Tag: General Motors

Let’s face it.  Even if you have the money to buy a brand-new Corvette and travel to the Bowling Green, Kentucky plant to pick it up, you won’t be able to pay your way into taking pictures there. But if you’re a magazine as well-known and highly circulated as Road & Track, it’s a different […] More »

I know Callaway has been tuning Corvettes and other General Motors vehicles for a long time, but I think they’ve branched out into mind reading. They answered the question I’ve had in my head for years: “What would happen if someone supercharged the giant LS7 V8?” Six hundred fifty-two horsepower and 620 lb-ft of torque,  […] More »

There are certain cars that just shouldn’t be road-tested.  Some of them need to be taken to the track, immediately. The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is one of those cars. Autoblog’s West Coast editor, Michael Harley, took it to the right kind of place: Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama.  There, he was able to […] More »

I’m just going to put this down to weight and gearing. I have to because, if the numbers on the screen are accurate, there’s not much else aside from driver ability, that explains why a stock Corvette ZR1 with 540 wheel horsepower absolutely runs away from a 2012 Roush Stage 3 Mustang with 608 whp […] More »

I might regret typing this, but I’m going to do it anyway:  You don’t even have to watch the video below. Just click play, sit in a comfortable chair, grab your favorite drink and enjoy it slowly as the sound of a 7.0-liter Chevrolet V8 fills your ears. Oh, you’re back?  Well, before you close […] More »

Spring will bring warmer weather and Easter candy, but it will also bring potholes.  You can blame our crazy winter weather for those.  The moisture in the cracks in the pavement goes from frozen to thawed multiple times, causing the road surface to expand and contract.  Driving over it causes it to weaken even more […] More »

Warning: Do not try this at home.  Or on a public street.  You’ll see why… A few gearheads recently got together to pit American muscle against import power in a drag race.  Remember this scene? The video below is a lot like that, except that it features a Chevy vs. Nissan contest.  A 4th-generation Camaro […] More »