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Eight seconds can be a very long time—just ask a bull rider. But in the world of cars blasting down the drag strip, it’s a pretty darned short time, indeed. This 1,500-horsepower turbocharged street-driven Mustang BOSS makes it look easy. MUST WATCH: Hellcat Vs. Hellcat: Tires Shredded, Faces Melted, Internet Broken For a street machine, getting into 8-second territory is pretty much bonkers. But this is only technically a street car. It’s caged, has a giant dump tube sticking out of the front of the car, a trunk-mounted air-to-water intercooler to handle the charge heat of...
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Twin-Engine Hyundai Tiburon Does Donut Dance & Rips Off 10s: Video
There have been a number of adventurous car builders over the years who have waded into the depths of twin-engined madness. The good folks at BangShift have been exploring this realm recently, and they've unearthed something truly wonderful in the form of something unexpected. MUST WATCH: Hellcat...
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Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera’s Ferrari F12-Based Berlinetta Lusso Revealed: Video
Remember Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera’s awesome Alfa Romeo Disco Volante? Well, the hand-built masterpiece based on the 8C Competizione supercar proved so popular that the Italian coachbuilder has decided to do another project just like it, this time based on the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta...
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Viper-Based Bravado Banshee From Grand Theft Auto Up For Sale: Video
In 2013, Rockstar Games commissioned West Coast Customs to build a real-life version of the Bravado Banshee from its blockbuster Grand Theft Auto franchise. And while you probably wouldn't have guessed the car would eventually wind up in the possession of a 56 year-old grandmother, that's exactly...
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Brabus To Unleash 850-HP Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG At 2015 Geneva Motor Show
While anyone with eyes has to question the taste of the interior, the new Brabus 850 6.0 Biturbo Coupe has a whole lot going for it—under the hood and elsewhere. With an upgraded take on the 5.5-liter twin-turbo V-8 found in the standard S63 AMG Coupe (where it makes 577 horsepower and 664...
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Porsche Classic Develops Uber-Cool Retrofit GPS/Radio For Old 911s: Video
We often take all of the technological gizmos fitted to modern cars for granted. It only becomes apparent when you hop behind the wheel of a classic that you realize life wasn’t always so convenient. Fortunately for owners of older Porsche 911 models, the men and women at the Porsche Classic...
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Remember the baby blue 2015 Ford Mustang GT tuned by Petty's Garage that debuted at last year’s SEMA show? Well, it proved so popular that the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] together with Petty’s Garage is now planning to build a limited run of 143 cars. There will be two types available: a stage one that will be built in a 100-car run and a stage two that will consist of 43 cars, the latter representing the racing number which racked up 200 NASCAR victories. MUST WATCH: The Bugatti Veyron Finally Sounds Like Your Brain Thinks A Quad-Turbo W-16 Should: Video The stage one car is...
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RSI Racing’s Twin-Turbo Dodge Viper Produces 1,000+ HP At The Wheels: Video
With 645 horsepower available from an 8.4-liter V-10, the fifth-generation Dodge Viper is hardly lacking in performance. However, with Cadillac’s new CTS-V packing similar heat and Dodge’s own Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcats each coming with 707 hp, we’d understand if there...
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Redneck Super Kart Powered By 425ci Oldsmobile V-8: Video
What do you do when you’ve got plenty of car parts, an ample supply of beer, and one very bad idea? You build this, a skateboard of a go kart powered by a 425-cubic-inch Oldsmobile V-8. DON'T MISS: Awesome Kid Parks Go Kart Awesomely: Video And you give that Olds V-8 a very lumpy cam. And you...
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INKAS Armored G63 AMG Is A Tribute To Dictatorial Excess: Gallery
There’s over the top, then there’s Over The Top, then there’s insanely over the top, and then there’s this: the INKAS armored Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG limousine that’s outfitted like a first-class luxury jet cabin wrapped in a bubble of steely protection. With an...
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McLaren P1 With Gold Wheels, Engine Cover By MSO: Video
The McLaren P1 is already a very expensive hypercar with more extreme looks and more extreme performance than just about anything on the road. So why not coat bits of it in 24-karat gold? DON'T MISS: 27-Year-Old That Crashed McLaren P1 Had Car For Less Than 24 Hours That is about as far down the...
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Porsche Exclusive 911 Turbo, Turbo S Aerokit Adds Downforce Without Drag
Porsche Exclusive has gone and one-upped the original designers of the 991 Porsche 911 Turbo and Turbo S. A new aerodynamics kit announced today manages to add significant downforce without increasing the car’s stock coefficient of drag. SEE MORE: 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo & Turbo S: First...
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Deadmau5 already has a McLaren 650S in his fleet, which he occasionally offers rides in to Uber users around his home town of Toronto, and next month he’s set to take delivery of one of the 375 McLaren P1s destined for production, but that hasn’t stopped him from going out and ordering yet another supercar, this time a Lamborghini. DON'T MISS: Watch The New ‘Furious 7’ Super Bowl Spot: Video Yes, the Canadian DJ and cat lover has ordered a new Lamborghini Huracán, which he has revealed via Twitter will don the famous Nyan Cat-themed wrap that was fitted to a...
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Nissan Juke RSnow Makes Tracks
Nissan puts tracks on a Juke NISMO RS to create the RSnow.
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Ken Block Gives Us A Walk-Around Of His RaptorTrax
Ken Block is a possessor of highly desirable vehicles. His Hoonicorn Mustang is one of the greatest vehicles ever created. It's not his only car though, as he's got a pretty badass Ford F-150 Raptor as well. Like Doc and Marty McFly don't need roads where they're going, neither does Ken Block...
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You've Seen The Tumbler Golf Cart, Now Meet The Tumbler Baby Stroller: Video
A new and unexpected tribute to Batman's most menacing ride.
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Time To Make The Dual-Passat Snownuts: Video
Dramamine to the rescue on this dual-Passat throw down in the snow. MUST SEE: Watch The Ford GT Supercar Start, Rev Its Twin-Turbo V-6, And Drive: Video Yes, that’s right. Dual. Passat. Snow. Donuts. One is a 1.8-liter, the other a 2.0—but both are welded together at the A-pillar to...
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Callaway C12 Owned By Dale Jr. Hits eBay
If you're a Corvette fan, it's probably safe to say that you're also a Callaway fan. No, I don't mean the group that make golf clubs, but rather Callaway cars. The Connecticut-based team has been turning out modified Corvettes in various shades of aggression for many years now. MUST SEE: Watch The...
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The Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT350R Mustangs have just burst onto the scene, with new flat-plane crank V-8s to boot. However, if you’re looking for a Shelby Mustang built by the company that Carroll Shelby helped create, then the all-new 2015 Ford Shelby GT may be for you. Revealed in Las Vegas over the weekend, the latest Shelby GT represents Shelby American’s first take on the sixth-generation Ford Mustang, and boy is it a beauty. The car is based on the 2015 Mustang GT but develops as much as 625 horsepower from a custom supercharger...
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Hennessey HPE700 Supercharged Corvette Runs The Quarter: Video
Would you be sad if you had the keys to a C7 Corvette and it was saddled with the eight-speed automatic gearbox? You shouldn't be because, by all accounts, it's a pretty slick transmission. Also, as John Hennessey proves, the auto cog-swapping coupe capable of tremendous feats of acceleration...
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2015 Ford Mustang Tuned By Hennessey Produces 663 HP At The Wheels: Video
Hennessey Performance recently announced some power upgrades for the 2015 Ford Mustang, with the most potent being the HPE700 package for the V-8-powered Mustang GT. The package’s official power rating is 717 horsepower, but as this video of a HPE700-equipped Mustang GT on the dyno shows the...
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Kahn Design reveals Land Rover Defender-based Flying Huntsman 105 Longnose
British coachbuilder A. Kahn Design is slowly branching out into the world of fully bespoke cars, some of which will come with unique bodies penned by the company’s CEO and chief designer Afzal Kahn. The first of these will be a family of Land Rover Defender-based models falling under the...
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DeLorean Hovercraft Hoons San Francisco Bay, Blows Our Minds: Video
This isn’t a new project, and it’s not something that has blown up all over the Internet. We can’t figure out why. Because it’s awesome. Sure, it only has a 16-hp engine, and sure it’s not exactly quick or anything (top speed is about 23 mph). But it looks amazing, has...
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Project Binky 4WD Austin Mini Build - The Body Is Nearly Complete: Video
So, you've got an Austin Mini, a Toyota Celica GT-Four, and a few screws loose. What do you do? You put the all-wheel-drive turbocharged powertrain from the Celica into the Mini. That's exactly what the crazy bastards at Bad Obsession Motorsport have done. DON'T MISS: 2016 Cadillac CTS-V Does A...
Nelson Ireson