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Chevrolet is opening the 2016 Camaro teaser spigot long in advance of its official debut at the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix on May 16.

Chrysler essentially dropped the mic when it introduced Hellcat versions of the Challenger coupe and Charger sedan. The supercharged 707-hp Hemi found under the hoods of these models sucked all the air out of the room, leaving press, enthusiasts and most importantly the competition gasping for breath.

Mirroring its One Ford corporate strategy the blue oval has brought all of its global racing and motorsports divisions under one roof. The company’s SVT, Team RS and Ford Racing subsidiaries now operate under the unified banner of Ford Performance.

Several years ago Aston Martin inked a deal with Mercedes-Benz. The German firm secured a non-voting 5 percent stake in the famous sports-car maker and in exchange the folks in Britain are getting a number of important technologies.

Excited about the new Ford Focus RS? You should be! The company just confirmed they’ll be revealing it on February 3, which is less than two weeks away.

Acura unveiled its second-generation NSX hybrid sports car this week in Detroit with relatively few details about performance.

Honda won’t bring the European Civic Type R to North America, but most of its go-fast guts might make it after all.

Mercedes-Benz is celebrating its Formula 1 World Championship win with two special SL63 AMGs.

“How can this car be so loud?” I think to myself a split-second before its engine hits redline. Just then the dual-clutch automatic grabs the next ratio in its six-gear stack, dropping the decibels slightly though not enough to make things any less deafening.

Where better to reveal a pair of high-performance, luxury crossovers than Los Angeles? This is a market rife with Hollywood moguls, plastic surgeons and investment bankers. Customers like these often demand bodacious styling, bonkers acceleration and boatloads of creature comforts. Fortunately for the elite that call this town home both the 2015 BMW X5 M and X6 M deliver all of this and more.

Ford just released a third teaser video for a new performance car that it will unveil on November 17.

Porsche just released information and photos of the latest high-performance GTS version of the Cayenne.

Today Ford released a teaser video for what appears to be the upcoming Mustang GT350 … at least that’s what we hope it’s for.

No automaker is immune to ever-increasing fuel-economy legislation, not even luxury brands. To cope with these tightening regulations Audi is moving to electrify its entire range of high-performance RS models.

In an effort to make its products more appealing to a broader audience Lotus has expanded its Exige range by offering a model with an automatic transmission.