Muscle Cars
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It’s looking like General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has unleashed a real beast in the form of its 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS. For just $37,295, including shipping, you get a car that’s officially rated at 455 horsepower and 455 pound-feet of torque—though those figures might be a bit conservative—and also quite capable of handling the twisty stuff. Now we’ve learned that the car will take to performance upgrades like a duck to water. This video from LSTuner shows an automatic-equipped Camaro SS running the quarter mile in an incredible 10.602. Of course, the car...
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HSV Rumored To Revive GTS-R Badge For Rear-Drive Commodore Swan SongHolden is set to end production of its rear-wheel-drive Commodore range in 2017. There will be a new Commodore arriving in 2018, but this will be a front-wheel-drive-based model derived from another General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] vehicle and, perhaps most tragically, no longer with the option of...
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1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Barn Find Heads To AuctionThe original Dodge Charger Daytona was never a huge hit but today examples can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Getting a six-figure sum for this one, though, could be a tough task. The car is set to go under the hammer at a Mecum Auctions event in Kissimmee, Florida next month and the...
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Dyno Test Shows 2016 Camaro SS Putting Down More Power Than Corvette: VideoWe love the new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS, and now we have a better understanding as to why. Tuning firm Hennessey Performance just got its hands on one, and the first thing that it did was to strap the car to a dyno. ALSO SEE: Devel’s 12.3-Liter Quad-Turbo V-16 Dynoed At 4,515 Horsepower...
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Dodge Asks Students To Design The SRT Hellcat Of 2025Earlier today we told you about Ferrari’s [NYSE:RACE] design challenge among the world’s premier design colleges. Now we have news of a second design contest, though this one is aimed at much younger—though perhaps just as talented—students. MUST SEE: Devel’s...
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Ford Shelby GT350 Vs. Chevy Camaro SS: Video ThrowdownYou know, sometimes it's tough to convince our friends and family that this is a tough job. Hard days and long nights. Real work. Convincing them is about to get impossible. Who else runs buck wild with two of the ballsiest cars on the face of Planet Earth--on a school day? We did. Drove 'em hard...
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What's a muscle car? What's a pony car? Before you dig too deeply into those car-guy Twitter fights, listen to this. It's time to stop calling the Chevy Camaro a pony car. Time to stop calling it a muscle car. It's a bona fide sports car now, and a damn fine one at that. We took to the canyons of Malibu to find out how the 2016 Chevy Camaro SS has been totally transformed into a car worthy of the sports-car label. MORE: Read The Car Connection's 2016 Chevy Camaro review The Camaro's now six generations old, and it doesn't look it. In fact, it doesn't look all that different than it did just...
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Danica Patrick Helps Deliver The First 2016 Chevrolet CamaroThe first sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro has found its way to its new owner. The deal went down as Alican Boyacioglu officially became the first 2016 Camaro owner. He received his keys from someone who knows about driving fast Chevys: racing driver Danica Patrick. WATCH: 2015 Ford Mustang GT...
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Former Stig Says Ford Mustang Makes Best Stunt CarThe Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang has gone global. It's available for purchase all over the world, and it's found a big fan over in the United Kingdom. Ben Collins sussed it out in the manner he knows best and decided to crown it as the ultimate stunt car. It's a vehicle that shares the...
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2015 Ford Mustang GT video reviewFifty-one years. That’s how long it’s been since the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] introduced the Mustang at the New York World’s Fair. In an instant, it became an American classic. The current Mustang was all-new for the 2015 model year, and it's the best Mustang ever—but...
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2016 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet Revealed, Runs 8.0-Second Quarter Mile: VideoAfter taking a break last year, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang Cobra Jet turnkey drag racer is back, and it’s quicker than ever. The latest version, which debuted this week at the 2015 SEMA show in Las Vegas, is based on the sixth-generation Mustang, and according to Ford it’s...
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All-wheel-drive Dodge Challenger leads Mopar SEMA onslaughtFiat Chrysler Automobiles’ [NYSE:FCAU] official aftermarket and accessories division Mopar has brought an assortment of vehicles to this week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, the highlight of which is this all-wheel-drive Dodge Challenger. It’s called the Challenger GT AWD and is...
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Chevrolet teamed up with NHRA Camaro Funny Car driver Courtney Force to develop a concept previewing the 2016 COPO Camaro based on the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro muscle car. The concept is called the COPO Camaro Courtney Force, and it made its debut today at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Though a concept, it’s pretty much identical to the 2016 COPO Camaro going on sale later this year. As in previous years, the latest COPO Camaros are designed for NHRA’s Stock and Super Stock Eliminator classes and just 69 will be built for the 2016 motorsport season. Anyone interested...
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Chevrolet Adds Two More Camaro Concepts To Its SEMA ShowcaseChevrolet typically takes it fairly mildly when it comes to showcasing in-house creations for SEMA. This year is no exception as the automaker is rolling out a few styling and slight performance upgrades for its products. One of the top products from the brand hitting the SEMA floor this year will...
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2016 Chevrolet Camaro Starts Shipping Out To DealersChevrolet has started shipping the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro to dealers all across the country, which means the first customer deliveries should commence by mid-November. We’ve already had a chance to drive the new Camaro and find it to be substantially improved over the outgoing...
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New Petty's Garage Mustang GT King Edition Boasts Up To 727 HPNASCAR legend Richard Petty might be synonymous with Dodge in the hearts of many fans. But recently The King, as he's affectionately known, has turned the tuning talents of Petty's Garage toward Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] venerable Mustang. ALSO SEE: 900-HP Mustang EcoBoost By Bisimoto Ready To...
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900-HP Mustang EcoBoost By Bisimoto Ready To Storm SEMAThe Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang is a perennial favorite at the annual show of the Specialty Equipment Market Association, thanks mostly to the easy ability to generate big power numbers from the car’s engines plus the wide range of aftermarket firms supporting it. Eight such firms...
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'A Faster Horse' Is A Deep Dive Into Mustang History: VideoThere's plenty of swelling strings and inspiration music in A Faster Horse, David Gelb's new Mustang documentary. But in capturing the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding the release of the latest generation of Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] iconic coupe, the director—who rose to fame with the...
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Muscle-car fans have had quite a feast in the past two years, with the 707-horsepower Challenger and Charger Hellcat and the 526-hp Shelby GT350 laying untold stripes on countless roads across America. (Dozens of them may be ours. Maybe not. Prove it in court.) But they won't be able to pass up the final course in this heated-and-compressed-dinosaur-flesh smorgasboard: the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro, out this year as a coupe and lying in wait a soft-top convertible early next year. CHECK OUT: Extra-Long Dyno Pull Makes Mustang Tire Go Boom: Video Without straying too far from the classic...
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Chevy Already Offering Performance Parts For Sixth-Gen CamaroThe sixth-generation Camaro isn’t even on the market yet but Chevrolet is already previewing a range of accessories and performance upgrades for the car. From air intake and exhaust systems, to lowering kits, ground-effects packages, spoilers and even Brembo brake packages, the parts and...
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700-Horsepower Ford Mustang Makes It Into Neiman Marcus Christmas Book: VideoThe annual Christmas Book from Neiman Marcus has been announced, and a quick flick through it to the automotive section reveals a new special edition auto based on the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] Mustang. Yes, a humble Ford Mustang Convertible has been picked by the luxury retailer for its...
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One-Of-One Ford Mustang GT350R Hits The Block To Fight CancerThe go-fast bits on the 2016 Shelby GT350R that will be auctioned at the 13th annual Cattle Baron’s Ball in Detroit are bone stock. Of course, if you're familiar with the weapons-grade track monster's capabilities, you know it's a hell of a machine straight from the factory. Along with a host...
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2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Spy VideoIt was only a week ago that we saw a hardcore version of the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro testing at the Nürburgring that we think might be badged a ZL1, or if labeled something else at least sit in the Camaro hierarchy where the previous ZL1 sat. Now a second Camaro prototype has been...
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Holden-tuner HSV offers supercharged LSA V-8 on most modelsWith Holden recently updating its Commodore range of sedans, wagons and utes, it was only a matter of time until the automaker’s semi-official tuner HSV unleashed its own barrage of Commodore-based performance vehicles. HSV’s new range, referred to as the Gen-F2, boasts some visual...
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