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Has John Hennessey ever found a fast car he didn't think he could make faster? His next target is the McLaren MP4-12C, which he's planning to turn the power dial up to a stonkin' 800 hp. Better reach for the fireproof suits, boys, because the flames are comin' this way! More »
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Apparently you can make enough money selling WoWBots to buy a tuned, carbon-fiber-laden Nissan GT-R for $150,000. That's what one 18-year-old Zilvia.net forum denizen says he did, and now he's selling the car on the board. Naturally, everyone else thinks he's trolling. More »
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A few months back, Late Model Racecraft of Houston, Texas showed us what it was like to go 231 mph in a twin-turbo, 1,500-hp Corvette. Now they're schooling us again, doing the quarter mile in 9.68 seconds at 147 mph. Great butter pecan, that's quick. More »
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A short list of things we'll never tire of: a glass of fine whiskey, the music of John Coltrane, the company of an intelligent woman, watching an old Volvo wagon outrun a Ferrari at a Swedish air force base. More »
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The Chevy Camaro ZL1 convertible was just announced this morning, and already it's been topped by John Hennessey. Why settle for 580 HP when you can get 655 HP and a promise of exclusivity? More »
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There is no denying the fact getting 728 horsepower out of a Toyota Camry is an impressive feat which has undoubtedly taken countless hours and quite a bit of dedication. Having said that, we're not entirely sure how we feel about Canadian tuner Dynamotorsport's insane creation. More »
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Watching the speedometer is probably the last thing you are thinking about when you are piloting a 1200 horsepower Hennessey GT well into triple digit MPH. For car nerds like myself, it's hard to watch a speedometer climb in this manner without getting a little bit giddy even when you aren't behind the wheel of one of these ZR1 powered beasts. More »
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Rimac Automobili, the Croatian car builder that brought us the blisteringly fast electric BMW E30, is planning to show their first electric vehicle concept to the world at this week's Frankfurt Motor Show. According to the manufacturer their all electric supercar will produce 1088 horsepower and 2800 ft/lbs of immediately available torque. More »
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Some of the most over the top Porsches in the world come from the mind of Nakai-San, the man behind world famous tuning shop RAUH-Welt Begriff. RWB Porsches have always been products of Japan where Nakai-San and the shop call home, until now. More »
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Last week we told you about the world's fastest R35 GTR through the 1/4 mile, built by AMS Performance. Since we last spoke about this car, the company has managed to take their 1300+ horsepower creation from a low nine second car to a high eight second car and produced this interesting video to go along with it. More »
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Well, YOU don't get the goat, but a needy family for whom a goat can mean years of nutrition and economic stability, will. (Yes, all that from something that eats milk cartons.) More »
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Let's face it: Once you've clad a military truck in fake whale-penis leather, what do you do for an encore? Perhaps wrapping a Bugatti Veyron in red chrome will do the trick. At least for Kostyantyn, the adult-toy-superstore king of Dnipropetrovsk. More »
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Imagine a lighter-weight Cadillac CTS-V Coupe with nearly double the horsepower, a wider stance and panhandle-sized contact patches.That's the Hennessey V1000, a model the company plans to build only 12 copies of for well-to-do speed freaks. More »
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Not only does AMS Performance's Nissan GT-R produce over 1300 horsepower at 35 pounds of boost, it knows how to use it. After watching the very impressive 9.05 second 1/4 mile seen here, it isn't too surprising to find out this Nissan is the fastest R35 GT-R in the world. More »
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You know the problem with setting speed records in small cars? Keeping the clowns' helmets from knocking together. Still, MTM's 500hp Audi A1 recently exceeded 200 mph on Italy's Nardo test track. Not bad for something the size of a popcorn bag. More »
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The serious amount of flat pink used to paint this unfortunate Lamborghini Murciélago LP670-4 SuperVeloce with the low-digit Arabic plates may be explained by royal family colors, the way all those turquoise supercars around the Harrods department store in London carry Qatari blue, but it’s most likely just a serious thing for Hello Kitty. More »
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Walkinshaw is perhaps best known for making Aussie super cars we can't get here. Their latest Series II SuperUte is the most enticing and most ridiculous of all. More »
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Sure, convertibles get no respect, but German tuner Brabus — home of the twin-turbo V12 — has nonetheless transformed the bougie E-Class Cabriolet into an 800-hp desert blaster. Respect comes at a price, though. Here, it costs $680,000. More »
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Velocity stacks are the lace teddies of high-performance engines. So when Chicagoland's Fluid Motorunion wanted aluminum horns for their project BMW M3, they ran to the AutoCad and created a mockup. Then, they carved out these nasty sombitches in three dimensions. More »
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Quick. What's the color of Orange Julius, produces 1000 hp on 93 octane and is named after a Vietnam-era defoliant? It's Operation Agent Orange. The famed tuner Nissan GT-R recently changed hands and took on quite an update. The color remains the same, naturally.  More »
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Sweden's Jens Eklund has been sending huge-horsepower Audis down drag strips since last decade. His latest car stands out for its mind-twisting mashup of the A5's lithe form with that typically hand-made muscularity of a drag car. The result? Awesomeness writ huge. More »
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The Nissan Juke is more fun, proportionally, than a bulgy crossover its size should be. In AWD trim it competes admirably with more expensive rivals like the Mini Crossman. Enter IMPUL and their mild tuning package. More »
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Late Model Racecraft's 1808 horsepower race car is proof that while it is possible to go 244 MPH in a Camaro, it sure isn't easy. This impressive F-Body had a high speed blowout at the Texas Mile in March before running 239 MPH on 20 Inch tires. At last weekend's Texas Mile event driver Josh Ledford managed to run 244 MPH making this Camaro the fastest car at the mile. More »
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The boys at SpeedDriven have pulled off quite a coup on Germany's Brabus, which does Merc V12 swaps like suburban fathers mow lawns. This W211 E-Class's engine bay has gotten quite full after a recent 700-hp, EV12 swap. More »
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Last week we shared some video from The Texas mile of what 231 mph in a Corvette feels like. Now here's some video from the same event of a 1,300-hp twin-turbo Hennessey Ford GT doing 232 mph. More »
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When is an Audi TT an Audi R8? Despite what Afzal Kahn may render in his English workshop, the answer is never. But if you've got the bucks, you can get pretty close. At least visually. More »
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For $80,000, Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet will build you its new series car, the Camaro Intimidator, with 704 hp and 695 lb/ft at 11psi of supercharged boost. Intimidation, thy name is spending eighty grand on a Camaro. More »
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As an MR2 Spyder owner, I'm comfortable taking mountains of grief from people. But even I wouldn't consider a Carrera GT-esque VeilSide widebody kit fastened with wood screws for my Mister 2. Then again, there's something appealing about how bootleg this is. More »
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Japan's recent earthquake caused massive destruction in the northern city of Sendai, which happened to be the home of a racing team that ran one of Spoon Sports' DC5 Integra Type-Rs. That car was destroyed, but were its wheels looted? More »
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The Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon is an ideal platform for some fairly gnarly burnouts. The 650-hp Hennessey V650 "Hammer Wagon" appears to be an even better starting point for killing Bibendum's offspring. More »
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John Hennessey's got this great shtick going where he takes his Frankenstein monsters and pits them against stock versions of cars we associate with performance. It's total nonsense, but how the hell do you not watch a twin-turbo Cadillac Escalade race a Nissan GT-R? More »
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Geigercars, Germany's well-known tuner of American muscle, boosted the Camaro SS to 564hp and painted it in "bilious" green, which, as Wikipedia notes, means "marked by or suffering from liver dysfunction and especially excessive secretion of bile." Fast, but gross. More »
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There's not much wrong with the Maserati GranCabrio, but any perceived fault can be outrun by a $28,000 upgrade from Novitec that puts 590 hp behind the trident. Can a dentist handle a supercar like this? More »
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A factory Jeep pickup? Surely you've been reading our diary. Looks like Chrysler's parts division's making the Jeep pickup real, at least for those who can use tools. It's the Jeep Wrangler JK-8 Independence, which is similar to the Sarge. More »
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Shelby's just announced they will unveil the new Super Snake post title package for the 2012 Ford Shelby GT500 at this month's New York Auto Show. The highlight of the new Super-slithery 'stang is it's whopping 800 horsepower optional tuning package. Wow... just... wow. More »
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The 2011 Ford Mustang V6 puts out 305 horsepower stock, making it a a true performance bargain. But is it tunable? Watch this 12-second V6 pony scream out "yes" in a warm-up burnout. More »
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We showed you Late Model Racecraft's 1,808 RWHP fourth-gen Camaro SS on the dyno before the Texas Mile, now you can see the car realize its high speed potential. This impressive 239 MPH high speed run makes this fourth gen the fastest Camaro to have ever run at the Mile. More »
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Don't be thrown by those telltale letters; this EV hasn't a single battery, electric motor or spread in Utne Reader. The EV12 is a tuned, V12-powered Mercedes-Benz E-Class with two turbos and 700 hp at the wheels. More »
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Keith Brantley's 2009 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG with an MHP stage 3 package claims to have stolen the "title" of world's quickest (production, tuned) Mercedes-Benz with a 10.41-second quarter-mile run this weekend, besting the RENNTech Mercedes C63's time of 11.58. More »
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The twin-turbo Hinson Motorsports C6 Corvette Z06 joined two special clubs at this weekend's Texas Mile: the 230 mph+ club and the oh-my-God-how-did-they-survive-that-accident club. More scary for the driver, both membership cards were punched at the same time. More »
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