Subaru’s performance versions of the Impreza – like the 2015 WRX and 2015 WRX STI – have always been modified and will continue to be taken to new extremes. Factory Five bit into the four-wheel-drive ...

Factory Five showed its 818 kit at last year’s SEMA show, both in 818 S street and 818 R racing trim. It costs just $9,900 for the basic package, which gets you a tubular steel chassis with crumple ...

Today, Kirby’s focus has shifted toward following industry news, and he has a sincere passion for one-off and tuned vehicles, car toys (especially LEGO brand,) and anything else even closely related ...

EV West’s kit, which retails for $6,988, includes the majority of what you'll need to make your own zero-emission racer, although a battery system is still required and these can be significant in ...

EXETER — Chris Marciano has had a number of sporty cars over the years, but none turned heads the way his Bright White Factory Five Racing 818 does — and he assembled it himself. The 818 is the latest ...

Factory Five made its bones selling simple Shelby Cobra replicas designed to take advantage of plentiful Ford Fox-body Mustang components. But the Fox Mustang, often hailed as the '55 Chevy of its day ...

Let's use a recent email from one of our Cooley on Cars viewers, KC in Cincinnati, who wants to build an EV. He's looking at a Factory Five 818, a kit car that is sort of a cross between a Lotus Evora ...

Michael Lanfreschi, 38 years old, director of finance and project controls for the government of Gwinnett County, Ga., on his Factory Five 818 self-assembled race car. I’ve always wanted to do racing ...

Last year, we told you about a wild project car that combined a Factory Five 818 kit car, two Chevrolet Volt batteries, and a Tesla Model S motor. Back then, the car was in its early stages, making ...

Wareham, Massachusetts --When Factory Five Racing announced an open house to debut its new 818 roadster, I figured I'd stop by and maybe take a drive. I envisioned a few gearheads trekking to company ...