[portfolio_slideshow id=38673] The 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor will see only a moderate boost in power, but from a much smaller engine. Ford product development chief Raj Nair let it slip on TV during the Rolex 24 at Daytona this weekend that the new Raptor will offer 450 horsepower. In a day when muscle cars feature
On this day in 1965, the original Shelby GT350 debuted. The development of the 1965 Shelby GT350, a high performance variant of the Ford Mustang created by Carroll Shelby, is fairly well documented. When Ford decided it needed a racing version of its newly minted Mustang, it decided to homologate the Mustang for SCCA B/Production
When the Ford Shelby GT350R was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show, it was billed as Ford’s answer to the Camaro Z/28. According to multiple sources, it lived up to that billing in a recent lap around the legendary Nurburgring track in Germany—and then some. According to unconfirmed sources, the GT350R has reportedly recorded a 7:32.19 lap time approximately one
In 1965, Chevrolet began offering the big block Chevy Mark IV—better known as the Rat. This wasn’t Chevy’s initial go-around with big block engines as its Gen. I W-series big blocks were first offered in 1958. However, the Mark IV engines (originally called Gen. II) improved upon the design of the original W-series engines and helped
Jeff Gordon, NASCAR’s third-winningest driver and a four-time champion, has announced 2015 will be his final season racing full time. “I won’t use the ‘R-word’ because I plan to stay extremely busy in the years ahead, and there’s always the possibility I’ll compete in selected events, although I currently have no plans to do that,”
[portfolio_slideshow id=37672] The 2015 edition of the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction concluded with 1,611 vehicle sales totaling more than $130 million in successful bids. Check out our story about the auction and the famous Ron Pratte Collection here, and be sure to scroll through the slide show above to see the 10 most-expensive cars sold.
The last surviving 1966 Shelby Cobra Super Snake sold for $5.1 million dollars at the Barrett-Jackson sale in Scottsdale, AZ. The Super Snake was part of the Ron Pratte collection, which included over 100 vehicles and garnered over $40 million in sales. The Pratte Collection helped propel Barrett-Jackson to its best year ever at the Scottsdale
The Force is strong with Chevrolet. John Force Racing has signed a multi-year deal to race Chevrolet Camaro Funny Cars, making Chevy the manufacturer of record for the 16-time NHRA champion, his two daughters—Courtney Force in Funny Car and Brittany Force in Top Fuel—and son-in-law Robert Hight in Funny Car. There are no other Chevy-branded
It’s not as if Back to the Future, Part II was the film to introduce us to the concept of flying cars. We had the ConvairCar Model 118 in 1947. We had The Jetsons in the 1960s. We had Star Wars in the late-1970s. We had Blade Runner in the early 1980s. But the second
Ford has introduced its answer to the Camaro Z/28. Unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the new 2016 Mustang GT350R is the race-ready version of Ford’s latest GT350. You basically get all the power of the GT350’s flat-crank 5.2L V8–500 horsepower and 400 ft.-lbs. of torque–in a lighter, aerodynamically-enhanced package. In other words,
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