Ford never made a widebody Mustang, but that hasn’t stopped a few loyal Ford fans from chasing the car of their dreams. The widebody Mustang phenomenon is a relative latecomer to the hot-rodding party, and its original inspiration in the hot-rodding world stems from highly modified production cars in the International Motor Sport Association (IMSA).
The 2021 Acura TLX Type S will finally hit the market on June 23rd and journalists have now started to test drive the sports sedan for the very first time.
We’ve included a handful of TLX Type S reviews below but the review from The Smoking Tire’s Matt Farah is especially relevant given the veteran journalist’s experience with driving performance cars (not something that can be said about some of his fellow YouTube ‘influencers’).
The headline of the TLX Type S is a turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 that pumps out 355 hp and 354 lb-ft (480 Nm) of torque. This engine is coupled to a ten-speed automatic transmission that allows the sedan to hit 60 mph (96 km/h) in roughly 5 seconds and an electronically limited top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h).
The DC2-generation Honda Integra Type R is regarded as one of the finest front-wheel drive performance cars ever built but just what makes it so special? In this video, Zack Klapman from The Smoking Tire tells us.
If you know anything about the Integra Type R, you’ll know that it was the fastest and most focused variant of the Integra sold to the public. What you may not know, however, is the fact that Honda built the Integra Type R so it could meet homologation requirements to go Group N racing.
Powering the Integra Type R is a 1.8-liter naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine known as the B18C. Honda outfitted this engine with higher compression pistons, lighter valves, a lighter rotating assembly, a new intake, and a much larger exhaust that increased flow by 30 per cent over a standard GSR. What’s more, each and every head was hand ported and polished. The result is an engine that produces as much as 195 hp, making this the most powerful horsepower-per-liter engine that wa