Lingenfelter Performance Engineeering (LPE) — perhaps best known for its tire-shredding Lingenfelter Corvettes — has announced that it will be producing a line of body components for the 2010 Camaro. According to a post on the LPE website, the following components will be available for purchase by Q3 2009: Front Fascia & Rocker Extension Front [...]
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Pontiac Gets the Axe, GM Announces Updated Viability Plan
General Motors announced the details of its updated Viability Plan on Monday. In a statement announcing the news, GM said that this plan will “speed the reinvention of GM’s U.S. operations into a leaner, more customer-focused, and more cost-competitive automaker.” That reinvention has resulted in the elimination of the storied Pontiac nameplate, which will be [...]
GM: Corvette ZR1 Laps Nürburgring in 7:26.4
GM recently announced that a 2009 Corvette ZR1 — driven by GM Development Engineer Jim Mero — managed to compete a lap of the famed Nürburgring race track in Germany in an astonishing 7:26.4 seconds. That’s well into supercar territory, and once again demonstrates that the Corvette engineering team is one of the best things the General [...]
Wheel Talk: Corvette C6 Z51 vs. Cayman S
photo: © Calvin Cheng A nice comparison article over at Wheel Talk pits a C6 Z51 Corvette against a Porsche Cayman S. The comparison is written by Calvin Cheng, and does an admirable job of summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of both vehicles in a location that they were cleary optimized for: the racetrack. Here’s an [...]
Google Unveils Hybrid Car Initiative
Internet search behemoth Google unveiled a new initiative last week designed to raise awareness of plug-in hybrids and “vehicle-to-grid” technology. The currrent program involves a number of conventional hybrids (specifically 4 Toyota Priuses and 2 Ford Escapes) that have been modified by electric-car specialist Hymotion to plug-in hybrid status. Google’s stated goal is to eventually have “…over [...]
2007 Detroit Auto Show: Holden Efijy
With the flurry of new product introductions and concept vehicles being unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show this year, standing out from the crowd can take something special. I came across that something special in my first 30 minutes of walking the show floor: the Holden Efijy concept. Developed by a team of engineers and [...]
