Fans of one of the most vicious Bow Ties in years were openly weeping when word circled there would be no Z/28 package. With General Motors having already been flushed down the Chapter 11 bowl, nobody expects the company to roll out a new high-strung version of its fuel-thirsty muscle car. Right? Maybe not. It [...]
Ever wonder what the engineers at automakers get up to when they aren’t tweaking on the next new model? With all of the resources of players like GM at your fingertips, what couldn’t you do? It would seem Mark Stielow (formerly of GM’s High Performance Vehicle Operations, now working on hybrid tech) has done exactly [...]
You know when the good little Fiends at Novitec slap their name on anything, it’s going to be the kind of delicious only forced induction can deliver. The company has taken a break from wrenching on Prancing Horses to have a look-see at the Maserati GranTurismo S. The result is a hefty supercharger on top [...]
Tuners and hot rodders everywhere dove into a horsepower-induced coma when GM announced its epic LS9 would be available as a crate engine. The company has rolled out its 2009 performance parts catalog and sure enough, the engine’s there – complete with a $21,000 price tag. Steep? Depends on where you stand. With 630 horsepower [...]
German tuner Vath has rolled out its most recent creation – a tweaked Mercedes-Benz SLK. Powered by a supercharged 5.8-liter version of the stock 5.5-liter V8, the power jumps up to 565 horsepower and 567 lb-ft of torque – all crammed down in that tiny little drop head. Vath estimates all that gusto should be [...]
[Update: A little birdie within FoMoCo that needs to remain anonymous just told me that we will for sure be seeing this concept, "this year." Happy days, here again, etc] The knock on the current XJ is that it’s a fantastic car, but it looks like all the other XJs from the previous few decades. See, BMW [...]
Get this, Fiends. Quad. As in four. As in two more than the already potent stock twin-turbo set up. We don’t need to ask you why on Earth anyone would want to lay not one, but two supercharges on top of Nissan’s giant-killing GT-R. We know it’s the pursuit of power, and in this case [...]
What do you do when you get used to the 612 horsepower 6.0-liter V12 under the hood of your Ferrari 599 GTB? You call the fine folks at Novitec Rosso. They’ll be more than happy to plop not one, but two superchargers on top of that sweet Italian mill to bump the power up to [...]
The delicious cocktail of Corvette performance and unique styling isn’t anything new. Coachbuilders have been plopping well-styled rides on top of the Chevrolet Corvette’s chassis for years now, but few have managed to pull it off as well as Anteros. The Californian builder has just pulled the sheets off of two new models—the XTM and [...]
Being a Lotus must be a bit like being a model. No matter how many diet-aspirin and cigarettes you had for lunch, you’re still fat. You always will be, too, because of that damn Elise. Especially if you’re named Evora (this is starting to sound like a reality show). Sure, you’re bigger, seat four, come [...]
