KEVIN HART’S CADILLAC-POWERED BUICK GRAND NATIONAL

Powered by a turbocharged V6, KEVIN HART’S CADILLAC-POWERED BUICK GRAND NATIONAL broke cover at the 2022 SEMA Show; boasts 650 horsepower. Comedic actor and consummate carguy, Kevin Hart attended the reveal of his latest addition to his high-performance fleet, the Dark Knight, at the Magnaflow booth at SEMA 2022. Like his ’69 Plymouth Road Runner, dubbed Mike Myers, the Dark Knight GN was designed by Sean Smith and built by Wisconsin-based Salvaggio Auto Design. Aside from its theme,...
Read More

’22 CORVETTE Z51: SUNSHINE SUPERCAR

This Corvette is an everyday drop-top driver that delivers exotic import performance at one-half to one-third the price. Dan Scanlan checks out the ’22 CORVETTE Z51: SUNSHINE SUPERCAR. OK, so it’s a baby blue convertible. But do you want to see some numbers generated by our baby - ’22 CORVETTE Z51: SUNSHINE SUPERCAR? How about 495-horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque from this Rapid Blue Convertible’s naturally-aspirated 6.2-liter LT2 V-8 with a performance exhaust and rear-mounted 8-spe...
Read More

SCAT PACK WIDEBODY: DODGE CHALLENGER R/T

SCAT PACK WIDEBODY: DODGE CHALLENGER R/T
Dodge’s 485-horsepower Challenger Widebody looks like a Redeye, is about 160 pounds lighter, and is $20,000-ish less. And, it’s almost as fast, blogs CGC’s Dan Scanlan. We may want a 797 horsepower ’20 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye, but what if our budget doesn’t stretch that far for a monster musclecar - $72,000! No problem. Dodge has an answer: A Challenger Hellcat Redeye that can sprint to 60 mph in under 3.5 seconds, run the quarter-mile (when equipped right) in 10.8 seconds, and top o...
Read More

NY AUTO SHOW: NISSAN/ITALDESIGN GT-R50!

NY AUTO SHOW: NISSAN/ITALDESIGN GT-R50!
A no-limits re-imagining of the Nissan GT-R NISMO by Italdesign, showcased at the New York Auto Show. Nissan and Italdesign have created the Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign in their first-ever collaboration. Based on a production 2018 Nissan GT-R NISMO, the unique car commemorates the 50th anniversaries of both the GT-R and Italdesign. Italdesign developed, engineered and built the car. The teams at Nissan Design Europe in London and Nissan Design America created the distinctive, crisp exterior...
Read More

‘19 CADILLAC CTS-V: SUPERCAR SEDAN!

‘19 CADILLAC CTS-V: SUPERCAR SEDAN!
It’s really a four-door Z06 Corvette blogs intrepid road tester, Dan Scanlan. True the ‘19 Cadillac CTS-V has the heart of a Corvette Z06 under that carbon-fiber-vented hood – a supercharged aluminum 6.2-liter V-8 with 640 horsepower and 630 pound-feet of torque, with alas, only a paddle-shift eight-speed automatic. There’s no manual transmission option unfortunately. But when a car that holds four adults also holds the road like glue en route to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds, with a digital speedomete...
Read More

’19 CHEVY SUBURBAN RST: SUPERCAR SUV!

'19 CHEVY SUBURBAN RST: SUPERCAR SUV!
Coming soon to a Chevy dealer near you: A 420 horsepower RST Performance Package Suburban powered by a stout 6.2-liter V-8. A real SS Suburban. The new RST Performance Package Suburban, featuring a 420-horsepower 6.2 V-8, Magnetic Ride Control with performance calibration and a new Hydra-Matic 10L80 10-speed automatic transmission, brings a seamless blend of style and performance to Chevy’s portfolio of full-size SUVs. “The RST Performance Package made its debut on the Tahoe RST last sprin...
Read More

’18 CAMARO ZL1 1LE: TRACK ATTACK!

Chevrolet has established a new performance benchmark with the ‘18 Camaro ZL1 1LE — the most track-capable Camaro ever. “The track-focused 1LE package offers progressive levels of performance across the Camaro lineup, from the V6 1LE to the SS 1LE,” said Al Oppenheiser, Camaro chief engineer. “But with the new ZL1 1LE, the progression takes a quantum leap — this is the ultimate track-day Camaro.” In preliminary testing, the new ZL1 1LE was 3 seconds faster than the standard ZL1 Coupe aro...
Read More