Toyota has not yet confirmed what the drivetrain in the new FT-1 Concept will be. What it packs will help determine what class it will be in. Here’s what our experts guess.
While covering the rumors that the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro could pack a turbocharged 4-cylinder engine, we have received quite a bit of feedback from readers who don’t see the need so I wanted to take a quick look at why General Motors “needs” to offer a 4-cylinder engine – at least in European markets.
The 2015 Ford Mustang will be the first ever marketed on a global scale including a variety of right hand drive markets and the Motor Company has rolled out an image of the first ever production-based right hand drive Mustang that will lead to consumer models for Australia, the UK, India and other markets where they drive on the “wrong side of the road”.
One of the most exciting features of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is the new Performance Data Recorder that can help make the most of track days or spirited romps along a country road but when coupled with the new Valet Mode – the 2015 Corvette can show and tell owners whether their car was abused when left with some questionable parking attendant.
The folks from Motor Trend recently took the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat to the dyno at the K&N Engineering shop and they found that the official figures 707 horsepower and 650lb-ft of torque are underrated – possibly by a whole lot.
The Chrysler Group is looking to make an even bigger splash in the world of road racing with the introduction of the new 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Trans Am racecar that hit the track for the first time this past weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – with a top ten finish and a very real chance of taking home the season championship even though there are only 4 races left.
Formula Drift Champion and hardcore Mustang lover Vaughn Gittin Jr introduced his own line of customized, high performance Mustangs with the current generation, but with the arrival of the 2015 Ford Mustang – Gittin and his team have big plans for the next generation RTR Mustang.
According to reliable inside sources who spoke with the folks at Motor Trend, the next Corvette ZR1 could be unique from the current C7 lineup thanks to a mid engine design – and this could be the car which wears the Zora name that was trademarked earlier this year.
I recently had the extreme pleasure of spending time in the 2014 Dodge Challenger Shaker and while some will accused it of being little more than a gussied up Challenger R/T, I think that it is the coolest special edition appearance package on the market today and based on the number of compliments I got on it – so do many other people.
Those folks attending the Mopar display at the 2014 Woodward Dream Cruise will have a chance to not only see some of the hottest new Dodge products – they will also get to drive them and while doing so, they will be entered into a drawing to win $45,000 towards the purchase of a new Chrysler Group product.
General Motors has announced that to prepare for production of several new models including the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, the company will invest $174 million dollars in their Lansing Grand River plant to build a new stamping facility on site that will produce components for all of the vehicles build there.
A while back I wrote a piece speculating that the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat could actually be faster than the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and after getting a fair number of nasty emails and comments about that speculation – I am here to point out that, once again, I was right.
Since late last year, the 2015 Ford Mustang has been listed on Ford.com under Future Vehicles, but in the last 48 hours or so, the 2014 models have been removed from the website and the next generation has been moved to the current vehicle lineup – showing just how close we are to seeing the 2015 Mustang in dealerships and on the road.
A while back we reported that there would likely not be a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro powered by a turbocharged 4-cylinder after Camaro boss Al Oppenheiser stated that there would not be a 4-cylinder Camaro any time soon – but new reports and insider information now leads us to believe that maybe GM does have a turbo 4 in the works for the 6th gen Camaro.
Attention Forza Motorsport 5 gamers who have been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to drive the 2015 Ford Mustang GT in the virtual world – today is your day, as the next generation Mustang has finally come to the industry leading driving simulator for Xbox One.
Today in a small restaurant along Detroit’s Woodward Avenue, the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat was introduced to a small group of media as the most powerful, the quickest and the fastest sedan in the world – not in the US – in the WORLD.
If you are absolutely in love with the 2015 Ford Mustang GT, but you aren’t at a point in your life where you can afford to drop $30k on a new muscle car, the folks at Stanley Black & Decker could make your dream of owning a new Mustang come true – simply by liking their Facebook page and filling out a basic information form.
While I have been covering just about every aspect of the 2015 Dodge Challenger over the past few weeks, a few readers have written in, asking about the availability of the unique Shaker models and while they are most certainly on their way – they won’t be hitting showrooms until the spring of 2015.
If you were planning to make a trip to Bowling Green Kentucky to visit the National Corvette Museum to view the 8 cars damaged by the sinkhole back in February you had better plan your trip very soon, as the first of the Great 8 – the Corvette ZR1 Blue Devil – is scheduled to head to Michigan for a full repair in early September.
