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Performance Vehicles (Page 185)

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The new 2016 Subaru WRX launches this summer and it will be even safer. What makes the performance sedan safer than the outgoing model?
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The 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat and the 2015 Tesla Model S P85D sedan are two of the best performing sedans on sale today and the folks at Motor Trend have just rolled out a great new video showing these two very different American super-sedans duking it out in a variety of tests and – surprisingly – the Charger gets the nod from MT as the baddest sedan on the block.
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The folks at Hennessey Performance have just offered up a video of their first 2015 Corvette HPE1000 build, showing the 1,000 horsepower Stingray getting a light workout on the dyno.
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Less than 24 hours after Ford Motor Company finally let us know that the new Shelby GT350 Mustang would be launched as a late-run 2015 model year vehicle, the folks at Mustang6g have gotten ahold of the options and option pricing for the new GT350 and GT350R.
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What happens when you take a nasty looking Volkswagen double cab bus and swap the air-cooled powerplant for a Subaru 2.5-liter WRX STI boxer engine? Check out the drag video!
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The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X is gone and the Mitsubishi Concept XR II could be the next EVO. What vehicle will next EVO badge be on?
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Last Friday we brought you a look at the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition, but that isn’t the only news for the 2016 model year Corvette – and today we take a look at the other changes for next year’s new Corvette Stingray and Z06.
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A new video has surfaced on YouTube showing a 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat blasting down the quarter mile in just 10.71 with no modifications other than “racing tires” – a time which the video claims is an unofficial record for the 707hp Mopar muscle car.
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Ford Motor Company announced this morning that the new Shelby GT350 Mustang will official arrive as a 2015 model year vehicle in order to properly celebrate the 50th anniversary of the original Shelby Mustang, but with this new model coming so late in the year, only 137 copies of the 2015 GT350 will be built.
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BMW showcased two BMW M3 race cars next to their street car counterparts. Why does motorsports play a big role in M3’s development?
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The new 2015 Dodge Charger funny cars continued their dominance of the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series this past weekend with yet another all-Charger final round – with Ron Capps grabbing the second win of the second and his NAPA Charger bringing Dodge its 5th win in 6 events.
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The 2015 Shelby Mustang GT is one of the baddest modified versions of the new pony car and starting next month, prospective buyers can test the Shelby GT on the track prior to buying it – or you can just pay the money to spend a day exercising the 627 horsepower 2015 Mustang.
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One of the media packages from the debut of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has arrived on eBay as part of a fundraising campaign for a Hartford area elementary school, giving Corvette enthusiasts a chance to own an extremely rare piece of Corvette history.
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David Higgins and co-driver Craig Drew win the Oregon Trail Rally. What challenges almost kept them off the podium?
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General Motors has just announced the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition – a loaded, limited edition super-Vette that has been designed to pay tribute to the successful Corvette Racing program, right down to the familiar yellow and black paint scheme.
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The performance experts at Diablosport have unveiled their tuning package for the 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost and in the highest performance setting, Diablosport adds 30 horsepower and 55lb-ft of torque at the rear wheels – bringing about total power levels of 268.9 horsepower and 348.8lb-ft of torque.
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The 2016 Subaru WRX and WRX STI have been announced and they are coming with new safety tech and new infotainment. What new upgrades will WRX/STI get?
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The 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat is the most powerful, the fastest and the quickest stock 4-door sedan in the world, but a new video online shows the 707 horsepower muscle sedan succeeding at yet another motorsport – drifting.
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The National Corvette Museum C7 Bash opened today in Bowling Green, Kentucky and the folks at Callaway Cars have used this three day festival of GM performance to introduced their take on the 2015 Corvette Z06 – with even more power from the most track capable Corvette of all time.
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The 2015 Ford Mustang GT packs a serious punch in stock form with 435 horsepower and 400lb-ft of torque, but the video below shows what the newest Mustang can do with the Phase 1 supercharger package from Roush Performance – packing almost 750 rear wheel horsepower.
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SRT USA will reduce the weight of the new 2015 Subaru WRX STI Rally car before the race this weekend. How much did it improved performance?
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The 2017 Ford SVT Raptor F150 that debuted earlier this year at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show is powered by a new 3.5L EcoBoost V6 that has been specially tuned by Ford’s high performance SVT division and if the history of the Raptor is any indication – we could see this high powered EcoBoost V6 in other new F150 pickups in the future.
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The first example of the 2015 COPO Camaro race car rolled across the Barrett Jackson Auction block this past weekend and when the final gavel struck, this rare factory-built drag car raised $400,000 for a wounded soldier charity group and surprisingly, it Rick Hendrick did not buy this collectable, high performance GM muscle car.
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The 2015 Subaru WRX STI built by Uspensky Rally Tecnica wins the Rally Masters Show 2015. Who did UTR beat to win the rally?
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The 2015 Dodge Viper GTC offers bespoke design options like no other American production car before it and to let customers experienced just how crazy you can get with the Viper GTC package, Dodge has put together a unique configurator site online that proves to be a great way to kill time on a slow afternoon.
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At the New York International Auto Show this month, Subaru announced plans to bring more STI models to the U.S. The Subaru BRZ STI will reach production. Will fans see a turbo model?
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Mitsubishi will ship just a few 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition’s to Australia. Why so few examples down under?
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The new Shelby GT350 Mustang hasn’t arrived in order banks just yet, but a post on Mustang6g insists that the new super-Stang will arrive late in the run of the 2015 model year – possibly as a limited edition model leading into greater production for 2016.
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This past weekend, 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat owner Ricci Cavallaro took his stock Mopar muscle car to Pittsburgh Raceway Park for the first time and with nothing more than Nitto NT05 tires, his first run down the track was an incredible 10.97 at 129 miles per hour – followed by two more runs in the 10 second range.
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General Motors has issued two new teaser images of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, this time showing the exhaust tips and the LT1 engine while also announcing that the next gen Camaro SS will have dual mode exhaust, adjustable drive modes and the high tech magnetic suspension setup from the 5th gen ZL1 and the C7 Corvette.