Check out this for the ultimate soccer mum’s car. It’s a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 twin turbo capable of nine-second quarter mile passes. The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is already a fairly stout machine, coming equipped with a 6.1 HEMI V8 producing 317kW of power and 576Nm of torque. […]
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Video: ‘Melbourne Cup’ performance car factory quarter mile top 24
With the Melbourne Cup over for another year, we thought we’d come up with a bit of a cup of ourselves. A factory quarter mile cup if you will. Ever wondered what a top 24 all-star car list would look like, comprising of some of the quickest cars around in […]
Chevrolet Camaro COPO concept at 2011 SEMA Show
Chevrolet has unveiled its new Chevrolet Camaro COPO concept at the 2011 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. This is the ‘straight out of the box’ drag racing package reported a few weeks ago. Although this is a concept, it is highly likely Chevrolet will be putting it into production. General […]
Video: RENNtech Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren fastest in the world?
This RENNtech Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has been labelled as the fastest SLR in the world. So we thought we’d better take a bit of a look into it. It’s built by four tuners; RENNtech, Mansory, Platinum Motorsport, MACarbon and Exotics Boutique. By ‘world’s fastest’ they mean the world’s quickest and […]
Infiniti M35h sets Guinness World Record with quickest hybrid quarter mile
Ever wondered what the quickest production hybrid vehicle is? Wonder no more, the Infiniti M35h sports sedan has just been crowned the quickest on the quarter mile by the Guinness World Records with a time of 13.896. It’s not a bad time, and not just for a hybrid. To give […]
2012 Dagger GT-D Outlaw with 2700hp by TranStar Racing
TranStar Racing, creator of the outrageous Dagger GT, has announced plans for a fresh new model for 2012. It’s called the Dagger GT-D and power is claimed to be not just 2000hp (1492kW), like the ‘normal’ Dagger GT, but 2700hp (2014kW). The Dagger GT-D (D for Dragster) will not be […]
Video: Nissan GT-R beats 11 of the world’s best driver’s cars in mega drag race
Motor Trend in the US has put together the mother of all races between – deep breath – a Nissan GT-R, BMW 1 Series M Coupe, Ford Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca, Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Chevrolet Corvette ZO6 (Z07 pack), Ferrari 458 Italia, Audi R8 GT, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, […]
Video: Australia’s quickest turbo car – Rob Campisi CV Performance Mustang
Ever wondered what Australia’s quickest and fastest turbo car is at the moment? It’s Rob Campisi’s CV Performance Ford Mustang, and yesterday it just shaved a couple of milliseconds off its record time, from 5.97 seconds to 5.95 at 260mph (418.9km/h). Rob Campsi’s CV Performance Ford Mustang is not your […]