The ZL1-1LE is a hardcore version, and the buyers also wanted all of the creature comforts as well. GM did make a bare-bones hardcore version with the Z/28, and it didn’t sell.

That’s why when Chevy made the Z/28 a few years ago they stripped out a lot of features to the point that there was only 1 speaker (for the required door chime), AC was optional, the seats had less padding, the headlights were the base model lights, and the glass was thinner. They made less than 2000 over 2 model…

The addition of the High Definition is a new feature that GM is starting to trickle out for 2020.  Park Assist is also not required by law, just the camera.

The whole “don’t use your cruise control in the rain” advice has been going on much longer than 10 years or so as stated in the article.  I was told to not use cruise control when there is standing water water when I started driving sometime around 2003.  My mother was told the same thing in the early 70s.  The issue…

The regulation requires that the test be conducted under the loudest setting for cars with multi mode exhausts.

You are looking through a modern lens.   The preference to diesels in Europe goes back more than 30 years.

Funny enough, I was about to comment about how Tri County Ford is a dealership that is 10 miles from the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant, and it still has the same delivery fee as a dealership in southern California.  I live right next to the plant.

2nd Gear.

The engine appearance package is pretty smart.  There is a huge after market in engine appearance customization for people who show their cars.  This is just tapping into that market.

495 is the entry model which is an upgrade over the current 460.  There will most likely be a Z06 variant and possibly a ZR1 variant.

I’ll counter by saying, the design has aged well. The cars haven’t. A CLEAN ‘93-’97 is still a very nice looking car IMO.

I believe that this car provide a lot of styling cues for the Banshee.

The Indy predates the Banshee by a couple of years IIRC.  It is true that the Banshee is the true concept for the 93-97 Camaros, but I still feel that a lot of those design cues can be traced back to the Indy.

Ironically, many of the styling cues in the Corvette Indy ended up in the 1993 Camaro: The fully glass (with black structural elements) greenhouse, the two curves coming to a point for the front nose, the way the rear wing/spoiler is integrated into the body work, etc.

I just find it ironic when the UAW hall down the street from my house put up huge banners saying “Equal pay for equal work” during an election period when they were one of the pioneers of a tiered pay system.  Unions CAN be a great thing, but the more they try to be political the more they isolate their own workers…

The whole meaning of the phrase “too soon” in this article is meant to be sarcastic.  It’s not “too soon” in the sense of being before it was appropriate to do it.  It was “too soon” in the sense that we were barely scooting on our bellies when we made the goal to run marathons.  It was “too soon” because with any…

In the case of this particular car, which appears to be around $170,000, you are totally correct. However, the cost to benefit ratio becomes much more greatly skewed when you start to look at the cost of a base Prius ($24k)to a base Model 3 ($35k).

2nd Gear. Those European targets are very agressive. 95 g CO2/km is approximately 4.1l/100km or 57 mpg. 57 mpg for a fleet average is extremely high even with the European test being somewhat forgiving. The automakers are stuck between a rock and a hard place when consumer desire does not match the requirements of…

Both have been great cars for their times, and more often then not it has seemed that the Mustang was always the easier car to live with on a daily basis while the Camaro was a bit more of a driver’s car. You can probably guess my vote based on my tiny little profile picture.

Trademarks, on the other hand, can and will be lost if not defended. As soon as someone publicly “gets away” with violating a trademark that can be used a precedence in future cases.