Automotive & Aftermarket News

Top Gear Host Jeremy Clarkson Fired

Jeremy Clarkson has been fired from Top Gear, the BBC confirmed Wednesday. Clarkson’s contract “will not be renewed by the BBC, marking the end of his time as Top Gear presenter,” BBC director general Tony Hall said. Clarkson was suspended on March 10 after allegedly verbally abusing and physically attacking Top Gear staffer Oisin Tymon in

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2016 Camaro Catch-Up: The Gen 6’s LT1 Engine and Other Details Emerge

The 2016 Chevrolet Camaro will make its public debut on May 16, but Chevrolet has been slowly leaking information on the much-anticipated sixth-generation Camaro. In case you’ve missed any of it, here’s a rundown of details that have recently been released: Chevrolet made it official last week when it finally admitted the Camaro will be powered

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Jeep Unveils New Easter Safari Concepts in Moab

Jeep unveiled several new concept vehicles Thursday that will participate in the 49th Annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, UT. Among those is the Jeep Chief concept, which everyone correctly fell in love with. The Chief design calls to mind the original Jeep Cherokee from the 1970s, though it’s built on the Wrangler platform. It

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Ranking the Top 5 Small Block Chevy Engines of All Time: (#3) 327 L84

The potent 327 L84 held the title as the most powerful production small block Chevy engine for nearly 30 years! That’s an impressive feat for an engine developed way back in 1964, especially considering it gave up precious cubic inches to the larger small blocks developed later on. So how did this legendary engine do it? The

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Fifth-Gen Camaro to Hit 500,000 in U.S. Sales this Month

The fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro is on its way out after this year. But not before it hits an impressive milestone. Chevrolet expects to deliver the 500,000th fifth-gen. Camaro in the United States this month. The production milestone caps the Camaro’s five years as America’s best-selling performance car. To celebrate the occasion, Chevrolet released a special

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2015 Pirelli Great 8 Leaked at the Detroit AutoRama–See All 8 Here!

Today is the first official day of the 2015 Detroit AutoRama, and we already have our first look at the Great 8 finalists for this year. The Pirelli Great 8 finalists will vie for the prestigious Ridler Award, and this year’s field runs the gamut from roadsters, to wagons, to custom muscle. Here’s what the judges will be

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Ford Announces Pricing for Its Mid-Engine Ford GT

How much would you pay for the Ford GT? Ford has announced pricing for the 600-horse, twin-turbocharged supercar, and it ain’t cheap. Unless you’re lucky enough to think $400,000 is cheap. Dave Pericak, director of Ford Perfomance, confirmed the GT will sell for right around $400,000, putting it on-par with the likes of the Lamborghini

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Ernest ‘Ernie’ Hemmings Dies at 89

Ernest “Ernie” Hemmings, founder of Hemmings Motor News in 1945, died early this morning while sleeping in Quincy, IL. He was 89. Ernie Hemmings inherited Standard Auto Parts—a parts business started by his father—in 1945, and began stocking parts for antique Fords like the Model A and Model T. According to Hemmings, there was growing

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