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Honda wants to bring its powerful turbocharged VTEC engine, found in the Civic Type R, to the masses. On Monday, it revealed the 2.0-liter inline-4 unit, referred to internally as the K20C1, in crate engine form. The reveal took place at an event outlining Honda's showcase for this week's 2017 SEMA...

Ringbrothers will take to the 2017 SEMA show to showcase a trio of wild custom cars, but we think one of them, in particular, will be a real crowd pleaser. That's because anything with a 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 known as the Hellcat is always awesome. The Wisconsin-based shop plans to debut a...

Chevrolet is debuting two new Camaros ahead of the 2017 SEMA Show and there's good news for Hot Wheels and drag racing lovers. Meet the 2018 Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Edition and the 2018 COPO Camaro. Chevrolet bundled both announcements because the brand will offer the Hot Wheels Edition cues on...

Lexus' flagship LC coupe is headed to the big screen, where it will serve as the chariot of choice for Wakandan leader T'Challa. You'll soon have your chance to buy your own version of this Marvel-commissioned coupe as part of the limited edition LC Inspiration Series. Just 100 are earmarked for...

Hennessey is in the business of outfitting numerous production cars with an array of go-fast parts, but the cherry atop the Texas performance company's business is the Venom. First introduced in 2010 and based on a Lotus, the Venom GT was faster than a Bugatti Veyron, weighed less, and clocked a...

Just over three years ago Hennessey Performance Engineering announced to the world it was beginning work on a world-beating hypercar called the Venom F5. On Thursday, the Texas-based performance shop told the world the wait is nearly over: the F5 will be unveiled at SEMA on November 1. Set to use a...

The SEMA show never fails to offer extreme concept vehicles, and Hyundai has published an image of its first concept that will head to the show: the Rockstar Energy Moab Extreme Off-roader Santa Fe Sport Concept. Yes, that's a mouthful, and the laundry list of supporting modifications is nearly as...

WD-40 and Vaccar team on a restoration build to be unveiled at 2017 SEMA Show and later auctioned for charity. WD-40 Company is teaming with builder Aaron Vaccar and The Vaccar Company on a restoration build that blends old and new: an iconic 1966 Ford Bronco equipped with a turbocharged EcoBoost...

Barrett-Jackson and Prestone are taking on a rarity from Chevrolet. The auction house and Prestone have teamed up to restore and auction off a 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS Aerocoupe. What's so special about the Monte Carlo Aerocoupe? The design actually has quite a bit of thought behind it. In the...

Prior to SEMA, we saw enderings of an interesting mashup between a Ford Mustang GT and a Ford GT. The car debuted at the show in the flesh. It is called the GTT, and it's the creation of the Corona, California, shop Zero to 60 Designs. There's more Mustang than GT here because the car started as a...

The SEMA show in Las Vegas is over for another year but don’t worry if you missed it because you’ll find all the highlights here. One of the standouts was this Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang speedster from Stitchcraft. It’s based on the Mustang EcoBoost and gets a healthy...

You hear mixed things about SEMA. As someone who's never attended, I wanted to see it with my own eyes. I'd received varied reviews, ranging from, "you're going to want to bleach your eyes after this" to "the things you'll see there are amazing." Frankly, everyone was right on all accounts. Upon...

Mopar in recent years has been bringing some serious muscle to the annual SEMA show. And some of the show cars have ended up as production models. Prime examples include the Dodge Viper ACR concept we saw in 2014 and the Dodge Challenger GT AWD concept we saw in 2015. (The wide-body...

Have you ever looked at a Toyota Land Cruiser and thought "You know what, that thing needs to go much faster." It's possible that someone has said that, and we're not talking just a little bit faster. We're talking about reaching supercar speeds in the rugged off-roader. Don't believe it could be...

Lexus on Tuesday unveiled the first modified version of its upcoming LC coupe during the 2016 SEMA show. The LC isn’t due in showrooms until early 2017 so the tuning firm responsible for the SEMA show car, Beyond Marketing, were given early access to a pre-production example. Overseeing the...

The Ferrari-powered Toyota 86 from the imagination of Ryan Tuerck finally made its public debut at SEMA this past week. Before that? It was doing donuts around a Ferrari 458 Italia. If you think a Toyota 86 powered by a V-8 engine from a Ferrari 458 Italia doing donuts around a Ferrari 458 Italia...

The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang on Tuesday was voted the Hottest Coupe at the 2016 SEMA show, edging out its Chevrolet Camaro arch rival as well as all other two-doors at the show. The Mustang is a perennial favorite in the tuning scene, and with good reason. The car’s affordable base...

You're caning your Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus ST on your favorite local race track. This could be your best lap time yet, but you don't really have an easy way of knowing this. You could invest tons of money into track data tools, or you could just grab the new Ford Performance App...

Mazda impressed us at the 2015 SEMA show when it unveiled a lightweight speedster concept based on its fourth-generation MX-5 Miata, which at the time was just hitting the market. On Tuesday at the 2016 SEMA show, Mazda unveiled an evolved version of its MX-5 Speedster concept that’s been...

One of the most romantic dreams in sports car lore is the gentleman’s racer. This is a car that can be driven for all your day-to-day needs and then on the weekends taken to the track, fitted with a more aggressive set of tires and transformed into a competitive racing machine. The current...