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Performance Vehicles (Page 214)

By Denis Flierl on March 9, 2014 - 8:26AM
The 2015 Subaru WRX STI has a rich and storied racing history on which it draws its performance attitude. See the timeline from 1990 to 2014.
By Patrick Rall on March 7, 2014 - 8:30PM
The internet has been on fire with stories criticizing the Chrysler Group for ordering that 93 early examples of the Dodge Viper that were originally donated to schools around the country be crushed – but those media sources have failed to mention that these cars were slated for destruction before they were built.
By Patrick Rall on March 7, 2014 - 6:04PM
Rumors have surfaced that the Oshawa Ontario Assembly Plant where the Chevrolet Camaro is built will be shut down for a while early this month for a week and then again for several weeks – not this shutdown is rumored to be caused by an excess of Camaro inventory.
By Patrick Rall on March 7, 2014 - 4:40PM
The custom 2014 Ford Mustang GT shown above was built by Ford Motor Company to serve as the hero car in the action packed racing movie Need for Speed and this unique muscle car will be auctioned off in April with the proceeds benefiting the Henry Ford Health System.
By Patrick Rall on March 7, 2014 - 4:12PM
General Motors has already received enough orders for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray to cause a yearlong backlog on certain configurations so to help slow the demand of the new C7 Stingray – the automaker has decided to raise the prices of both the Corvette and the most popular package.
By Denis Flierl on March 7, 2014 - 9:22AM
The 2015 Subaru WRX has received a five star rating for safety from ANCAP.
By Denis Flierl on March 7, 2014 - 7:50AM
The 2015 Subaru WRX STI Nurburgring 24-hr race car makes its European debut on the stand next to the 2015 WRX STI production car. Which car comes first?
By Patrick Rall on March 6, 2014 - 6:35PM
There aren't many changes expected for the Chevrolet Camaro until the next generation arrives for the 2016 model year, but to keep the interest of prospective Camaro buyers around the country, General Motors could introduce Lime Rock Green and Laguna Blue Tintcoat for the 2015 model year.
By John Goreham on March 6, 2014 - 4:57PM
Supercars and exotic cars are no longer interesting. Here's why.
By Patrick Rall on March 6, 2014 - 3:20PM
The Dodge Charger is one of the Chrysler Group’s bestselling vehicles and with the next generation Charger expected, there has been a great deal of chatter across the social networks about a 2-door Charger – but I am here to tell you that Chrysler doesn’t need to build a coupe version of their popular high performance sedan.
By John Goreham on March 6, 2014 - 2:12PM
BMW‘s new coupe is a great looking car, but the commonplace equipment it lacks makes us wonder if it is a premium car brand anymore.
By Patrick Rall on March 6, 2014 - 2:12PM
The crew working on the National Corvette Museum surprised us all late yesterday afternoon when they pulled the 1984 PPG Pace Car up out of the sinkhole – but this surprise wasn’t as great as the 1,000,000th Corvette coming out of the hole as the customized ’84 Pace Car is by far the most badly damaged thus far.
By Denis Flierl on March 6, 2014 - 7:14AM
The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI returns to the UK one year after its predecessor was withdrawn from the market. Demand is already high for the performance flagship.
By Patrick Rall on March 5, 2014 - 7:58PM
The engineers behind the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 looked at literally every aspect of the super muscle car – going so far as to design even the smallest details including the Bowtie emblem in the grille to yield improved performance of the most track capable Camaro of all time.
By Patrick Rall on March 5, 2014 - 7:27PM
The Corvette world got a surprising piece of news today as the white 1992 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible which was the one millionth Corvette ever built was extracted from the sinkhole in the floor of the National Corvette Museum.
By Patrick Rall on March 5, 2014 - 12:36PM
The 2015 Ford Mustang was designed to compete on a global level like no American muscle car before it and the first step to global domination took place yesterday with the opening of the 2014 Geneva Motor Show – marking the grand European debut of the next generation Mustang.
By Denis Flierl on March 5, 2014 - 7:11AM
What happens when you take a 2015 Subaru WRX STI radio control car vs a StickBomb toy? Who wins?
By Parks McCants on March 4, 2014 - 10:39PM
With Honda S2000 fans hoping for the return of a convertible roadster to the lineup, we re-visit the Honda Performance Development S3000 project. Think a 350 hp rear drive two place convertible. We like the idea.
By Patrick Rall on March 4, 2014 - 8:41PM
The crew responsible for extracting all of the historic American performance cars from the sinkhole under the National Corvette Museum was hard at work today – this time removing the black 1962 Chevrolet Corvette which was perched precariously along the side of the hole in the Earth with a 10,000lb slab of concrete pressed against the front end.
By Patrick Rall on March 4, 2014 - 7:42PM
Ford Motor Company announced today that as part of the 50th anniversary Mustang celebration, the automaker has teamed up with OPI Nail Lacquer to commemorate the original pony car with a new Race Red nail polish – marking the first time that an automaker has worked with a beauty products company to create a exterior paint themed nail polish color.
By Denis Flierl on March 4, 2014 - 8:21AM
The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI makes its European debut at the Geneva Motor Show 2014.
By Patrick Rall on March 3, 2014 - 6:22PM
After removing the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Blue Devil Prototype from the National Corvette Museum sinkhole this morning, the crew spent the afternoon successfully lifting the 1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Edition Chevrolet Corvette out of the hole as well – although the damage to this classic Corvette is far too bad for it to drive away from the scene.
By Patrick Rall on March 3, 2014 - 2:52PM
Finally the people at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky had some good news today as the first of the historic Corvettes to be swallowed by the sinkhole has been exacted – marking the start of a careful auto-archeological dig that is expected to take several weeks.
By Patrick Rall on March 3, 2014 - 1:45PM
General Motors will use high performance to capture attention at this week’s Geneva Motor Show with the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and Corvette C7R race car serving as the collective center piece of a display which focuses on American muscle.
By Patrick Rall on March 3, 2014 - 12:41PM
The 2014 Ford Mustang is the final model year for the S197 generation and a typical late-run sales rush helped to push the Mustang ahead of the Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger in February 2014 sales – although the Camaro still leads the sales race for the 2014 calendar year.
By Denis Flierl on March 3, 2014 - 6:32AM
Subaru gave five lucky winners the chance to drive the new 2015 WRX before anyone else. And one went home with a free 2015 WRX.
By Denis Flierl on March 1, 2014 - 8:01AM
Subaru brought the all-new 2015 WRX STI and the WRX STI NBR racecar to Laguna Seca. Watch both as they take on the famous racetrack.
By Patrick Rall on February 28, 2014 - 2:12PM
We have some good news about the tragic sinkhole which swallowed up 8 historic Chevrolet Corvettes at the National Corvette Museum – extraction of the damaged cars is scheduled to begin on Monday March 3rd.
By Patrick Rall on February 28, 2014 - 1:11PM
Ford Motor Company put more than twice the research and development time into the aerodynamics of the 2015 Ford Mustang and to show off the slippery form of the newest muscle car – Ford invited a select group of media to their wind tunnel facility for a closer look.
By Patrick Rall on February 27, 2014 - 8:33PM
The new 2014 Dodge Challenger Shaker was made available for orders on January 7th and by January 10th all 2,000 units planned for production this year had been spoken for – and those vintage themed Mopar muscle cars are headed to dealerships around the country right now.