Performance Vehicles (Page 225)

While Ford Motor Company is expecting the 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost to be fairly popular both in the United States and overseas, some are brushing off this new turbocharged engine as little more than a short-run redeux of the old SVO Mustang – but there is a good chance that this engine could play a very big role in the future of the model.

The U.S. market gets the 2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue, Canada gets the BRZ Sport-Tech Aozora Edition. Why are performance fans disappointed?

The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship took to the track of Watkin’s Glen this past weekend for the 7th race of the 2014 season and in its first race as the Dodge Viper GTS-R – the modern Viper race teams claimed two of the three podium spots trailing only one of the cross town rivals from Corvette Racing.

While we know for sure that the 2015 Ford F150 will feature a variety of weight saving aluminum body components including the rear cargo box, there has been some speculation as to whether the heavier duty F250 and F350 will feature similar aluminum panels – but I don’t think that there is any reason why the next gen Super Duty pickups wouldn’t have the same construction as the upcoming F150.

The seemingly endless stream of General Motors recalls has brought about a notice for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray over a concern that the rear shock absorbers could crack and fail altogether – or simply reduce the life of the suspension components – so the company is getting these sports cars back to the dealerships for repairs.

The 2015 Ford Mustang will be equipped with the next generation Sync system which includes the new 911 Assist system that will help first responders know a great deal of information about the collision before they get there – but it will also essentially alert the police if you were driving at an excessively high rate of speed at the time of the accident.

Back in late 2013, we talked about a quote from Chevrolet Camaro Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser that there would not be a 4-cylinder option in the 2016 Camaro, but new rumors from around the automotive media suggest that the company might actually offer a turbocharger 4-cylinder similar to the 2.3L EcoBoost that will power the 2015 Ford Mustang.

The all-electric Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III dominates with a first and second place in the Electric Modified Division at Pikes Peak. Are we looking at 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution successor technology?

Higgins and Drew win the Mt. Washington Hillclimb in the Subaru WRX STI. Higgins breaks course record again.

The Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III is set to take on the Pikes Peak Hill Climb today. Why does Mitsubishi do it?

This is day three at the Mt. Washington Hillclimb and records could be set by the 2014 Subaru WRX STI.

The 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class and 2015 GLA-Class have won the 2014 International Engine of the Year award in the New Engine category.

Watch the full lap of the 2015 Subaru WRX STI Isle of Man record run narrated by Mark Higgins.

Mercedes-Benz doesn’t advertise the 2014 CLA45 AMG’s performance feature called Race Start. How did Matteo discover it?

The 2015 Subaru WRX STI is the fastest and most competent STI ever produced. What went into its development?

It is widely expected that the new 2.3L EcoBoost engine in the 2015 Ford Mustang will eventually replace the 3.7L V6 as the base model engine, there is still plenty of room in the Mustang lineup for a V6 engine – packing EcoBoost power and sitting in the middle of the engine lineup.

The 2015 Subaru WRX and WRX STI are built to not only be fast, but safe. What goes into 2015 WRX and WRX STI to make them safe?

The new Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV will compete in the grueling Asia Cross Country Rally 2014. Mitsubishi isn’t done Rally racing yet.

The Subaru WRX STI Global Rallycross team was at the inaugural Washington DC Global Rallycross this weekend. What happened?

After our first look at the new 2015 BMW M4, we felt like there a few things missing on the car. Maybe you will disagree.

Production of the 2014 Ford Mustang officially ended this past weekend so with the start of the new week comes the start of the retooling process required to prepare the Flat Rock Assembly Plant for production of the 2015 Ford Mustang.

This past weekend marked the third event of the 2015 Red Bull Global RallyCross event with the Volkswagen Rallycross DC and for the first time this season, Scott Speed and his VW failed to take the win as Ford Fiesta racers claimed each of the top four spots after both VW teams ran into engine problems.

It was announced recently that the SRT Viper would become the Dodge Viper in the near future as the Chrysler Group discontinues to standalone SRT brand and to celebrate the return to Dodge, the two SRT Viper GTS-R race cars in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship will wear the livery of the unstoppable Team Oreca Dodge Vipers of the 1990s and early 2000s.

The supercharged LT4 V8 that will motivate the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 will be most powerful production engine from GM ever and unlike the previous generation super-Vette engines – the new LT4 will be built both at the Bowling Green Corvette plant and at the Tonawanda engine facility in New York.

The 2015 Ford Mustang will be the first marketing global, the fastest ever and the most efficient ever which is all very impressive, but what we have failed to consider thus far is that the next generation Mustang will also be the safest of the fabled pony cars with extensive safety innovations inside and out.

The 2015 Subaru WRX STI Nurburgring 24-hour race results are in. It was a tough day for the team.

We drive the 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG on the track. How did the world’s most powerful four-cylinder engine perform?

The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI will launch in South Africa but will be ultra-exclusive. What will make it such hot property?

The new Juke NISMO has a better-tuned suspension and this time our drive was in a manual transmission, which made all the difference.

The Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team today unveiled the definitive 2015 Volkswagen Beetle GRC rallycross car. How fast is it?