[portfolio_slideshow id=30145] Dan Runte is one of the most-accomplished monster truck racers, having won 11 national championships in a career that spans 25 years. In 2013, he broke the Guinness World Records “Longest Jump in a Monster Truck” record with a 214-foot, eight-inch jump. Dan and his Summit Racing/BIGFOOT Monster Truck will be one of
We’re all suckers for the gorgeous old bodies of the 1960s and 70s, but you can’t ignore what the 2013 Shelby GT500 delivered under the hood. Chew on these numbers, Ford haters: 662 horsepower. 631 foot-pounds of torque. 200-plus miles-per-hour top speed. Ford SVT’s 5.8L supercharged V8 engine introduced in this car added 112 horsepower
There certainly have been more powerful Mustangs. There have been better looking ones, too. But you can’t underplay the role of the 1987 Mustang 5.0L in getting Ford’s legendary pony car back on track as a desirable performance vehicle. After a lackluster period from the Mustang II era of the mid-1970s to early Fox-bodies of the
Dodge has officially revealed its 2015 Charger and Challenger today at the New York Auto Show. You can check out the official press releases from Dodge over at Autoblog, but here are a few of the highlights: 2015 Dodge Charger Gets Dramatic Facelift Dodge says it reworked just about every body panel in redesigning its Charger
America loves Mustangs. Maybe you don’t. Maybe you’re a Chevy guy. Or a Mopar guy. Or someone who just doesn’t like a good success story. But America-at-large loves the Ford Mustang. Because it pretty much launched the American pony car movement. Because it helped make performance vehicles affordable for a younger generation of car owners in the 1960s. And because
Ford announced today that it will offer a special 2015 “50th Anniversary” Mustang to commemorate the pony car’s 50th anniversary. Only 1,964 of the GT fastbacks will be made—a reference to the Ford Mustang‘s first public appearance in 1964. The limited-edition car will come loaded with every single option available, including an upgraded performance package. Using
The New York Auto Show takes place April 18-27 and the show will once again boast plenty of big news: Dodge to Unveil a Refreshed Look for its Challenger/Charger Models Ahead of its 100th anniversary this summer, Dodge is looking to make a splash with new exterior and interior treatments on its Challenger and Charger models.
Rejoice, California hot rodders—MSD was recently granted Executive Order Number D-722 from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) making the Atomic Fuel Injection System (part numbers MSD-2900 and MSD-2910) legal for use on 1987 and older GM passenger cars and trucks that came from the factory with a carbureted V8 engine. According to MSD, the
[portfolio_slideshow id=29914] The Easter Jeep Safari begins this weekend, and once again Jeep has used the occasion to unveil a lineup of new concept vehicles. Scroll through the images above to check out the six Jeep® concepts that will debut at this year’s event in Moab, UT. For this year, Jeep has eschewed the
It took almost two months to even locate it, but the 2001 Z06 Mallet Hammer Edition Corvette was finally retrieved from the infamous Corvette Museum sinkhole on Wednesday. The last of the eight Corvettes pulled from the wreckage, it was by far the most damaged of the cars that were swallowed up. You can see for
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