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The Ring Brothers have been churning out some of the greatest custom cars in the world lately. They're always high-horsepower builds with serious attention to detail, and they're built in a shop run by two brothers who don't take themselves quite so seriously. Exhibit A would be their custom 900-horsepower party RV built earlier in the year. The duo have arrived in Jay Leno's Garage and this time around they've brought out their carbon fiber-bodied 1965 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang. DON'T MISS: 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe First Drive It's called Espionage, and for good reason. The...
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SEMA Is A Massive, Unparalleled Automotive Freak Show
Dante famously included blasphemers among his infamous Hell's Seventh Circle. And that might be why many members of the media use the analogy to that forsaken bit of real estate when referring to the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. Because there's plenty of mechanical blasphemy at the annual...
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Acura Restores The Ludacris Legend: Video
Chris Bridges is better known to the world as Ludacris. His albums have gone multi-platinum, he's a Grammy winner, and he's also an actor—most famously as Tej Parker in the Fast and the Furious movies. Additionally, he's a fan of Acura. More specifically, he's in love with his own 1993 Acura...
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650-HP Corvette Z06 V-8 Available As Crate Engine, Previewed In 1970 Camaro: Video
One of the coolest cars at this week’s 2015 SEMA show was a custom 1970 Chevrolet Camaro RS. Built by Chevrolet Performance, the classic muscle car was fitted with a supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 V-8 just like the one in the latest-generation Corvette Z06. But this engine wasn’t lifted out...
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Toyota Tundrasine SEMA Concept Puts Crew Cabs To Shame
If you're bringing a vehicle to SEMA, you should aim to make a big hit. Maybe a long hit works too, because Toyota created one rather interesting Tundra to roll out to the crowds at the 2015 SEMA show. It's so long, that a good number of the crowd might just fit into the thing. It's called the...
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Ford Mustang Named Hottest Car At 2015 SEMA Show
For the fourth year in a row, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang has been voted the Hottest Car at SEMA, though this year’s result isn’t very surprising as another typical contender for the top spot, the Chevrolet Camaro, is in the process of being replaced by an all-new model and...
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People have been customizing cars almost since the car was invented, but these days that often means playing with the software that controls many vehicle systems. That's not something automakers want people to do, though, and for the past few months they've lobbied to make it illegal. ALSO SEE: This Is How Expensive It Is To Own A Bugatti Veyron: Video The 1998 Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) protects copyrighted materials like movies from being pirated, but automakers argued that their own software should be protected by the law as well. Effectively arguing that consumers don't own...
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Toyota Bringing Its Ultimate Utility Vehicles To SEMA
Toyota has taken the long way to SEMA. The automaker first announced its Ultimate Utility Vehicle back in June, and since then Toyota has put nine of its vehicles on a rigorous route. This driving project took 110 days to complete and traversed five continents. One of those vehicles is the coolest...
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TJIN Edition Genesis Coupe Joins Hyundai's 2015 SEMA Lineup
With its searing green paint, custom front lip, trunk lid and spoiler from Unique Fabrication, the TJIN Edition Hyundai Genesis Coupe looks every part of a screaming street racer. But, as it should be, the real meat of the builder's 2015 SEMA car is under the hood. The factory 3.8-liter V-6 has...
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Bisimoto Engineering Is The Best Kind Of Crazy
Toward the beginning this new Drive segment, host Matt Farah says Bisimoto Engineering founder Bisi Ezerioha "loves the unloved." Who else would build a Honda Insight with 440 horsepower at the wheels—without the benefit of forced induction? Or take a humble family hauler like the Honda...
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Chevrolet Adds Two More Camaro Concepts To Its SEMA Showcase
Chevrolet typically takes it fairly mildly when it comes to showcasing in-house creations for SEMA. This year is no exception as the automaker is rolling out a few styling and slight performance upgrades for its products. One of the top products from the brand hitting the SEMA floor this year will...
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New Petty's Garage Mustang GT King Edition Boasts Up To 727 HP
NASCAR legend Richard Petty might be synonymous with Dodge in the hearts of many fans. But recently The King, as he's affectionately known, has turned the tuning talents of Petty's Garage toward Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] venerable Mustang. ALSO SEE: 900-HP Mustang EcoBoost By Bisimoto Ready To...
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As the old saying goes, there's no kill like overkill. And the phrase is especially true regarding annual automotive carnival of the annual Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA) Show, where a million square feet of the Las Vegas Convention Center is packed with bonkers custom cars. Mopar always brings a full fleet to the show—there's a section between the halls called "Mopar Alley"—and this year is no exception. This morning, the company announced it will be showcasing "nearly 20" vehicles, including models from Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Fiat. Details are...
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Ryan Tuerck Preps For Gymkhana Work In The Hoonigan Escort
We showed you the Ken Block's newest toy yesterday. It's a 1978 Ford Escort Mk2 RS, and it's been massively re-engineered so that it's ready to compete in rear-wheel-drive gymkhana events. Block himself is busy competing in the all-wheel-drive group with his magnificent Hoonicorn Mustang, so he has...
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900-HP Mustang EcoBoost By Bisimoto Ready To Storm SEMA
The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang is a perennial favorite at the annual show of the Specialty Equipment Market Association, thanks mostly to the easy ability to generate big power numbers from the car’s engines plus the wide range of aftermarket firms supporting it. Eight such firms...
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Ken Block reveals his Hoonigan Gymkhana Ford Escort
Remember the Hoonicorn? Of course you do, because it remains one of the baddest modified cars ever created. Now Ken Block is back with A.B.C. That would be another bad creation, for those of you who aren't fans of new jack swing. This time around Block is going with a rear-wheel-drive 1978 Ford...
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Lingenfelter Unveils Wide-Body Kit For The C7 Corvette
It’s been a while since we last heard from Lingenfelter, but the tuning firm, based in Brighton, Michigan, has been toiling away on some interesting new products. One of these is a new wide-body kit designed for the seventh-generation Corvette. CHECK OUT: Audi RS 6 And RS 7 Performance Models...
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2017 BMW Alpina B7 Spy Shots
While BMW’s M division has no plans to develop its own version of the latest-generation 7-Series, the men and women at nearby Alpina are already hard at work developing a high-performance version of the new BMW flagship sedan. Shown here is a prototype for the new BMW Alpina B7, which...
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The original Land Rover Defender is nearing the end of its long production run, yet it will still be celebrated for decades to come. Additionally, there are companies out there that turn your average Defender into the monster it truly wants to be. Twisted, for example, has installed a 6.2-liter V-8 engine in one. And then there's Kahn Design that can even build you a six-wheeled version. Another company known as JE MotorWorks has been wrenching on Land Rovers for 40 years. One of their craziest creations is the Zulu2 Super Defender, which sees a supercharged V-8 beating beneath its bonnet...
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Extra-Long Dyno Pull Makes Mustang Tire Go Boom
What happens when you cross a 5.0-liter Mustang, a extra-long dyno run, and a 200-shot of nitrous? You get a demonstration of raw power, though not the kind the driver originally intended. WATCH: 2016 Cadillac ATS-V Excels on Track Day As the clip from 1320video shows, right around the 35-second...
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2,100-Horsepower Audi R8 Is Latest King Of The Street: Video
The King of the Street Texas Invitational brings amazingly powerful vehicles out of the woodwork. The goal is straight-line speed, and the cars need four-figure horsepower to compete effectively. Normally we expect to see the AMS Nissan GT-R running in the top spot, but that car wasn't there this...
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Hyundai Previews 2015 SEMA Lineup
This year will mark Hyundai's 15th appearance at the annual Specialty Equipment Manufacturer's Association (SEMA) Show. And in the years since the release of the sporty, rear-wheel-drive Genesis Coupe, the brand has steadily increased it's footprint at the annual automotive aftermarket carnival...
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Fast And Furious Star Building His Dream 240Z: Video
Everyone knows Paul Walker was an avid car fan, but the late actor wasn’t the only member of the Fast and the Furious family to have a penchant for cars. Sung Kang, who played the character Han in some of the movies, also has a love for cars, particularly classic Porsches. However, he also...
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Fiat heir Lapo Elkann turns Milan gas station into trendy vehicle customization shop
While big brother John runs the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] empire, fellow Fiat heir Lapo Elkann in recent years has focused on merging his interests in the world of fashion with the family business. For example, he was influential in developing Ferrari’s Tailor-Made personalization...
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