| Chevy Adds LT1 and COPO 350 Crate Motors, More to Performance-Parts Catalog |
Nov 6th, 2014 |
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Chevrolet has a rich tradition of offering customization accessories and go-fast parts—and the brand’s Performance Catalog is testament to it. Now the bible of bow-tie speed has been thoroughly updated with some tasty offerings for 2015, all of which were announced at the 2014 SEMA show. Highlights include a 460-hp, 6.2-liter LT1 crate engine that’s based […]
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| 2016 Audi A6 First Drive: More Elegant and Faster, Too |
Nov 5th, 2014 |
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When we first saw pictures of the face-lifted 2016 Audi A6, we weren’t immediately thrilled. One of the brand’s more conservative designs looked to have received a lukewarm makeover to the styling it has worn since the current generation arrived as a 2012 model. Yes, the A6’s flowing lines are popular with customers, but to […]
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| This Burly, Chef-Designed Toyota Tundra Is a Tactical Gameday Machine |
Nov 5th, 2014 |
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Why go to the game when you can tailgate? That’s the idea behind this appropriately outrageous Toyota Tundra at the 2014 SEMA show in Las Vegas. Designed with chef Tim Love (owner of multiple renowned Texas restaurants including Lonesome Dove Western Bistro, Woodshed Smokehouse, and the White Elephant Saloon), the “Tim Love Tundra” has everything […]
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| A New Acura Integra? “Just Wait,” We’re Told |
Nov 5th, 2014 |
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Are we finally going to get a replacement for the Acura Integra/RSX? You could see that Acura chief designer Dave Marek wanted to spill the beans here at the SEMA show about the plans for Honda’s long-floundering luxury brand, but he was prevented by the watchful presence of a company PR rep. All he was […]
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| 2015 King Cobra Mustang Brings Ford Racing’s 600+ Horsepower Catalog to SEMA |
Nov 5th, 2014 |
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Already bored with your 2015 Mustang GT’s 435 horsepower? Ford Racing just showed off exactly how crazy you can get with the newest pony, throwing its entire catalog of factory-supported go-fast parts at one unsuspecting coupe. The result is the King Cobra, a 600-plus-horsepower supercharged Stang that can rip through the quarter-mile at a staggering […]
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| Mercedes Bringing Metris Van to U.S., Creates Wild SEMA Concepts |
Nov 5th, 2014 |
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That Mercedes-Benz would offer its Vito commercial van in the U.S. has been an open secret for some time. Now the company is officially confirming the sub-Sprinter offering, announcing an American-market name, and trying to whet our appetite by means of four concepts for the SEMA show in Las Vegas. The van, which has just been launched in […]
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| The Ford Mustangs of SEMA—New, Old, And Everything in Between |
Nov 5th, 2014 |
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In the Year of the Mustang, the preeminent pony car made a strong showing in Las Vegas.
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| Not a Shocker: Tesla Pushes Back Model X Crossover to Late 2015 |
Nov 5th, 2014 |
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In today’s quarterly earnings statement, Tesla dropped some bad news for those eagerly awaiting the upcoming Model X: The gullwinged crossover won’t hit the streets until the third quarter of 2015, despite earlier plans to begin production by the end of this year. In the earnings statement, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and CFO Deepak Ahuja blame […]
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| Dressed for the Drags: 2015 COPO Camaro Wants to Do a Burnout on Your Face |
Nov 5th, 2014 |
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You’d be hard-pressed to find four letters in the Chevrolet vernacular that carry as much weight among the bow-tie faithful than, C, O, P, and, uh, O. Smash them together, and you’ve got COPO, an acronym for Central Office Production Order, the semi-secret backdoor system dealers used in the late 1960s to order high-performance versions of otherwise-pedestrian […]
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| NASCAR Penalizes Crews, Not Drivers, For Dumb Gordon–Keselowski Fight |
Nov 5th, 2014 |
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After Sunday night’s pit-road brawl between Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski, cooler heads are finally taking over. NASCAR is reaching in, sending the message that fighting won’t be tolerated, slapping fines on the aggressors in the situation: the crew members and crew chiefs of the No. 5 and No. 24 teams. Wait, what? Yes, in its […]
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