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General Motors Kills off All Upcoming High Performance Models

Posted by Admin on February 23, 2009
Chevy SS Production Ends

Chevy Production Ends

In some sad news, has just disbanded its High Performance Vehicle Operations, putting all high-performance projects on an indefinite hold. This means no more new “” Chevy’s, V8 Colorado’s and even V-series Cadillacs.
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Ford Wishes GM Happy 100th Birthday On Side Of World Headquarters

Posted by Admin on September 16, 2008

Ford Wish Happy 100 Birthday To GM

managed to be nice and save money by wishing a happy 100th 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 ’s world headquarters staff to keep their blinds open below the jump.

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Officially Official: 2009 Cadillac CTS-V Makes 556 Horsepower Plus Full Gallery

Posted by Admin on June 9, 2008

Official 2009 Cadillac CTS-V

Introducing the new 2009 , 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 , 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 engine, derived from the new Corvette ZR1’s LS9 motor and detuned for duty in the . Fortunately, the wasn’t detuned too much and the ‘09 should be darn good competition for its German competition, specifically with BMW’s M5 relatively meager 500-hp 5.0L V10.

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Ever Wonder What Your Car’s Emblem Means?

Posted by Admin on May 28, 2008

Car Logos and Emblems

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 .

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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2009 Cadillac CTS-V Lapping The Nurburgring In Record 7:59:32

Posted by Admin on May 22, 2008

With the supercharged LS9 V8 reportedly making around 567 HP, we know that the is one quick sedan. But we had no idea just how fast it would be until it recently set a lap time of 7:59.32 on the Nordschleife. That makes it the fastest production sedan to ever be officially recorded on the German race track. And just in case you thought was just pulling your leg, the has released this video showing the world what’s a sub 8 minute lap looks like.

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