Custom Cars : Car News And Reviews

If you have seen the flick Kingsman: The Secret Service, and happen to be a car guy or gal, you might remember that scene where Eggsy and his pals nearly get into a fight in the pub.

The late ’70s and early ’80s weren’t a good time for performance cars. Even the legendary Corvette was rather tame aside from its wild looks with flared fenders and swoopy roof. My dad owned multiple Corvettes of this era, and what I remember of them all was a cramped interior, an inability to see over the dash, and super heavy doors that a kid couldn’t close.

Christmas is just around the corner, so the holiday commercials should be arriving any minute now. Dodge is getting into the holiday spirit already. Their new commercial “Upgrade” features pro wrestler Bill Goldberg as a buff Santa Claus in need of a new ride.

Roush has announced a new truck package that takes the normal Ford F-150 up several notches. The truck is called the F-150 SC, and its big feature is a Roush TVS R2650 supercharger that sits atop the truck’s 5.0L V8 engine.

Like most auto enthusiasts, I have a deep-seated distaste for minivans. Sure, they’re some of the most practical vehicles on the road today, but driving one pretty much says that you’ve given up on your own life and your kids have won.

The last few times we talked about Icon has been when the company whipped up a pair of very cool off-road vehicles with the Icon BR that looks like an old Ford Bronco and the restored 1965 Kaiser Jeep.

Among the numerous custom cars and trucks at SEMA 2018, Hennessey Performance turned up with its 2019 VelociRaptor V8. The performance tuners tore out the stock EcoBoost V6 engine and put a 5.0-liter V8 with a 2.9-liter supercharger under the hood.

Car and truck companies usually turn up to the SEMA show with tricked out sports cars and hot rods. And while Toyota showed up this year with a selection of upgraded Corolla hatches, they also brought along a custom built Tundra that makes pizza.

For SEMA 2018, Nissan has turned up with a highly-customized 370Z. The car started out life as a 2012 model, and has a transplanted engine in the form of a Nissan 3.0-liter VR30DDTT twin-turbo V6 with an AMS Performance cold air intake, to help it make 400 hp.

Grafton, WI tuner SpeedKore Performance Group is teasing an awesome custom-modded Dodge Challenger SRT Demon that may be the fastest in all the land, and it will be on display at SEMA in a few days.

Packing a 707 hp Hellcat HEMI V8 straight from the factory, we already know that the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is a monster. But the guys at Hennessey Performance are never satisfied with stock, and cranked theirs up to make an extra 500 horses or so.

Hang out with a bunch of amateur racers who like to drive on a road course, and ask them what the best car is. Odds are you will get a bunch of them saying Mazda Miata and a bunch of them saying Honda S2000.

Late last year, Hennessey Performance rolled out its very cool and crazy expensive Velociraptor 6×6. That truck started as a normal F-150 Raptor before being transformed into much more. Hennessey is now turning its hand to doing something similar with the 2019 Chevy Silverado Trail Boss, with the Hennessey Goliath 6×6.

Look at this matte black beast right here. Armormax offers a Dodge Charger Hellcat modded with some features you certainly can’t get from the factory. One major change is an available in-house installed all-wheel-drive system that sends power from that big, blown Hemi V8 to all four wheels.

Roush Performance is one of the bigger names in superchargers and aftermarket parts for the Ford Mustang. One of their big claims to fame is that some of its upgrades allow you to keep a full warranty on your car.