Month: July 2010

Deery Brothers buys Chezik-Bell Ford Chezik-Bell Ford is now known as Deery Brothers Ford Lincoln of Iowa City.

So what’s new? For starters, the CL550 4MATIC now packs an all-new twin-turbo 4.7-liter V8 engine with around 429 horsepower and a beefy 516 lb-ft of torque.

CHEVROLET hopes to make motorsport’s most prestigious annual event even more glamorous than ever this year with the presence of two seductive new models – ” the Chevrolet Camaro and the Corvette ZR-1. Both of the US-built supercars will be wowing the crowds throughout the weekend, running in the Moving Motorshow yesterday, and in the supercar run …

The 1954 Corvette was never known for its performance. After all, it was originally equipped with a 155-hp straight six blue flame engine and a 2-speed powerglide transmission. But that didn’t stop Timeless Kustoms of Camarillo, California for rewriting history as they resurrected a 1954 parts car into this LS9 powered custom show stopping roadster.

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Corvette Racing’s 50th anniversary in competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

To date, Corvette has held an iconic presence at this globally recognized endurance race – also considered the “holy grail of races.” Vehicles must be chosen in order to race, which is certainly a privilege.

Though the Audi dominated first, second and third place on leader board, the Corvette Racing team truly endured all they had to bear during the GT2 title race. Unfortunately for the team, #64 Corvette C6.R had to retire early.

In celebration of this historical milestone, this brief video highlights everything to do with Corvette Racing past, present and future. Hear what competing in this race has meant to many… from famous drivers in the 1960s to the current team leaders that make up Corvette Racing.

Check out the video after the jump.

[ MotorAuthority.com ]

CURTICE — The Curtice man who bought one of two $96.9 million winning Powerball tickets June 23 was more than 1 1/2 hours late to a news conference Thursday — because he had to work overtime at the Chrysler plant where he and the 13 other winners work.

When Chevrolet rolls out its Volt electric cars late this year it will be in Austin first, along with three other cities.

There was some morning show hi-jinks happening today at Bondurant’s School of High Performance Driving. The local fox affiliate’s morning show was live as Mr. T and the crew of WillItMakeIt.com were on hand to perform some of their stunts, which included a hot pursuit reenactment with Roscoe P. Coltrane’s ,1970’s Plymouth Fury Police […]

William Shanteau and 13 other Chrysler auto workers had been pooling their money on various lottery tickets for years and last month one of those purchases won the group $25 million from the Powerball lottery. So what’s first car that comes to mind for Shanteau to spend some of his $1.2 million after taxes? You […]

GM released the sales figures for June today and the report shows Corvette sales holding steady with 1,405 deliveries. This is a decrease of just 23 Corvettes over May 2010’s 1,428 Corvettes. However, if you recall our analysis of May’s numbers, you’ll remember that deliveries were the highest since September 2009. So the fact […]