Custom Cars : Car News And Reviews

Customizer Specialty Vehicle Engineering is back and is taking the 2022 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 to another level by packing a supercharged 5.3 liter V8 under its hood. The engine in the Xtreme Off-Road truck produces 750 horsepower and 600 lb-ft.

Ford Performance has confirmed that it is returning to factory-backed IMSA racing with a team that will be managed by Multimatic. The two-car team will race a new Ford Performance Mustang GT3 car that Ford teased at the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona.

Ford has worked with charitable organizations for many years by building customized vehicles, auctioning them off, and giving all the proceeds to the charity. The first custom vehicle up for sale in 2022 is today, January 27, at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction.

Typically when we’re talking about cars from Shelby American, such as highly customized Mustangs, they are significantly more expensive than their OEM counterparts. Shelby American has confirmed that the Shelby GT500KR is returning for 2021 at an MSRP starting from $127,895, including the GT500.

There aren’t many track-ready race cars that the public can purchase. Often, the cars are only available to factory-backed racing teams. One notable exception will be the new Corvette Z06 GT3.R racing car, which will be made available to private teams and the public.

The Aston Martin DBX is already one powerful and attractive SUV. From the factory, the twin-turbo V8 engine produces 550 horsepower. After tuning firm Mansory got their hands on the DBX, it now has significantly more power, lots of forged carbon fiber, and a new body kit.

Chevrolet is talking up one of the vehicles it brought to SEMA 2021, the Chevy Beast. The automaker says the truck is a conceptual vision of the ultimate high-performance desert running pickup. Whatever Chevy says, it looks a lot like the Warthog from Halo, which is a good thing if you ask me.

Ford has announced something that off-road racing enthusiasts will be thrilled to hear. The Bronco DR is a limited-edition production desert racing truck based on the four-door Bronco SUV. Rather than utilizing a smaller displacement turbo engine like the production Bronco, Ford fits the DR with a 5.0-liter Coyote V8 engine.

One of the things we’re most excited about for November is that SEMA is back, and we can see some very cool custom cars in person. Ford is teasing some of the highly-customized Bronco and Bronco Sportbuilds that will be on hand at the show.

A group of Honda engineers has taken its 2022 Passport SUV and entered it into the American Rally Association series. The Passport rally SUV was built and raced by the HPD Maxxis Rally Team made up of associates from the company’s Ohio Auto Development Center.

Hot Wheels are some of the most popular toys made by Mattel, and the small-scale cars have been available for decades. They are collected by young and old alike, and some are wild futuristic cars while others are cars you could buy off the showroom floor right now.

One of the most iconic cars of the 1980s was the Ferrari Testarossa. Its iconic stature was thanks largely to the popular TV series Miami Vice and a plethora of posters plastered on bedroom walls all around the world.

Overlanding is a popular pastime for many people that involves taking specially outfitted vehicles into off-grid settings and still living comfortably for short periods. Ford’s full-size Expedition SUV is new for 2022, and for the first time, is getting a Timberline series.

Mansory is big in the world of high-end aftermarket tuning and has turned its hand to customizing the exterior and interior of some of the coolest cars on the market. The company is also known for improving the performance of vehicles by tweaking engines for more power and torque.

From the 1960s to the 1980s, custom cars were commonplace in TV shows, from The Beverly Hillbillies to Batman to Knight Rider. One of my favorite TV cars of all time has to be the coffin-shaped Drag-u-la that Grandpa Munster raced in The Munsters.