Chevy SS Production Ends
In some sad news, General Motors has just disbanded its High Performance Vehicle Operations, putting all high-performance projects on an indefinite hold. This means no more new “SS” Chevy’s, V8 Colorado’s and even V-series Cadillacs.
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Ford managed to be nice and save money by wishing GM a happy 100th birthday not by cake and card, but by spelling it out in lights on the side of their world headquarters in Dearborn, MI. Whether the act was that of penny-pinching or creativity, one thing’s for sure — it was a well done. We managed to get the memo sent around reminding Ford’s world headquarters staff to keep their blinds open below the jump.
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Introducing the new Cadillac 2009 CTS-V, officially rated at 556 horsepower. It will hit 60 mph in 3.5 seconds and run the quarter mile in 12 seconds flat. For the record, the Edmunds’ Straightline Blog reports that the sport sedan’s 6.2L supercharged V8 will produce 556 hp at 6,100 rpm and 551 pound-feet of torque at 3,800 rpm. That kind of power is courtesy of the LSA engine, derived from the new Corvette ZR1’s LS9 motor and detuned for duty in the CTS-V. Fortunately, the LSA wasn’t detuned too much and the ‘09 CTS-V should be darn good competition for its German competition, specifically with BMW’s M5 relatively meager 500-hp 5.0L V10.
Official press release added after jump.
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Like a family crest, most Automotive emblems actually represent something important to their maker. Whether it be something historically important for the founder, ideals the brand strives towards, or a testament to someone’s ego, the symbol of each company has a history.
We stumbled across this encyclopedia of sorts that has cataloged the origins and meanings for almost every one of the worlds major automakers, and we must say, it’s pretty darn interesting. For instance Chevy’s logo has come about from…
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