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 »
By: Derek Shiekhi | March 21, 2014
When a human being gets a heart transplant, they get the life-saving organ from another human being. Before you watch the video below, picture someone receiving a heart from a T. rex (just go with it, OK?), then having to snort Scarface-sized piles of cocaine to keep their body from rejecting the new ticker. Yeah…you’re […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | March 20, 2014
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Man, I love being a turtle. Oops! I mean: There’s a reason I’m a writer and not an engineer. “I have never thought that a tire rotating around its wheel would ever be a problem. The 2014 Camaro Z/28’s engineers have. The Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes and their 1.5 g in deceleration force have a tendency to […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | March 13, 2014
The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is bound to be hungry, especially when it hits the track. There, its hand-built 7-liter V8 will be consuming massive amounts of fuel – and the car itself will be gobbling up as much air as possible to cool its lap-heated hardware. To maximize air intake and ease the thermal […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | March 7, 2014
Sometimes, looking good and going fast go hand in hand. I’d argue there’s a beauty in the symmetry of a well laid out engine bay like this one. Everything is clean, which helps, but the star of the show is the two twins sitting up front. They’re like trumpets heralding the arrival of horsepower. Each […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | March 6, 2014
“What the f— is a Jalpa?” That was my reaction when John sent me this video. I love Lamborghinis as much as the average car guy does, but when you bring up 80’s italian cars, the only Lambo I ever cared about was the Countach. The Jalpa wasn’t even a blip on my radar. Quickly […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | February 24, 2014
If you manage to find yourself sitting in a the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle in an indoor setting, you’re either an over-achieving criminal or a dedicated automotive journalist. Autoblog’s Michael Harley is the latter. He went to the Chicago Auto Show for a closer look at Chevy’s newest cruiser. Scott Vandekerckhove, a bow […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | February 20, 2014
