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Performance Vehicles (Page 118)

By Patrick Rall on
This past weekend, the new Acura NSX racing program claimed its first win in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and I was there to witness the historic win right along with the folks from Acura.
By John Goreham on
Motor Trend ran a 2017 Mazda Miata RF around a racetrack and then a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. Watch the hilarious results.
By Will Maley on
Maserati and hybrid may seem to go as well as oil and water. But the Italian automaker is making a big promise when it comes to their first one.
By Denis Flierl on
Chris Atkinson drove his 2017 Subaru WRX STI to his first podium finish at GRC New England. Higgins pilots his #75 WRX STI to a win at STPR.
By Denis Flierl on
The 2017 Subaru WRX and WRX STI performance sedans are setting a dizzying sales pace before the 2018 models arrive. What’s next for WRX/STI?
By Marc Stern on
The GRC road show moves into New England this weekend where the third edition of the specialized race series continues. The VW Andretti team hopes to see its drivers, Scott Speed and Tanner Foust, improve on their latest finishes. Speed and Foust lead championship driving points.
By Denis Flierl on
A new Subaru Crosstrek desert racer will make its Baja 500 debut this weekend. It’s a busy weekend for Subaru.
By Patrick Rall on
After watching the Chevrolet Camaro take its first monthly sales title of 2017 in April, the Ford Mustang charged back for May, beating both the Camaro and the Dodge Challenger in the 5th month of the year along with pulling out to a bigger lead in the annual sales race.
By Parks McCants on
The last generation European/Japan Civic Type-R was and remains a limited production offering as Honda goes. The final production run of the last generation Civic Type-R was 700 units, it sold out in hours. So will the first Civic to wear the Type-R designation in the United States.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru announced a new WRX STI Type RA NBR Special Edition production model. Is it coming to the US? Check out the video.
By John Goreham on
We compare the classic Honda S2000 roadster with the 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata and see which car is quicker.
By Patrick Rall on
The TorqueNews/Camaros Unlimited Camaro of the Month for June 2016 is this stunning 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS owned by Dave Diaz.
By Parks McCants on
Of course, we'd never race our Civic Type-R on the street! Wednesday found one of our fellow CivicX members sharing the MSRP of a US market bound 2018 Honda Civic Type-R. It’s cheaper than many anticipated.
By Patrick Rall on
It seems like the Ford Focus RS was just introduced for the US market, but Ford Motor Company is already offering up a special limited edition package for the 2018 RS to celebrate the final year of this generation of the Focus and this new package improves the hot hatch in 3 key ways.
By John Goreham on
Just how original is Fiat's 2017 model 124 Spider after all?
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Over the past year, we have brought you lots of quarter mile record news for the 6th generation Chevrolet Camaro and the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, and today we bring you what we believe is the quickest 6th generation Camaro ZL1 – which was also the first new ZL1 in the 9-second range.
By Parks McCants on
What’s wrong with this picture? One of thousands of automotive startup companies to come out of this age of battery electric supercars comes yet one more Crowed Funded wonder. Will this super-electric 4 place, make it into production?
By John Goreham on
New England's favorite drop-top is the 2017 Mazda Miata.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru teases a new BRZ STI that could be coming sooner than later. What is Subaru’s time frame?
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The Fireball Camaro, which was the first 6th gen Chevrolet Camaro in the 10s and the first 6th gen Camaro in the 9s, has become the first new Camaro to run in the 8s – while also becoming the world’s quickest new Camaro and the world’s quickest car powered by a new LT1 V8.
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Last night, I spent some time driving in traffic behind the 2018 Ford Mustang GT test car in Royal Crimson with black trim and a while later, I came out of a restaurant to find the new Motor Company muscle car parked next to my truck – which gave me a chance to snap some clear pictures of the refreshed car in its new exterior hue.
By John Goreham on
Mazda Miatas are one of the country's most popular race cars. What happens when they are too old or damaged to race anymore?
By Parks McCants on
We discovered a superior touring car detailed in Honda performance Civic Si trim. Horsepower and torque while formidable, is but a very small part of what 2017 Civic Si brings to the segment. Simply put,this is the best driving, high performance,Civic offered to date. I'm no longer convinced that I need or want a Type-R.
By Denis Flierl on
The 2017 BMW X4 M40i is a family performance Sports Utility Vehicle. How practical is it?
By Denis Flierl on
The Subaru WRX STI NBR had a rough 21 hours at the Nurburgring 24-hour race. What happened with 3 hours remaining?
By Denis Flierl on
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution is gone forever and it’s not coming back. Will it be revived as a PHEV SUV?
By Parks McCants on
Well over 500,000 10th generation Honda Civics were sold to the Honda loyal in its first 18 months of production. Civic’s sales success comes from much more than a favorable price point.
By Parks McCants on
While stated horsepower remains unchanged from the 2015 Honda Civic Si, it’s the extremely wide, constant-on torque band, that drives 2017 Civic Si to the pinnacle of affordable compact car sport performance.
By Patrick Rall on
A variety of Chevrolet Camaro test cars driving around Milford, Michigan with heavy camouflage on the front and rear suggest that GM is working on an exterior refresh – one which could help the company to improve muscle car sales.
By Will Maley on
Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has turned their attention to the small XE sedan and the end result is monstrous.