Performance Vehicles (Page 212)

Subaru Canada inks three-year partnership with Patrick Richard and Rocket Rally Racing. They will custom build two all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STIs.

The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX is getting ready to make its launch in  Australia, and Rex is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Since the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 debuted well over a year ago, we have speculated as to how awesome this monster muscle car would be in action on the track and with the first big media outlets getting ahold of the most track capable Camaro of all time – the first videos showing the Z/28 being pushed to the limits have surfaced on YouTube.

The 2015 Ford Mustang will be the most technologically advanced version of the fabled pony car in its 50 year existence and the S550 Mustang GT will be the first to feature both Track Apps and Launch Control as standard equipment – with the slightly less powerful EcoBoost Mustang also coming with Track Apps.

It has been two weeks since our last update on the National Corvette Museum sinkhole and while the crew has made significant progress on, they haven’t been able to extract any of the final three buried Corvettes from the rubble beneath the museum’s Skydome.

The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 will feature a new 8-speed automatic transmission which will eventually make its way into the option list for the 2016 Corvette Stingray and when it does, the high performance “base” Corvette should most certainly be able to offer better than 30 miles per gallon on the highway.

While there's debate on if the classic car market is growing or declining, there is data suggesting 60's and early 70's muscle cars are only going to climb in value. This segment held steady during the recession. Now a growing group of buyers is sparking more interest. The question is, why?

The new Subaru WRX 818 R was launched in June 2013 and is the ultimate Subaru WRX track weapon.

Mitsubishi Motors UK announces details of the 2015 Lancer Evolution X FQ-440 MR special edition model.

Since the automotive world first learned that the Dodge Challenger would eventually be powered by a supercharged Hemi nicknamed the Hellcat, there have been long discussions pertaining to how much power this new Hemi will make - and recent comments by SRT boss Ralph Gilles has spiced those discussions up even more.

The new C7 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is the best performing version of the fabled American performance car and to make sure that owners have a good idea of how to handle the power of the new Corvette, General Motors has teamed up with the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School to form Stingray School.

The folks at Whipple Superchargers have offered up the first bit of information on their upcoming 2015 Ford Mustang GT supercharger package and while the company has stated any exact power figures – simple math suggests that Whipple will likely push the 2015 Mustang GT up to 700 horsepower and maybe even beyond that lofty number.

The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX is about to make its dealer launch and is the top performer in one very important category.

Meet Chrissie Beavis, the new co-driver for Travis Pastrana who drives the 2015 Subaru WRX STI Rally car.

General Motors has announced that the 2014 Indianapolis 500 will be paced by a 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 driven by three time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti – marking the 8th time that a Camaro has led the field to the green flag and the 25th time that a Chevrolet product has been the official pace car of the fabled American race.

The news hit the wire late last night that the SRT Viper GTS-R race teams had declined the invitation to participate in the 2014 24 Hours of LeMans endurance race in France and while this really isnt a big deal in the grand scheme of the auto industry, this is a big deal for the racing community – particularly at the fan level.

The 2015 Ford Mustang will help the Motor Company celebrate the 50th anniversary of the fabled pony car and to continue the massive media coverage of the next generation Mustang, Ford will park a 2015 Mustang Convertible on the observation deck of the Empire State Building – by cutting it apart and taking it up to the roof in the elevators.

Subaru, who produces the popular 2015 WRX and WRX STI stands head and shoulders above all other automakers in one very important category.

The next generation Dodge Challenger is expected to debut in the next few months and when it does, it could be wearing a “racetrack taillight” treatment similar to the one featured on the Dodge Charger, Dart and Durango - and a recent sighting of a test car supports this idea.

The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky announced this morning that Amazon.com has offered to help cushion the financial blow of the sinkhole repairs by donating 0.5% of eligible purchases on their website to the museum – with an extra $5 per purchase being donated by Amazon between now and the end of March.

See how to take your 2002-2007 Subaru WRX performance car and turn it into a two-seat sports car for under $15,000.

The 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution will be coming to the U.S. for another year. What can we expect to see for the future EVO XI?

The new 2014 Subaru BRZ GT300 race car has just completed its first official test. Can the race car win the championship this season?

The X Games organizers have announced their list of drivers invited to the Austin Global RallyCross race and along with a bunch of the biggest names in the sport like Ken Block, Tanner Foust and Travis Pastrana, the Austin X Games will see the first two female drivers to compete in the world of GRC.

The very first 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 built for public sale will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the Barrett Jackson Palm Beach Collector’s Car event on April 12th with the proceeds of the auction going to the Karmanos Cancer Institute – and you have to think that Mr. Rick Hendrick might be among the deep pocketed collectors looking to score the first C7 Z06.

The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is the most track capable Camaro of all time, but for those folks who need more than the 505 horsepower offered by the standard LS7 V8, the folks at Callaway have put together the new SC652 package that brings the output up to 652 horsepower and 620lb-ft of torque.

Dunlop has announced that the new 2015 Subaru WRX and 2015 WRX STI performance sport sedans will roll exclusively on Dunlop Sport Maxx RT tires.

Imagine, if you will, a living museum of 550 historic and period-correct race cars ascend on one location to participate in 15 race groups over four days. That is what will be happening this August at Laguna Seca.

The sinkhole tragedy that took place at the National Corvette Museum on February 12th had a severe impact on the hallowed halls with 8 historic American sports cars being badly damaged, but there has been a positive effect as the museum has seen a significant increase in visitor traffic over the past month.

The 2015 Ford Mustang GT is months away from arriving in dealerships across the country, but that hasn’t stopped Ford Racing from already developing a new supercharger for the next generation Mustang – and the company recently teased the new supercharger package for the 2015 Mustang GT on their official Facebook page.