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Performance Vehicles (Page 230)

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The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI Nurburgring 24-hour race car runs a 2.0-liter engine. Why not the 2.5-liter that the production model runs?
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For the second time in the 2014 Tudor United Sports Car Championship, an SRT Viper GTS-R finished on the podium as the #93 Viper finished 2nd in the GTLM class at the 12 Hours of Sebring race – also beating the Corvette Racing program for the second in two races.
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The two teams campaigning a new Chevrolet Corvette C7R headed into this weekend’s 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race with the hopes of improving on a slow start to the 2014 season, but those hopes were dashed by mechanical issues for the second race in a row.
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The Ford F150 EcoBoost V6 continues to show that it really can do everything as this powerful twin turbocharged engine helped win the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race – marking the first endurance racing win for the EcoBoost in only its second try.
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The new 2014 Subaru BRZ GT300 race car completes its first official test. Is it ready to compete in SUPER GT Series?
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The all-new 2015 Subaru WRX STI is going to be a film star as Bucky Lasek plays a mysterious drifter in “The Ride of Her Life!”
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Tetsuya Yaman, driving the 2014 Subaru BRZ wins the opening round of the All Japan Gymkhana Championship.
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The qualifying runs have finished for the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring race and after being among the quickest cars in practice, the Chevrolet Corvette C7R teams have secured solid starting spots – but the same cannot be said for the SRT Viper GTS-R teams.
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The field for the 2014 12 Hours of Sebring race have completed all four practice sessions and for the first time this season, the Chevrolet Corvette C7R race cars look to be the teams to beat in this weekend’s historic endurance race – while the cross town rival SRT Viper GTS-R teams struggled throughout most of the four practice runs.
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During the internal track testing of the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, the engineering team found that the new Z/28 accelerates and brakes so hard that it was spinning the tires on the rims – forcing GM to come up with a way to keep the tires where they belong during high performance driving.
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It has been more than a week since we posted an update on the National Corvette Museum sinkhole repair program and that is because no more cars have been removed since last week – but there has been plenty of progress in the effort to remove the final three buried Corvettes from the massive pile of rubble.
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The 2014 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG has plenty of power as seen in this new video release from Mercedes.
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The all-new 2014 Subaru LEVORG 2.0 GT-S sports tourer launches in Japan. But it’s limited in supply.
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Watch Travis Pastrana and co-driver Chrissie Beavis take the 2014 Subaru WRX STI at high speeds at Missouri's 2014 Rally in the 100 Acre Wood. What's it like to ride along?
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I recently had a chance to speak with an individual who has seen the next generation Dodge Challenger and while he wouldn’t give me any real details, he assured me that anyone who loves Mopar muscle cars will love the next Challenger – stating that it was going to “blow my socks off”.
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The Chevrolet Camaro enthusiasts’ community is eagerly awaiting the debut of the 6th generation Camaro for the 2016 model year and while some are expecting a radically different GM muscle car with the next generation – rumors indicate that the next Camaro might not look all that different from the car in dealerships right now.
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Linari and Arena finish 2nd in the Subaru WRX STI in Production Cup category of WRC Round 3 in Mexico.
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Subaru Technica International could be expanding to include mainstream cars like the Subaru Forester. Could we see a new Forester STI in the future?
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Bucky Lasek and the 2015 WRX STI are going to star in a new film called “The Ride of Her Life.” Is Lasek an actor or RallyCross driver?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The 2015 Subaru WRX has received a five star rating for safety from ANCAP.
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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?
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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.
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Supercars and exotic cars are no longer interesting. Here's why.
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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.
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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.