Monthly Archives: April 2013

Gilles confirms next gen Challenger for 2014 New York debut

While no details about the car itself have been offered, SRT boss Ralph Gilles has confirmed that the next generation Dodge Challenger will make its grand debut at the 2014 New York International Auto Show roughly one year from now. Based on the timing of a late March or early April 2014 debut of the ...

Mopar Muscle Thursdays: Old Viper beats up new Mustang GT

This week’s Mopar Muscle Thursdays feature looks at an older Dodge Viper RT/10 in action on the drag strip against a newer Ford Mustang GT with the 5.0L V8 that I would guess is a 2011 model year car. Nothing is known about these two cars shy of the obvious so we don’t know what ...

Porsche Unveils new 991 RSR Race Car

Hubba hubba. Porsche wouldn’t be Porsche if they didn’t have an undying fascination with racing. The 24hours of LeMans is coming up in June, so it’s about time for Porsche to show off what they’re bringing to the table. This is the 911 RSR. Like the outgoing model, this one comes specced with an 4.0 [...]

Mercedes of China Under Investigation for Using Asphalt As Sound Deadener

Content Provided Courtesy of BenzInsiderThe China division of Mercedes-Benz is being investigated along with two other auto manufacturers by the Administrative Center for Defective Products of China or the DPAC since it supposedly used asphalt on vehicles as sound deadeners. The two other automobile manufacturers whose China divisions were also investigated were Audi and BMW. [...]

Dyno Wednesday: LS6 Corvette Race Car is LOUD

This is the sound of eight very angry pistons wailing away like it’s their last day on earth. The thing that gets me about race cars isn’t just how intense they are, but the fact that they have to me maxed out around a track, all day, non-stop. That’s impressive. Don’t get me wrong, I [...]

The F-150 Lightning Goes Autocrossing

Trucks don’t autocross. It’s just one of those things that is better accomplished in a car with a low center of gravity and sticky tires. You know what though? Don’t tell that to the guys ...

KTW Tunes C63 AMG to 518hp

Content Provided Courtesy of Benz-Insider Hildesheim-based tuner KTW Tuning has just outed a C63 AMG-based beast with obvious Black Series influences and aspirations. The tuned car comes with a tweaked engine that gets an output of just a shade under 518 horsepower (386 kW rating, per EU standards). KTW has also disabled the Vmax speed limiter [...]