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2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicle!
The Chevrolet Caprice is back. And so is the Holden Commodore and the Pontiac G8.
What am I saying? Well, the sedan briefly sold in the United States as the Pontiac G8 for the 2008 and 2009 model years is making its return after a one year absence. With Pontiac shut down, the Australian designed and built Holden Commodore is being tweaked once again; this time it will be branded as a Chevrolet.
But it isn’t any ordinary Chevy, mind you. Unless you’re a law enforcement company, you won’t be able to buy this burly five-passenger rear wheel drive beast. Instead, you’ll see it on the highways and byways and, hopefully, never in your rear view mirror with blue lights ablazing!
General Motors has decided to make good use of the Holden platform to turn that sedan into a police pursuit vehicle. The decision was logical given that its current favorite, the Chevrolet Impala, is front wheel drive and that new competition is coming from Carbon Motors, an upstart Indiana automaker and soon to be builder of a turbocharged rear wheel drive diesel-powered police car built from the ground up for law enforcement personnel. Read the rest of this entry »
Fastest Camaro Ever! Say Hello to the the 2012 Camaro ZL1
Chevy finally showed off the fastest Camaro they have ever made at the Chicago Auto Show. This new “Super Camaro” will be sold as a 2012 model and be known as the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The ZL1 name comes from the Camaro ZL1 that was developed in the late 1960s. Only 69 built but they achieved mythical status and were the pinnacle of the Camaro performance era.
According to Rick Scheidt, who is the vice president of Chevrolet marketing, “Camaro ZL1 is about high-tech performance and design, and is a type of car no one has ever brought to this segment previously. It’s the most technically advanced Camaro ever, so we’ve chosen a name from the most elite and exclusive Camaro in history.”
It uses the same LSA 6.2-liter supercharged engine that propels the Cadillac CTS-V from 0-60 in a mere 3.9 seconds. The force fed power plant will produce about 550 horsepower and 550 lb-ft of torque and will be matched to a high performance Tremec TR-6060 six-speed manual transmission that utilizes a dual-disc clutch. The new Camaro will be packed with tons of performance technologies that make the ZL1 a track ready car. Read the rest of this entry »