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The Ford Bronco is making a return, but the popularity of classics is growing. You can even get them with electric powertrains now thanks to companies like Zero Labs Automotive.
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The Hellephant in the room: Hemi crate engine delivers 1,000 horsepower for $29,995Mopar's brought back the 426-cubic inch Hemi V-8 known as the elephant engine, only this time it's supercharged with bits from the Hellcat to the tune of 1,000 horsepower and 950 pound-feet of torque.
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Mil-Spec Hummer H1 Launch Edition #006 focuses on the finer and tougher thingsMil-Spec Automotive is busy cranking out some of its first customer orders as part of a "Launch Edition" series, and the company revealed the latest one this week. Dubbed Launch Edition #006, this Mil-Spec monster doubles down on the company's core principles of adding tougher off-road gear and...
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French firm building Hemi-powered, front-engined Porsche 911French tuner Danton Arts Kustoms is not only installing a Hemi V-8 in a Porsche 911, but putting it up front, and renderings show it should be one wild ride.
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2019 Ford Mustang RTR offers 700 horsepower, adjustable suspensionRTR Vehicles is back with more upgrades for the Ford Mustang. This time, the performance company offers a pony car with 700 horsepower. Founded by professional drifter Vaughn Gittin, Jr., the company has announced its 2019 Ford Mustang Spec 3, which includes the lofty 700-hp figure and a host of...
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Gittin Jr.'s skunk works gets into pickup game with 2019 Ford F-150 RTRRTR Vehicles, the semi-official Ford performance division founded by professional drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr., has launched the F-150 RTR, its first pickup truck.
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Specialty Vehicle Engineering (SVE) is back with its latest take on a past General Motors performance vehicle. The company announced Monday it will tackle the beloved GMC Syclone with a new model based on the GMC Canyon mid-size truck. Keeping with tradition, the reborn Syclone rocks a V-6 engine with forced induction. While the original model from GMC itself boasted a 4.3-liter turbocharged V-6, SVE has slapped a supercharger on the current 3.6-liter V-6 offered with the Canyon. The supercharger makes things interesting with 455 horsepower available. Coupled with the power increase are...
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Icon restomods Joe Rogan's Toyota Land CruiserIcon continues to work its magic with numerous vintage SUVs, and the latest to go under the knife is a 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser. It also happens to be Joe Rogan's personal vehicle, and it's clear the 51-year-old comedian has pretty good taste in modifications. According to a video Icon's Jonathan...
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Roush to show trail-inspired Ford F-150 in New YorkRoush has a new modified pickup truck coming to the 2019 New York International Auto Show, and it's a trail-inspired F-150 rig. The company said in a Tuesday release that the new F-150 will be finished in Oxford White and boast an optional trail-inspired splash graphics package. As for its actual...
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Jeep M-175 Five Quarter concept is one boss restomod pickupIt wouldn't be the Jeep Moab Easter Safari without at least one restomod concept vehicle, and the M-175 Five Quarter concept carries on the tradition in an imposing manner. The M-175 Five Quarter concept, a nod to Jeep's past 1 1/4-ton pickups, is one of the six concepts Jeep produced for the 53rd...
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Casil Motors to give Ferrari 328 a modern makeoverCasil Motors is taking on the resto-mod trend with an Italian flavor. The Las Vegas-based company announced it will transform 30 Ferrari 328 models into what it calls the BB3X8. The final product looks like something out of a video game with a widebody kit and flared wheel arches. Casil said the...
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Porsche Half11 is sure to shock classic car puristsThe Porsche 911 is a dream car for many enthusiasts. Yet, a lot has been done with vintage 911s over the past decade that moves beyond what came from the factory, despite how purists may feel. Forget all that, though, because the Half11 is a 911 project like we've never seen. In a Thursday report...
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The McLaren 720S is an incredibly quick car straight from the factory but with some fairly standard mods it can be turned into an insanely quick machine.
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A Maserati Quattroporte Shooting Brake exists and is for saleMaserati knows a thing or two about designing a sexy car, but it's never once built a wagon. So, one man himself did for a customer. Road & Track reported on this wonderful Maserati Quattroporte Shooting Brake, which comes from Adan Redding. The Britain native has spent his life restoring...
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Hennessey Performance cooks up VelociRaptor V-8 for The RockHennessey Performance Engineering will gladly replace the Ford F-150 Raptor's twin-turbo V-6 with a V-8, and that appealed to professional wrestler and action star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. HPE posted photos to its official Facebook page on Tuesday showing The Rock's latest ride. It's a baby blue...
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Modified Ford GT becomes first street-legal car to hit 300 mphThe heavily modified 2006 Ford GT hit 300 mph on a drag strip, but the race to build a super-fast, street-legal hypercar is just starting.
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Next in Ares' Legends Reborn series is an homage to 1950s roadstersAres, the Modena-based coachbuilder and tuner formed by ex-Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, has provided a first look at the latest model in its Legends Reborn series. The series reimagines iconic cars using modern design techniques and materials, not to mention performance, with the first model, aptly...
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Bureko 6x6 pickup is a Chevy Silverado on steroidsThe three-axle, six-wheeled brute from Czech builder Bureko is based on a Chevrolet Silverado pickup with some extreme mods.
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Ares continues to churn out wonderfully retro cars, and the latest model didn't disappoint. Last week, the Project 1 debuted as an ode to the De Tomaso Panther, but Ares has more plans in store for the car. Top Gear magazine reported on Monday that there will be a convertible model put into production alongside the coupe. The coupe is based on a donor Lamborghini Huracan, if you can believe it, and the design comes from Ares in-house designer Mihai Panatescu. We should expect the Project 1 convertible to then use a Huracan Spyder as the starting point. Dany Bahar, the former Lotus CEO who's...
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Speedkore's 1,400-hp carbon-fiber-bodied twin-turbo Dodge Demon sounds angry, runs 8sSpeedKore shocked us with its 1,400-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon build at the 2018 SEMA show, but we now have a good look at just how brutal of a machine it is. Video from That Racing Channel on YouTube shows SpeedKore's extra demonic Challenger SRT Demon hit the dragstrip. Let's make this...
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Aluminum-bodied 1963 Jaguar E-Type swings into Jay Leno's GarageJay Leno's Garage brought one very cool cat onto the show in a recent episode. A 1963 Jaguar E-Type swung into the studio, but this is no typical E-Type. It's a different animal. Not to be confused as a kit car or a tribute to an original, this is a factory Jaguar E-Type, except Jaguar Classic has...
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SpeedKore's Demon-powered 1970 Dodge Charger visits Jay Leno's GarageIt made its debut at the 2018 SEMA show and now SpeedKore Performance Group's Demon-powered, carbon fiber-bodied 1970 Dodge Charger has paid a visit to Jay Leno's Garage. And there to explain it all was SpeedKore boss Dave Salvaggio. You may remember him from his meetup with Leno for the custom...
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New Ruf GT debuts with 515 horsepowerGermany's Ruf used this week's 2019 Geneva International Motor Show to unveil the latest generation of its GT based on the Porsche 911, specifically the outgoing 991's GTS variant. The Ruf GT is aimed at 911 enthusiasts seeking additional performance and something a little different to what Porsche...
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Hennessey gives Ford Ranger claws with 350-hp VelociRaptor RangerFord has no plans to introduce the current Ranger Raptor in the United States, so Hennessey Performance Engineering will essentially do it for the automaker. On Monday, the Texas-based tuning company announced the Ford VelociRaptor Ranger. The VelociRaptor name should be familiar to anyone who...
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