
Friday, June 26, 2015
Watch a Mustang Shelby GT350R scream up the hill at Goodwood

The quintessentially English Goodwood Festival of Speed gets a dose of rip-roaring American horsepower.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed is just an astounding collection of vehicles, from priceless ancients to legends of mid-century motorsport to the racers of the modern...
It’s Alive! Hennessey Transforms Ford F-250 into VelociRaptor SUV

The folks at Hennessey Performance are from Texas. They aren’t afraid of taking on big, Texas-sized projects – a point proven after they tore into a handful of Ford Raptor pickups, and turned them into 600 horsepower, family-hauling VelociRaptor SUVs.
That...
Lotus 3-Eleven: The quickest, most expensive Lotus ever

Yes, Lotus considers this roofless, windshieldless speedster to be a road car. There's also a race version
Lotus has always been a purveyor of purpose-built vehicles—witness the relentless lightweight nature of bare-bones vehicles like the Elise, or the original Lotus...
New Nissan Juke-R: Same as the old, but now with 600 hp

The old Juke-R was admirably bonkers. Thankfully the recipe doesn't change too much, except the good stuff gets a little better.
The Nissan Juke-R: alien larva spawn of CUV and Godzilla, beloved by some, to others a bemusing sideshow. In its second act, not much...
2016 Chevrolet Cruze Aims To Avoid Sophomore Slump

Nothing summed up the failures of old, pre-bankruptcy General Motors quite like its inability to build a competent small sedan for nigh on decades — the kind of car that’s the most popular vehicle worldwide, which other automakers had long mastered.
Which is...
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Barrett-Jackson to Auction Wild 1967 Mustang During Palm Beach Auction

If you’re like us, you have a love-hate relationship with the auction companies like Barrett-Jackson, Mecum, and Auctions America. We love them because they provide us an excuse to do absolutely nothing on a weekend except sit on the couch, sip a frosty beverage, and watch...
Chevy Reveals New Camaro Convertible, Says Top Drops Easier Than Ever

General Motors unwrapped the drop-top version of the newest Chevy Camaro Wednesday, showing off a roof that can go down while the car is in motion. That’s a big improvement over today’s convertible version, which is overly complicated and can only function when...
FORD DRIVERS LOOKING FORWARD TO EXCITING NEW CARS AS IMSA TACKLES WATKINS GLEN

By Team Ford Performance Correspondent
Joey Hand spent three seasons racing in the European-based Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters championship. He returned to America in 2015 and joined Ford Performance as a key part of the Ford EcoBoost developmental team.
On Sunday, Hand...
$202k Aston Martin DB9 GT gets HP bump and more

The DB9 has been in production for 11 years, but the latest version ups the oomph by 30 hp and gets a wealth of other upgrades.
There's something about the older Aston Martins in the company's lineup. TheVantage GT, while outclassed on paper by the Corvette Z06 and the...
CONFIRMED: 2016 Ford Focus RS will be sold "globally"
UPDATE: At an event this morning, Ford President and CEO Mark Fields confirmed that the Focus RS will be sold worldwide. Fields said, "We have a new Focus RS coming to market, and it's coming globally." We will update this story with further information as...
The Ford Focus RS: 345 HP, AWD, and U.S.-bound

Here's everything you need to know about Ford's newest, hottest hatch.
Ahead of its run up the hill at Goodwood, Ford has officially released a power figure for the 2017 Focus RS. It will make 350 PS, or approximately 345 hp. No other updates to previously released...
The Koenigsegg Regera has 1500 hp and no transmission

This might be the most interesting hypercar development in recent memory.
It's hard not to think of the hybrid supercar in Darwinian terms when you come to realize that the Koenigsegg Regera has transcended the transmission altogether in a rather incredible evolution....
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
You need to hear the Alfa Romeo Giulia's 510-hp scream

Alfa Romeo's wowing the world with the new Giulia, a sport sedan set to take the fight to the mighty BMW M3. The fastest one, the Quadrifoglio, packs a screaming V6 that Alfa says churns out 510 horsepower.
And hoo boy do those horses scream.
Take a listen. We'll have...
How good is the revolutionary 2015 Ford F-150?

Covert Baja 1000 prototype racing. Late night TV host pimping. "Moon shot" metaphors.Sledgehammers. With all of the hoopla surrounding the redesigned 2015 Ford F-150, it's way too easy to forget one simple question: Is it a good truck? Consumer Reports finally...