EcoBoost models.

Global Rallycross Top Gear Festival Barbados results are in and it was less than a party for the 2014 Subaru WRX STIs.

2014 Global Rallycross Barbados was full of action and some fun between Ken Block and Lewis Hamilton. Watch what happens.

The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is the most powerful bowtie clad muscle car available right now with 580 horsepower and with the new 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat packing at least 600 horsepower – the Camaro will have to wait until the 6th generation to take a shot at the most powerful muscle car title.

This morning, the Chrysler Group dropped the first official information on the long awaited Hellcat Hemi that will power the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT – including the incredible news that the Hellcat will indeed pack more than 600 horsepower.

Subaru Tecnica International’s (STI) entry in the 2014 Nurburgring Long Distance Championship is the 2015 Subaru WRX STI. It’s getting ready.

Ford Motor Company announced this morning that they have officially opened the order banks for the 2015 Ford Mustang and while the company still hasn’t announced full pricing or official power numbers – we know that the base 2015 Mustang V6 fastback starts at $24,425.

2014 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood was a battle between two 2014 Subaru WRX STI’s and Ken Block. Until one of them couldn’t finish.

Scott Speed started the 2014 Red Bull Global RallyCross season in the same fashion that he started his 2013 season – with a big event win outside of the United States – but this time his win was in the Andretti Autosport Volkswagen Polo rather than the OMSE2 Ford Fiesta ST that he drove to victory last season.

If the expectations of the supercharged 6.2L supercharged Hellcat Hemi prove to be accurate, anything in the 600hp range would make the Dodge Charger SRT the most powerful full production sedan sold in the United States – packing more of a punch than anything offered by the best performance sedans from Europe.

After an investigation that we first discussed exactly 374 days ago, General Motors has announced a recall of over 111,000 Chevrolet Corvette coupes and convertibles over a concern that the low beam portion of the headlights could fail to function when they get hot – while also agreeing to fix a large group of Corvettes not included in the actual recall.