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Hyundai’s new Elantra has received a new performance range-topper in the automaker’s home market. The good news is that the car is headed to the United States with a debut expected to take place at the annual SEMA show the first week of November. It will be badged an Elantra Sport and come with a turbocharged 1.6-liter 4-cylinder engine. In its Korean specification, the car comes with 200 horsepower and 195 pound-feet of torque and a 0-60 mph time of around 8.0 seconds. Expect similar numbers for the U.S. market. ALSO SEE: 2017 Mini John Cooper Works Countryman spy shots A 6-speed...
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Local Motors Unveils Its Latest 3D-Printed Car: VideoLocal Motors is keen to bring 3D printing into larger focus within the automotive world. Certain automakers or component manufacturers might make a part this way, but Local Motors is looking to make a nearly complete car using 3D printing. Recently, Local Motors showed us this was possible by way...
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SEMA Is A Massive, Unparalleled Automotive Freak ShowDante famously included blasphemers among his infamous Hell's Seventh Circle. And that might be why many members of the media use the analogy to that forsaken bit of real estate when referring to the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas. Because there's plenty of mechanical blasphemy at the annual...
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Acura Restores The Ludacris Legend: VideoChris Bridges is better known to the world as Ludacris. His albums have gone multi-platinum, he's a Grammy winner, and he's also an actor—most famously as Tej Parker in the Fast and the Furious movies. Additionally, he's a fan of Acura. More specifically, he's in love with his own 1993 Acura...
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2016 Hennessey Venom GT Gets 1,451 Horsepower: 2015 SEMA Live PhotosIt isn’t quite the Venom F5 that the company has been teasing, but Hennessey Performance Engineering has delivered an updated version of its Venom GT supercar that boasts considerably more power than before. The good news is that the Venom F5 is still coming, but to tide things over in the...
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650-HP Corvette Z06 V-8 Available As Crate Engine, Previewed In 1970 Camaro: VideoOne of the coolest cars at this week’s 2015 SEMA show was a custom 1970 Chevrolet Camaro RS. Built by Chevrolet Performance, the classic muscle car was fitted with a supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 V-8 just like the one in the latest-generation Corvette Z06. But this engine wasn’t lifted out...
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If you're bringing a vehicle to SEMA, you should aim to make a big hit. Maybe a long hit works too, because Toyota created one rather interesting Tundra to roll out to the crowds at the 2015 SEMA show. It's so long, that a good number of the crowd might just fit into the thing. It's called the Tundrasine, and yes, it's a Tundra limousine concept. ALSO SEE: Driving A Police Car: Six Things You Should Know This particular eight-door Tundra was crafted right in the company's San Antonio plant, which is a smart move. Toyota is moving its North American operations to Texas, so it's smart to build...
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First Shelby Daytona Coupe, Chassis #CSX2287, Rolls Into SEMA: VideoThe Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is one of the rarest cars to ever be produced, with just six of the originals having been built. This week, one of them was unveiled at the 2015 SEMA show—and it is the rarest of the lot. The Daytona Coupe bearing chassis #CSX2287 was the first of the six cars...
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Jay Leno Hops Behind The Wheel Of Toyota’s Rally RAV4: VideoToyota is gearing up for a return to the World Rally Championship in 2017, but the automaker is already involved in rallying. For example, it fields a version of the RAV4 crossover in the 2015 Rally America, which Ryan Millen has driven to four class victories so far. ALSO SEE: LaFerrari Crashes...
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Ford Mustang Named Hottest Car At 2015 SEMA ShowFor the fourth year in a row, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Mustang has been voted the Hottest Car at SEMA, though this year’s result isn’t very surprising as another typical contender for the top spot, the Chevrolet Camaro, is in the process of being replaced by an all-new model and...
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Lexus To Back New F Performance Racing TeamAt this week’s SEMA show in Las Vegas, Lexus announced it is forming a partnership with organizers of a new racing team called F Performance Racing. The new team will field the Lexus RC F GT3 race car in a soon-to-be-announced sports car racing series based in the United States, with the...
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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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The Jeep Wrangler Red Rock concept previews an upcoming special edition.
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2017 Honda Ridgeline Previewed At SEMA By Desert Race TruckThe Honda Ridgeline hasn’t been on sale since the 2014 model year but a new generation is being readied for 2017, and we’re seeing it for the first time at the SEMA show currently taking place in Las Vegas. Honda isn’t ready to show the production version just yet. Instead...
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Chevy Offers Corvette Z06 Parts To Stingray OwnersChevrolet is finally offering some of the performance upgrades normally reserved for its Corvette Z06 to customers of the Corvette Stingray. The good news is that you don’t have to buy a new Stingray to get the parts as they’re available as a retrofit on models dating back to the 2014...
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2016 BMW M2 drops into SEMA dressed in M Performance partsBMW’s new M2 has made its North American debut at the SEMA show currently underway in Las Vegas. But the version on show isn’t a run-of-the-mill example as the car has been fitted with a number of official M Performance upgrades that will be offered to buyers of the sporty coupe when it...
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Mazda Unveils Lightweight MX-5 Miata Concepts At SEMAMazda has unveiled a pair of concepts at the SEMA show currently underway in Las Vegas that are meant to demonstrate two different takes on lightweight, open-top performance. The concepts are based on the 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata and one of them harkens back to vintage roadsters of the past while the...
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Dodge Dart GLH Concept Revealed, Production Version RumoredBack in August, we brought you the news that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles [NYSE:FCAU] was considering reviving its storied GLH badge, short for Goes Like Hell, on a high-performance version of its Dart compact sedan. Fast forward to today and FCA is showing a Dodge Dart GLH concept at the SEMA show...
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Fiat 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 strictly a concept at this point. ALSO SEE: Dodge Dart GLH Concept Revealed, Production Version Rumored In developing the concept, Mopar’s engineering team borrowed the all-wheel-drive system from the related Chrysler 300. This ruled out dropping in the supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V-8 from the...
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2016 Chevy COPO Camaro Previewed With Courtney Force Concept: VideoChevrolet 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...
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2016 Scion FR-S Release Series 2.0 Bides Time Until Mid-cycle UpdateWe're big fans of the Scion FR-S, even if the rest of America isn't. Scion's sporty coupe is a blast to drive and its skinny tires and handling balance are designed for drifting, despite a lack of power under the hood. Even as it prepares an updated version of the FR-S hatchback coupe, Scion is...
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Toyota Bringing Its Ultimate Utility Vehicles To SEMAToyota has taken the long way to SEMA. The automaker first announced its Ultimate Utility Vehicle back in June, and since then Toyota has put nine of its vehicles on a rigorous route. This driving project took 110 days to complete and traversed five continents. One of those vehicles is the coolest...
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TJIN Edition Genesis Coupe Joins Hyundai's 2015 SEMA LineupWith its searing green paint, custom front lip, trunk lid and spoiler from Unique Fabrication, the TJIN Edition Hyundai Genesis Coupe looks every part of a screaming street racer. But, as it should be, the real meat of the builder's 2015 SEMA car is under the hood. The factory 3.8-liter V-6 has...
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Bisimoto Engineering Is The Best Kind Of CrazyToward the beginning this new Drive segment, host Matt Farah says Bisimoto Engineering founder Bisi Ezerioha "loves the unloved." Who else would build a Honda Insight with 440 horsepower at the wheels—without the benefit of forced induction? Or take a humble family hauler like the Honda...
John Coyle