If it can be loosely interpreted as being within the rules, you do it. If you are allowed to tape over in qualifying and don’t sacrifice an engine, you do it.

My Camaro runs at 192 while highway cruising.  In heavy city traffic it will rise to 220 before kicking on the fans.  The fans will turn off somewhere around 200.

It also depends on what is allowed within the rules.  The All Star race is a great way to get full “real world” data on future developments.  That’s why they were testing it there.

Agreed.  The money is in the name, not in the parts.

The original was built on the GMC version of the Jimmy which shared a platform with the Blazer.

This isn’t a V8 conversion.  It’s a supercharger, suspension, and visual package for a V6.

It is the wrong type of induction because the originals that these are based off of used a turbo V6 not a supercharged V6. That was the beauty of those cars. We are talking about a performance oriented turbo V6 that was out 30 years ago.

It is not street legal. “Not legal on pollution-controlled vehicle or vehicle registered for highway use.”

Telsa is unique in that regard especially since, in their way of trying to act like a tech company, they will introduce features at seemingly random times. And they can get away with that since they are still relatively low volume. However, for the rest of the mass production world, they work with suppliers on a…

Regardless of the model year not actually matching the production date, the model year nomenclature really helps out consumers. The manufacturers will typically do minor changes and updates to car models as they evolve. Do to how supply chains and negotiations with suppliers work it is easier to have a set date on…

If the wheels can be recovered and still have the TPMS system installed they can be traced back to the car that they came off of. Here is a video of a dealership that had some special edition wheels stolen and recovered. TLDW. The wheels were part of a limited edition package. Shortly after being stolen there were…

This is the way much of anything is enforced.  Look at driving.  There isn’t a cop in every location which would allow for them to monitor the driving speed of every car at every time.  Instead they do “random audits” by picking a particular road at a particular time and only monitor those cars.

I think the market is also starting to stabilize from the massive growths we have seen coming out of the recession. I believe a lot of that growth was from pent up demand coming out of the recession.

You can also break through at Laguna Seca. Here is the trick I used to use.

This reminds me of the Cor-maro that was used for testing the C5 chassis. They fitted a C5 chassis under a Camaro body which allowed for real world testing without using a camouflaged test vehicle. It also allowed suppliers to do testing without seeing the final C5 design.

I grew up riding in an ‘83, but the design greatly improved starting in ‘85.

I completely agree. In terms of 4th gen F-bodies the Camaro is better from ‘93-’97 while the Firebird (RIP) was better in ‘98-’02.

There are a few similarities beyond the basic shape which defines the class of vehicle. From the angles you provided here is what I see. There is a chrome piece under the side mirror, but the one on the Lincoln doesn’t go as far forward. The roof line in the back extends into a spoiler which hangs over the back glass…

The front bumper does look a bit large, but it seems to pay homage to the bumper on the original Syclone.

GMC exists as the Buick branch of trucks.  It allows the Buick/Cadillac dealerships that don’t sell Chevrolet to still sell trucks.