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Performance Vehicles (Page 142)

By Denis Flierl on
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.
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The Toronto Subaru Club Hypermeet is the largest gathering of Subaru enthusiasts in Canada. There were plenty of Subaru WRX STIs on hand.
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Subaru Russia drops the price on the 2016 Subaru WRX STI. What’s the issue in Russia?
By Will Maley on
When Lamborghini revealed the Centenario at the Geneva Motor Show in March, they said about 40 of them would be built - 20 coupes and 20 roadsters. We have seen the coupe and now we get our first glimpse at the roadster.
By John Goreham on
Your retractable hard-top, fast-back Miata will soon be available for pre-ordering.
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Nissan is going to make sure Usain Bolt gets "Bolted" in a big way. What’s in store for the gold medalist?
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In addition to the hundreds of privately owned Ford Mustang coupes and convertibles lining Mustang Alley at this weekend’s Woodward Dream Cruise, Roush Performance will showcase their entire Mustang lineup – from the 300hp RS to the 670hp RS3.
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Fiat has just made picking the Abarth version of its new 124 Spider much easier.
By Patrick Rall on
While we frequently bring you the news of the quickest Hellcat models from Dodge, today we bring you a look at what I believe to be the quickest Challenger Scat Pack in the world without any significant modifications – with just a good set of tires and a canned ECU tune helping this Hemi-powered muscle car to run well into the 11-second range.
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The BMW M2 Coupe is now Jeremy Clarkson’s favorite BMW M machine. Why does the M2 get him so exited?
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Those folks visiting the Metro Detroit area this weekend for the 2016 Woodward Dream Cruise will be able to check out the very first every Chevrolet Camaro, which is on display in a big, lighted glass box alongside Woodward Avenue as part of the Historic Vehicle Association program.
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The new Ford Mustang continues its domination of the global sports car scene with India being the newest market topped by the legendary pony car in right hand drive form – although leading the Indian sports car market didn’t take nearly as many sales as it does in Australia, Germany or the USA.
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The Dodge Charger Daytona is back for the 2017 model year and while it might not have the massive rear spoiler like the 1969 Daytona built for NASCAR – the ’17 Charger Daytona does pack big performance for a relatively small price.
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Subaru launches the revamped 2017 Subaru BRZ in Australia. Why does Subaru keep the low-volume sports coupe around?
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The last time the Dodge Challenger T/A was available at your local dealership was back in 1970, but coming later this year as part of the 2017 model year, the new Challenger T/A draws its inspiration from the original while packing a whole lot more power with a choice of two different Hemi engines.
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Most Subaru WRX STI enthusiasts don’t keep their performance machines stock. Check out what IAG Performance does to this 2015 Subaru WRX STI
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General Motors has offered up a short video teasing a new Cadillac Design Concept vehicle at this week’s Monterey Car Week and while there are no images of the exterior in this video, there are a few reasons that I think that this new Cadillac could be something Corvette-based.
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Usain Bolt has captured the world’s attention at the Rio Olympics with his third gold medal. What 2 things do Bolt and the Nissan GT-R share in common?
By Parks McCants on
If Saturday’s race in Utah was any indication of things to come, Eversley and Acura TLX GT was on its way to a podium finish for Sunday’s GT round 17.
By John Goreham on
Were this car a hard-top it is likely this woman and her dog would have died.
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Usain Bolt gets gold again in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Will he add a new gold 2017 Nissan GT-R to his collection?
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Check out the fastest Subaru on the planet. It’s a Subaru BRZ sports coupe in full drag garb.
By Will Maley on
Porsche is busy at work getting on transitioning the Mission E concept to production model. But there is now talk of an electric SUV joining the Mission E in a few years.
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The Silverline Subaru BMR Racing team and the Subaru Levorg wagons are on fire. Who won this time?
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With the summer Olympics in high gear in Rio, here’s a short clip of Olympic hurdler Michelle Jenneke taking on the Nissan GT-R. Who wins?
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The Subaru WRX is a top contender to take on patrol duty in Australia. What other performance cars make the short list?