Chevrolet News
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Muscle-car collector Mike Guarise collected more than a few Nickey cars, and seven of them are up for auction at Mecum next month. During the auction, which takes place May 17-22, seven Nickey cars (cars modified by a well-known Chicago-area dealer) will be auctioned from Guarise's collection. Overall, Guarise has collected 10 Nickeys over the years. The cars will be put on the block on Saturday, May 21, and the list includes a 1967 Chevrolet Nickey/Bill Thomas 427 Stage III Super Camaro, which was the only 427 conversion certified by Bill Thomas. Other cars include a 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle...
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Parking Fail: 45-Degree Parking Is The New Horizontal For Chevrolet Corvette DriverAre you still parking level, tucked between your fellow lab rats? Get with the program! Forty-five degrees is the new horizontal. Or at least we think that's the lesson this Corvette driver is trying to teach us. It's just not cool to park on flat surfaces when there's a guardrail handy to let you...
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Chevrolet MiRay Concept: 2011 Seoul Motor ShowChevrolet’s South Korean design team has rolled out a new concept car at the 2011 Seoul Motor Show today, revealing a new design direction for future Chevy products both in terms of styling and powertrain technology. That's because beyond the new 2011 Chevrolet MiRay Concept’s striking...
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2013 Chevrolet Malibu: 2011 New York Auto Show PreviewThis is the first look at the 2013 Chevy Malibu, due for a full unveiling at the 2011 New York and Shanghai Auto Shows on April 19th. So far, we get nothing but a teaser of the rear of the car and some general suggestions as to its specs, though the video below gives a better idea of what to...
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Video: Corvette Racing Dives Into The 12 Hours Of SebringWe may not have liked the flavor of Corvette's latest commercial touting its production-car superiority in relation to its American Le Mans Series racing rivals, but that's no reason to hold it against the excellent Corvette Racing team. This video takes inside their run at one of the greatest...
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Baldwin Motion Introduces Fantastic Five PackageAftermarket tuner Baldwin Motion has just released a "Fantastic Five" package for the Camaro SS that consists of five different levels of available power, from 525 horsepower up to 800. The base SS-427 is the 525 horsepower model, and it comes with a new exhaust, race-prepped aluminum cylinder...
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The short-lived Pontiac G8 was perhaps the most missed of the cars to die with the brand, but rumors of its rebirth in Chevrolet guise persist. Today, the idea has been given another boost with a report from GM Inside News that internal documents are calling the Zeta-based Holden Commodore the G8 was derived from an "approved program" within the company. The best part? In addition to the code-named Z2SC "SS sedan," there is a chance the ute and wagon forms of the car could make it here, too, though they remain unapproved, according to the report. The ute (nee G8 Sport Truck) would likely...
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Video: Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Doing 230 MPH Crashes At Texas MileThere’s a reason why incredibly fast cars have an assortment of strangely styled aerodynamic components stuck to their bodies--to keep them glued to the ground. Travelling at similar speeds to aircraft taking off, cars too can have trouble staying on the ground, which is exactly what happened...
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Video: Twin-Turbo Chevrolet Camaro Pegs The Dyno At 1,800 RWHPEighteen-hundred and nine point six, to be exact. That's a lot of horsepower. Drag fiends, savor the heady aroma. The owner of this completely nutso twin-turbo Camaro built by Late Model Racecraft is Kelly Bise. It was built for the Texas Mile, and will be hitting the long and straight stretch this...
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GM Sues Car Hauler Over 1,700 'Hostage' VehiclesWe've all seen the trucks, loaded with brand-new, plastic-wrapped cars headed to showrooms, but have you ever wondered who actually moves those car around? Turns out for GM, it's largely Allied. But things aren't trucking along for the outfit, right now. Chrysler is also affected by Allied's...
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Video: 2011 Chevrolet Volt Turns Laps At Laguna SecaYou just bought a new 2011 Chevrolet Volt, you're all set to save the world one full-range EV charge at a time...so what do you do? Hit up Laguna Seca, of course! The overenthusiastic duo inside this 2011 Chevrolet Volt dampens the party somewhat, but the lack of engine noise lets us hear the...
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Camaro To Be Sold In China As Ke Mai LuoChevrolet is preparing the sell the Camaro in China, and the car will called "Ke Mai Luo" in that country. No, we don't know what that means (a quick Google translation failed us) but we do know the car will be launched at Auto Shanghai (Shanghai Auto Show) next month. A base Ke Mai Luo with the...
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The seemingly unavoidable Donald Trump will be making a public appearance on one of racing's biggest stages this May when he takes the wheel of the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Indy 500 Pace Car at the 2011 Indianapolis 500. The race takes place on May 29, and one of its traditions is to have a celebrity drive the pace car. This time around, it will be real-estate mogul Trump, who is mulling over a bid for the 2012 presidency as a Republican candidate. Of course, the pace car this year is a convertible, which means Trump's famous hair will be easily visible to all. [NY Post via AutoGuide]
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Report: Cruze SS In Development By HoldenInsiders at GM have been pushing for it, previous reports have hinted at it, Singaporeans got a looks-only version of it, and we've been covering it. Today, talk of a real, high-performance Cruze SS has resurfaced--this time, out of Australia. According to the report, the car could be on the road...
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Spy Shots: 2012 Chevrolet Camaro Synergy SeriesFollowing recent reports of Chevrolet launching a new special edition version of its Camaro muscle car roughly every six months comes a new set of spy shots of a mysterious prototype of the retro-styled muscle car. With the 2012 model year just around the corner, and a host of upgrades likely with...
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Video: Corvette Racing Shows How Engine Tech Goes From Track To StreetThe Chevy Corvette isn't selling like it did in the years before our economy melted down, but it's still selling--and coming back. This video, the second episode in season two of Corvette Racing's Track To Street series, shows how it's leveraging its racing program to improve its street cars--and...
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Report: 2013 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 To Get 600 HPThis may come as a surprise to those of you that have been living in a shadow-filled cave for a few years, but Ford and Chevy tend to have a bit of a rivarly in the pony/muscle-car segment. It looks like things aren't reaching a cease-fire for the next round of updates, either, as a new report out...
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VIDEO: Hennessey Camaro Convertible Hits The MarketWhen the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible launched earlier this year, it was perhaps inevitable that the tuner market would follow with its own take on the car. Well-known tuner Hennessey has done just that, with its HPE600 Camaro Convertible. Using an Eaton TVS2300 Roots-type supercharger...
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Cut-and-Shoot, Texas. A name like that just screams "Lone Star State." And if you don't pay attention to your speed while traveling through Cut-and-Shoot--and especially if you don't pay attention to a blacked-out Camaro with a Transformers logo on the hood--you might be screaming about a speeding fine. You see, the local police force has turned this Camaro into a patrol car, complete with black-on-black graphics and clear strobe lights. So, leadfoots, be on the lookout for this car. This Camaro doesn't belong to a Transformers fan-boy, it belongs to the local law. [Jalopnik]
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Chevrolet Corvette Sales Looking Up For The First Time Since 2006Two-seat sports cars bought as weekend toys are often among the first things to go in an economic crunch, and as you know all too well, we've had a doozie over the last few years. The Chevrolet Corvette is no exception--since 2006, sales have been a fraction of their former tallies. But that looks...
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Play-Doh 2011 Chevrolet Orlando: Not Quick But Lots Of FunWhen people say that the 2011 Chevrolet Orlando is great for families with kids, your first thoughts are probably along the lines of loads of seats, lots of space, a tough interior and something that's cheap to run. The Orlando that's appeared in a London street today is none of these things, but...
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New Camaro Edition Set To Be UnveiledAccording to Camaro5, a new edition of the Camaro will be shown off at that Web site's "Camaro5Fest" on Friday, April 15. Details are very sketchy at this point, but we'd guess that whatever Chevy is showing, it will likely be something on a relatively small scale, since reveals like that of the...
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Video: Hennessey Shows Off 2011 HPE600 Chevrolet Camaro ConvertibleAching for the sounds of some vicious, hotter-than-stock American V-8 action today? Hennessey has your fix: the 2011 HPE600 Chevy Camaro Convertible, previewed in this video. As you might guess from the car's name, the HPE600 packs 600 horsepower--602 to be exact--of supercharged, dyno-tuned fury...
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Chevrolet Cruzes To SXSW To Hype MyLink And New ModelsWhip out your backpack and groom your mustache: it's time for America's favorite festival for interactive, film, and music, South by Southwest. And just like last year, Chevrolet will be tagging along with lots of new goods, including Chevy MyLink. The company will also host a shuttle service, a...
Richard Read