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  • 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport

    If you’ve got 5w 30 coursing through your veins like we do, that question posed in the title may be along the lines of “would you like to keep breathing?” Of course the answer is going to be yes, and General Motors is giving you the opportunity to win the ultimate car enthusiast and race fan prize package, but you’ve only got a few days left to enter. It starts with a 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Convertible, with an approximate retail value of $62,715. You don’t get to pick the included packages (unless you want to pay extra for them), and you don’t...

  • Ollie Gavin laps at Le Mans
    Corvette Racing C6.R Hot Lap At Le Mans: Video

    Corvette Racing's Ollie Gavin shows us the Circuit de la Sarthe at speed in this video. The Corvette C6.R took the GTE Pro victory at Le Mans this year.

  • 2013 Chevrolet C7 Corvette preview rendering
    2014 Chevrolet Corvette (C7) To Offer Better Feedback And Quality From New Platform

    It seems like every month new revelations concerning the next-generation ‘C7’ Chevrolet Corvette surface, mostly conjecture generated by fans on forums or other random sources but sometimes official spiel from within GM. What we do know is that the C7 will now arrive two model years...

  • Tony Stewart and Lewis Hamilton swap cars at Watkins Glen, 2011
    Lewis Hamilton And Tony Stewart Swap F1 And NASCAR Rides: Video

    Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton and NASCAR hero Tony Stewart recently swapped race cars for a promotional event at the 2011 Watkins Glen International in New York, and we now have a video of the duo on the special day. Hamilton hopped into Stewart's 850 horsepower, 3,400 pound Chevrolet Impala NASCAR...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Corvette
    2012 Chevrolet Corvette Price, Options Sheet Revealed

    Prices are going up for the 2012 Corvette, according to a dealer inventory sheet revealed today.

  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 To Offer Optional Automatic Transmission

    Chevrolet has released more details about the upcoming 2012 Camaro ZL1, and the biggest tidbit is that an automatic transmission will be available.

  • Google's Electric Vehicle Fleet Infrastructure

    Google built its reputation as a small, simple search engine, but there's nothing small about the company's investment in electric vehicles. Google has just placed an order for 30 Nissan Leafs and Chevrolet Volts, as well as 250 EV charging stations from Coulomb Technologies. Google will add the Leafs and Volts to its current "Gfleet" of plug-in hybrids, which were bought in 2007. (Since there weren't any commercially available plug-ins at the time, Google purchased Toyota Priuses and had them retrofitted.) The Gfleet functions like Google's private car-sharing service, with vehicles...

  • Jay Leno inspects the 2011 Hennessey HPE600 Camaro Convertible
    2011 Hennessey HPE600 Camaro Convertible Hits Up Jay Leno’s Garage: Video

    Neither John Hennessey nor Jay Leno needs an introduction here at MotorAuthority so we’ll just cut straight to the chase. The two automotive industry minor celebs have come together for the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage which showcases the 2011 Hennessey HPE600 Camaro Convertible...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 sets 7:19.63 time at the Nurburgring
    2012 Corvette ZR1 Rips Up The 'Ring In 7:19.63: Video

    Watching a stock production car, and an American one, no less, tag a consistent 1.5-1.6g of lateral acceleration on street tires (new Michelin Pilot Sport Cups) on its way to clicking off a 7:19.63 lap around the Nurburgring's Nordschleife is nothing short of mind-blowing, until you realize it's...

  • Bumblebee Camaro in Transformers 3 promo
    Bumblebee Camaro Back For Transformers 3: Video

    The latest promo ad for the Chevrolet Camaro features yet another tie-in with the Transformers franchise. Surprised? Neither are we. Interested? Of course. Chevy's involvement with the Transformers movie series has been nothing short of intensive, but we have a hard time arguing with sports cars...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Impala Leaked
    2012 Chevrolet Impala Leaked

    The first semi-official images and details on the 2012 Chevrolet Impala have leaked to the web via a 2012 model-year preview PDF on the GMFleet.com website. In addition to the photo above comes confirmation that the Impala will be powered by a 3.6-liter V-6 engine with E85 capability, but only that...

  • Woodward Dream Cruise logo
    2011 Woodward Dream Cruise Gets Chevrolet Sponsorship

    Detroit is dying, fading into a cheap reproduction of its one-time Motor City greatness. But that doesn't stop the city's sprawling suburbs from hosting one of the biggest, most impressive displays of cars anywhere: the Woodward Dream Cruise. This year, it's sponsored by Chevrolet. Chevy's...

  • Late Model Racing twin-turbo Corvette

    High-speed runs might seem simple enough: lots of runway, a straight line, and your foot to the floor. But they can go horrendously wrong at a moment's notice. That's what makes this 231-mph standing mile run by the Late Model Racecraft 1,500-horsepower twin-turbo Corvette in the video below all the more impressive. It also gives a good feel for just how bumpy World War II-era concrete is, and how unsettling it might be at one-third the speed of sound. As for the car, it's built on a 440-cubic-inch engine with twin turbochargers pumping 1,500 horsepower to the rear wheels--possibly more. The...

  • Sebastian Vettel taking the checkered flag at the 2011 Monaco Grand Prix
    Sebastian Vettel Extends Lead At Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix

    Sebastian Vettel secured his first ever victory in Monaco, taking the checkered flag yesterday at the 2011 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix after starting on pole. The German’s youngster’s lead over closest rival McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton in the 2011 Formula 1 Drivers’...

  • Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix
    Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix Weather Forecast

    Monaco’s favorable Mediterranean climate seems to have taken leave for today’s Formula 1 Grand Prix, with predictions of rain looking to dull the day’s racing. A lovely high of 77 degrees is forecast, with only a very mild easterly wind of 7 mph, but the rainfall radar for Europe...

  • Thermoelectric Chevy Suburban
    Thermoelectrics Could Harness Exhaust Heat, Improve MPG

    In an internal combustion engine, fuel is burned to power the engine, but as a result a lot of heat is also produced. Most of that heat in ordinary vehicles is wasted; but what if you could catch the energy from the heat, turn it into electricity, and use it to increase your fuel efficiency? Well...

  • Chevrolet Lumina based on the Holden Commodore
    2014 Chevrolet Impala’s Move To Detroit Could Spell End For Commodore Hopes

    General Motors Company's [NYSE:GM] announcement this week to move production of the next-generation 2014 Chevrolet Impala to its Detroit-Hamtramck manufacturing plant, where it will join the Volt and redesigned Malibu, could spell the end for any hope that the rear-wheel drive Holden Commodore...

  • Kenzie Deaton wins 2011 Chevrolet Camaro
    Female High School Student Wins 2011 Chevrolet Camaro For Good Grades

    A high school freshman from Texas, Kenzie Deaton, is the proud owner of a brand new 2011 Chevrolet Camaro, which she won as part of a competition being run by her school in an effort to get students to improve their grades. The only problem is that Deaton is just 14 years of age so can’t even...

  • 1969 and 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Indy 500 Pace Car Chevrolet

    This year will mark the 45th anniversary of the Camaro and the centennial anniversary for Chevrolet. To celebrate the event, Chevrolet and the Ontario Camaro Club are inviting customers to Oshawa, Ontario, Canada from June 10-12. Planned events include a plant tour, a product announcement regarding the Camaro, and autograph sessions with GM employees who work on the Camaro, which is built at the Oshawa plant. The highlight is what appears to be a car show on June 11th involving Camaros and Firebirds. Below, we have video of Oshawa plant manager Dan Hermer issuing the invite for Camaro owners...

  • 2008 Chevrolet Corvette E85 Indy 500 Pace
    Chevrolet Marks 100 Years At The Indy 500

    Chevrolet has been a part of the Indianapolis 500 for 100 years, which is as long as the race has been around. As we've already reported, the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible will pace the race, making it the 22nd Chevrolet to do so. In addition, Chevy engines will be used in IndyCar in 2012...

  • 45th Anniversary Edition 2012 Chevrolet Camaro
    2012 Chevrolet Camaro V-6 Engine Detailed: Video

    We've already reported on the changes to the 2012 Chevrolet Camaro V-6 that allow the engine to drop 13 pounds and add 11 horsepower, bringing the total amount of ponies to 323. Now, for the more visual learners in the audience, there's video of Tom Sutter, the chief engineer, talking about the...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro SS
    More Power, More MPGs For 2012 Chevrolet Camaro

    Performance enthusiasts love to have their cake and eat it, too. Which usually means gaining more power while also improving fuel efficiency. Chevrolet is aiming to do just that with the 2012 Camaro, thanks to a new cylinder-head design for the V-6 engine. The new design will bring together key...

  • 2013 Chevrolet C7 Corvette preview rendering
    2014 Chevrolet Corvette Rumors Sprout Mid-Engine Talk Yet Again

    Despite the fact that GM has previously hinted that the C7 Corvette won't be mid-engined, the rumors of such a plan continue to percolate through the Web's enthusiast aquifer. The latest revives those rumors and mixes in some other familiar details while shaking up the possibility for a...

  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
    2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Sounds Off: Video

    In the world of automotive audio enthusiasts there are competitions called "sound offs." In their simplest forms, these are gatherings of cars with modified sound systems where a winner is chosen for a variety of reasons. The 2012 Camaro ZL1 doesn't have much in the way of a competitive audio...

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