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Performance Vehicles (Page 137)

By John Goreham on
Mazda updates its prices for the car many consider the most popular race car of our time.
By Patrick Rall on
Since discussing the introduction of the new 2017 Dodge Challenger T/A, I have received a handful of questions about which trimlines it will be replacing and since there has been no word on any of the existing trimlines from 2016 being killed off for 2017 – I wanted to do a piece detailing what the 2017 Challenger trimline lineup should look like when it goes on sale later this year.
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Based on some dealership allocation paperwork posted on Camaro6.com, the first examples of the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with the new 10-speed automatic transmission may not reach dealerships until next spring – with the entire first phase of production dedicated to ZL1 coupes equipped with the manual transmission.
By Denis Flierl on
The Subaru Levorg BMR Racing team stays on fire and gets two more podium finishes this weekend.
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All eyes were on Chris Atkinson in the new 2017 Subaru WRX STI at Atlantic City GRC. How did the new STI perform?
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Ford Motor Company plans to offer a 670 horsepower version of the Ford Mustang GT with a Roush supercharger package at Australian dealerships with a full warranty, but the Australian regulatory process has caused a delay in the automaker launching these high performance models – forcing owners of the popular new Mustang to search elsewhere in their quest for more power.
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In a lengthy comment posted on what is a now-debunked article about the future of Cadillac, the brand’s boss Johan de Nysschen stated that there is a non-sedan flagship coming and as I have speculated in the past – I believe that we could be getting a Corvette-bases supercar.
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Leading up to the Woodward Dream Cruise, Dodge introduced the new 2017 Challenger T/A with either the 5.7L Hemi or the 392 Hemi and while some will complain that these new trimlines are not elaborate enough – I think that this new Challenger T/A is a perfect package for the current muscle car market.
By Denis Flierl on
David Higgins and Craig Drew secure their sixth Rally America Championship. What happened to Pastrana?
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The 2016 Subaru BRZ GT300 gets its first win of the season. The team overcame a lot to get the victory.
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Is a US-spec 2018 Subaru BRZ tS coming to US shores? New trademark applications suggest it could.
By Parks McCants on
Limited to 100 units for export to Japan, Acura NSX is now available for customer order in Japan, it’s pricy!
By John Goreham on
The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider Classica and Lusso trims with automatic transmission are missing a key feature.
By Denis Flierl on
Lasek and Isachsen won’t be behind the wheel of the new 2017 Subaru WRX STI GRC supercar in Atlantic City. Remember Chris Atkinson?
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While this past weekend’s Roadkill Nights by Dodge focused on the title brand, one of the nastiest Chevrolet Camaro drag cars in the world was on hand to show off the capabilities of a 3,500hp twin turbo Chevy - drawing as much attention from the crowd as any car in the racing field.
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The new Dodge Viper ACR has set over a dozen track records around the world with its 645hp V10, but for those European Viper owners who want to set track records more efficiently, the German tuning experts at GeigerCars has a new package that increases the output of the wicked American supercar by 120 horsepower.
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Online discussions on enthusiast forums and social networks make it clear that Ford F150 fans still want a “Lightning” high performance on-road pickup, regardless of how good the 2017 Raptor F150 might be on the road and off – mainly because these folks want a short cab, short bed truck that lacks the added weight of four wheel drive.
By Denis Flierl on
Watch Travis Pastrana roll his 2016 Subaru WRX STI at STPR in 360
By Patrick Rall on
The Camaro Corral brought 50 years of muscle car history to the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise, with over a hundred privately owned Chevrolet Camaros and some free swag for both participants and visitors of the Pleasant Ridge display.
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Ford Motor Company originally planned to build just 500 examples of the new Ford GT, spread over the next two years, but after receiving a huge number of purchase inquiries and deciding that they want to keep running production-based endurance racing – the automaker has decided to add two more years of production to the new carbon fiber supercar.
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One could feel the electricity in the air Saturday night as Acura’s General Manager Jon Ikeda spoke of things to come for Honda’s premium car division. The world’s first design and manufactured in America supercar signals a shift in the makers design directive.
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After doing a piece earlier this week about the new Camaro ZL1 being able to get to 60mph in first gear with the manual transmission, a handful of Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat owners contacted me to point out that their manual transmission muscle cars will do the same – and they can do it in about 4 seconds flat.
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During the 1st half of 2016, the Ford Mustang is the bestselling sporty car in the United Kingdom, comfortably beating the Jaguar F Type and every other sporty car with more than 250hp in the UK according to Ford Motor Company.
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This past weekend, the 2nd Roadkill Nights by Dodge event was held at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan, and while things didn’t go quite as smoothly as they did with the smaller crowd in 2015 – this year’s Detroit Roadkill event was a massive success and a ton of fun for everyone who attended.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru Tecnica International (STI) put their badge on the Levorg Sport and it sells out in 30 days. Why is that good news?
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The Scion FR-S is now the 2017 Toyota 86 and it gets a minor refresh. It also gets a small price bump.
By Parks McCants on
Acura’s halo car turned more than a couple of heads at the hypercritical auto aficionado driven preview to Carmel’s Concourse classic car show.
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GM continues to offer up little bits of information on the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 with the most recent being the fact that when equipped with the 6-speed manual transmission, the 6th gen Camaro ZL1 will get to 60 miles an hour in 1st gear – which could lead to a 0-60 time below 4 seconds.
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While racing at the 2016 Roadkill Nights by Dodge event in Pontiac, Michigan, a Tesla Model S went head to head on a slippery surface with a Ford Mustang GT, and the highly touted electric super sedan took a serious beating at the hands of the American muscle car.
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This past weekend while attending the Woodward Dream Cruise, I stumbled across the “Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT Trackhawk with the Hellcat Hemi” that has been making its rounds through the automotive media and having seen it in person – and I still don’t think that it is a Hellcat model.