Performance Vehicles (Page 221)

Four-time World Rally Champion Tommi Makinen provides his thoughts on the all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI.

The future Dodge Charger SRT and Dodge Challenger SRT will be powered by a new supercharged Hemi codenamed the Hellcat and the folks at Allpar have a video courtesy of automotive paparazzi Chris Doane showing the new supercharged V8 during acceleration testing in the new Dodge Charger.

General Motors has announced that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will be offered with the sexy Pacific and Atlantic packages that debuted at last year’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas – bringing a high performance look to the 2015 Stingray Coupe and a high end luxury look to the 2015 Stingray Convertible.

Ford Motor Company announced earlier this year that they were teaming up with the nail polish company Opi to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Ford Mustang and with the celebration well under way – we have a first look at the six shades offered in the Ford Mustang by Opi lineup.

An improved 2015 Subaru BRZ is coming but will we see a new Subaru BRZ STI?

Will we ever see a 5-door hatch in the performance 2015 Subaru WRX or WRX STI again? Subaru listens to their loyal fans. Here is a way to let them know.

The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI is at the New York International Auto Show along with the 2015 Global RallyCross STI. But who else brought a new STI?

While the $75,000 price tag and the limited quantities of the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, there will likely be some folks who cannot acquire the real thing who will try to make a more affordable trimline of the Camaro look and drive like the Z/28 – but GM isn’t going to make it easy for dreamers to build a knock-off of the new super-Camaro.

Since the 2015 Dodge Charger R/T was introduced last week at the 2014 New York International Auto Show, there have been critics who hate the new look for a variety of different reasons – but Chrysler doesn’t care if you hate the 2015 Charger design because there really isn’t any competition for the brawny Mopar sport sedan.

Ford Motor Company announced earlier this week that the unique 2014 Ford Mustang GT that was built to serve as the hero car in the racing action movie Need for Speed sold at the Barrett Jackson Palm Beach Auction – with all of the $300,000 from the winning bid going to charity.

This weekend, visitors at the National Corvette Museum will get to meet the newest Callaway tuned C7 Corvette Stingray – with a supercharger package that helps this beast produce 620 horsepower and 600lb-ft of torque.

2014 Subaru BRZ is participating in the Japan Gazoo Racing series. Why is BRZ the perfect track car?

With only 100 slated for the US, these special Miatas will be instant classics.

During internal testing, General Motors used the Pirelli Trofeo R high performance tires that are standard on the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 on the more powerful Camaro ZL1 – but the supercharged ZL1 was still slower than the naturally aspirated Z/28 on a road course.

Although General Motors pledged right away to fully restore all of the eight cars swallowed by the sinkhole under the National Corvette Museum, company officials will meet with members of the museum’s team to discuss the possibility of leaving one or more of the sunken cars in their damaged state to forever serve as a reminder of that unfortunate morning in Corvette history.

Since well before the 2015 Ford Mustang was introduced to the world last December, the motoring community has been debating what the next generation super-Stang would be called and according to a screen shot from the Ford Motor Company order bank software – the top of the line S550 Mustang could once again wear the SVT name.

The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI has been transformed into full Global RallyCross trim and may have two new drivers when it hits the track.

While the introduction of the new 2015 Dodge Charger R/T at the 2014 New York Auto Show focused on the striking new exterior design, but what went unmentioned in many reports on the facelifted Charger (including ours) is that 2015 Charger buyers cannot order the 5.7L Hemi with the advanced all wheel drive system after the option proved to be fairly unpopular in the current models.

Ford Motor Company hasn’t offered up the official pricing information for the 2015 Ford Mustang just yet, but thanks to a member of The Mustang Source who is also a dealership employee, we have our first good look at a great many of the S550 Mustang options – and what those upgrades will cost.

Now that all 8 of the historic Chevrolet Corvettes swallowed up by the sinkhole under the National Corvette Museum, the Museum begins the next phase of repairing the facility and the vehicles – but one generous Corvette owner has stepped up and donated her Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Edition Corvette to replace the most badly damaged car from the sinkhole tragedy.

Attention to all of those internet know-it-alls who insisted that General Motors would never be able to sell the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 for $75,000 – the new Z/28 is officially sold out for the 2014 model year.

Subaru is introducing an improved 2015 Subaru BRZ RA Racing version in Japan for motorsports enthusiasts. Can a U.S. version be far behind?

This past weekend I was privy to seeing and hearing a 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible mule out on the open road and while I am not sure if the car that I heard was wearing production spec exhaust – the few brief seconds that I heard of the new supercharged LT4 sounded sweet enough to melt the heart of any performance car lover.

We have been busy sorting through all of the exciting details on the 2015 Dodge Challenger since the car debuted last week at the New York International Auto Show and now that the smoke from the debut event has cleared – it is time to take a closer look at what makes the exterior design of the 2015 Challenger different from the 2014 models in dealerships today.

While we have known for some time that the 2015 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 would serve as the Official Pace Car for the 2014 Indianapolis 500, it was announced this weekend that the higher volume 2014 Camaro SS Convertible will serve as the promotional “Festival Cars” for the 2014 running of the famous American open wheel race.

Ford Motor Company has announced that the 2015 Mustang GT will come with factory installed line lock setup that will allow owners to perform gigantic burnouts – making the next generation Mustang GT even more user friendly for those who want to take their pony car racing.

The Chinese Grand Prix results are in. The Mercedes AMG Petronas team of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg win their third consecutive one-two finish in Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix.

Subaru and the 2015 WRX STI Nurburgring 24-hour race car is getting ready by appearing in Round 2 of the VLN (VLN2) endurance series. But are the drivers ready?

Subaru has announced they will attempt a record setting run with the new 2015 Subaru WRX STI at the Isle of Man. Can Mark Higgins break his own record?

Subaru unveils the all-new 2015 Global RallyCross STI at the New York International Auto Show. It started as a 2015 Subaru WRX STI production car.