Corvette

Of all the cars available around the world that we can’t get here in the U.S., the one I have always wanted most was a Holden Commodore. Sure, we’ve got the Americanized Chevy SS, but I wanted the real deal.

The Corvette Stingray Z06 is one of the most potent cars that Chevy has ever produced for track work. The car comes with plenty of power under the hood, but there are some drivers always after more.

Chevrolet has been making the Corvette since 1953, and throughout its 60+ year history has continued to deliver vehicles that are both impressive to drive and candy for our eyes. The 7th generation ‘Vette lives up to these promises, and is at the top of its game.

What could possibly go wrong with a crazy stunt involving a man shot out of a cannon and a fast-moving Corvette? Well, some wild men in Mexico wanted to find out, and the video footage is pretty compelling.

NASCAR fans can be nasty, and a lot of them hate Jeff Gordon. I hate Jeff Gordon, too. Why? Because I root for Dale Earnhardt Jr., period (and yes I know they are teammates). But in NASCAR, your driver is your driver, and everyone else is just in the way.

Seems like this week has been all about driving great cars, so I can’t complain about life. I started out the festivities with the Midwest Automotive Media Association’s Spring Rally up at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

One of the saddest things to ever happen in the sports car world was when a giant sinkhole opened up directly under the National Corvette Museum and a handful of rare Corvettes tumbled into the hole.

You’ll want to crank up your sound system for this short clip from the guys at Hennessey Performance, as they show off their beefed up 2015 C7 Corvette Stingray. The car is packing their HPE1000 performance supercharger kit, which blows the roof off the place with 1000 horsepower, and an incredible, Earth-shattering exhaust note.

People have been talking about the potential for a mid-engined Corvette for years now, but nothing has come of it from GM. Rumor has it that the engine is finally migrating for the C8 generation, but only time will tell.

Those lucky dogs over at Motor Trend have pitted two of the most desirable super cars on the market in a head-to-head battle. The two cars are the 2015 Corvette Z06 and the 2015 Nissan GT-R Nismo.

Any manufacturer making a performance car knows that the bragging rights that many people look for are the fastest times around the hallowed Nurburgring. Ford did this with its GT350R, Chevy with the Z28, and Porsche with its 918 among many other cars.

So the Tesla Model S P85D has 691 horsepower and an all-wheel drivetrain, while the Corvette C7 Stingray has “just” 450 horses and a rear-wheel drive configuration. However, the ‘Vette has about almost a 700 pound weight advantage, so they’re actually surprisingly well matched on a drag strip.

For a long time, GM allowed buyers of the Corvette to go to the factory and help build the engine that would end up under the hood of their car. That engine building program is back with the 2015 Corvette Z06 for buyers who check the PBC (Performance Build Center) option when ordering their car.

There have been rumors swirling around for a long time now that Chevrolet was working on a mid-engine Corvette for the next generation of its popular sports car. Recently a car was spied in testing that is clearly a development mule, and Car & Driver claims it’s the development unit for the mid-engine Corvette.

The Land Rover Defender 110 certainly has plenty of off-road capability even in its native form. But what if you were to squeeze a 6.2-liter V8 Corvette engine under the hood that produces 430 horsepower and 398 lb-ft.