Month: September 2011

Wendy Kaplan, the show’s curator and head of LACMA’s decorative arts and design department, and Bobbye Tigerman, her co-curator, included the car because it echoed a spirit in design and lifestyle also seen in the furniture, lighting, product and fashion items in the show, she said in a telephone interview.

If you’re into seriously collectible Chevrolet performance cars, you’re aware of how hard it can be to document the authenticity of one.

In summer of 1966, General Motors unveiled its Chevrolet Camaro, a blatant attempt to steal some of the thunder of Ford’s Mustang, which had debuted in 1964.

Among production workers, 65 percent voted to ratify the new contract, and 63 percent of skilled-trades workers voted for approval.

Like nearly every other automaker these days, Hyundai is keenly focused on bringing fuel-efficient vehicles to market.

The website, GM Authority, recently posted additional speculation on the C7 Corvette.  Writer Manoli Katakis made the following remarks less than a week ago:

The C7 Project is known internally as Y1XX.

Expect the primary powerplant to be a 5.5L small block V8.  Currently Corvette Racing is using a 5.5L (aka LS5.5R) that produces 485 horses (55 more than the current entry level block).

The automatic transmission will have eight speeds.

The navigation and instrument panel will be way ahead of today’s.

Ferrari-style quarter windows and angled tail lamps will "knock the current Vette out of the water.  It won’t be an old guy’s car anymore."

We will see what the "old guys" think in just two more years, maybe just a little less.

Mike Skeen, of Charlotte, N.C., led the opening Pirelli World Challenge practice on Wednesday morning for Friday’s Cadillac Road Atlanta Grand Prix in his Corvette, while Eric Foss, of Dallas, Texas, and Josh Hurley, Gainesville, Fla., used experience to lead the GTS and Touring Car classes, respectively.

This 2012 Chevrolet Corvette 2dr Coupe Grand Sport 2LT Coupe features a 6.2L V8 SFI OHV 16V 8cyl Gasoline engine.

IntelliChoice and AutoPacific have once again teamed up for their sixth annual Motorist Choice Awards which recognize vehicles that deliver a combination of high consumer satisfaction and lower-than-expected ownership costs.