Chevrolet News
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The problem with most barn find stories is that they generally start out with “I knew a guy who’d heard of a guy whose neighbor bought a mint-condition Cobra at a garage sale for $500.” The further away from the point of origin, the taller the tale generally gets. In reality that $500 Cobra was likely a 1975 Mustang II, largely consumed by tinworm and powered by the 2.3-liter four-banger. The Cobra part? Just a decal added by an overly-optimistic former owner. Sometimes, collector car dreams do come true, though. Barn Finds tells us the story of Zach S., who tracked down his...
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Germany’s Bitter Planning New Corvette-Based Sports Car: ReportFor those that have never heard of Bitter, it's a small German firm specializing in luxury and sporty cars and has been in the business for just over four decades. Established in 1971 by Erich Bitter, a former race car driver who eventually started a tuning business and then went into car...
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Corvette Z06-Powered Chevy Spark: Seven Liters Of Terror?Big engine, little car: it's a classic formula. Sometimes it is taken to extremes. Sometimes it's taken to ludicrous extremes. And sometimes, someone shoehorns a 7.0-liter LS7 from a Corvette Z06 into a Chevy Spark. The car, which appears to also wear extensive track-focused modifications like a...
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Chevrolet Performance Introduces New Parts For The CamaroIf you’re a Chevy Camaro fan on a limited budget, chances are good there isn’t a Camaro ZL1 parked in your garage. In fact, you may not even be able to pay the monthly tab on a Camaro SS 1LE, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make your existing Camaro go faster, stop shorter...
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Lingenfelter's production Pontiac Trans Am-inspired LTA Camaro debutsAfter first previewing it as a concept three years ago, tuning firm Lingenfelter has now finally unveiled the production version of its LTA Camaro, which muscle car fans will recognize as being a modern interpretation of the Camaro-based Pontiac Trans Ams of the 1970s. The car made its debut in...
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Chevy Joins The B-Spec Fray, Shows Race-Prepped Sonic At SEMAAnnounced in 2011, the B-Spec series (sanctioned by both the SCCA and Grand Am) is arguably the cheapest way to go racing on a professional level. Up to now, the series has starred the Honda Fit, the Ford Fiesta, the Kia Rio, the Fiat 500, the MINI Cooper, the Toyota Yaris and the Mazda2. Now...
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At last year’s SEMA show, Chevy announced that it would build 69 COPO Camaros for the 2012 model year. The number was in honor of the original COPO (short for Central Office Production Order) Camaro, which hit the drag strip in 1969 as a factory-built race car. Like the originals, the new COPO Camaros are built with one thing in mind: getting through the traps at the end of the quarter-mile as quickly as possible. In fact, the modern versions aren’t even street-legal, but that’s had no impact on the demand for the collectible race cars, since over 3,000 buyers have expressed...
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Chevy Adds Three More Cars To Its SEMA FleetAutomakers seem to be pulling out all the stops for this year’s SEMA show, indicating that the automotive aftermarket is chugging along just fine. Both Ford and Chrysler have announced double-digit SEMA show cars, and even Chevrolet seems to be closing in on that number with the late addition...
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BMW M3 Frozen Edition, Camaro Hot Wheels, Supercharged Lexus GS 350: Today's Car NewsBMW has launched a new Frozen Limited Edition of the 2013 M3 Coupe, and it wears a special Frozen pain finish in a range of colors, as well as getting the Competition Package and other goodies. Chevrolet's Camaro also gets a special appearance edition, in the form of the Hot Wheels Edition, a...
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Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels Edition Can Be Yours: VideoThis is the first Hot Wheels car that will be sold as both a toy and a real car.
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Production Chevrolet Sonic Dusk Set For 2012 SEMA ShowRemember the Sonic Dusk concept car that Chevrolet presented at last year’s SEMA show? Well, the concept has since been confirmed for production and will be appearing in its final form at this year’s SEMA show, which takes place next week in Las Vegas. The idea behind the original...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette (C7) Convertible Spy ShotsThough Chevrolet is playing coy with its teaser videos and information on the 2014 Corvette (aside from its just-revealed LT1 V-8 engine, of course), spy photographers the world over are having a field day with the coupe--and now, with the convertible. Lucky us. Here, we see a Corvette Convertible...
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When it comes to restored or modified cars, an insurance agent can either be your best friend or your biggest nightmare. Few things are worse that finding out your cherished ride wasn’t insured for replacement value, adding insult to the injury of theft or accident damage. State Farm Insurance wants to train its agents on the difference between “fully restored” and “modified” collector cars, so it’s built a rather unique 1968 Camaro convertible as a demonstrator. The left side, spayed in Butternut Yellow, is typical of a full restoration; the right side...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette (C7) Gets New LT1 V-8If you expected the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette’s fifth-generation small block Chevy V-8 to be chock full of technology, it sounds like you won’t be disappointed. Chevy has announced the specifications for it’s latest 6.2-liter LT1, and they are impressive indeed. First, the new...
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1963 Chevy Corvette Pilot Car Up For AuctionBefore production of the 1963 Corvette, a test run of "pilot cars" was made to validate the design--this was the introduction of the second-generation, or C2, Corvette--the Sting Ray. Now, one example of this bit of automotive history could be yours. Equipped with the original four-speed manual...
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Chevrolet Previews 2012 SEMA FleetNext week is the annual Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) gathering in Las Vegas, Nevada, and this year is set to be one of the biggest thanks to a handful of modified vehicles from the likes of Chrysler, Ford and Hyundai. Now it's Chevrolet’s turn to show off its wares, and...
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Chevrolet SS NASCAR Sprint Cup Racer To Debut Next MonthThough the upcoming 2014 Chevrolet SS--and it’s VF Holden Commodore sibling--won’t be revealed until the Daytona 500 next February, we’ll get a good preview of its styling next month with the reveal of the Chevrolet SS NASCAR race car that will be tackling the 2013 Sprint Cup...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Logo Revealed, Debut Set For Detroit, January 13Though it's expected to be an evolutionary step forward from the C6 Corvette, the 2014 Chevy Corvette is being called "all-new" by Ed Welburn. Whatever the case, however, we'll find out the full details on January 13th, the day before the Detroit Auto Show. The new logo is a stylized set of crossed...
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When it comes to hot rods, muscle cars and pro touring cars, superlatives are often handed out as freely as bumper stickers on the campaign trail. Everyone claims to have the best handling, the fastest or the most artfully-built ride, but chances are good you’ve never heard of the car that likely wins in all these categories. To understand the car, first you need to understand its driver and builder, Mary Pozzi. Mary is an 11-time SCCA Solo champion, auto journalist and test driver, married to David Pozzi, who’s got something like four decades worth of experience in building race...
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HSV testing supercharged V-8 for new F Series, could feature in Chevy SSWith the introduction of an updated VF Holden Commodore pegged for early next year, HSV, official tuner to Holden, will be introducing its own new models based on the car in the form of the F Series range. Prototypes for HSV’s F Series are already testing in Australia, and according to...
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Neil Armstrong's Corvette To Be Preserved, Not RestoredLast May we brought you the news that a 1967 Corvette Coupe once owned by astronaut Neil Armstrong had surfaced on eBay, in worn but restorable condition. Essentially intact, the only bit of bad news was that the second owner had added flared fenders to the car during his four-plus decades of...
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John Hennessey Tests A 700 Horsepower Camaro ZL1: VideoIf you’re looking for a seriously fast muscle car, the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is one of two outstanding options you have these days (the other, of course, is the 2013 Ford Shelby GT500). From the showroom floor, the ZL1 makes some 580 horsepower at the crank, which is good enough to get...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette (C7) Spy ShotsUPDATE: The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette has been revealed. Click here for all the photos and specs. Due next year as a 2014 model, the next iteration of the Chevrolet Corvette, the C7, won't be a completely revolutionary design, but it will be largely new, and it will almost certainly get a new base...
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Corvette Generations Covers The C6: VideoThe sixth generation of Chevrolet Corvette, known to the Corvette faithful as the C6, made its debut with the 2005 model year, and is due for replacement in 2014. From the onset, the C6 was designed to be “leaner and meaner,” in the words of Corvette product manager Harlan Charles...
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