Performance Vehicles (Page 159)

The Chevrolet Corvette is comfortably the bestselling premium performance car in America, but to help spur sales heading into the 2017 model year, General Motors is offering a rare – and surprisingly large – discount for those folks who currently own any generation Corvette.

The internet is abuzz this morning with the talk of the 727 horsepower Ford Mustang GT coupes being offered by Lebanon Ford for just $40,000 – and how this is a Hellcat-killer for a fraction of the price – but there are a few key points being excluded in the head-to-head comparisons between these two 700hp monsters online.

There she sat in the driveway dressed in San Marino Red, a hint of chrome, black inlays, and the coolest 19 inch custom alloy wheels yet to be featured on a Honda. For this Honda fan it was love at first sight.

The 2016 Subaru WRX and WRX STI are the hottest-sellers in North America. Can Subaru keep the momentum going?

Subaru is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its horizontally-opposed “Boxer” engine this year. Why should consumers care?

Back in January of 2003, the new Ford Mustang Concept was introduced at the Detroit Auto Show with a new look that was unlike anything that we had seen from the fabled pony car in ages and right now, you can purchase the Mustang Concept which led to the modern era of Ford’s favorite performance car for the low price of just $350,000.

Although the Chevrolet Camaro has shown sales growth over the first few months of this year, sales of the 6th gen Camaro are slower than many expected – but why? Today, I look at a few reasons why the new Chevy muscle car isn’t selling as well as the Ford Mustang.

The 2016 Dodge Challenger is the subject of the newest commercial for the high performance brand, with the modern Mopar muscle car performing a massive burnout and turning the smoke show into a computer generated work of art.

Ford Motor Company has announced that they will stop production of the new F150 pickups at their Kansas City Assembly Plant in order to improve the facilities production capacity – presumably preparing for what could be a big 2017 model year for the F150.

Whenever you call for a taxi, you'll either end up in a minivan or some sort of large sedan. But if you happen to be the resident of Wolverhampton, U.K., you have a new option.

Last week I was lucky enough to drive the Dodge Viper, the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat and a handful of other high performance Dodge vehicles at the Bondurant and today, I bring you a look at the awesome promotional video that we were shown prior to the beginning of our pre-race classroom session.

The Chevrolet Corvette has seen its slowest start to the year, down 20% through April 2016, but even with this slight downturn in sales, C7 Corvette is still comfortably outselling the top competitors from Lexus and Porsche – selling more units than the Lexus RC and all of the Porsche cars combined.

Ford has announced that the 2017 F150 is getting a new 3.5L EcoBoost V6 and the new 10-speed automatic transmission which was first introduced for the new Raptor high performance pickup – but the new 10-speed is only available with the new EcoBoost V6.

It is an impressive feat when a Volkswagen GTI, a front-wheel drive hot hatch, can lap the infamous Nürburgring racetrack under eight minutes. The even better part is you can buy this particular GTI.

Unofficial pricing for the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro has hit the internet and based on the leaked dealership information, every trimline for the new model year will cost $605 more than they do for the current (2016) Camaro lineup.

April 2016 marked the 73rd consecutive month of year over year sales growth for the Chrysler Group brands and while the 4th best month ever for the Dodge Challenger may have been a highlight – the success of the company in April was due largely to the trucks, SUVs and minivans.

For the 4th time this year and the 18th consecutive month, the Ford Mustang has outsold the Chevrolet Camaro and the Dodge Challenger, making the Mustang the bestselling sporty car in America as the new model continues its domination of the global performance car sales.

While attending the SRT Experience at Bondurant Racing School last week, I had a chance to go for a ride with LeMans champion Justin Bell in the new Dodge Viper ACR around the 1.6 mile road course – and the legendary racer had great things to say about the record-setting Mopar supercar.

We still don’t know a great many things about the 2017 Ford F150 Raptor, including the engine output, the price or when it will actually reach dealerships, but the Motor Company has launched the first of six videos showing off different features of the new high performance pickup truck.

The 2017 Grand Sport will be the most track capable Corvette Stingray for the new model year and with a price starting at $66,445, this new road-handling package is only $10k more than the base model Stingray – while being only a couple grand more than a Corvette 1LT built to go fast.

Fiat is clearly looking for volume with these prices.

The global BMW M2 just launched in Indonesia. How much does the performance coupe cost?

Not all 2016 Subaru WRX/STI models are created equal in the global market. What do South Africa models get that US models don’t?

2016 marks the fortieth anniversary of one of the most underrated Porsche models, the 924. This model was the first production Porsche model to feature a water-cooled engine and would be the precursor to the 944 and 968. To celebrate this milestone, Porsche is undertaking a restoration project on a special 924.

How would you like to be trained to work on a new 2016 Subaru WRX STI? Subaru will help you if you live in NJ.

The new BMW M2 will take on the 2016 One Lap of America. Can it win?

A video has been captured showing what some believe could be the new Ford Mustang Mach 1 and while we don’t have anything concrete on this possible future trimline, rumors suggest that it will bridge the performance gap between the Mustang GT and the Shelby GT350.

Earlier this week I got to check something off of my bucket list after attending the new SRT Experience at Bondurant Racing School, where I spent the day pushing the Hellcat Challenger, the Hellcat Charger, the Viper TA2.0 and a handful of other high performance Dodge products to their limits – all under the watchful eye of the school’s world renown race instructors.

The 2016 Subaru WRX STI Time Attack car specs have not been announced. Will it be powered by a 2.0-liter powerplant?

The custom Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat “X” from the 2015 Challenger Dream Giveaway will be awarded on May 16th, but to help stir up some late ticket sales for the charity program – the 805 horsepower Mopar muscle car has hit the track to show off the function of the compound forced induction system.