When it comes to classic muscle cars, I'm a big fan of flashy-colored Chevy Camaros and Ford Mustangs. I've never been a fan of white, black, and gray cars, but all that changes when the rig in question is a murdered out restomod. Like this 1969 Chevrolet Camaro here.
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.
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Among the many intriguing things about the Chevy Colorado ZR2-based GM Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) is a feature called Combat Mode, which is designed to give soldiers the best chance to get out of a critical situation and to save their lives.
Essentially, Combat Mode keeps the vehicle running when other safety systems are trying to shut it down.
“On the ISV, we kept alive a lot of systems from the production model [Colorado ZR2], like if it overheats and what you would consider limp home mode and things of that nature,” Mark Dickens, architectural chief engineer for GM Defense, explained during a recent interview with
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CONCORD â GM Defense LLC and Hendrick Motorsports have come together to create the Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) for the U.S. Army with the benefit of racing technology and speed.
The new GM Defense facility in Concord started production on the vehicle at the start of April, but before parts were assembled in the building, the facility was built in just 90 days. And GM Defense was able to have the first ISVs to the Army 120 days after the company was awarded the manufacturing contract. The 75,000-square-foot plant includes some of the latest manufacturing tools, including a digital operating system utilizing Bluetooth-enabled tools to meet Army requirements with extreme precision.