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Performance Vehicles (Page 79)

By Patrick Rall on
Just a day after I published my full drive review of the 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye, the Build & Price feature for the 797-horsepower Mopar muscle car has gone live on Dodge.com – allowing everyone to find out how much they need to save to bring one home.
By Al Castro on
After not being able to meet a target production date this year due to evaporated funding, Lucid Motors recently did all the things it needed to do to ensure it can meet its next target production date for its first car by 2020. And unlike other electric car companies, it did it quietly without much fanfare.
By John Goreham on
All the cool trucks now have big honkin' snorkel options. Will Ford's Ranger follow the leaders?
By Patrick Rall on
I recently had the extreme pleasure of spending a week driving the 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye and it should come as little surprise that daily driving a 797-horsepower Mopar muscle car is just as fantastic as you might expect – combining the comforts of the original Hellcat with 90 extra ponies.
By Patrick Rall on
Vaughn Gittin Jr recently took his Ford Mustang RTR drift car to the Nurburgring in Germany and the legendary sideways-driver became the first-ever person to drift the entire 12.9-mile road course – with the amazing run captured on video, of course.
By Denis Flierl on
The first-ever Nitro World Rallycross “Hell Track for cars” lived up to its name. All three Subaru WRX STI Supercars finish DNF.
By Al Castro on
The President of the United States took delivery in New York City recently of the first of twelve “one-off” handbuilt vehicles which will routinely switch off to be designated the US Presidential State Car, Cadillac One, “the Beast.” Expected to be delivered for his inauguration two years ago, no explanation for why it was apparently late. But with no noteable Secret Service action required lately, its absence wasn’t apparently missed.
By John Goreham on
The Dodge Challenger Widebody has a unique design that is in need of this easy addition.
By John Goreham on
Toyota will sell you a snorkel for your 2019 Tacoma TRD Pro, but only if you live near a desert.
By Patrick Rall on
Saleen Automotive is celebrating 35 years of tuning the Ford Mustang, so as the company has done in the past for significant birthdays, a limited edition package has been introduced with monster power and a long list of other upgrades.
By Marc Stern on
In what could be a tuneup for the final American Rallycross festivities this weekend, the drivers of the VW Andretti Rallycross team put on a hard-fought display of driving that saw one of them -- Scott Speed -- knocked out of the racing in the Final and the other -- Tanner Foust -- claw his way back to a well-earned third place in last weekend's Nitro Rallycross.
By Patrick Rall on
Robert Hight drove his Chevrolet Camaro funny to to win #3 of the 2018 season this past weekend at the AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals at Gateway Motorsports Park in Illinois, propelling him into the top spot in the championship race, but the big win had a scary ending – with Hight’s race car exploding as it crossed the finish line.
By Denis Flierl on
Finnish Rallycross Ace Toomas "Topi" Heikkinen joins Subaru at ARX Finale at the Circuit of the Americas.
By Mary Conway on
Three vehicles that were personally owned by Burt Reynolds and featured in his most popular movies will be auctioned off this week. There is expected to be huge interest in the vehicles in the wake of Reynolds' recent death.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru has already started WRX STI prep for the 2019 Nurburgring 24-Hour race car. See what changes are coming to the STI for 2019.
By Al Castro on
In a segment that was once considered exclusive to Americans only, that no foreign pedigree need apply, the French automaker in a bold and daring attempt to go where no foreign car maker has gone before, produces a concept in electric form with a warning to Ford and Chevrolet, that there’s a weakness with their own muscle pony cars, and Peugeot is ready to take advantage it, in the electric car market.
By Patrick Rall on
The 2019 Ford F-150 Raptor comes with a handful of new features, but it also comes with a pretty significant price jump, with the 2019 models starting $2,180 higher than 2018 – while being almost $5,000 more than 2017 pricing.
By Marc Stern on
In the first event of its kind, the Nitro Rallycross event, scheduled for Utah's Motorsports Campus this weekend, has attracted the current leaders of the American Rallycross series, Scott Speed, currently atop the leaderboard, and Tanner Foust, who is sitting second.
By Patrick Rall on
The 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye will feature a stronger green supercharger belt in order to meet the extreme duty cycle of this 797-horsepower Hemi – a first for the factory-supercharged Dodge muscle cars.
By Denis Flierl on
Choking dust was too much for David Higgins #75 Subaru WRX STI at Idaho Rally. It didn’t stop Sandell who is now two-for-two in ARA Rally this season.
By Patrick Rall on
If the test cars captured on video at the Nurburgring do prove to be the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette, the artwork above could effectively be our first look at the next-generation American sports car in the flesh.
By Patrick Rall on
The 2019 Ram 2500 Power Wagon continues on with all of the features that make it the most capable heavy duty off-road truck in the US market, but for the new model year, the Mojave Sand package adds a new exterior color and some other standard features.
By Marc Stern on
Volkswagen had a remarkable couple of days at the Bonneville Salt Flats this weekend as a 2019 Jetta, modified to run on the sands, set two new speeds marks.
By Al Castro on
2013 was only a few years ago, a long time for most, lightning fast time in the electric car universe, and after all the talk, the drafts, the drawings, the concepts, the rumors, the prototypes, and camouflaged pre-production vehicles since, Audi finally presents its first full electric car. With a price point of about $80,000 USD, the Audi e-Tron Quattro aims to take its throne as a heralded German electric, while finally taking on the American Teslas.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru of America has denied wrongdoing in the WRX STI 2.5L engine lawsuit but decides to settle even though they think they could win.
By Patrick Rall on
The front-running Dodge Charger and Chevrolet Camaro funny cars had a rough go of the first of six races that will decide the 2018 NHRA championship, with a Toyota Camry and a Ford Mustang meeting in the finals while the drivers at the top of the order coming into the Countdown struggled.
By Patrick Rall on
There are loud, heavily-camouflaged Chevrolet Camaro test cars on the roads around Metro Detroit and with the refreshed 2019 cars already being disguised, we have to wonder if there isn’t a spicier Chevy muscle car on the way – one possibly powered by the Corvette ZR1’s LT5.
By John Goreham on
An over the air update left Model 3 owners without important safety features this past week. Here's what happened.
By John Goreham on
The 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack Widebody is made special by what equipment it has, but also by what it brings its owner.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru offers the hotter 2019 BRZ Series.Grey, but there’s another option if you don’t get one the 250 limited editions.