Chevrolet News
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The most powerful car General Motors has ever built will soon hit the streets, packing 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. It’s the new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, and it promises to be America’s fastest production car, in both coupe and convertible forms. MUST SEE: Dubai Police Cars Are The World's Fastest: Video Creating all of that power is a 6.2-liter LT4 supercharged V-8 engine, officially certified at the dual 650 mark. Peak power comes at 6,400 rpm, while peak torque arrives at just 3,600 rpm. While the horsepower curve looks like a financial analyst’s...
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Hennessey Takes His HPE650 C7 Corvette To The Dyno, Then Down The Strip: VideoIt's no secret that John Hennessey likes to drive fast. There are many cars to choose from to achieve this, yet none of them seem to fit the bill. So Hennessey turns to his HPE Design team to create truly wicked versions of already fairly wicked machines. MUST SEE: Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6x6...
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New Aerial Photos Show Progress On National Corvette Museum Motorsports ParkIt’s been nearly a year since we checked in on the progress of the National Corvette Museum’s Motorsports Park, and the progress made in that time is remarkable. With a full course now laid out and work being done on facilities, it’s beginning to look like a real race track. ALSO...
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Chevy Corvette And Cadillac CTS Involved In Latest GM RecallGeneral Motors has issued a series of recalls that affect about 2.7 million vehicle owners in the U.S. alone. Included in the latest recalls is the previous-generation Chevrolet Corvette as well as the Cadillac CTS from the 2013 and 2014 model years. Other General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] vehicles...
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Chevy Camaro Z/28 Hits The Dyno With Redline Motorsports: VideoThe 2014 Chevy Camaro Z/28 has wowed the world with its track-rated performance, but to date, we haven’t seen one cross the dyno to verify what the 7.0-liter LS7 under the hood is really putting out. That has now changed thanks to Redline Motorsports. MUST SEE: Big Block Smart Car Pulls...
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SuperVettes Prepping SV7 Version Of C7 CorvetteThere's no doubt that many folks are excited about the arrival of the C7 Chevrolet Corvette. It's been a long time coming, and it's a great leap forward over the still-fun-to-drive C6 Vette. It's not just those lining up with cash in hand at dealerships that are pumped though, as it represents a...
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Chevrolet may be pulling out of Europe but the brand’s star car, the Corvette Stingray, will be available to buyers across the pond as a niche offering. In the lead up to its arrival, Chevy engineers have been testing evaluation models on local roads and have even taken them to the Nürburgring on a number of occasions. ALSO SEE: Moscow Reveals New Presidential Limo Concepts, May Seek Porsche's Help Chevy is yet to release official footage of the Corvette Stingray at the Nürburgring (or a lap time), but one of the evaluation models recently joined an event organized by social...
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Hold Up, Chevy Will Offer Some Z/28 Parts For Regular Camaro BuyersIf you're spending good money to buy a Chevy Camaro Z/28, you probably wouldn't be keen on those with regular Camaros dressing up their cars to look, and perform, identically. It makes sense then that GM decided to restrict the sale of Z/28-spec parts--guaranteeing the genuine Z/28 some...
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40 Percent Of Corvette Buyers Stick With ManualChevy says 40 percent of Corvette buyers choose the manual transmission.
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2014 Callaway Corvette Makes Debut At National Corvette MuseumThe Callaway name is synonymous with special Corvettes, with one only having to look at past creations such as the Callaway C16 Speedster from 2007 for an idea of the types of masterpieces the company can come up with. Callaway has been biding its time ever since the seventh generation of the...
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Chevrolet Special Service Silverado Pickup Joins GM's Police FleetGeneral Motors adds a pickup-truck to its fleet of police vehicles.
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Hennessey Releases Details On Chevy SS Upgrades, Most Powerful Offers 1,000 HPFor some, the stock 415 horsepower and 415 pound-feet of torque of the 2014 Chevrolet SS is a little tame, especially with the Dodge Charger SRT bringing 470 horses to the table and possibly even more in its updated 2015 form. Thankfully there are companies like Hennessey Performance that have...
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GM will restrict the sale of certain parts to prevent Z/28 cloning.
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Hennessey Twin-Turbo Camaro ZL1 HPE1000 Quarter-Mile Testing: VideoBoost, more boost, and a whole lotta car. That's the Hennessey Performance Engineering take on the Camaro ZL1 shown here testing its new twin-turbo setup in some quarter-mile testing. DON'T MISS: Lamborghini Dealer Gives 7-Year-Old Ultimate Birthday Party: Video The ZL1 gets forced induction from...
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2015 Corvette Stingray Gets New Atlantic & Pacific Design PackagesThe Chevy Corvette Stingray has moved from its debut to the new 2015 Z06, including the first Z06 convertible, riding a wave of enthusiasm and excitement. Now, those who want their Corvette to look as good as it runs will have a new pair of design packages to choose from: Atlantic and Pacific. So...
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Student Wins $5,000 In 2015 Corvette Z06 Convertible Photo ContestTo help introduce its 2015 Corvette Z06 Convertible, Chevrolet gave three New York-based college students the rare opportunity to shoot the car before its world debut at the recent 2014 New York Auto Show to create entries for a photo contest. The students--none of whom had ever photographed a...
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2016 Chevrolet Volt Spy ShotsA much sleeker and sexier Chevrolet Volt is coming to showrooms next year, and we have the first spy shots of a prototype. This is the second generation of Chevy’s groundbreaking extended-range electric car, and though its styling is still not as avant-garde as that of the original Volt...
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2015 Chevrolet Trax Confirmed For Transformers 4 MovieThe fourth instalment of the Transformers movie franchise, Transformers: Age Of Extinction, is now just a couple of months away from its cinematic debut, but we’re still learning of new cars that are set to appear onscreen. The latest to be confirmed is the 2015 Chevrolet Trax, the Bowtie...
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Chevrolet is about to start sales of a facelifted version of its Cruze sedan in the U.S. later this year, but the next generation of the car has already been revealed. The new Cruze, which is due in local showrooms next year, as a 2016 model, was revealed over the weekend at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. The car was revealed in its Chinese specification and is expected to look slightly different when it goes on sale here. In designing the new Cruze, the aim was to set new benchmarks in the segment for fuel economy, handling and intelligent technology, Chevy tells us. The car also sports the...
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Chevrolet Corvette Is Most 'Made In America' Car, Study SaysThe Corvette and Ford F-150 tied for the title of most "American-made" car.
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2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible: 2014 New York Auto Show Live PhotosGeneral Motors recently pulled the wraps off its 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible, and the car has now been presented at the 2014 New York Auto Show. It arrives just in time for some spring-time dreaming about top-down driving. Top-down driving with 625 horsepower, that is. Unfortunately...
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2015 Chevy Cruze Gets New Styling And Tech: 2014 New York Auto Show Live PhotosChevrolet is working on a new generation of its Cruze compact for the 2016 model year, a car that has already been revealed in its Chinese market specification and is due locally sometime next year. But going on sale this fall as a 2015 model will be an updated version of the current Cruze, which...
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First 2015 Corvette Z06 Fetches $1 Million At Auction, 1964 Ford GT40 Prototype Sells For $7 MillionGeneral Motors offered up the first retail 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 to the highest bidder during a Barrett-Jackson event at the Collector Car Auction in Palm Beach, Florida over the weekend. The winning bidder, NASCAR team owner and avid Corvette collector Rick Hendrick, ended up bidding $1...
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Watch Jimmie Johnson And Dale Earnhardt Jr. Race Restomod Pickups: VideoIf you could take out the incessant left turns and spectacular crashes, a typical NASCAR race is essentially a four-hour commercial for at least 43 different companies, but these sponsorships keep cars on the track and the shop lights on. So if you’re going to pander to your corporate...
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