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The original Dodge Viper skipped door handles entirely because comfort wasn’t the point. After a two-year hiatus, the reborn Viper had to prove it could add carbon fiber trim, a touchscreen, and heated leather without losing what made the original such a raw, uncompromising machine. Read on to find out how a 640-horsepower V10 roadster ended up quiet enough to actually live with, and still came in under $100,000.
This 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air represents the middle year of the legendary tri-five run, powered by the 265 cubic-inch V8 that Chevrolet refined with an integral oil filter for ’56. Depending on carburetion, that engine ranged from a mild 162 horsepower up to a genuinely quick 240-horsepower dual-quad setup capable of a 16.3-second quarter mile. Chevrolet built nearly 700,000 Bel Airs that year alone.
Between 2008 and 2012, Maserati released version after version of the GranTurismo without ever settling on what kind of car it wanted to be — until the limited McStradale variant broke 300 km/h and answered the question for good. A Ferrari-designed V8, three different transmission strategies, and a stopping distance measured in single-digit car lengths are all part of the story. Read on to find out how a comfortable Italian coupe turned into one of the quickest GT cars of its era.