[portfolio_slideshow id=11497] Although General Motors was heavily focused on economical vehicles at this year’s SEMA show–including a seemingly endless lineup of Cruze, Sonic, and Spark concept cars — the company also made news that should make high performance die-hards happy, too. Among the highlights: The company unveiled a one-of-a-kind COPO convertible that will be auctioned off
General Motors Corp. on Wednesday introduced its new small-block Chevy engine—the LT1 6.2-liter V8—which will debut in the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette. The base C7, powered by this fifth-generation small block will make at least 450 horsepower and 450 foot-pounds of torque while demonstrating 26-miles-per-gallon fuel economy, according to The Detroit News. GM officials say the
Thousands of cars and trucks may be equipped with dangerous counterfeit air bags that won’t deploy when needed, or may even fire dangerous shrapnel at drivers and passengers if they do, U.S. government officials said this week. Who is at risk? Anyone who has had an air bag replaced in the past three years at
Bob Newton, founder of Hoosier Racing Tire, died Wednesday. He was 85. Newton founded the tire maker in 1957 with his wife Joyce. Newton originally produced racing tires out of an abandoned horse barn in South Bend, IN, by re-treading street tires with a softer compound. “Hoosier has lost a visionary and one of our ingenious co-founders,
Want more visual proof that monster truck guys are out-of-their-mind crazy? Check out this video of Team Summit driver Dan Runte at last weekend’s Indianapolis 4-Wheel Jamboree. He goes all Lebron James on the rest of the monster truck drivers and posterizes them with a 214-foot, eight-inch jump in his BIGFOOT #18 monster truck. That makes
For the third consecutive year, Summit Racing Equipment and Team Summit drivers will be making the trip ‘across the pond’ to visit American troops stationed in Europe. NHRA Pro Stock champions Greg Anderson and Jason Line plus legendary BIGFOOT monster truck driver Dan Runte will be joined by Andrew Hines and Eddie Krawiec, who ride Pro Stock Motorcycles for the
The 1968 Ford GT40 used by Steve McQueen in the 1971 movie, “Le Mans,” sold for $11 million at an auction in Monterey, CA last weekend—the most ever paid for an American car sold at auction! The powder blue GT40 Gulf/Mirage (shown in the first image below) was used as a race car before its
Speed fans, rejoice. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management approved a final Environmental Assessment this month that will require mining companies at the Bonneville Salt Flats to replace any salt they remove—both in quantity and quality. While there is some debate in the geological community regarding the impact potash mining is having on the Salt
And then there were three. According to an ESPN report, Dodge plans to withdraw from NASCAR competition following the 2012 season, leaving just the Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota cars to trade paint in 2013. But you didn’t have to be of Mayan descent to see the end of this era coming. Dodge was forced to
Consider Friday the 13th your lucky day! That’s because this Friday the 13th is Collector Car Appreciation Day, a quasi-holiday just for car enthusiasts like you. This isn’t one of those made-up holidays celebrated only in certain states—we’re talking to you, Sweetest Day—or one of those head-scratching holidays that mean absolutely nothing (spoiler alert: the Groundhog will
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