The 2013 Camaro ZL1, in topless flavor. Image: GM Corp.
If you thought that the announcement of the 650-horsepower 2013 Shelby GT 500 meant the end of the pony car wars, you’d be wrong. Al Oppenheiser, the chief engineer on the Camaro ZL 1 program, was his normal outspoken self in a a letter to the faithful on the Camaro5 website. Read More…
2012 Chevy Camaro ZL1. Image: GM Corp.
Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but Chevy opted to release pricing on the 2012 Camaro ZL1 on the very same day that Ford announced its new, 650 horsepower 2013 Shelby GT500. If you’re a bowtie fan, $54,995 (including destination charge) will buy you a car that runs from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds, runs the quarter-mile in 12 seconds flat at 119 mph and tops out at 184 mph. It’s all but guaranteed to win you tickets and points on your driver’s license, so if you planning to buy one, now is the time to dig up dirt on your insurance agent. Read More…
If you’re a former aerospace engineer looking to buy a 2012 Camaro ZL-1, prepare to salivate at the video below. Narrated by Tom Frohling, the lead development engineer for the aerodynamics on the Camaro ZL-1, the You Tube video below is chock full o’ terms like “zero neutral lift,” “negative lift,” “chassis dynamics,” and “computational fluid dynamics.” Read More…
The 2012 Chevy C6 Corvette. Image: GM Corp.
In 2014, Chevy replaces the C6 Corvette with the C7 Corvette, and internet rumors have hinted that the new car will sport a mid-engine, rear-drive V-6 powertrain. Next, it was that the new Corvette would swap the current 6.2-liter LS3 V-8 for a 5.5-liter V-8, at least on base models. Then came word that the car would get a visibility-hampering split rear window, in homage to the 1963 to 1967 Corvettes. Read More…
Just click through for the video and prepare to be rewarded with one of the greatest cars stories you’re ever likely to come across.
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The year is rapidly drawing to a close, and Chevy is nowhere near the 10,000 unit sales of its extended-range EV, the Volt, that the automaker had projected. Through October, Chevy had sold just over 5,000 Volts year-to-date, nowhere near on-track for the 10k sales that GM CEO Dan Akerson had projected. Read More…
On Thursday, Chevy officially ticked off its first century, and in celebration the automaker wants you to know all about its racing heritage. If there’s a racing series involving automobiles in the U.S., Chevy’s probably been there and racked up a few trophies. In fact, the founder of Chevrolet, Louis Chevrolet, was an aspiring racer who drove in early Indy 500s. Read More…
The world needs more twisted geniuses like Jonathan Ward. His company, Icon, is best known for building restored and bulletproof Toyota Land Cruisers and Jeep CJs, but it also dabbles in the fine art of what Ward calls “derelicts.” The concept is simple: take an original but worn car, then throw the best parts you can at the chassis, motor and even interior. Read More…
2012 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ Crew Cab Pickup. Image: © GM Corp.
Costco is a great place to shop for stuff like food and wine, and the warehouse club occasionally has good deals on stuff of interest to gear heads. You can’t beat their prices for bulk shop towels and microfiber cloths, and they generally have decent pricing on Mobil 1 motor oil. I bought a “disposable” hydraulic jack there about 20 years ago, and it’s still going strong (even if it does weigh more than the center of the earth). Read More…
The fastest Chevy Sonic on the planet...
Call us Neanderthals, but we have no idea how dropping a new car out of a plane, or pushing it off a stack of shipping containers, helps sell cars. It’s the whole “adventure sports, Gen Y” angle that Chevy is going for, we suppose, so that means it doesn’t have to make sense as long as it’s cool to watch. The Sonic dropped from the airplane is surprisingly mesmerizing, and you can’t help but wonder what it would feel like to get hit by a car in free fall. Read More…
