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  • 2016 Dodge Challenger and Charger in Go Mango, 2016 New York Auto Show

    All of Dodge's 2016 Chargers and Challengers can now Go Mango, the automaker announced today. That's not the name of a new dance move. Rather, it's a heritage-inspired color that was heretofore only available on Charger and Challenger SRT models. Dodge confirmed the expanded availability of the orange Go Mango color this morning at the 2016 New York Auto Show. Dodge revived Go Mango just last week, but the automaker says that it saw such a strong response at the enthusiast-oriented Spring Festival in California last weekend that it made the decision to make the color available line-wide...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible, 2016 New York Auto Show
    2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible debuts in New York: Live photos and video

    Look out performance fans as Chevrolet has just dropped the first photos and details on the 2017 Camaro ZL1 Convertible. The car was rolled out today at the 2016 New York Auto Show where the ZL1 coupe was shown for the first time just yesterday. The specifications of the ZL1 Convertible are...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, 2016 New York Auto Show
    2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 debuts with 640 hp, 10-speed auto

    If you thought the 1LE was going to be the biggest, baddest Camaro on sale this year, then you’d be wrong. The folks at Chevrolet have just dropped a new Camaro ZL1 at this week's 2016 New York Auto Show, and the car is packing a staggering 640 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque. Just...

  • Dodge Challenger Hellcat set ice speed record
    Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat hits 171 mph on ice: Video

    Driving a 707-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat on pavement is thrilling in its own right. Add ice to the mix and things start to get really interesting. But what about hitting triple-digit speeds on ice? Say, 171 mph, for what's believed to be the world record for a Dodge Challenger on such...

  • Transformed 1979 Pontiac Trans Am
    Ken Block's mechanic drives a Z06-rivaling '79 Firebird Trans Am

    If you're the man behind Ken Block's outrageous rally cars, it's safe to say you probably aren't going to have something dull in your own garage. That's just the case with Gregg Hamilton, as Petrolicious recently found out. ALSO SEE: Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat hits 171 mph on ice: Video A New...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT-H
    Ford Shelby GT-H revived for your rental car needs

    It's been 50 years since the original Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby Hertz GT350-H made its debut. Dubbed the "Rent-A-Racer" and built in a partnership with Carroll Shelby's Shelby American, the GT350-H became a cult classic among collectors. Just 10 years ago Ford brought back the nameplate...

  • Wrecked 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 - Image via Copart

    Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new Mustang Shelby GT350 only started deliveries a few months back but already one of the cars has turned up at a salvage auction. Thankfully it’s a 2016 model and not one of the uber-rare 2015s, of which Ford built just 137 examples, but it’s still a sad sight to see one of these beauties in such a state. DON'T MISS: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 debuts with 640 hp, 10-speed auto Fortunately the damage doesn’t appear too severe so we should see this car back on the road, as opposed to it being stripped down for parts. Its only damage is at...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    Callaway already gets its hands on the 2017 Camaro ZL1, promises 740 hp

    Chevrolet’s new Camaro ZL1 hasn’t even made its auto show debut—that will happen on Wednesday at the 2016 New York Auto Show—but the folks at Callaway have already announced a more potent version. By the time the new ZL1 reaches showrooms later this year, Callaway will have...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro convertible, 2016 Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch Drive Program
    2016 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible and 4-cylinder first drive

    “We were sick of wearing the scarlet letter of mass with the fifth-gen Camaro.” That’s what Camaro chief engineer Al Oppenheiser told journalists at the launch program for the 2016 Camaro convertible and 4-cylinder. To reduce mass from the 2010-2015-generation Camaro, Chevrolet...

  • 2016 Dodge Charger SRT and Challenger SRT in Go Mango
    Go Mango: Dodge digs up another retro-inspired finish for Challenger, Charger

    Order up a 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT or Charger SRT and Dodge will now paint it in another new shade inspired by the brand's muscle car history. The new Go Mango shade follows up on the Plum Crazy Purple (which has proven so popular that Dodge has had to build more than it expected), B5 Blue, and...

  • Hellcat runs in valet mode
    Potential Hellcat shenanigans foiled by valet mode: Video

    One of the great joys in life is getting to mash the throttle in a car equipped with a Hellcat. The whine of the supercharger pairs perfectly with the roar from the exhaust. It's 6.2 supercharged liters of heaven that sprouts a 707-horsepower smile. It's also wise that Dodge decided to fit cars...

  • 2016 Camaro SS Hennessey HPE1000 Supercharged Upgrade
    Hennessey-modified 2016 Camaro SS hits 202 mph: Video

    Tuner extraordinaire Hennessey's latest Chevrolet Camaro SS has officially joined the 200 mph club. Scratch that... the HPE750 Camaro SS is actually in the 202 mph club. Piloted by Brian Smith at the Continental Tire Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas, the modded Camaro SS features a 751-horsepower...

  • Lingenfelter supercharged 2016 Chevrolet Camaro

    A factory supercharged Chevrolet Camaro isn't too far away from new car dealer showrooms, but in the meantime the folks at Lingenfelter will gladly sell you their professionally-installed 630-horsepower muscle car based on the latest Camaro SS. The actual install does, of course, take a little longer than the 90 seconds in the video Lingenfelter released. Once it's done, the Camaro will boast 630 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque courtesy of the Magnuson TVS2300 Heartbeat Supercharger system, up on the stock Camaro SS's 455 hp and 455 lb-ft. Note, the final horsepower figure of the...

  • 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 by Hennessey
    Hennessey cranks up the Mustang Shelby GT350 to 800hp

    The 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Shelby GT350, especially in GT350R track tune, is probably the greatest performing Mustang of all time. It's built to kick ass at the track, sound mean on the street, and erase any notion of the straight-line only solid rear axle performance of some of...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 50th Anniversary Edition
    Chevy celebrates Camaro's 50th birthday with special edition

    To mark the Camaro's golden anniversary, Chevrolet has announced a 50th Anniversary Edition trim level loaded with unique cosmetic touches. The first Camaros popped on the scene as 1967 models, so the 50th Anniversary Edition trim will be offered for the 2017 model year. Chevrolet reminds us that...

  • 2016 Camaro SS Hennessey HPE1000 Supercharged Upgrade
    Hennessey's new 1,000-hp Chevy Camaro is wickedly fast

    Texas tuner John Hennessey has turned his sights on the new Chevrolet Camaro, more than doubling the factory-build Camaro SS's 455-horsepower output. With 1,000 horsepower, the 2016 Camaro SS Hennessey HPE1000 Supercharged Upgrade will no doubt be blindingly fast in a straight line. It's worth...

  • 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat by Hennessey Performance
    Meet Hennessey's 1,032-HP Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat

    It might not officially be the fastest family hauler in the land, but it must be close. John Hennessey has turned his sights to the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat sedan with a new twin-turbo package that cranks up the power 1,032 horsepower at 6,500 rpm. Because, well, the stock Charger SRT Hellcat's...

  • Hennessey HPE1000 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat
    Hennessey Creates 1,032-Horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat

    The motto at Hennessey Performance must be something along the lines of: "There's no such thing as too much power." From Vipers and Corvettes to Raptors and the Venom GT, Hennessey will slap on turbos, superchargers, or whatever else you can afford to give you more power. The latest creation? A...

  • SpeedKore Performance Dodge Charger Tantrum On Jay Leno's Garage

    Take one part heavily modified 1970 Dodge Charger and add in one part massively massaged Mercury Marine racing engine and you wind up throwing one hell of a Tantrum. In fact, that's this car's name. It's the Dodge Charger Tantrum, and it's the product of SpeedKore Performance out of Wisconsin. The folks from the shop trekked to Los Angeles to present their monster machine to Jay Leno. MUST WATCH: Danica Patrick Goes Undercover As Lyft Driver: Video Under the carbon fiber hood and betwixt the carbon fiber fenders sits a 9.0-liter Mercury Marine racing engine. It's aided in the breathing...

  • 2016 Ford Falcon XR8 Sprint
    Aussie Ford Falcon To Bow Out With XR Sprint Muscle Sedans

    Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is ending production in Australia this year, which means some impressive albeit outdated cars like the Falcon range of rear-wheel-drive sedans and pickups as well as an SUV derivative known as a Territory will soon be phased out. Sadly, there are no plans for any...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE,  2016 Chicago Auto Show
    Seven Questions With Camaro Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser On The 2017 1LE

    At the Chicago Auto Show last week, Chevrolet introduced the 1LE package for the sixth-generation Camaro. This is the third 1LE package in the company's history and this time it is offered for the V-6 as well as the V-8. We were fans of the fifth-gen Camaro 1LE package, and we loved the 2016 Camaro...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE
    2017 Camaro SS 1LE Might Be Faster On Track Than Mustang GT350

    The Mustang-Camaro war has ramped up the past couple years with the introduction of all-new cars on both sides. This past year alone, the Camaro was all-new while the Mustang added the flat-plane crank GT350, a car Ford says is the most track-capable Mustang ever. We tested both cars together, and...

  • Carbon fiber air intake from the 2016 Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint
    Ford Shows Off Carbon Fiber Air Intake

    Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] Australian division has unveiled an air intake system composed completely of carbon fiber. The intake will feature on the recently revealed Falcon XR6 Sprint. The special edition muscle sedan, along with its Falcon XR8 Sprint V-8 counterpart, serves as a sendoff...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE,  2016 Chicago Auto Show
    2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Revealed With V-6 And V-8 Options: Live Photos

    Today is the opening day of the 2016 Chicago Auto Show and one of the cars we saw unveiled is a new Chevrolet Camaro 1LE. The all-new, sixth-generation Camaro is already an impressive set of wheels straight out of the box. In fact, the car in its SS guise even took out our Best Car To Buy 2016...

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