Sport Auto’s test drive editor Christian Gebhardt gets behind the wheel of a couple of Chevy Corvettes: 2012 Corvette ZR1, Z06 Centennial Edition and the Grand Sport. According to Gebhardt, the 2012 ZR1 can “achieve a very fast lap time of 1.08,3 min...
Engineers and designers at Ford have created a special edition Mustang to celebrate the Red Tails, the black Tuskegee Airmen who flew P51 Mustangs and bombers in World War II. To be shown at the EAA Air Venture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the Red Tails Mustang...
The New York Auto Show saw the launch of the 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG, with the four-door coupe being powered by the same 4-cylinder 2.0-liter turbo producing 360 HP that powers the A45 AMG. The smallest AMG model ever can go from 0-62 mph in 4.6...
New Cobra Jet concept adopts turbocharging technology from production EcoBoost engines in the quest for ever more performance. Since its 2008 debut, the Ford Mustang Cobra Jet has been the most successful production-based drag racer. Ford Racing engineers...
Based on the new 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT-8, the Mr. Norms Super Challenger and Super Cuda draw inspiration from their race bred relatives, the original 1971 Mr. Norms Super Challenger Super Fuel Funny Car and the legendary 1970 Cuda. These vehicles...
The dream of millions of Hot Wheels® fans of all ages will come when the Camaro Hot Wheels® Edition arrives at Chevrolet dealerships in early 2013. It's the first time a full-size, production Hot Wheels® car has been offered for sale by any manufacturer....
Ford gave the green light only once before: In 1968, management approved a special Mustang - a car that sacrificed nothing in its quest to be the best all-around road-going performance machine ever created by Ford Motor Company. That car became the 1969...
A new video reveals the facelifted Porsche 2014 Panamera along with the new E-Hybrid variant, with the refreshed Panamera sporting new mods like a updated front fascia with a new look for the headlights. The back of the car is more refined than its predecessor...
The Ford Thunderbird is a car manufactured in the United States by the Ford Motor Company. It entered production for the 1955 model year as a two-seater sporty car; unlike the superficially similar (and slightly earlier) Chevrolet Corvette, the Thunderbird...
McLaren’s 618-hp F1 supercar remains one of the most sought-after vehicles among the world’s billionaire automotive enthusiasts, with only 106 of them built. A regular model McLaren F1 at auction could fetch bids of $5 million, while one with a racing...
The Chrysler 300 "letter series" were high-performance luxury cars built in very limited numbers by the Chrysler Corporation in the United States between 1955 and 1965. Each year's model used a new letter of the alphabet as a suffix (skipping "i"), reaching...
Here’s a sneak peek at the all new Cadillac CTS which will be unwrapped later today at the New York Auto Show. The new look is fresh and modern with an unmistakeable Cadillac flair, and you can see the new Cadillac DNA in the interior design. We’ll have...
Carroll Shelby nous a quitté à l'âge de 89 ans le 10 mai 2012. Pilote à la fin des années 50 s'étant illustré aux 24 Heures du Mans. Puis reconverti dans la préparation de Muscle Cars, son nom reste à tout jamais associé à l'histoire de l'automobile américaine...
Hundreds of amazing collector cars & trucks are about to populate the grassy hills of the 100-acre BORLA Exhaust facility in Johnson City, TN, at the 4th Annual Summer Spectacular Car Show & Festival July 13th – 14th. The Summer Spectacular has become...
Cobb Tuning teamed up with Tanner Foust to create the Ford Focus ST Tanner Foust Edition that will go on sale later this year. The special edition Focus will feature an optimized ECU, an enlarged intercooler, a sports exhaust system and a revised air...
Notoriety. Some rods enjoy a storied ride through history knowing both glory and destruction, but only a very lucky few coast through relatively unscathed. This T roadster was one of the former. Originally a father-son project between Wally Olsen and...
When discussing historical subjects, there are three words we try to avoid: first, last, and only. Soon after a writer applies any of these adjectives to an object or idea, invariably someone jumps up and proves him wrong. As for Creighton Hunter’s roadster,...
(from Idries Noah) 'A few of my buddies have a company called lung animation. Strange name I know but anyway. At the time I was really into rat-rods and rusty cars etc. This situation inspired me to design a Rat-Rod with a twist. It would be a rat-rod...
Dodge is teasing its 2014 Durango before its big debut at the New York Auto Show with one single photo of its headlight. The upcoming face-lifted model is said to have “state-of-the-art technology” and “class-exclusive features.” According to the teaser...
The next generation of the Toyota Corolla is said to be introduced before the originally scheduled debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show in November and could possibly show up at the 2013 SEMA Show. More importantly, a Toyota spokesman told Edmunds...
Swiss company, Weber, is claiming that they’re about to take the world’s fastest street-legal production car title away from the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. Named Faster One, the super car pushes out similar power output as Veyron, rated to pump out 1200...
Info on the 2014 Maserati Ghibili has surfaced and it’s the first Maserati with a diesel engine. It’ll have its big debut at the 2013 Shanghai Auto Show and is supposed to represent a more compact and sportier alternative to the larger Quattroporte. Expected...
Jeff Knudsen came to the trad-rod scene the long way around: from European sports cars. His first serious ride was a '72 MGB. "The gearheads in high school were all into muscle cars, but they kind of took me in as an oddity," he remembers. His Holland,...
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