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  • 1959 Chevrolet Corvette Purple People Eater

    At one point in its life, this 1959 Chevrolet Corvette was sold for $800. Two men each split the cost to acquire this car back in 1974, but now it's destined to cross an auction block in Arizona for a far greater figure. Let's back up a bit, though, as the story of the Purple People Eater runs deeper than this. What we're dealing with here is an iconic American race car that dominated nearly every race it entered. ALSO SEE: 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Barn Find Heads To Auction In 1958, the Chicago-based Nickey Chevrolet ordered up a Corvette to take to the race track. It arrived wearing...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible
    2016 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Priced From $33,695

    Chevrolet has confirmed that the convertible version of the new Camaro will be available for sale early next year, along with the new turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder option. We now know how much extra you’ll have to pay for the Camaro Convertible over pricing for the coupe. Cars Direct...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
    Is Chevrolet Prepping An Electrified Corvette?

    Torque is a fun thing, isn't it? Especially when a large amount of it can be delivered instantaneously. Car makers that offer vehicles powered by electricity know this, and electric torque has provided the world with a few fun additions in the vehicular realm. Be they fully electric or aided by the...

  • Lightly modified 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS
    2016 Chevy Camaro SS Already Into The 10s: Video

    It’s looking like General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has unleashed a real beast in the form of its 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS. For just $37,295, including shipping, you get a car that’s officially rated at 455 horsepower and 455 pound-feet of torque—though those figures might be a bit...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS strapped to a dyno
    Dyno Test Shows 2016 Camaro SS Putting Down More Power Than Corvette: Video

    We love the new 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS, and now we have a better understanding as to why. Tuning firm Hennessey Performance just got its hands on one, and the first thing that it did was to strap the car to a dyno. ALSO SEE: Devel’s 12.3-Liter Quad-Turbo V-16 Dynoed At 4,515 Horsepower...

  • Chevrolet Corvette Modifed By Karl Kustoms
    You Can Get The Split-Window Look Grafted To A C6 Chassis

    ...but should you? If we could make the title of this piece a little longer, those are the words we'd add. Yes, the second generation Chevrolet Corvette is one of the great all-time automotive designs. It's an icon, and Larry Shinoda deserves our unending love and respect. He crafted a design that...

  • 2016 Ford Shelby GT350 Vs. Chevrolet Camaro SS

    You know, sometimes it's tough to convince our friends and family that this is a tough job. Hard days and long nights. Real work. Convincing them is about to get impossible. Who else runs buck wild with two of the ballsiest cars on the face of Planet Earth--on a school day? We did. Drove 'em hard, and put 'em away wet in a Malibu-canyon grudge match. ALSO SEE: Driving A Police Car: Six Things You Should Know In this corner, the 455-horsepower Chevy Camaro SS. And in this corner--the 526-horsepower Ford Shelby GT350. You've seen the test numbers, read the first drives--but which one would we...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Spy Shots

    Chevrolet completely redesigned its Cruze compact for the 2016 model year but right now all we’ve seen is the sedan bodystyle. With the previous-generation Cruze also spawning hatchback and wagon variants, it’s only a matter of time until similar variants based on the latest Cruze are...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV spy shots - Image via Green Car Reports
    2017 Chevrolet Bolt Spy Shots

    Chevrolet’s upcoming Bolt electric car has been spied ahead of a world debut rumored for next month's 2016 Consumer Electronics Show. Additional photos, which you can view in full at Green Car Reports, show the Bolt in great detail. The subcompact hatch has a design that’s even more...

  • Tune It! Safe! Chevrolet Corvette Stingray by TIKT Performance, 2015 Essen Motor Show
    Tune It! Safe! Chevy Corvette Impresses At Essen Motor Show

    No, German police aren’t about to enlist a Chevrolet Corvette among their fleet of patrol cars. Rather, this particular Corvette, dressed in police livery, has been built to help promote safe and legal vehicle modification. CHECK OUT: 2017 Porsche 911 Turbo Packs More Power, New Infotainment...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro
    2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS Video Road Test

    What's a muscle car? What's a pony car? Before you dig too deeply into those car-guy Twitter fights, listen to this. It's time to stop calling the Chevy Camaro a pony car. Time to stop calling it a muscle car. It's a bona fide sports car now, and a damn fine one at that. We took to the canyons of...

  • Danica Patrick Helps Deliver The First 2016 Chevrolet Camaro
    Danica Patrick Helps Deliver The First 2016 Chevrolet Camaro

    The first sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro has found its way to its new owner. The deal went down as Alican Boyacioglu officially became the first 2016 Camaro owner. He received his keys from someone who knows about driving fast Chevys: racing driver Danica Patrick. WATCH: 2015 Ford Mustang GT...

  • 1970 Chevrolet Camaro RS, 2015 SEMA show

    One of the coolest cars at this week’s 2015 SEMA show was a custom 1970 Chevrolet Camaro RS. Built by Chevrolet Performance, the classic muscle car was fitted with a supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 V-8 just like the one in the latest-generation Corvette Z06. But this engine wasn’t lifted out of a Z06 donor. Instead, it was a new crate engine offering now available from Chevrolet Performance. ALSO SEE: 2016 Dodge Viper ACR Sets 13 Lap Records, Outmuscles P1 & 918 Spyder: Video It’s the most powerful engine ever offered by General Motors Company [NYSE:GM], and it's sure to make...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray upgraded with Corvette Z06 parts, 2015 SEMA show
    Chevy Offers Corvette Z06 Parts To Stingray Owners

    Chevrolet is finally offering some of the performance upgrades normally reserved for its Corvette Z06 to customers of the Corvette Stingray. The good news is that you don’t have to buy a new Stingray to get the parts as they’re available as a retrofit on models dating back to the 2014...

  • 2016 Chevrolet COPO Camaro Courtney Force concept, 2015 SEMA show
    2016 Chevy COPO Camaro Previewed With Courtney Force Concept: Video

    Chevrolet teamed up with NHRA Camaro Funny Car driver Courtney Force to develop a concept previewing the 2016 COPO Camaro based on the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro muscle car. The concept is called the COPO Camaro Courtney Force, and it made its debut today at the SEMA show in Las Vegas...

  • 2016 Camaro SS Red Accent Package concept
    Chevrolet Adds Two More Camaro Concepts To Its SEMA Showcase

    Chevrolet typically takes it fairly mildly when it comes to showcasing in-house creations for SEMA. This year is no exception as the automaker is rolling out a few styling and slight performance upgrades for its products. One of the top products from the brand hitting the SEMA floor this year will...

  • First batch of 2016 Chevrolet Camaros en route to dealers
    2016 Chevrolet Camaro Starts Shipping Out To Dealers

    Chevrolet has started shipping the all-new, sixth-generation Camaro to dealers all across the country, which means the first customer deliveries should commence by mid-November. We’ve already had a chance to drive the new Camaro and find it to be substantially improved over the outgoing...

  • Lingenfelter wide-body kit for the C7 Chevrolet Corvette
    Lingenfelter Unveils Wide-Body Kit For The C7 Corvette

    It’s been a while since we last heard from Lingenfelter, but the tuning firm, based in Brighton, Michigan, has been toiling away on some interesting new products. One of these is a new wide-body kit designed for the seventh-generation Corvette. CHECK OUT: Audi RS 6 And RS 7 Performance Models...

  • Chevrolet Camaro Red Line Series concept, 2015 SEMA show

    Chevrolet will roll out a barrage of concepts at this year’s SEMA show to highlight a range of new accessories the automaker plans to offer. The aftermarket continues to see growth, with SEMA organizers stating that spending on automotive specialty equipment parts and accessories topped $36 billion last year—up 8 percent on the previous year and representing the fifth-straight year of growth. READ: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro First Drive Understandably, the major automakers are keen to tap some of that growth and in recent years we’ve seen them offer more and more official...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Camaro
    2016 Chevrolet Camaro first drive review

    ​ Muscle-car fans have had quite a feast in the past two years, with the 707-horsepower Challenger and Charger Hellcat and the 526-hp Shelby GT350 laying untold stripes on countless roads across America. (Dozens of them may be ours. Maybe not. Prove it in court.) But they won't be able to pass up...

  • 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
    Corvette Chief Engineer Explains Motor Trend Z06 DNF: Video

    Late last month, news broke that the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 did not finish during Motor Trend's annual Best Driver's Car competition. The supercharger simply refused to engage—which Chevrolet initially blamed on bad fuel—and to add insult to injury, the car was delivered to Laguna...

  • Performance exhaust for sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro
    Chevy Already Offering Performance Parts For Sixth-Gen Camaro

    The sixth-generation Camaro isn’t even on the market yet but Chevrolet is already previewing a range of accessories and performance upgrades for the car. From air intake and exhaust systems, to lowering kits, ground-effects packages, spoilers and even Brembo brake packages, the parts and...

  • 2016 Callaway Corvette C7 GT3-R race car
    Callaway Unveils GT3-Spec Corvette Racer: Video

    Here in the United States, Callaway is widely recognized for its tuning prowess, particularly when it comes to the Chevrolet Corvette, but the company has a European offshoot that also builds complete turnkey race cars. We’re talking about Callaway Competition based in Leingarten, Germany...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition with VIN #001 at Barrett-Jackson auction
    2016 Chevy Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition With VIN #001 Sells For $500k At Charity Auction

    Following the recent Barrett-Jackson auction held in Las Vegas, Nevada, one lucky bidder now owns the very first 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition destined for a customer, the car with VIN #001. The winning bid came in at an impressive $500,000. CHECK OUT: Lamborghini Huracán GT3 To...

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