Muscle Cars
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We love the new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS, and now we have a better understanding as to why. Tuning firm Hennessey Performance just got its hands on one, and the first thing that it did was to strap the car to a dyno. ALSO SEE: Devel’s 12.3-Liter Quad-Turbo V-16 Dynoed At 4,515 Horsepower: Video The result was 431 horsepower and 427 pound-feet of torque at the wheels, with a manual-equipped car. Assuming even a very conservative drivetrain loss of 10 percent, we’re talking an output of approximately 474 hp and 470 lb-ft at the crank. Recall, General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM]...
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Dodge Asks Students To Design The SRT Hellcat Of 2025
Earlier today we told you about Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] design challenge among the world’s premier design colleges. Now we have news of a second design contest, though this one is aimed at much younger—though perhaps just as talented—students. MUST SEE: Devel’s...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Ford Shelby GT350 Vs. Chevy Camaro SS: Video Throwdown
You know, sometimes it's tough to convince our friends and family that this is a tough job. Hard days and long nights. Real work. Convincing them is about to get impossible. Who else runs buck wild with two of the ballsiest cars on the face of Planet Earth--on a school day? We did. Drove 'em hard...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS Video Road Test
What's a muscle car? What's a pony car? Before you dig too deeply into those car-guy Twitter fights, listen to this. It's time to stop calling the Chevy Camaro a pony car. Time to stop calling it a muscle car. It's a bona fide sports car now, and a damn fine one at that. We took to the canyons of...
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Danica Patrick Helps Deliver The First 2016 Chevrolet Camaro
The first sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro has found its way to its new owner. The deal went down as Alican Boyacioglu officially became the first 2016 Camaro owner. He received his keys from someone who knows about driving fast Chevys: racing driver Danica Patrick. WATCH: 2015 Ford Mustang GT...
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Former Stig Says Ford Mustang Makes Best Stunt Car
The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang has gone global. It's available for purchase all over the world, and it's found a big fan over in the United Kingdom. Ben Collins sussed it out in the manner he knows best and decided to crown it as the ultimate stunt car. It's a vehicle that shares the...
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Fifty-one years. That’s how long it’s been since the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] introduced the Mustang at the New York World’s Fair. In an instant, it became an American classic. The current Mustang was all-new for the 2015 model year, and it's the best Mustang ever—but right now there are a lot of great muscle cars and sports cars to choose from. So what does the original icon have to offer? Is the sixth-generation Ford Mustang still king? ALSO SEE: Driving A Police Car: Six Things You Should Know This is the most important part of any muscle car or sports...
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2016 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Revealed, Runs 8.0-Second Quarter Mile: Video
After taking a break last year, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Cobra Jet turnkey drag racer is back, and it’s quicker than ever. The latest version, which debuted this week at the 2015 SEMA show in Las Vegas, is based on the sixth-generation Mustang, and according to Ford it’s...
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All-wheel-drive Dodge Challenger leads Mopar SEMA onslaught
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ [NYSE:FCAU] official aftermarket and accessories division Mopar has brought an assortment of vehicles to this week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, the highlight of which is this all-wheel-drive Dodge Challenger. It’s called the Challenger GT AWD and is...
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2016 Chevy COPO Camaro Previewed With Courtney Force Concept: Video
Chevrolet teamed up with NHRA Camaro Funny Car driver Courtney Force to develop a concept previewing the 2016 COPO Camaro based on the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro muscle car. The concept is called the COPO Camaro Courtney Force, and it made its debut today at the SEMA show in Las Vegas...
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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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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Starts Shipping Out To Dealers
Chevrolet has started shipping the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro to dealers all across the country, which means the first customer deliveries should commence by mid-November. We’ve already had a chance to drive the new Camaro and find it to be substantially improved over the outgoing...
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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 Storm SEMA Early this year, the company announced it would build 143 examples of the baby-blue Mustang it debuted at SEMA in 2014, and we now have confirmation that another series of high-power Mustangs is in the works: the Mustang GT King Edition. The latest special edition was developed with Ford...
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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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'A Faster Horse' Is A Deep Dive Into Mustang History: Video
There's plenty of swelling strings and inspiration music in A Faster Horse, David Gelb's new Mustang documentary. But in capturing the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding the release of the latest generation of Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] iconic coupe, the director—who rose to fame with the...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro first drive review
Muscle-car fans have had quite a feast in the past two years, with the 707-horsepower Challenger and Charger Hellcat and the 526-hp Shelby GT350 laying untold stripes on countless roads across America. (Dozens of them may be ours. Maybe not. Prove it in court.) But they won't be able to pass up...
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Chevy Already Offering Performance Parts For Sixth-Gen Camaro
The sixth-generation Camaro isn’t even on the market yet but Chevrolet is already previewing a range of accessories and performance upgrades for the car. From air intake and exhaust systems, to lowering kits, ground-effects packages, spoilers and even Brembo brake packages, the parts and...
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700-Horsepower Ford Mustang Makes It Into Neiman Marcus Christmas Book: Video
The annual Christmas Book from Neiman Marcus has been announced, and a quick flick through it to the automotive section reveals a new special edition auto based on the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] Mustang. Yes, a humble Ford Mustang Convertible has been picked by the luxury retailer for its...
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The go-fast bits on the 2016 Shelby GT350R that will be auctioned at the 13th annual Cattle Baron’s Ball in Detroit are bone stock. Of course, if you're familiar with the weapons-grade track monster's capabilities, you know it's a hell of a machine straight from the factory. Along with a host of suspension tweaks, there's the flat-plane crank V-8, which produces a brutal 526 horsepower and 429 pound-feet of torque and revs to a dizzying 8,250 rpm. ALSO SEE: Hear The Bugatti Vision GT Concept’s Engine Start Up And Rev: Video But the one-of-one machine features a host of custom...
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Spy Video
It was only a week ago that we saw a hardcore version of the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro testing at the Nürburgring that we think might be badged a ZL1, or if labeled something else at least sit in the Camaro hierarchy where the previous ZL1 sat. Now a second Camaro prototype has been...
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Holden-tuner HSV offers supercharged LSA V-8 on most models
With Holden recently updating its Commodore range of sedans, wagons and utes, it was only a matter of time until the automaker’s semi-official tuner HSV unleashed its own barrage of Commodore-based performance vehicles. HSV’s new range, referred to as the Gen-F2, boasts some visual...
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Spy Shots And Video
Chevrolet is gearing up for the launch of its all-new, sixth-generation Camaro later this fall, with the most potent model at present being the 455-horsepower Camaro SS. However, for those buyers willing to wait on pulling the trigger, there’s an even hotter model in the works, one likely to...
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Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Signed By George W. Bush Helps Raise $885k For Charity
A 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 driven and signed by former President George W. Bush was part of the Gooding & Company auction held during last month’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, and the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has confirmed that the final selling price of the car was a...
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Chevrolet SS gets refresh for 2016, may vanish after 2017
The Chevrolet SS will get some performance-inspired exterior tweaks for the 2016 model year, including functional hood vents, LED lighting and new 19-inch wheels. As the Australian-market Holden Commodore on which the Chevy is based recently received similar treatments, the changes were widely...
John Coyle