Camaro ZL1 Video: Raising The Game

American muscle cars have improved their performance. The Camaro ZL1 is Chevrolets answer to Fords newer Mustang versions. This video shows engineers working on the 580 HP Camaro.http://youtu.be/sYXI2hJwiQQ

2012 Camaro ZL1 As Fast As Porsche or Lamborghini? Afraid So.

All of the naysayers out there that think American cars are junk, think again. This stock Camaro ZL1 turned times at the Nordschleife last week that were right there with Porsche, Lamborghini and Ferrari, all for...

The Story Of The ‘79 Daytona 500? I Still Don’t Like The Ending

After Junior and Cale Yarborough won a third consecutive Winston Cup championship in 1978, they started the ’79 season with a great deal of optimism and a new sponsor. The odds of achieving a fourth-straight...

Paul Menard stretches fuel to take first win at the Brickyard

It was so much like a dream and so far from reality that the winner of Sunday's Brickyard 400 looked more shell shocked that exuberant in Victory Lane.  Could this really be happening?  After 166 races without a Sprint Cup win, race number 167 was pure magic for...

Another Title Year, But Along Came “Jaws”

After the successful 1976 season, in which he won his first NASCAR Winston Cup championship, Junior felt his team had finally reached its stride. He had no doubt 1977 would be another banner year. There was reason...

Did you see GM turnaround?

Yesterday I saw GM killed Mr. Goodwrench, their auto maintenance guy. I walk around my neighborhood; there are Mazda, Toyota, Honda, Mercedes dealerships within walking distance. There is a Chrysler Jeep something...

Seattle Gets Green with the Nissan Leaf

When Federal support to green cities by supporting electric zero-emission vehicles was offered by The EV Project, Seattle was quick to seize the opportunity and Nissan, excited to debut its electric coupe, the Nissan Leaf, has moved to supply that practical demand.   As...

Mayor John Thornton of Washington Park, IL Shot Dead at 52

John Thornton, the Mayor of Washington Park, Illinois, was found dead in his car Thursday morning from 2 point-blank gunshots to the chest. Thornton, 52, was found inside his vehicle, which had crashed into a tree in the 4700 block of Caseyville Avenue. He was taken to...

A few glitches for electric cars - no problem but opps..

Well such a small problem would not put me off of buying a nice clean and green mean machine. We use electricity that sourced from geaothermal power generation. But of course here we have no worries about a...

Cash for Clunkers plan does little for planet

In fact, I never knew that the program was initially aimed to get more fuel efficient cars on the road. I thought that it was to help tanking American car companies. The report says that some of the clunkers got better gas mileage than the new cars. Only in America. " Study:...

‘Pack Up Your Troubles in Your New S__t Bag’

The kind of bag Americans might soon need is different than the song-inspiring bag into which they packed all their troubles nearly a century ago — and it’s not a “kit” bag. In 1915, when George Asef and Felix Powell came up with the lyrics for the song, “Pack Up...

GM Goes Bust - American Icon Collapses

American Icon General Motors Corp.(GM) has gone bust.Yesterday,the motor giant,once hailed by Time as a symbol of American success, collapsed in landmark Chapter 11 bankruptcy with 88,000 employees.Amid the worst...

Job Doesn’t Require GM CEO to Earn a Profit?

One year after I offered to save Ford Motor Company $27.5 million by accepting an annual salary of $2 million in exchange for serving as the company's CEO, I realized I should have made the offer to serve as the...

Detroit Goes for Electric Cars, but Will Drivers?

The electric car has to happen butwide spread acceptance of themwill not happen at once. As they get cheaper and achieve better performance they will become big sellers."The competition over electrics is picking...

Are SUV's Dead or in a Coma?

Another plant dedicated to making SUV's closed this week leaving each of the Big Three with one plant each for making the once popular type of car.  As recently as a few years ago, the SUV was the profit...

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