Leaked dealership documents acquired by the team at Mustang6g.com states that the Ford Shelby GT350 Mustang will return for the 2018 model year and it will do so in pretty much the same form as the current models – with the exception of a few new exterior colors.
A group of Dodge Hellcat owners recently surprised a fellow member of the Mopar community with a radio controlled replica of his custom Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat as a thanks for his ongoing service to the country as a member of the US Air Force – and the cool RC car arrived just in time for Christmas.
General Motors has announced that they will temporarily halt production at a handful of assembly plants around the US including those facilities which build the Chevrolet Camaro and the Chevrolet Corvette in an effort to burn through existing inventory – with the downtime ranging from 1-3 weeks depending on the plant.
The first video showing a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat racing a new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 has arrived online courtesy of the folks at Hennessey Performance, and in this first matchup of the two supercharged American muscle cars – the Hellcat took the win time after time.
This Subaru WRX STI extreme wide body kit by TuningBlog looks a little like Darth Vader. We couldn’t think of a better way to start the Star Wars weekend.
While the vast majority of Dodge Hellcat cars owned by folks living in areas with real winter weather have their 707 horsepower muscle cars packed away until spring, one Hellcat Charger owner in Michigan has made a video showing that his supercharged sedan is quite capable of digging through deep snow.
Courtney Force is best known for blasting down the drag strip in her Chevrolet Camaro funny car, but she recently took the new Camaro ZL1 for a ride down the track – preceded by what might just be the most impressive burnout I’ve seen from the new supercharged Chevy.
Ford Motor Company announced this morning that the first 2017 Ford GT supercar has been rolled off of the unique assembly line in Canada, marking the official launch of production and making it likely that the first private owner of the new Ford will have their supercar before the end of 2016 – as the company had initially planned.
Three years ago, Audi welcomed back Porsche to the top tier LMP1 class of the World Endurance Championship by laying down some rubber. Now with Audi stepping away from the WEC, Porsche decided to return the favor.
A video has turned up online showing a late model Ford Mustang GT with the standard 6-speed manual transmission laying down a 9.47 quarter mile run – which the video claims is a world record for the quickest quarter mile time by a manual transmission S550 Mustang.
The 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 that we have featured in a few dyno videos here on TorqueNews.com is back in action, but this time, ZL1 Tommy is taking his 75 year old mother for a high speed ride in his 770 rear wheel horsepower Chevy muscle car.
Since reporting that production of the Dodge Viper ended back in October, I have received a tremendous number of messages from readers who are disappointed about their inability to custom order a Mopar supercar, but it looks like FCA will reopen the Viper order banks by the end of the year – almost serving as a Christmas present for financial comfortable gearheads.
I recently had the pleasure of spending a week driving the 2016 Dodge Challenger 392 Hemi Scat Pack Shaker, which has the longest name of any modern Mopar muscle car and the best collection of features for the price – making this the coolest late model Dodge Challenger shy of the supercharged Hellcat.
After a listing on Ford.com for a 2017 Mustang Shelby GT500 came and went, many people are expecting to see a new, high powered pony car from the Motor Company in the very near future – and if there really is a new GT500 coming for 2017, it will almost certainly be unveiling at the upcoming 2017 Detroit Auto Show.
The new Chevrolet Camaro SS is proving to be a popular high performance option in the South Korean market and to celebrate the launch of the new GM muscle car, the 2016 Camaro SS was featured in a unique art exhibit at the recent 2016 Seoul Design Festival – giving attendees a rare chance to see the car from a variety of unusual angles.
FCA recently announced that 2017 would bring about the new Dodge Challenger GT with standard all-wheel drive – marking the first time that an American “muscle coupe” has been offered with something other than rear wheel drive – and this new Challenger trimline is featured in the new Dodge commercial while frolicking in the Alaskan snow.
A few weeks back, we brought you a short video showing a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 on the dyno in stock form and today, we bring you a look at that same supercharged GM muscle car, which has received a few new components and a few hundred extra wheel horsepower.
The Maserati Levante is already a potent crossover. The higher-output 3.0L twin-turbo V6 pumps 424 horsepower and hits 60 mph in 5.2 seconds. But for some, that isn't enough.
Ford Motor Company hasn’t officially acknowledged the rumors of the upcoming Mustang Shelby GT500, but a listing on Google from Ford.com and a Shelby GT500 extension on the Ford website suggests that a new high performance Mustang is on its way for 2017 – presumably storming onto the scene to battle the Dodge Hellcat cars.
The first trailer for the upcoming 8th installation of the famed “Fast and the Furious” movie series dropped this weekend and included in this 3-minute clip is a good look at a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat with a widebody kit – which has in turn stoked up the rumors of a widebody Challenger coming from Dodge.
