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GM: Chevrolet to Introduce 2015 Corvette Z06 at Detroit Show

After all the Internet speculation and rumor (not to mention some really bad Photoshop work on purported spy photos), you’ll be able to the see the real-deal 2015 Corvette Z06 for the first time at the Detroit Auto Show. General Motors officially announced the new supercharged Z06 will make its debut at next month’s show

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Happy 60th Birthday Chevy Corvette: A Trip Down Memory Lane

The Chevrolet Corvette is not for everyone. But it is for us. In the pantheon of American sports cars, past and present, it is without equal. Certainly the Ford Thunderbird was a superior automobile in the early years of Corvette development. And high-end Mustangs can more than hold their own. The Viper? Outstanding. But not

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Buick Reportedly Resurrecting Grand National, T-Type, and GNX Nameplates

Buick is resurrecting the Grand National, GNX, and T-Type performance nameplates made popular in the 1980s, and the three models are likely to debut at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show,Edmunds’ Inside Line reported this week. According to the Inside Line story, each new model will share General Motors’ rear-wheel-drive Alpha platform introduced for the 2013

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Video: GM Puts Its Products to the Test at SEMA 2012

  Media members at SEMA had the opportunity to take a spin in the General Motors car of their choice at the GM Proving Grounds–with the help of GM’s professional drivers, of course. Not surprisingly, the company’s stable of Corvettes seemed to get the bulk of the workload. We caught these Vettes in action on

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GM Introduces New Small-Block Chevy V8 LT1 to Debut in 2014 Corvette

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

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Body Basics: A Guide to GM Body Codes

Automobile engineers love the alphabet. It’s the only explanation we can come up with for why GM and Mopar use letter designations for their many body styles. It’s not a bad idea, but it can be a little confusing because of the many different generations of cars. For example, GM has used the same letters to

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