Category: performance cars

  • 2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia – Drive Review

    Alfa Romeo celebrated its 110th birthday in June. The storied Alfa brand has been delivering style and exclusivity that is exemplified by the 2020 Alfa Romeo Giulia. The premium midsize Giulia delivers comfort, luxury and sporty driving. Read more here. @1ChicagoCarGuy  

  • 2021 Dodge High Horsepower

    The 2021 Dodge lineup is packed with muscle—8,950 horsepower worth of muscle. New is the 807-HP Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock, the 797-HP Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye and the 710-HP Durango SRT Hellcat. Dodge is dominating the American Horsepower Wars and the Brotherhood of Muscle is Strong. Read it. @1ChicagoCarGuy

  • 2020 Lexus GS F – Drive Review

    By the numbers: –467 horsepower 5.0-L V8. –8-speed automatic. –Zero to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds. Top speed of 168 mph. Quarter mile in 12.8 seconds. — $85,010 MSRP More here. @1ChicagoCarGuy

  • 2020 BMW M850i xDrive Gran Coupe – Drive Report

    Sub-5 seconds to 60 mph with a 335-HP six. Or, sub-4 seconds to 60 mph with a 523-HP V8. Take your pick. Both engines power BMWs 8-Series Gran Coupe that has plenty of style and panache. Sports car performance, lots of luxury, enticing looks plus a dose of practicality all from this top of the…

  • 2020 Jaguar XE – Drive Review

    The British entry in the multinational compact luxury sedan class is the Jaguar XE. For 2020 the XE has gotten a bit of a refresh both out and in. Two different turbo 4-cylinders give you choice in the power or fuel consumption balance. And, the XE offers the best of both worlds with excellent handling…

  • 2020 Dodge Challenger GT AWD – Drive Review

    The Dodge Challenger is the first and only 2-door muscle car offering all-wheel drive. The Challenger GT AWD with its 305-horsepower V6 delivers plenty of performance. Its rear-wheel biased AWD system automatically puts power to the front wheels when needed. Check out this muscle car for the snow right here. @1ChicagoCarGuy  

  • 2020 BMW M340i xDrive – Road Review

    Now in its 7th generation the 2020 BMW 3-Series grows up a little bit more following its roots from the iconic 2002. A six-cylinder engine has returned to make for all the more driving pleasure. Check it out right here. @1ChicagoCarGuy

  • 2020 Toyota GR Supra – Track and Street

    The first all-new Supra in 21 years has arrived. Co-developed with BMW and Toyota’s Gazoo Racing…thus the GR in GR Supra, with 335-HP it’ll get to 60 mph for stop in 4.1 seconds and top out at 155 mph. In a coupe body with seats for two and automatic transmission only, the GR Supra makes…

  • 2020 Nissan 370Z 50th Anniversary Edition

    The 2020 Nissan 370Z 50th Anniversary Edition pays homage to the Z heritage as well as a tribute to the BRE 240Z race cars. The BRE Datsun 240Z coupes were run by Peter Brock and his Brock Racing Enterprises team with the very talented John Morton doing the driving. Morton is legendary and went on…

  • 2020 Shelby GT500 -Track, Strip and Street

    The new 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 has a 5.2-L aluminum alloy 760-horsepower supercharged V8. It’s the most powerful street-legal Ford ever. The engine develops 625 ft.-lbs. of torque. This horsepower, together with huge Brembo brakes, will take the GT500 from 0 to 100 to 0 mph in 10.6 seconds. A Tremec 7-speed dual clutch…