One Millionth Small Block Chevy Engine Not Built Yet

Earlier this year, Chevrolet approximated that its one-millionth small-block engine would be built by the end of October.
We just received an update today that the milestone engine has not been built yet, but is still scheduled for sometime before the end of 2011.
We’ll keep you posted at [...]

What New Gizmos Do You Want to See on the Seventh-Generation Corvette?
What performance gizmos do you want to see on the next generation Corvette?
 Here’s some ideas we have:
Built-in in-line dynomometer for on-the-fly horsepower readings.
Parental control locks that electronically set a speed governor before you loan your Corvette to your teenagers.
Vehicle-to-vehicle handshakes that allow you to [...]

NEW MSD Introduces Atomic EFI

 MSD has led the automotive world in performance ignitions for over 40 years and now it’s rewriting another industry standard. Using current aftermarket options to convert a vehicle to EFI can be difficult and time consuming but with the all new Atomic EFI, all that is going to change. Atomic EFI is [...]

National Corvette Museum Requests Your Help
The holidays can be a tough time for some families, and this year the National Corvette Museum (NCM) is working with its local Family Enrichment Center to make it a little brighter for about 13 families.
According to an NCM spokesperson, “Our 3rd Annual Breakfast with Santa event is Saturday, November [...]

Worried About a Zombie Attack this Halloween?

 Avoid zombies, vampires, werewolves, witches, ghosts and any other ghouls that may cause havoc this Halloween with OnStar’s new “Monster Dodger” service. Specially trained OnStar Advisors can help save you from that herd of undead doing their best “Thriller” in the road ahead or provide turn-by-turn directions to [...]

Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Champions to
Earn Trip to NASCAR Acceleration Weekend
 NASCAR Performance and Edelbrock have announced the inclusion of the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge winners in NASCAR Acceleration Weekend as part of the prize package for the overall championship-winning team, which will be crowned at the third annual “Showdown at SEMA” in [...]

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Resurrecting Ford’s Iconic 4×4 With Style

“The watch industry is a very interesting parallel in that none of us need watches anymore,” Jonathon Ward, founder of Icon 4×4, offers as a metaphor for his latest project. “The secret to them succeeding and prospering and furthering their [...]

Nissan today released the first images of the NV 200 Taxi of Tomorrow’s interior. While still only vaporware, the computer renderings of New York City’s next cab give us a good idea of what we should, and shouldn’t expect from the NV200 when it hits city streets in 2013.
At first glance, the rendering doesn’t look [...]

Honda Motor Co. announced today that its quarterly profits were down, and that the massive flooding in Thailand will cause further parts shortages for its North American factories. Automotive News reports that Honda Chief Financial Officer Fumihiko Ike announced that Honda would withdraw its previously released fiscal year earnings guidance as the automaker must reassess [...]

Galpin Auto Sports, the California-based tuning shop featured in MTV’s Pimp My Ride, has prepared 12 new modified cars for the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas. The company will show off ten Ford products, one Lotus, and one Aston Martin.
The 2012 Ford F-150 Thunder is GAS’s take at reviving the Ford F-150 [...]