Muscle Cars
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We don't know yet how much horsepower the new 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon has, but that hasn't stopped everyone from looking for clues. Every teaser we've received so far has revealed more about the new beast, and now the latest one might've just exposed the car's horsepower rating. The sharp minds over at Road & Track noticed that the owner plate on the Demon box image revealed as a teaser has a serial number of 0757. They believe this indicates the new Demon will have 757 horsepower, which would be exactly 50 more horses than the 707 horsepower Hellcat. Their logic? The teasers for...
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2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon fully customizable for the street or strip
A teaser video for the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is out and hints at the new levels of customizability that will be offered with the car. Given the fact it’s based on the Challenger SRT Hellcat and comes with factory-installed radial tires, it’s easy to write off the Demon as...
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HSV reveals last of its rear-wheel-drive Commodores
General Motors’ Australian subsidiary Holden is set to wind up production of its rear-wheel-drive Commodore range in October. There will be a new Commodore arriving in 2018, but this will be a front-wheel-drive model twinned with the Opel Insignia Grand Sport and, perhaps most tragically, no...
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Burt Reynolds' latest 'Bandit' Trans Am sells for $275K
Another Pontiac Firebird Trans Am modeled like the one in the 1977 hit movie “Smokey and the Bandit” was sold last month at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. It went for $275,000. The man with what seems to be an endless store of the cars, Burt Reynolds, the Bandit...
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Jay Leno visited by The Judge
On the list of all-time great muscle cars, there's a place for the Pontiac GTO, and it slides in near the very top. After all, many consider the GTO to be the grandfather of all the muscle cars and for good reason. In 1964, Pontiac added a GTO package to the Tempest, which transformed the car into...
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800-hp ‘Yenko’ 2017 Chevrolet Camaro revealed
Remember the Yenko 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport that debuted during the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona earlier this month? The company behind the car, Specialty Vehicle Engineering of Toms River, New Jersey, has since dropped its supercharged V-8 into the engine bay of the...
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General Motors’ Australian unit Holden is set to end local production in October, and along with the end of production will be the demise of the rear-wheel-drive Commodore, the current version of which is sold here in high-performance trim as the Chevrolet SS. A new Commodore is coming, though it’s based on GM’s front-wheel-drive E2XX platform and twinned with the Opel Insignia Grand Sport. Thus, to mark the end of the rear-wheel-drive, Aussie-built Commodore, semi-official Holden tuner HSV has unveiled something very special. Behold the GTSR W1 super sedan. As was rumored...
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2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon’s wide-body design revealed
Dodge has dropped more details on its upcoming Challenger SRT Demon, and the latest look reveals the car’s sexy wide-body design. Yes, the Demon is going to be as mean as its name implies, with the car adopting some very pronounced fender flares as revealed in one of the teaser shots. And...
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Ford Mustang scores 2-star rating in Euro NCAP crash test
Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] sixth-generation Mustang has scored just two out of a possible five stars in the latest crash test run by Euro NCAP, the first time since 2008 such a low score has been handed out to a major automaker by Europe’s main safety body. Euro NCAP also issues scores...
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Ford F-150 Raptor purchase comes with off-road driving course
The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] F-150 Raptor is the latest member of the Ford Performance fleet to come with a complimentary driving course to help owners get the most out of their vehicles. The course is called the Raptor Assault program and joins the previous GT350 Track Attack and ST Octane...
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Shelby rolls out 50th anniversary Super Snake
It was 50 years ago that Carroll Shelby and his team at Shelby American built the first Mustang-based Super Snake, a high-performance machine that started out life as a tester for Goodyear. It was based on Shelby’s original GT500 and featured the V-8 of the GT40 race car. Unfortunately, it...
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Ford unveils 2018 Mustang Convertible
Shortly after unveiling the 2018 Mustang coupe, Ford has shown the 2018 Mustang Convertible. The convertible gets all the same significant changes as the coupe. The big changes come under the hood, where a 10-speed automatic transmission replaces a 6-speed, the 2.3-liter 4-cylinder and 5.0-liter...
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UPDATE: It's probably not a coincidence. A video has surfaced that shows Vin Diesel and a pair of Challengers with a Demon-looking badge visible on one of the cars. Picture below. The latest season of "Sherlock" came to a strange close, so we're putting our deductive logic to the test if you don't mind. "The Fast and the Furious" franchise is predicated on fast cars and Vin Diesel. The eighth installment, "The Fate of the Furious," arrives in theaters April 14. (Vin Diesel is already here, we think.) The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is predicated on turning solid tires into noise and...
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2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is 200 pounds lighter than a Hellcat
A week ago Dodge came out with the statement it’s about to unleash the Challenger SRT Demon for 2018, likely the final model year for the current generation of the muscle car icon. Along with that bombshell, the company released a ballsy teaser video featuring a hellish big cat made out of...
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Holden rolls out special editions to mark end of Aussie-built Commodore
General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Australian division Holden will shutter its plant in October, ending four decades of Aussie-built, rear-wheel-drive Commodore tradition in the process—as well as resulting in the demise of the Chevrolet SS. A redesigned Commodore has been revealed, but...
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Dodge: What’s new for 2017
Dodge in recent years has transformed from a mainstream brand into a performance-oriented one specializing in muscle cars. The transformation really kicked into high gear in 2014 when parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] announced that Dodge was to reabsorb the SRT division, along...
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2018 Ford Mustang adds power, digital gauges and 10-speed
The battle between the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro for the hearts and minds of American performance enthusiasts is as fierce as it's ever been in the cars' 50-plus-year history. With Chevy launching a volley in the form of the redesigned, sixth-generation Camaro in late...
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Ford Mustang V-6 discontinued as part of 2018 refresh
The V-6-powered Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang is dead. As part of the popular pony car's 2018 refresh, Ford is killing the entry level engine, just three years after reducing it to a supporting role. Aside from the mid-1980s Fox body, Ford has always sold the Mustang with a 6-cylinder. The...
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Remember the Galpin Rocket? The 725-horsepower beast based on the sixth-generation Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang, co-designed by Galpin Auto Sports and Henrik Fisker. Unveiled at the 2014 Los Angeles auto show, the car turned out to be quite a hit and was even selected for the opening scene of the first episode of Amazon’s “The Grand Tour.” The Rocket is still available, though it’s now being manufactured by VLF and part of the VLF lineup. In recognition of this transition, the car has been renamed the VLF Rocket V8. VLF is the Auburn Hills, Michigan-based car...
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The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon will be a meaner Hellcat halo car
You thought the 707-horsepower Hellcat was going to be the king of the Dodge Challenger lineup? Apparently you, and we, thought wrong. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] has announced it will be bringing the ultimate performance halo car to the 2017 New York auto show, the 2018 Dodge Challenger...
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Chevrolet SS successor 'unlikely'
Chevrolet’s SS muscle sedan was only introduced for 2014 but supplies of the car will run out in late 2017. That’s because the only place in the world where the SS is produced, Holden’s plant in Australia, is winding up production for good and retiring the rear-wheel-drive Zeta...
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Ring Brothers bring their G-Code Camaro to Jay Leno's Garage
Mike and Jim Ring have their particular set of skills down pat. What they can do is take a classic muscle car and turn it into a one-off pro touring machine that isn't too over the top. That is, until you start digging a bit deeper into the design and engineering of a given project car. Then you...
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Ford Mustang Hybrid due in 2020, and it may be powerful
We all knew this day was coming, but it's just something an auto enthusiast can't prepare for. A Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Hybrid is happening, and it will be here in just a handful of years. To be specific, 2020 is when the Mustang will add a hybrid model. Details are slim, but Ford...
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2017 Ford Mustang preview
Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] sixth-generation Mustang made waves when introduced for the 2015 model year. Finally, we were graced with a Mustang with independent rear suspension, which together with the steering and other chassis tweaks helped to deliver sports car-like handling. Since then...
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