PIKES PEAK, Colo. (June 23, 2024) – The Ford F-150 Lightning SuperTruck electric vehicle demonstrator overcame a hurdle and found success at the 102nd Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, notching a time of 8:53.553 – the fastest among 61 competitors. Continue reading
Category: American Muscle (Page 2 of 6)
SEALY, Texas (April 16, 2024) – Hennessey, the Texas-based hypercar manufacturer and high-performance vehicle creator, has released a comprehensive new performance upgrade package for the 2024 Cadillac Escalade-V. Hennessey’s engineers take the hand-built, supercharged GM 6.2-liter V8 from the standard 682 horsepower to 850 bhp at 6,200 rpm – a 25 percent rise. The torque figure is enhanced further still, growing 31 percent to 855 lb-ft at 4,600 rpm. The Hennessey enhancements make the ‘H850 Escalade-V’ one of the quickest and highest-horsepower full-size SUVs on the market. Continue reading
Sealy, Texas (March 12, 2024) –Hennessey, the Texas-based hypercar manufacturer and high-performance vehicle creator, has announced a special edition ‘Last Stand’ Mammoth 1000 TRX to send off the world’s favorite hypertruck in style. The Texas team will offer the special edition V8-powered Ram TRX exclusively on 2024 model year trucks, which feature new colors and distinctive ‘Last Stand’ graphics. Continue reading
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (March 5, 2024) – Dodge is igniting a new era of automotive muscle, announcing today the global debut of the world’s first and only electric muscle car and the brand’s first multi-energy muscle car: the all-new Dodge Charger.
The next-generation Dodge Charger electrifies a legend. The Charger will retain its title as the world’s quickest and most powerful muscle car, led by the all-new, all-electric 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack, which delivers 670 horsepower and is expected to reach 0-60 mph in 3.3 seconds and to run the quarter-mile in an estimated 11.5 seconds. Electrified models also include the 496-horsepower 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (February, 28, 2024) – The Petersen Automotive Museum will celebrate “Dream Cars” from the 1950s with its newest exhibit, “GM’s Marvelous Motorama: Dream Cars From the Joe Bortz Collection,” which will open on March 16. The exhibit will feature six concept cars, together for the first time under one roof, originally displayed at GM Motorama shows in 1953, ’54 and ’55. Continue reading
Today Cadillac introduced the refreshed and more advanced 2025 CT5-V and CT5-V Blackwing1— bringing the next iteration of bold American craftsmanship2, technology and performance to the highly-accoladed luxury sport sedans. Continue reading
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 23, 2024) – One of hot rodding’s wildest and most memorable custom cars, dubbed “Uncertain-T,” has been “unearthed” by Galpin Motors’ Beau Boeckmann after disappearing for more than half a century. Continue reading
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (January 9, 2023) – Dodge is kicking off a yearlong celebration of the brand’s high-performance SUV with the introduction of the 2024 Dodge Durango SRT 392 AlcHEMI®, the first in a series of “Last Call” models that will commemorate the final calendar year of V-8 HEMI engine production for the Dodge Durango. Continue reading
SEALY, Texas (November 14, 2023) – Hennessey, the Texas-based hypercar manufacturer and high-performance vehicle creator, is announcing full production for its ‘VelociRaptoR 6X6’ supertruck, a Ford F-150 Raptor R that is transformed into a nearly unstoppable 6X6. Continue reading
SEALY, Texas (November 7, 2023) – Hennessey, the Texas-based hypercar manufacturer, and high-performance vehicle creator, celebrates the nine-year run of the supercharged 6.2-liter Hellcat HEMI V8 with limited edition ‘Last Stand’ models of the popular Dodge SRT Challenger and Charger models. Continue reading