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WR TV: 2014 Lingenfelter Chevrolet Silverado Reaper
While we were out at Willow Springs for the MPG Track Days event we had a chance to take the Lingenfelter Reaper around a dirt course to check out the various modifications that the tuning company has made to the Silverado. Lingenfelter has designed the Reaper as something of an answer to the Ford F-150 Raptor, taking the already very capable Silverado Z71 and transforming it into a truly brawny pick-up for on and off-road duty.
WR TV: 2014 Chevrolet SS Street and Track POV Test Drives
Today we’re getting up close and personal with Chevrolet’s performance sedan, the SS. From a fundamental standpoint, the SS shares much its mechanicals with the gone but not forgotten Pontiac G8 GXP, a car which itself was largely derived from the Holden Commodore. Back in 2009 the G8 was heralded by many as “the poor man’s M5”, so considering the close lineage, the SS brings with it some high expectations.
WR TV: 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 Convertible
Today we’ve got the keys to a drop top C7 Stingray optioned with the seven speed manual transmission, performance active exhaust system, and magnetic ride control suspension. This particular Corvette is also equipped with the Z51 performance package, which includes upgraded brakes, shocks, springs, anti-roll bars, wheels, and tires, along with dry-sump oiling and an electronic limited-slip differential.
Update: Official 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Performance Stats Are Incredible
When it comes to high performance news, the recent crowd favorite Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has been hogging a lot of headlines for the last few months – and for good reason. But while the Challenger makes for a great muscle car, if you’re looking for the most distilled high performance available, it’s more likely to be offered from a platform designed to be a sports car from the ground up. The Corvette C7 is such a platform. When GM announced that the new Z06 would be the most powerful GM production car ever produced, and that a new eight-speed automatic transmission that offered shifts as fast as Porsche’s PDK gearbox was going to be along for the ride, expectations were high. But to look at the performance figures revealed by General Motors today, it looks like they might not have been high enough.
WR TV: Lingenfelter C6 Corvette Grand Sport Convertible Walkaround and Test Drive
Today we’re taking a look at a 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Convertible which has been warmed over by the horsepower fanatics at Lingenfelter. The drop top now sports over 600 horsepower by way of a HeartBeat supercharger system, which includes ECU modifications, an Eaton “TVS” 2300 rotating group, an internal intercooler system and bypass valve, twin dual-pass charge-air-coolers, a coolant circulation pump and a heat exchanger. To make sure the Corvette’s bark is as loud as its bite, it’s also been fitted with a Lingenfelter Performance exhaust system.
WR TV: 2014 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible
Today we’re behind the wheel of Chevrolet’s pony car contender. The Camaro received a refresh for the 2014 model year that includes revised front and rear fascia styling, new headlamps and taillamps, and a new SS hood that draws inspiration from the heat extractors first seen on the 2012 Camaro ZL1.
Rumor: Redesigned Chevrolet Volt to Debut at Detroit Auto Show
At the 2014 Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan, Tim Mahoney, Chevy’s global chief marketing officer, revealed plans to show off the new 2016 Volt in Detroit. Mahoney also showed off a teaser image of the redesign plug-in, giving us a look at the more sculpted decklid of the next car.
WR TV: 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe LTZ
While we enjoyed our time in the all-new 2015 Cadillac Escalade, its that luxury SUV’s blue-collared cousin, the Chevrolet Tahoe (and its long wheelbase variant, the Suburban), that will really steer the course for this generation of GM’s full sized sport utilities.
WR TV: Lingenfelter Camaro ZL1 Convertible
This week we setting our sights on one of most potent muscle cars on sale today, the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. While it boasts plenty of performance right off the showroom floor, once the engineers at Lingenfelter got their hands on this blown drop-top, things get especially interesting.
Driven: 2014 Chrysler 300 SRT
Nearly a decade after the car first made waves when it was reintroduced for the 2005 model year, the 300 – and Chrysler’s LX platform as a whole – have earned their fair share of both praise and criticism. Due for a major refresh for 2015, we spent a week with the current car to see what works, what doesn’t, and what we’d like to see updated when the new 300 makes its debut later this year.
Classic: 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Unveiled last January at the Detroit Motor Show, the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has been hailed as one of the most advanced sports cars ever manufactured by General Motors. While the technology it packs is the fruit of decades of research on and off the track, the origins of the Z06 name go back to 1957 when the American Manufacturers Association (AMA) instated a prohibition-like ban on factory-backed racing.
Chevrolet Reveals 2014 Camaro Z/28.R Race Car
Chevrolet’s new track-focused Z/28 Camaro has now produced a racing version, dubbed the Camaro Z/28.R. The Z/28.R will make its competition debut this weekend in the GS class of the IMSA Continental Tires SportsCar Challenge – one of the lead-up events for the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Preview: Chevrolet Corvette C7.R
Rolling into the COBO Center alongside the new road-going Corvette Z06 was its racecar counterpart, the Chevrolet Corvette C7 R. Developed alongside the production car, the C7 R is set to compete in the United Sports Car Championship alongside rivals like the SRT Viper GTS-R next month.
Winding Road Video: 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crew Cab 4WD
Earlier this week, Multimedia Editor Chris Amos got some seat time with Chevrolet’s latest four door hauler. Accordingly, we bring you a pair of videos that give you an idea of what it’s like to drive and live with the Chevy fullsize in the real world.
Chevrolet Announces Performance Parts For Camaro
Chevrolet Performance has announced its collection of performance parts for the fifth-generation (2010 model year and newer) Camaro. The factory-engineered parts for the Camaro V-6 and SS are borrowed from the ZL1 and SS 1LE. When installed by the dealer, many of the parts do not affect the car’s current warranty.
Callaway Releases C7 Chevrolet Corvette AeroWagon Order Form
Callaway Cars published renderings of a shooting brake concept based on the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray earlier this year. Now, Callaway has updated its website to include an update to the car’s page, complete with a link to an order form [PDF].
Video: First Customer-Owned 2014 Corvette Runs Quarter Mile
The video comes from Hennessey, but the production C7 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray you see here is bone stock. And, yes, even unmodified, it is blistering fast.
First 2014 Corvettes Now On Their Way To Chevrolet Dealers
Been waiting to pick up a new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray? Your wait is soon over, as Chevrolet has begun shipping the car to dealers.
Chevrolet Reveals Performance Metrics For Corvette Stingray
The Stingray is capable of hitting 60 miles per hour in just 3.8 seconds, covering the quarter mile in 12 seconds at 119 mph, pulling 1.03G on a skid pad, and lapping the Grand Course at Virginia International Raceway in 2:51.78.
Chevrolet SS Priced At $44,470
Chevrolet has announced pricing on the highly anticipated SS sedan ahead of its on-sale date in late 2013. The single trim level (a departure for Chevy) starts at $44,470. That price is mildly misleading, though, as Chevy’s announcement indicated that the 6.2-liter, V-8-powered sedan will be subject to a Federal gas guzzler tax. The exact cost this adds hasn’t been determined yet.
Update: 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS
Overall, the Sonic RS is an endearing vehicle and our number one choice in the hotly contested subcompact market (at least until we drive the upcoming Ford Fiesta ST).
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