I’m sure that you have heard about the Chevy Volt, that runs in on all electric power. Therefore, it is quieter than most cars. So quiet, that GM has put a “chirp” feature on this that is not quite a horn, yet enough to let people know that your quiet car is on the way. So, will the “chirp” replace honking the horn? Well, as long as it is much quieter, why not?

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This 1962 Chevrolet Corvette C1-RS won the Goodguys Street Machine of the Year award at SEMA, and its easy to see why. Not only does it have the awesome exterior, but it has an aluminum dashboard plus console, not to mention the leather seats. Of course, the award wasn’t just given for external experience, as this LS7 V8 put out more than 600 horsepower.

I don’t know about you, but it reminds me of the Batmobile from the 1960s Batman TV show.

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Take a look at what many are referring to as the Corvette Centennial. Of course, I believe a centennial is actually a period of one hundred years. Chevrolet has recently unveiled the 50th anniversary of the Corvette Stingray with this concept model.

Already, it is a star, having appeared as Sideswipe in the hit (yet awful) movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It also made an appearance at the Chicago Auto Show.

So what else does it have? See after the jump:

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A few days ago we saw the Hennessey tuned Genesis Coupe reach output numbers of up to 500hp. Today we have another car coming from the tuning garage and this time it’s a 2010 Camaro.

Pictured above, this vehicle has a 725 hp and 741 lb-ft of torque making for a 0-60 of 3.5 and thanks to 15-inch Brembo brakes the ability to go from 60-0 in just 104 feet. Couple all of this with some carbon fiber body parts and 20-inch three-piece rims and you have yourself a very enticing vehicle.

Hennessey says we will see more of this vehicle at this year’s SEMA.

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Professional basketball players have all the money to burn. And you can bet that among their list of needs would be a lush car to have in their grasps. But for Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum, getting a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro is not enough. In fact, this car buff went to the trouble of customizing it to look like BumbleBee of the Transformers movie fame.

How did he do it? Simple. Bynum just bought a customized body kit and had a yellow paint job and placed some black racing stripes down the car’s hood. So where else would Bynum get the idea other than from the movie where it was the star of the flick? And though it wasn’t mentioned, it is pretty obvious that Bynum is a fanatic of the Transfomers movie!

(Source) Black Voices

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General Motors of India is reportedly set to unveil a new mini car this coming December. The codename for the mini car is M300, a car that is undergoing its final round of testing and will be officially displayed at 2010 autoexpo in New Delhi. Production is set to commence at the Talegaon plant and may be priced somewhere in the Rs 4 lakh category. This car will go in line with the Chevrolet Spark and follows the recent launch of the Chevrolet Cruz.

(Source) Express India

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The other day, I was thinking about a scene in the film Live Free or Die Hard, where Justin Long tricks an OnStar navigation system to starting a car so he an steal…commandeer it. It’s nice to know that OnStar can be used to disable a carjacker, which was what happened to a Chevy Tahoe in California the other day. I honestly didn’t know OnStar could do that. For some reason, OnStar doesn’t seem to advertise this.

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When we look at a concept car these days, the first thing we like to think of is the future.  How things will look in ten, twenty, fifty years.  The hovercrafts and autodrives and magnetic impeller cars and such.

So today, we’re taking a look at the Chrysler Star Car, a concept car from the 1930s.  It was called a Star Car because of the shape of its engine.  The five cylinder engine had its cylinders arranged in a circle, thus giving them the look of a star.  It was one of only a handful of small cars Detroit ever designed, and since more people were interested in driving around in land barges of tremendous size, the Chrysler Star Car never went to production.

But still–even just taking a look at this strange car of yesteryear really makes you think about the direction we’re going today…and how far we’ve come since.

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GM’s CEO Fritz Henderson has today done to honors of letting us know that there is in fact a convertible Camaro in the works and that it will hit the market in Q1 of 2011.

There were virtually no details as Henderson was quite mum when asked about the convertible Camaro but as Q1 2011 draws closer we are sure to hear a lot more of the vehicle.

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GM’s Chevy Volt has yet to hit dealerships and already tremendous amounts of buzz has begun circulating partially due to advertising efforts.

This is only the beginning says GM’s Bob Lutz as when the car is closer to hitting dealerships GM will be “pulling out the heaving artilery and get Volt buzz going”. In other words, GM is going to pour unheard of amounts of money into the Volt’s advertising campaign in hopes that it will catch out.

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GM will revive the Chevrolet Caprice brand in 2011. However it will not cater to the private vehicle groups but rather towards law enforcement. The Caprice will be brought back for a new fleet of North American Police cars which will not be based on any current GM model. They will come in V6 and V8 engines and will pick up of from the expected exit of old brands, G8 and Pontiac. The Caprice was a popular choice for law enforcement until it stopped production in 1996.

Dealers will start taking down orders by the fourth quarter of 2010 and delivery of the vehicles will commence in 2011. No word on the pricing though.

(Source) NY Times

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Cash for Clunkers may be dead and gone but that doesn’t mean automakers are stopping the incentives. One such company that shall go unnamed (GM) is really looking to recoup from the recession having recently announced their Satisfaction Guaranteed campaign.

This campaign is simple, buy any Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick or GMC vehicle, try it out and if before 60-days is up you find you don’t like the car, return it to your GM dealership for a full refund. Sure, you may not be getting cash back but this campaign, which runs from September 14th to November 30th, is sure to spur sales in GM’s favor.

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Remember that EV we were talking about Honda planning to exhibit at the Tokyo Auto Show?  Well, as it turns out, there’s a pretty fair chance that that car’s going to wind up for sale in the United States within the next few years.

Executives at Honda said that the plan to start selling an electric vehicle in the United States was in response to a push for more fuel-efficient cars.  Plus, there’s a steadily growing market for alternative fuel vehicles, so Honda likes its chances of gaining market share in an emerging market sector.

This is pretty awesome–but the only real down side is that none of the remaining American car makers, with the possible exception of Tesla Motors, really seems to be doing much of anything in that direction.  Hopefully they’ll get started on something soon–the Chevy Volt may be a pretty fair entry–but considering that GM now stands for Government Motors, excuse my skepticism.

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Do you remember back in August when we let you know that the Chevy Volt would supposedly get 230mpg? Well, it seems that the vehicle would only be getting 223mpg if it wasn’t for its sleek aerodynamic design, or so GM says.

What you see above is a video breakdown of the aerodynamics surrounding the Chevy Volt letting us know that through various redesigns GM managed to tact on another 7mpg to the car’s overall range. Anyways, watch the video and let us know what you think in the comments. Are you excited for the Chevy Volt? Would you have still bought it if it only got 223mpg? Do you even believe the car gets 230mpg? Let us know.

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As far as Audi is concerned, the much heralded coming of the Chevy Volt is made for idiots. This was shared to the media by Audi President Johan de Nysschen, referring to the hybrid car as overpriced and no better than a Toyota Corolla. The rumored price for the Chevy Volt was said to be around $40,000.00.

The Chevy Volt is expected to be categorized in the company of cars priced in the $25,000.00 mark. However, a lot of criticism is being raised at the moment, waiting to see if the Chevy Volt can really be a car choice for people looking towards new electric cars coming out in the market. Will the Chevy Volt succeed? All we can do is wait and see once this GM hybrid car hits the automotive market.

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