Muscle Cars
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Earlier this month Dodge announced a new, special edition 2010 Challenger from Mopar dubbed the Mopar '10 Challenger. Today, we get the full photos of the car along with the details. The Mopar '10 Challenger's package is simple enough: priced from $38,000 for the auto or $39,000 for the manual, and based on the 5.7-liter Hemi Challenger R/T, the car gets a hood-venting system, cold-air intake, front and rear strut tower braces, and a unique engine cover. It only comes in Brilliant Black with a choice of three accent colors: Mopar blue, red or silver. Inside, it gets Katzkin leather, Mopar...
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2011 Dodge Challenger Pricing, Specs LeakThe 2011 Dodge Challenger gets a new HEMI engine, plus more.
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Updated Interior And Z28 Pegged For 2012 Chevrolet CamaroWhile the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro will come in later this year with a 312 horsepower rating, the new Synergy Green paint option and a heads-up display on higher trim models, a much more substantial update is tipped for the 2012 model year. We all know that the Camaro Convertible will finally be...
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GM Exec Hints At Power Hike For 2011 Chevrolet Camaro V-6When it comes to bragging rights between Camaro and Mustang owners, the Ford guys currently have the advantage, at least when it’s concerning the base V-6 models. The base 2011 Ford Mustang has been fitted with a brand new 3.7-liter V-6 engine developing 305 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of...
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Vanilla Ice, The Ford Mustang 5.0, And -- YES -- Tammy FayeTo commemorate the relaunch of the Ford Mustang 5.0, we rang up Robert Matthew Van Winkle, better known by his nom de mike, Vanilla Ice. We posted most of the highlights from that interview over at TheCarConnection, but there's one bit we left out -- something that has nothing at all to do with the...
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Roush And Barrett-Jackson Offering Limited Edition Ford MustangPopular Ford tuner Roush has teamed up with auction house Barrett-Jackson and together the two have created a new limited edition Ford Mustang that will be built in a run of just 50 cars, 25 of which will be 2010 Ford Mustangs and the other 25 being the new 2011 model. A concept version of the new...
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The Mustang is one of the oldest nameplates in the automotive world--and rightly so. Since its debut on April 17 at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, the Ford Mustang has stood for affordable performance and till this day it remains America's only pony car to stay in uninterrupted production over four decades of development and revisions. The original concept of the Mustang was a reasonably priced “personal coupe” that, according to one of the car’s founding fathers, Lee Iacocca, would appeal to both men and women. Over the years, however, the Mustang quickly become an icon of...
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Ford Mustang: Best Pony Car Ever?The Ford Mustang is not just an iconic pony car or a retro-modern throw-back to simpler times. It's a fan-favorite performance vehicle that has a rabid and enthusiastic base of drivers, tuners and manufacturers behind it from all around the world. It hasn’t always been this way, however. The...
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2011 Ford Mustang Is First Car With 300+ HP and 30+ MPGFor years the Ford Mustang, at least in base V-6 trim, has lagged behind its rivals with one of the least efficient powertrains in the industry: a cast-iron block 4.0 L V-6 with only 210 horsepower on tap. All that’s about to change, however, with the introduction of the new 2011 Ford...
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2011 Ford Mustang: First Car With 300+ Horsepower And 30+ MPGTo this day, the Ford Mustang remains one of the best selling sports cars on the planet despite having an archaic suspension design and one of the worst V-6 powertrains currently in production. With the introduction of the new 2011 Ford Mustang, however, the legendary muscle car is poised to...
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Trans Am conversion kit brings 900 horsepower and twin turbosThere are many behind-the-scenes players in the automotive industry that few on the outside ever hear of, despite their huge contributions. One such company is Gearhead Performance Group (GPG), which has unveiled design renderings for a new Pontiac Trans Am concept based on the latest 2010...
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Lutz: Commodore-Based 'Four-Door Corvette' PossibleWe like the idea as much as anyone, but Lutz's track record isn't great.
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The 2011 Ford Mustang gets a brand new V-6 and more aerodynamic bodywork.
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Two-Thirds Of Chevrolet Camaro Sales Are V-8 ModelRoughly two-thirds of the 47,233 Camaros sold from April 2009 to October 2009 have been SS models.
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Lingenfelter reveals new Camaro-based Pontiac Trans Am conceptThere are many behind-the-scenes players in the automotive industry that few on the outside ever hear of, despite their huge contributions. One such company is Lingenfelter, which in conjunction with Hot Rod Magazine, has unveiled a new Pontiac Trans Am concept based on the latest 2010 Chevrolet...
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Yenko Muscle Car Legend Set For ReturnJeff Leonard and his General Marketing Capital Incorporated (GMCI) company is the current owner of the Yenko trademark.
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Supercharged GeigerCars Camaro Churns Out 568 HorsepowerGeigerCars’s house specialty is a high-performance supercharger.
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Pontiac lives on with "Phoenix" Camaro Trans Am conversionThere are many behind-the-scenes players in the automotive industry that few on the outside ever hear of, despite their huge contributions. One such company is Trans Am Depot, who together with designer Kevin Morgan plans to launch a new Pontiac Firebird Trans Am conversion for the new...
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The convertible specialists at Newport Convertible Engineering (NCE) have tackled everything from the Toyota Prius to Hummer H2, including the Dodge Challenger and Mercedes CL. Their latest project is the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro, and though it's not quite done yet, it will be ready soon, so the company is already taking orders. If you do decide to lop the top off your new Camaro, expect to wait 4-6 weeks for the conversion to complete. The first brave owner to do the conversion volunteered his orange SS model, and though the resulting vehicle hasn't yet been released, expect it to look a lot...
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Chip Foose builds custom Mustang for fan contestFew names get the kind of respect in their field that Chip Foose's gets in the realm of car design and custom hot rods. That's why fans are excited to see he'll be giving away a custom 2010 Mustang GT to the winner of a free contest. The car's build sheet reads like a sponsor dream list, with...
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ASC transforms fifth-gen Camaro into Pontiac Trans AmThere are many behind-the-scenes players in the automotive industry that few on the outside ever hear of, despite their huge contributions. ASC Creative Services is one such company, designing and building some of the most cherished cars on the streets, including all 547 examples of the Buick GNX...
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2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor priced from $38,995Ford has revealed pricing for the latest addition to its F-150 pickup truck line, the new 2010 F-150 SVT Raptor. The pumped-up pickup is a purpose-built off-road version of the popular F-150 workhorse and first went on display at last year’s SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas. Pricing will start at...
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Design for Camaro Z/28 complete but production remains in doubtSince the reveal of the first Chevrolet Camaro concept back in 2006, speculation about the return of a high-performance Z28 flagship has been rife. General Motors was finally building modern RWD platforms, adding superchargers to its V8 engines, and developing high-tech independent suspension and...
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Roush updates P-51-themed Mustang for 2009Last year's SEMA show brought a creation inspired by a P-51 fighter plane from Roush, and though this year's show just ended last week, Roush is building a new incarnation of the fighter-car for 2009. Dubbed the P-51B, the car is an evolution of the concept, gaining a few upgrades, but maintaining...
Nelson Ireson