Cadillac Escalade to get factory 200-hp bump from supercharger

Cadillac will supercharge the Escalade, according to a recent report. Several other body-on-frame GM SUVs that share the same basic underpinnings with the Escalade are allegedly in line to receive a big increase in power as well. New for the 2021 model year, the fifth-gen Escalade launched with a 6.2-liter V8 as its standard engine. … Read more

SRT is dead. Stellantis has axed Chrysler’s performance division.

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Stellantis has killed off the Street & Racing Technology (SRT) engineering team that created over a dozen high-performance vehicles, including the Dodge Charger Hellcat. PSA Group, a French multinational manufacturer, merged with Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in January of this year, forming the new ‘Stellantis’ brand. The $4.22 Billion merger was agreed to in principle back … Read more

Ford to end production of Shelby GT350 and GT350R

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2020 will be the last year of Ford’s production of the Mustang GT350 and GT350R, according to a Ford internal VIN decoded document. The supercharged GT500 will continue production, and it appears Ford will introduce the new Mach 1 into the lineup, presumably as a stop-gap between the 5.0 GT and the GT500. Ford tweaked … Read more

Cadillac CT6, CT6-V to end production in January 2020

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Cadillac’s flagship luxury sedan adventure will come to an end in January 2020. Slated for retirement is the full-size CT6 and it’s performance variant, CT6-V. GM filed paperwork under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) with Michigan’s Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity this week, outlining the events to come at the automaker’s … Read more

2020 Shelby GT500 looks sinister in all black

The 2020 Shelby Mustang GT500 will go on sale this Fall, but today we have our first glimpse of what the car will look like in all black. This test mule was spotted outside Dearborn, Michigan last week. With a supercharged 5.2l V8 under the hood, we expect the (still unannounced) official horsepower number to … Read more

Watch the new Porsche Taycan Turbo S run to 0-260 km/h !

The new Porsche Taycan is about to hit the streets, and it looks and sounds like an alien spacecraft. Watch and listen to the 2-speed transmission’ed future car run up to 260 km/h! By our count:2.8 for 0-60mph5.4 for 0-100mph8.4s for 0-200kmh. That is insane. For reference, about 0 – 204 km/h in 10.56 seconds … Read more

4,000 Horsepower Corvette takes flight

Watch as this 4,000 horsepower Corvette creates lift and leaves the earth due to the ridiculously high speeds generated by it’s twin turbo V8. Air gets under the cars, creates lift and almost sends this car into orbit. This accident could have been much worse. Luckily, the ‘Vette came down on all four wheels. This … Read more