If you scratch your head and wonder how Dodge gets away with selling a Challenger with the underpinnings of a two-decade-old platform, the proof is almost always in the profit.
October 26th will mark the Corvette’s return to a twin-cam design with the LT6 engine of the brand-new Z06. The spiritual successor to the LT5 in the ZR-1 will improve the forerunner’s recipe with a flat-plane crankshaft, which doesn’t need the large counterweights of a cross-plane crank.
Whatever you think of Supercar Blondie’s credentials in the automotive field, or what you make of her as a person, she’s been on a roll ever since she got started as an auto vlogger. Now the world’s most famous and successful carfluencer, she’s able to generate headlines on her own.
Two years into the C8’s life cycle, GM still hasn’t found a solution to the production halts of the mid-engined Corvette. From the health crisis to supply issues, the production schedule of the small-block sports car from Kentucky has taken another blow in the guise of a one-week intermission.
Have you ever wondered how much GM charges for a brand-new LT2 small-block V8? We don’t know for sure because the powerplant in the C8 Corvette isn’t shared with any other nameplate in the General Motors lineup, but the closest mill to it comes in the guise of the dry-sump LT1.