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Sunday, Oct 11
2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
It’s common practice for sports-car makers to introduce a special model toward the end of a car’s product cycle in hopes of reinvigorating interest and sales, and Chevrolet has done this more than once in the last few years before a new-generation Corvette takes its bow. One such memorabl...
Monday, Sep 14
2010 Nissan GT-R
How many race-capable cars safe and suitable for daily driving can you buy, for any price? Precious few: Chevy’s Corvette ZR1, Porsche’s top-of-the-line Turbo 911s, Dodge’s track-ready Viper and a handful of big-buck exotics. Now we can add one more to that short list: Nissan’s fifth-g...
Saturday, Sep 12
2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T
The cars in every major racing series are rear-wheel drive. And so is the 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T. Similar to a rear-wheel-drive racecar, the 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T is quick, responsive and fast. The standard engine is a 210-horsepower, turbocharged, four-cylinder that ma...
Thursday, Sep 3
2009 Cadillac CTS-V
Cadillac shocked the auto world with the angular, creased-pants “Art and Science” look of its all-new 2002 CTS (think: “Cadillac Touring Sedan”). Then followed for 2004 with the marque’s first truly high-performance model in a very long time, the CTS-V. Cadillac has never said what the i...
2009 Cadillac XLR
When Cadillac launched the XLR as a 2004 model, the two-passenger roadster gave luxury-minded shoppers a dose of performance comparable to that of Chevrolet's legendary Corvette. Inspired by Stealth fighter planes, the exterior design of this retractable hardtop combined high styl...
Sunday, Aug 30
2009 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Stage whispers are everywhere about the new ZR1 Corvette. When it arrives later this year, the new King of the Hill will boast a power output of more than 620 horsepower, thanks to a supercharged small block V-8. Until then, those in search of the top fiberglass flier will have to “make do” wit...
Thursday, Aug 20
2001 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
When Zora Arkus-Duntov launched the original Z06 Corvette option in 1963, it was as close to a "works" sportscar as he was allowed to build. Regular Production Option (RPO) Z06 consisted of a 36-gallon fuel tank, a fuel-injected 360-horsepower engine, big brakes and a stiff suspension. I...
Friday, Jul 24
2003 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible 50th Anniversary Edition
It's difficult to imagine that a half-century has passed since the first Corvette made its debut appearance at the 1953 Motorama exhibition. Even more incomprehensible is the wholesale transformation wrought upon this revered icon during that period. Save for remaining true to its fib...
Thursday, Jul 23
2003 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
The Z06 is for sports car buffs who can't be satisfied by the standard Corvette's 350 hp and 375 lb.-ft. of tire-smoking torque. You know, the ones who live in mortal fear of being blown off by the occasional 500-hp Ferrari or Viper...
Thursday, Jul 9
1955-57 Chrysler C300, 300B and 300C
Ten years before Pontiac started the musclecar fad, Chrysler's first 300 (named for its powerful, 331-cid, dual quad-equipped Hemi that developed 300-bhp, a first in an American production car) was built to battle the new Corvette and Thunderbird. Often incorrectly called the 300A, t...
1955-57 Ford Thunderbird
The Ford Thunderbird, named for a Southwestern Indian god of rain and prosperity, was a hit from the outset. Ford dealers received more than 4,000 orders on October 22, 1954, the first official sales day. Designed to resemble—and cast a halo over—Ford's passenger cars, early Birds shared...
Affordable Exotics: Ferraris
Although the concept of an affordable Ferrari sounds unlikely, there are a number of models that can be had for the price of less prestigious sports cars. New Porsche Boxsters, BMW Z-4s and Honda S2000s sell in the mid-thirties to low fifties, and there are used Ferraris that can be had in th...
Chassis Restoration
For certain rare cars, restoring the components exactly to original is essential to preserving the vehicle's value. For most car enthusiasts, however, modernizing a restoration project makes a lot more sense. Called a resto/mod (which also refers to modifying the car), this approach t...
Corvette Grand Sport
Corvette enthusiasts already know the story of the Grand Sport, but it's worth retelling. Back in the Sixties, the Ford-powered Shelby Cobra was just beginning to dominate road-course racing. In retaliation, GM engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov took the then-new Corvette Sting Ray and whack...
Corvette Restoration: The Chassis
In our first installment about the restoration of a classic Corvette, we introduced you to Milton Lewis and his silver-blue '64 Coupe. We covered a bit about the history of the car, the engine, and the painstaking efforts to win the prestigious NCRS Mark of Excellence Duntov award. With the...
Corvette Restoration: The Engine
When it comes to restoring a classic Corvette, making it "better than new" is not always the best approach, at least if you plan on entering a competition for the NCRS (National Corvette Restoration Society). Judges actually deduct points for an engine that's too quiet or a paint job that'...
Driving the Porsche 917K
How often do you get a chance to climb into the cockpit of a Porsche racecar and run a few hot laps? And in a historically significant one no less, a breakthrough design that changed the image of Porsche forever. Mention the Porsche name among today's car enthusiasts and the first thing likel...
Ford Mustang: 1964-1966
In 1964 the American car scene didn't have too many stars. The expensive Corvette held sway at Chevrolet, but the much-hyped Corvair had more potential than performance. The lovely Avanti had generated reams of publicity, but Studebaker was too busy treading water to take advantage of it....
Jaguar XKE History
It's hard to imagine a car today having the kind of impact on modern culture that the XKE had in the early 1960s. It was a wild and free time—mini skirts, French bikinis, Andy Warhol and the Beatles were just some of the symbols of an era when creativity, not productivity, were in the forefront...
Modern Classic: '63 Corvette Stingray
Editor's Note: Ken Gross is a well-known and respected automotive journalist whose expertise extends from new cars to vintage hot rods. He may be best known for his knowledge of classic cars. We asked Ken to select 10 "affordable" classics and tell us a little about them and why we should con...
The Immortal Corvette: 1953-1962
It's hard to imagine the American automotive scene without the Corvette. The Vette has sold by the tens of thousands, won hundreds of races, starred in the television show Route 66 and was hailed by Prince in his ode "Little Red Corvette." It has been the favorite ride of astronauts, race dri...
The Immortal Corvette: 1963-1967
In the first part of this series, we covered the birth of the Corvette, and the changes made from the 1953 to '62 models. Here, we'll tell the story of the Sting Rays that followed. By 1961, the Corvette was in jeopardy. Jaguar had introduced its stunningly beautiful XKE, which not only looked s...
The Immortal Corvette: 1968-1982
Corvette enthusiasts were expecting something big in 1968. The Sting Ray had been exciting and much-loved, but there were rumors of a mid-engine monster that would put the Cobras to shame. Instead, what they got was a modernistic facelift on the existing running gear. The general look of th...
The Immortal Corvette: 1984-1996
The all-new 1984 Corvette came at a painful time for General Motors. GM had been hemorrhaging red ink for some time and was reluctant to spend money on a re-design when the old Corvette was still selling in respectable numbers. Yet there was no denying that by the early 1980s the third-genera...
The Immortal Corvette: 1997-2003
The groundwork for the 1997 C-5 (fifth generation) Corvette was laid in 1989 when the Corvette design team began thinking of ways to make a more rigid Corvette. The 1986 convertible looked great, but the changes necessary to convert the coupe into a drop-top resulted in a weak structure th...
Top 10 Stolen Classic Cars
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (April 2003)—The Chevrolet Corvette was named the number one stolen collector vehicle in a recent study conducted by the Hagerty Protection Network (HPN) between July 1999 and December 2002. The report issued by Hagerty Insurance, the nation's largest insurer of c...
Trans-Am Racers: 1966-1972
Until the mid-1960s, road racing in America had been the province of European sports cars and the Corvette. They were nimble, sophisticated and attractive, with brakes that would slam you against the dash and cornering speeds that were only a tick slower than all-out racing cars. On the ot...
Monday, Jun 8
2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6 Coupe
Some have called the new C6 Chevy Corvette the "C5.5." They clearly don't get how new and how much better it is compared to its already excellent C5 predecessor. The 1997-2004 C5, good as it was at its relatively modest price, was less than perfect. Critics complained that its interior fell sho...
