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Performance Vehicles (Page 68)

By Patrick Rall on January 2, 2019 - 12:49PM
An image from a patent filing shows a C7 Chevrolet Corvette with high tech doors that open and close themselves, and while it seems too late in the current generation for this technology to arrive, it makes sense for the long-rumored mid-engine C8 to utilize this feature.
By Marc Stern on December 31, 2018 - 3:27PM
One of 30 Bugatti EB110 Super Sports, made as part of the effort to qualify for Le Mans in the early 1990s, will go on Sotheby's auction block next year. The SS, made using carbon-Kevlar body panels, was originally sold to a German citizen, but it ended up in a Japanese collection. Its condition makes it a sought-after collectible in the automotive world.
By Patrick Rall on December 31, 2018 - 11:22AM
Dodge has created one final video for 2018, showcasing the 797-horsepower Challenger SRT Redeye Widebody counting down the final seconds of the year with a big, smoky burnout.
By Denis Flierl on December 30, 2018 - 8:31AM
Subaru and Subaru Tecnica International are celebrating their 30-year anniversary together. Will the rumble continue?
By Denis Flierl on December 29, 2018 - 7:03AM
Subaru will unveil a new Impreza STI at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2019. Could this be the hot hatch fans have been asking for?
By Denis Flierl on December 28, 2018 - 9:03AM
Take a look at the Toyota 86 that’s been chopped into a pickup. It’s real and it’s coming to the Tokyo Auto Salon 2019.
By Denis Flierl on December 28, 2018 - 7:19AM
It’s official, Subaru Corporation will bring the limited edition Subaru WRX STI S209 to the North American International Auto Show.
By Marc Stern on December 27, 2018 - 11:01PM
After publishing a story this week about the Porsche Taycan lineup and its pricing, folks began to do a bit of thinking about the top-of-the-line model, the Taycan Turbo! Do you notice there could be a bit of an issue with its name? If so, you pass our very basic English test, if not, it's to detention for you until you find out what is wrong with the sentence.
By Denis Flierl on December 27, 2018 - 6:53AM
The 2019 Subaru WRX is rated the safest compact performance car in America. See how it compares with hot hatches VW Golf R, and Honda Type R.
By Al Castro on December 27, 2018 - 6:45AM
OPINION AND ANALYSIS: Nobody is taking these Russians seriously about the specs and their one year warranty to their recently proposed Russian Mustang BEV, but I tell you one thing: at least they got a spec sheet. They got renders. They got ideas. They even got a warranty for a car they haven’t built yet. They’re eager for publicity and/or to build. I say, where’s the people who invented the damn car to begin with? Do they even know what electricity is beyond a cigarette plug in the dash?
By Denis Flierl on December 26, 2018 - 7:38AM
Skateboard legend and former Subaru Rallycross driver Bucky Lasek brings his COBB-tuned Subaru WRX STI. See how Lasek leaves his mark on Jay Leno’s garage.
By Denis Flierl on December 22, 2018 - 7:16AM
Subaru teases a new WRX STI that is coming to the NAIAS in January. It’s likely a WRX STI S209 and this time it’s for U.S. fans.
By Al Castro on December 20, 2018 - 2:59AM
For decades Chinese car companies have all tried to enter the US car market to meet some kind of failure. Learning from the lessons of Chinese car companies past, one car maker known as Qiantu Motors (Dragonfly logo, means “freedom”), is teaming up with a California based electric car and energy startup to make its first foray into the US market with a battery electric sports car to take on Tesla’s portfolio. Qiantu starts the competition against the Roadster II, with the 2020 Qiantu K50.
By Patrick Rall on December 19, 2018 - 6:24PM
The Chevrolet Corvette offers performance that can rival the best sports cars from around the world and the Vette does it for less money, although that gap will shrink a bit as GM is raising prices on the entire 2019 model range.
By Denis Flierl on December 18, 2018 - 7:13AM
Subaru filed a U.S. patent for a WRX STI S209 performance model. Does Subaru have a limited edition WRX STI S209 planned for U.S. performance fans?
By Mary Conway on December 17, 2018 - 9:50PM
A rare piece of automotive history will go up for auction, in Kissimmee, Florida. This first of its kind Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Super Snake is expected to sell for over one million dollars.
By Patrick Rall on December 17, 2018 - 5:17PM
We were surprised to learn last week that the long-awaited mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette would not debut in next month’s Detroit Auto Show and it might not arrive for any of the big shows early in 2019, as GM Authority is reporting that the mid-engine American sports car has been delayed six months.
By John Goreham on December 17, 2018 - 12:16PM
A newly posted vidoe shows a woman trying to fuel up a Model S. Real or fake - vote here.
By Al Castro on December 17, 2018 - 9:15AM
ANALYSIS AND OPINION: Attention military, law enforcement, security, and/or hunters who validly possess a firearm, or anyone else with the gall to carry a firearm illegally: the chances of your battery electric vehicle catching fire from a purposeful or accidental firearms discharge through the battery pack are much greater than if pierced through a gas tank. Read this story now coming to light about a 2014 Tesla S to find out why.
By Denis Flierl on December 17, 2018 - 8:08AM
The Subaru WRX sports car is known as a boy racer, but girls love the performance cars too.
By Mary Conway on December 16, 2018 - 8:31PM
The very first 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 will be up going up for auction. The highly anticipated 700+ horsepower vehicle may be one of the most fun charitable contributions ever!
By Denis Flierl on December 16, 2018 - 8:08AM
The Subaru boxer engine is in high demand. This time it’s rumored for a Toyota MR2 revival and a second-generation 2.4-liter turbo BRZ/86 launch.
By Patrick Rall on December 14, 2018 - 11:35AM
Ford Performance introduced the world to the 2019 Ford Mustang race car that will participate in NASCAR’s Monster Energy Cup Series next year, marking the first time that the Mustang and Camaro will go head-to-head in the association’s big leagues, and it actually looks like the production car – up front, anyway.
By Patrick Rall on December 13, 2018 - 12:13PM
The TorqueNews/Camaros Unlimited Camaro of the Month for December 2018, the winner is the gorgeous 1969 Chevrolet Camaro X11 SS/RS, owned by Swedish resident Stefan Warnemo.
By Patrick Rall on December 12, 2018 - 9:58AM
A new report with input from General Motors has stated that the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette will not make its grand debut at next month’s 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit – meaning that we will all be waiting even longer for what could be the next generation of the legendary American sports car.
By Denis Flierl on December 12, 2018 - 8:27AM
Subaru will launch the all-new WRX STI in 2020 but it needs significant upgrades. There are five upgrades that will keep performance fans happy.
By Patrick Rall on December 11, 2018 - 11:28AM
Perhaps the most shocking move by General Motors last week was reassigning Camaro chief engineer Al Oppenheiser to the company’s electric vehicle program, taking him away from the muscle car program that he has led since the Camaro returned for 2010.
By Patrick Rall on December 10, 2018 - 3:19PM
When the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 debuts next month at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show, it will be sporting a high performance braking system that will be the first Motor Company product to utilize 3D printed components – although we don’t know which pieces of the super-Stang’s stoppers will be constructed with the high tech process.
By Al Castro on December 10, 2018 - 7:31AM
OPINION AND ANALYSIS: Inasmuch as we are fooling ourselves into believing that gasoline new car purchases will be a viable option even in some parts of the world past 2030, we are also fooling ourselves into believing that we’ll be able to drive our present and near future classic cars around twenty plus years from now. This is a tail pipe dream. Well, like Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin has also found a solution to anticipate this issue.
By Al Castro on December 8, 2018 - 10:25PM
OPINION AND ANALYSIS: With VW Group’s accelerated plans to cease gas car production sooner, Bentley needs to ask itself what kind of car company does it want to be? If Aston Martin stuffed battery packs inside the seats and boot spare tire wells and fenders of a Rapide, why there isn’t something similar done inside a Spur or a Mulsanne? Bentley isn’t doing that; they’re running counterculture to their heritage, and risk losing what they worked hard to get after leaving Rolls Royce: not becoming another Cadillac.