According to someone who attend this week’s Chevrolet national dealership convention in Las Vegas, small images of the long-rumored mid-engine Corvette were shown, allegedly revealing the front end and hood of the next generation American supercar.
Yesterday afternoon, Michael Cole and his Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat ran a 9.13 quarter mile at more than 150 miles per hour, setting the new world record for a Hellcat car running without the assistance of nitrous oxide.
The modern Dodge Challenger was introduced for the 2008 model year, so with the arrival of the 2018 models, the modern Mopar muscle car is officially more than a decade old yet sales numbers continue to climb from year to year and today, we look at how FCA has kept this 11-year old car selling so well.
According to a dealership representative who attended the General Motors dealer’s conference earlier this week, the Chevrolet Camaro will receive a facelift for the 2019 model year and he knows this because the company showed off two examples of the new-look muscle car at their annual meeting.
The March Hellcat of the Month as picked by the members of the SRT Hellcat and Demon Facebook Group is the Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat shown above, owned by yours truly.
The first batch of the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has reached owners and one of them took his manual transmission LT5 car to a dyno shop to see how much power it makes at the wheels – hitting the 660 horsepower range with only around 250 miles on the car.
The Dodge Challenger posted its best sales month of the modern era in March, but the Mopar muscle car finished second in the monthly sales race to the Ford Mustang – while the Chevrolet Camaro finished a distant third and fell far behind the other two competitors.
The National Mustang Owner's Museum is dedicated to all things Mustang, but especially the people who love them. The display called a Preview Museum is open in a temporary location, in Concord, North Carolina. It has big plans for National Mustang Day on April 18, 2018.
General Motors has trademarked the ZL1 name in Australia and if the LT4-powered Chevrolet Camaro is offered in that market, it will comfortably dominate the performance car scene while making short work of the Ford Mustangs sold Down Under.
Colorado State Police called off a chase after an older model Mustang drove 150 mph and they were unable to catch up. It happened on Interstate 70, west of Glenwood Springs.
The second media day of the 2018 New York International Auto Show is winding down and once again, we did not get to meet the next Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 – and that could signal a long wait until the 700 horsepower pony car is introduced.
While speaking at the ongoing 2018 New York International Auto Show, Cadillac boss Johan de Nysschen stated that the twin turbo 4.2-liter V8 in the new CT6 V-Sport is not going to be shared with the Chevrolet Corvette – although I take this information with a grain of salt.
Production of the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 began earlier this month and with Rick Hendrick having paid nearly a million dollars for the rights to the first example of the 755 horsepower supercar, C7 ZR1 #0001 was built to the desired specifications of the legendary NASCAR team owner.
Ford Motor Company announced some official numbers for the 2019 Mustang Bullitt edition today, including a horsepower rating of 480 and a starting price of $47,495 with destination – and you can order your movie-themed pony car today.
The official top speed of the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is 212 miles per hour, but the crew from Car & Driver took one of the 755-horsepower C7 test cars to The Texas Mile to see what the newest American supercar would do in the standing mile – and the numbers were impressive.
The 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production road car ever produced by General Motors, but we know now that it is also the quickest – titles which extend across the entire American supercar segment.
It has long been expected that the refreshed 2019 Chevrolet Camaro would make its formal debut this week at the 2018 New York International Auto Show, but with no press conference scheduled for the Chevrolet brand – it seems unlikely that we will see the first redesign of the 6th generation muscle car this week.
Out of all fairness to Genesis, our 2018 G80 test vehicle shows 11,000 miles on the odometer. It’s been driven. And frankly, this review could be titled “Used Genesis G80 holds up well under abuse,” knowing that this ultimate sport sedan has been beaten and abused by the press corp.
We learned this week that the 2019 Cadillac CT6 V-Sport will feature a new dual overhead cam, twin turbo V8 with a reverse cylinder head design, all of which are expected features of the powerplant in the rumored mid-engine Corvette.
Yesterday afternoon, I came across a right-hand-drive 2018 Ford Mustang GT testing on I-96 in Metro Detroit with all of the features required for the European market and my passenger was able to snap a few pictures of the foreign-issue pony car on the move.
A long list of items from the Conner Ave Assembly Plant where the Dodge Viper was built are being auctioned online right now, with the proceeds going to benefit the United Way – with everything from the sign over the front doors to autographed hoods to items from the gift shop being sold to benefit charity.
