ULTIMATE HYPERCAR: RIMAC C_TWO!

Posted on July 30, 2019 by MartynL

Croatian-built C_TWO is the quickest, fastest, most technologically advanced Hypercar ever produced. It sprints to 60 mph in just 1.85 seconds. In less than 10 years, Rimac Automobili, based in Croatia, has become a technological powerhouse not only creating its own spectacular Hypercars, but also developing full technology solutions for global automotive manufacturers including Aston Martin, Automobili Pininfarina, Koenigsegg, Porsche and many more. Porsche AG and Hyundai Motor Group have also...

COPO CAMARO: HERITAGE & HORSEPOWER!

Posted on July 28, 2019 by MartynL

Before there was a COPO ZL1 Camaro and later an RPO ZL1 Corvette in 1969, Duntov’s aluminum Mark IV program had already generated engines for Can-Am racing. The third ZL1 Camaro built was yellow and ordered by Berger Chevrolet. COPO CAMARO: HERITAGE & HORSEPOWER! Although Duntov championed aluminum heads and lightweight engines for the Corvette, the first “production” use of the ZL1 was in the 1969 COPO (9560) Camaro, not the Corvette. Credit for the ZL1 Camaro goes to Vince Piggins, worki...

SHOWTIME: BENT AXLES STREET RODS!

Posted on July 26, 2019July 26, 2019 by MartynL

Car Guy Chronicle’s Jim Palam fights an urge to swerve to the vineyards and instead, uncorks a tasty car show report from Old Town Orcutt, CA. SHOWTIME: BENT AXLES STREET RODS! I’m going to give it to you straight: As I headed North from Solvang to Orcutt, CA on the 101, my thoughts were less about street rods and more about the ribbons of grape vines carpeting the rolling hills East and West of the freeway. It was Saturday, sunny and seventy degrees. Man, I could exit the freeway right now and ...

ATELIERS DIVA: PORSCHE 911 REDUX!

Posted on July 25, 2019 by MartynL

Available in three body styles – Coupe, Targa & Safari – the handcrafted, carbon-fiber homage to the early-911 boasts 400 horsepower. When the co-founders of French Porsche Specialist, Crubilé Sport, finished the Le Mans Classic race, one driving his Porsche 935, the other in a 911 RSR R5, they dreamt of going back to Paris in a car that would offer the same ultimate performance and emotion but with real comfort and refinement. In essence, they wanted the thrill of a 935, the reliability of...

JAGUAR XE SV PROJECT 8: SUPERCAR SEDAN!

Posted on July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 by MartynL

Jaguar XE SV PROJECT 8, the world’s fastest four-door sedan, beats its own Nürburgring Nordschleife record. JAGUAR XE SV PROJECT 8: SUPERCAR SEDAN! lowers the fastest Nürburgring time for a four-door production car to 7 minutes 18.361seconds on the 20.6 kilometer Nordschleife lap on July 24, 2019. Project 8 development driver Vincent Radermecker returns to the legendary German circuit and cuts 2.9 seconds off his previous fastest time, set in November 2017 Officially verified records were achie...

MOTION: MACO SHARK CORVETTE!

Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 by MartynL

Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance built a limited number of ‘customer’ Shark Corvettes, but sold hundreds of conversion body kits here and abroad. Rosen cloned the star-power of GM’s Mako Shark II in 1971, but it wasn't until 1972 that turnkey MOTION: MACO SHARK CORVETTE! Sharks were ready for marketing. A duplicate of Rosen’s prototype, ordered by Virginian, George Hoadley, was built for competition on the International Show Car Association (ISCA) circuit. When completed, Rosen personally took th...

ECURIE ECOSSE LM69: JAG XJ13 REDUX!

Posted on July 22, 2019 by MartynL

Handcrafted modern racing thoroughbred is also road legal, but only 25 will be built. What if…? It’s a question that has dominated the history of the XJ13, a prototype built by Jaguar in 1966 in a quest to continue the marque’s legendary run of success in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Powered by a new quad-cam, 5-litre V12, the XJ13 was Jaguar’s first mid-engined car – and without doubt one of the most beautiful automotive designs of all time. Sadly, it remained unraced. A combination of internal po...

’20 CORVETTE: C8 INTRO VIDEO!

Posted on July 22, 2019 by MartynL

‘20 Corvette Stingray – opening reveal video and on-stage introduction of the first production mid-engine Corvette ever. The opening ’20 CORVETTE: C8 INTRO VIDEO! of the live reveal brings together the new Corvette Stingray’s aeronautical roots and new levels of performance, technology and craftsmanship to introduce the first-ever production mid-engine Corvette. Check out ’20 CORVETTE: C8 INTRO VIDEO! @https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us/en/chevrolet/bcportal.html/currentVideoId/6...

CHASSIS HISTORY PART 1: 1953-1962 CORVETTE!

Posted on July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 by MartynL

Corvette historian and illustrator Scott Teeters starts off his Corvette history series with the chassis that Maurice Olley & Mauri Rose built. And, the start of Zora Arkus-Duntov’s involvement. The late legendary SCCA Corvette racing champion, Frank Dominanni, left, with Jan Hyde, with his original '60 Corvette Fuelie that he's owned since new. Hyde runs the Registry Of Corvette Race Cars. Corvettes are kind of like a beautiful woman. Sure, she’s a beauty, but is she smart and athletic? Fr...

’20 VETTE: MID-ENGINED DISRUPTER!

Posted on July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 by MartynL

It’s been a long time coming and well worth the wait. The ‘20 Corvette Stingray, top, delivers world-class performance and head-turning styling at a fraction of the cost of its imported competition. It represents the culmination of 60 years of mid-engine experimentation. While the eighth generation ’20 VETTE: MID-ENGINED DISRUPTER! Corvette marks a radical leap forward in terms of capability from the seventh generation, it also incorporates lessons learned from past engineering exercises such a...