After nine long years of waiting it’s finally here. The new Chevrolet Corvette. The long awaited revamp of the American classic made it’s stage debut at the North American International Auto Show. The seventh generation Vette sports some radical new design styles and ideas moving forward. As you can see from the picture, the body [...]
With the recent launch of the Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 and the new Mustang Shelby GT500, the ghosts of muscle cars past seem to have come full circle. Now we know automotive technology has advanced at almost an exponential rate over the past fifty plus years and brought more horsepower, better fuel economy and a slew [...]
Speculation around a Chevrolet SS has been bouncing around for a little while now. With the re-vamped Chevy Impala making the auto show rounds, many hoped there would be a rebirth of the SS variant. When asked the folks at Chevy would neither confirm or deny a new SS which of course caused speculation to [...]
To say that today is a sad day for the automotive world is an understatement. Carroll Shelby, one of the true pioneers of everything automotive that we have come to love and cherish, has passed away at the age of 89. Born January 11, 1923 in Leesburg, Texas, Shelby’s love of cars manifested itself early [...]
The Impala has been a staple of Chevrolet for decades. However, for the past several years it seemed to fall behind in the minds of Chevrolet and became a bland outdated ‘ho hum’ of the auto world. Instead of refreshing the Impala years ago, they let it stagnate apparently content with rental, fleet and government [...]
The clock just keeps on ticking. A while back Chevy announced that the 2012 Camaro ZL1 would be delayed due to an undisclosed production problem. With the 2012 model year production schedule almost at an end some folks with ZL1s on order are starting to get a little frustrated. The folks at GM have not [...]
It’s that time again folks! Season 5 episode 5 of Motorz is now online for your viewing pleasure. Episode 5 of season 5 picks up where Chris and Olivia left off last time with their junkyard engine rebuild project on a Chevy 350. This episode covers the top end engine build up with heads from [...]
It’s that time again kids! The latest episode of Motorz is now online for your viewing pleasure. Episode 4 of season 5 continues where Chris left off last time with the rebuild project on his Chevrolet 350. The past two episodes Chris covered how to tear down, inspect, clean and prep his 350 engine rebuild [...]
If you remember a few weeks ago there was a lot of teeth gnashing about the fire supposedly caused by the battery system on the Chevy Volt. The NHSTA put the situation under a formal investigation with their offices and it seems that GM is responding ahead of the curve. GM has announced that it [...]
It has been a rocky several years for the car industry, no one can debate that. Bankruptcies, sell offs, entire brands being phased out… The reasons for all of these problems are many and still hotly debated to this day. One of the most hotly debated implementations was the Car Czar. However, it seems that [...]
Cadillac’s newest little brother, the ATS, is doing some of its final tuning around the Nurburgring. The ATS is Cadillac’s answer to the BMW 3 series and the Mercedes C class. Supposedly powered by either a 2.0L turbo four cylinder or the well proven 3.6L Di V6, this slightly compact sedan or coupe looks very [...]
2011 has been a somewhat quiet year for the sports car. Most of the major auto shows around the country saw auto makers pushing eco-friendly cars, new SUVs, and fuel efficient sedans with little fanfare of new sports cars coming down the pike. That trend started to change a bit towards the end of the [...]
