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Performance Vehicles (Page 87)

By Denis Flierl on
According to J.D. Power, the Toyota Prius gets more love from new owners than the Subaru WRX/STI. Has excitement for the WRX/STI left the building?
By Marc Stern on
With Audi's new Q3 creating quite a stir, there's a new report that a new RS model of the Q3 is in the planning stage and should be delivered sometime in the 2019 sales year.
By Mary Conway on
Eight people are being sent to jail in Japan for selling fake Brembo brake covers.The surprising thing according to Brembo is that they don't make brake covers.
By Al Castro on
Finding themselves in the same situation they were ironically in back in the 1970’s facing record loses toward bankruptcy, Harley Davidson, the storied motorcycle company had to swallow some bitter reality medicine and face up to changing times with a younger generation that the company turned off with motorcycles their fathers rode, and their Millennial sons (and daughters) never liked. And now here comes the Harley Davidson electric motorcycle.

By Denis Flierl on
The 2018 Subaru WRX/STI loses power in a big way. It leads the brand in sales drop.
By Patrick Rall on
Sales numbers from July 2018 are in and for the 5th month in a row, the Ford Mustang is the bestselling muscle car (and the bestselling 2-door sporty car) in the United States – leading the Dodge Challenger by roughly 1,100 units.
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Subaru gets a new driver for the upcoming ARX Rallycross series at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres. The motorsports icon has lots of experience.
By Marc Stern on
Here's what it takes to get busted in the U.K. and sent off to jail, try driving 189 mph on the public roads. The police do take exception to that particular occupation and as a result, the motorcyclist in question is now serving 21 months in jail thanks to a judge who didn't quite see it the rider's way.
By John Goreham on
Mazda has announced its Miata RF prices for 2019. Here is how much of a price bump to expect due to the new changes.
By Al Castro on
The first all electric Porsche since 1897 is having ramp up production issues but so far Taycan is on schedule with an assembly line timeline of 2019. Taycan will be Porsche’s first production all electric car and the second electric Porsche ever made, since the sports car company founder Ferdinand Porsche built the last one himself, the P1 which was the first Porsche ever built.
By John Goreham on
Tesla delivered the first Model 3 cars to owners one business year ago today. Here's how Tesla stock has done in that year compared to the market and compared to Tesla's peers.
By Patrick Rall on
Ford Motor Company announced this morning that the high output 3.5-liter EcoBoost from the Raptor will be available in the F-150 Limited for the 2019 model year – bringing class-leading power to the brand’s premium luxury truck.
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Even hypercars have recalls. It is how you handle them that matters and for a Bugatti owner they are handled quite well, thank you .
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The news that many in the auto industry have been fearing since this past weekend was announced this morning – 66-year old Sergio Marchionne died overnight due to complications from a recent surgery.
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The 2019 Chevrolet Camaro has a new look and a variety of new features, but most importantly, it has new pricing, with the base model starting almost a thousand dollars less than 2018 while the 2LT package drops by $3,000 – but all of the V8-powered models appear to remain unchanged.
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Lamborghini has recently been involved in the recall of a number of Aventador models. Specifically, one of them involves some brake-centering pins that can work loose, causing a problem. The automaker will fix each vehicle for free with a new set of centering pins.
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The Yenko name is being kept alive by Specialty Vehicle Engineering in New Jersey and their latest creation is the Yenko/SC Stage II Corvette – a 1,000-horsepower supercar based on the C7 Grand Sport, limited to 25 units and starting just north of $135,000.
By Patrick Rall on
Saleen Automotive has announced the newest addition to their custom high performance vehicle lineup in the form of another Ford F-150 – this time named the Saleen Sportruck XR.
By John Goreham on
The first Tesla Model 3 cars were delivered a year ago. We look back at Tesla's year including stock performance, business volume, Model 3 launch, and much more.
By Patrick Rall on
Hennessey Performance lifts the 640-horsepower Cadillac CTS-V up over 1,000 horsepower at the crankshaft and in the video below, we get to watch and listen as the supercharged luxury sedan works out on the dyno before hitting the track – and hitting some very high speeds.
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Toyota announces a new for 2019, Toyota 86 TRD Special Edition. See what sets it apart.
By Mary Conway on
NHRA Drag Racer Leah Pritchett blew the doors off the competition at the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Powered by Mopar. It was a big weekend for Pritchett who helped introduce the 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320.
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It was David Higgins winning the New England Forest Rally this weekend. See what happened to Ken Block’s car as it burned to a crisp.
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Last week, we brought you a look at the autonomous 1965 Ford Mustang, which nearly self-drove itself into the straw bales lining the Goodwood Hill Climb and today, we bring you a look at why the classic car had such a hard time navigating the course without human assistance.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru just released a higher-performance WRX STI Type RA-R in Japan. Subaru sells out of the limited edition STI model in one day.
By Marc Stern on
When Volkswagen and its I.D. R race car showed up at Goodwood last weekend, it had only one thing on its mind, another record for the single-seat electric race car. It did that and then some.
By Mary Conway on
Dodge took advantage of the excitement surrounding the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Powered by Mopar to introduce the 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320. This new version of the Dodge Challenger is designed with the grassroots Drag Racer in mind.
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It has been an eventful week for Volkswagen Chattanooga and for VW's subsidiary Lamborghini.
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When the 20th Anniversary Audi TT goes on sale, it will be a limited edition by default as the automaker is only producing 999 copies of the specialized model for customers.
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Today, Mopar introduced their new funny car body for the 2019 model year, which takes on the appearance of the 2019 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat – effectively replacing the Charger R/T funny car that has dominated the class since hitting the track back in 2015.