FISKER KARMA

FISKER KARMA As a 5,300-pound, full-size, four-door sedan, Fisker Karma is an unusual supercar: it is fuel efficient and “the first true electric luxury vehicle with extended range” capable of 112 miles per gallon of gas. Karma made its debut at the 2008 North American International Auto Show. Fisker uses cheap, lightweight sheet molding compound body panels to decrease weight and increase fuel efficiency. Karma...

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FALCON F7

FALCON F7 Five years ago, engineer and car enthusiast Jeff Lemke decided to build his personal supercar and commenced work on the Falcon F7 project. Falcon Motorsports completed the project just in time to present a production version at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show. F7 has a gas-welded aluminum chassis with a reinforced carbon-fiber floor pan, carbon-fiber body panels, and an eight-cylinder, 7,000-cc General Motors...

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DODGE VIPER GTS

DODGE VIPER GTS The 2013 Viper GTS, formerly the SRT GTS, reclaimed its original name as an American sports car classic. The Viper’s aluminum, ten-cylinder, 8,400-cc, 640-horsepower engine and six-speed manual transmission can accelerate the car from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.7 seconds. Five generations of the Viper have been in production since 1992 except for a brief 2007 hiatus. The Viper GTS adjustable suspension,...

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DODGE CHALLENGER SRT8 392

DODGE CHALLENGER SRT8 392 Dodge introduced the third generation of Challenger in 2008 and gave it the SRT8 392 engine in 2011. “SRT” stands for “Street & Racing Technology,” Chrysler’s high-performance division, “392” for displacement in cubic inches. The SRT8 392 graces the Challenger platform with an eight-cylinder, 6,400-cc, 470-horsepower Chrysler Hemi® engine  named after its hemispherically-shaped...

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CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZR1

CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZR1 The 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful model of America’s most famous sports car ever. An adaptively responsive suspension, a complex multi-stage traction control system, an aluminum and carbon fiber body composition for light weight, and the eight-cylinder, 6,200-cc engine tuned to put out 638 horsepower allow the coupe to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour (mph) in 3.8...

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