Upsetting to some, but an impressive build nonetheless, this 1967 Camaro is dubbed the "Supra Sport SS". Any true car nut has respect for the 2JZ motor that has gained much fame from the Toyota Supra, but putting it in a first gen Camaro? Yeah, that takes balls for all the flack you'll be receiving from the chatty domestic and import fanboys. It makes around 450BHP at only 10 psi and will make 950-1,000BHP at 30-35psi.

Would you rock it? I think I would but it would probably get pretty old having people give me shit for having an import motor in my classic domestic.

I don’t know enough about the BMW 1 series to know if this is an aftermarket wheel, but it appears to be part of an interior package by Tii that could end up being offered at dealers, etc. when the 1 series goes on sale in the U.S.

The LEDs on top of the nice thick alcantara wheel seem to be progressive shift indicators, which I have never seen before and think is pretty cool. Who knows if they are useful or just plain distracting though.

Source: Culture Garage

Production for Dodge’s long-awaited Challenger SRT8 muscle car officially kicked off yesterday at Chrysler’s Brampton assembly plant, with the first car’s scheduled to hit dealer showrooms next week. They won’t be sitting idle for long, however, as the SRT8’s entire first year production run – about 7,000 cars – is already accounted for.

Yesterday, Cars.com attended a press event featuring the new Pontiac G8 Sport Truck. If you recall, Pontiac asked consumers to name the new model. Names came flooding in, and the company is now down to 10 finalists, and they’re going through a vetting process. According to Pontiac spokesman Brian Shipman, the name El Camino is most likely out as the name, because of internal discord about a Chevy nameplate being applied to a Pontiac vehicle. Sorry, El Camino fans.

Source: Kicking Tires

A focus group by Ford employees working on the next Taurus program called in SHO fans to get input. Hmmmmmm, could this mean that the SHO revival is underway? At minimum, it is at least getting talked about which should make SHO fans excited.

Ryan Pasch, an atendee and owner of BringBacktheSHO.com, came up with a rendering based on a recent spy photo that was captured. Pretty slick rendering if you ask me and it would definitely catch my eye if I saw it on the road. The true question remains - what kind of motor would be dropped into the next SHO?

Source: BringBacktheSHO

We’re sure you’ve been seeing leaked images and all that good stuff on the new BRABUS tuning kit for the facelifted fifth-generation of the Mercedes-Benz SL-Class.

Brabus fitted its popular SV12S Biturbo engine in the SL 600 giving it a total of 730-hp and 973 lb-ft of torque. That gives the BRABUS R230 the ability to go from stop to 60 in 4.0 seconds or 0-124 in 10.5 seconds. Top speed is electronically limited to an eye-watering 219mph.

A BRABUS tuning kit is also available for the SL 65 AMG with the tuners T 12 S kit that increase output to 715-hp with a peak torque of 811 lb-ft. For the S 63 BRABUS offers its B63 S tuning kit which increase horsepower by 40 for a total of 558. Also, for the SL 500 BRABUS offers its 6.1 S displancement that produces a total of 456-hp and 453 lb-ft.

To add an aggressive sporty look to the new 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL, the BRABUS designers went into the wind tunnel to develop a sharp styled aerodynamic-enhancement kit. Flashy? A bit. But I think it works well.

We absolutely love it.

Source: EGMCarTech

GTA IV fever is far from over, and the controversies are still pouring in. But for one organization, it’s not the sexual content or graphic violence of the game that they find objectionable, it’s the in-game drunk driving. MADD, or Mothers Against an Average Weekend, released this statement today:

True enough, but does it really qualify — over the other, more obvious questionable material in the game — as something that should have a dreaded AO rating?

Source: CrunchGear

Awesome. A car design I always loved as a child, replicated, and fit with the modern day LS7 motor from the new Z06. What more could you ask for - you know this thing flies. It rests on a C5 suspension and uses a paddle-shifted 4spd 4L60E. It'll run you about $150,000, but come on, you'd be the coolest guy on the block.

Source: eBay Auction

There's no doubt Audi's R8 has supercar looks, and now it looks like it might be developing a supercar wait list to match. It's not unheard of to wait a couple years for a Ferrari, but luckily the R8 is nowhere near that point right now. Nevertheless, a new sales report from Audi says the car "is sold out for months to come."

If demand remains strong for the car — which had a prominent placement in last weekend's blockbuster Iron Man movie — then it's fair to assume the backlog will continue to grow. Even celebrities are already rockin' em.

Source: Left Lane News

After the supposed 7:29 that the GT-R dialed in very recently, the Corvette team has spoke out and said it will be able to match that. They are not wasting time as KGP Photography already submitted photos to AutoBlog of it in action. I'm sure some official yet unofficial times are going to be upon us.

Oh, and how cool is that - it's still sporting a Michigan plate.

Source: AutoBlog

General Motors' Cadillac-only Sigma platform (CTS, SRX, STS) proved too expensive for cars like the Pontiac G8 and Chevrolet Camaro. Now GM is merging the Sigma architecture with its other RWD platform, the G8/Camaro's Zeta, in time for the urgent 2011-model-year Cadillac STS/DTS convergence. Cadillac has locked in the new flagship's design. We hear designers are reworking the nose because the flashy headlamp design turned out to be too busy.

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Chattanooga Rod Design (CRD for short) is the company responsible for producing a drivable replica of the Mach 5 Corvette featured in the movie “Speed Racer” that premieres on May 9, 2008. Not that a Corvette Stingray lookalike is our thing, but with all the hype surrounding the Speed Racer movie we decided to check out CRD’s Classic 1 model which formed the basis for the Mach 5 replica.

The Classic 1 is in essence a turnkey conversion of a Corvette C5 Coupe or Cabriolet (produced from 1997 through 2004). The company begins with a C5 donor car and without touching the mechanicals, it disassembles the exterior of the Corvette and then grafts its own hand fabricated design that mimics the looks of the mid-sixties C2 Vette. According to CRD, the complete turnkey conversion costs $65,000.

Source: CarScoop

BMW swept the floor this year at the International Engine Awards. The best engine rated by the panel? The BMW 3-litre Twin-Turbo. Great news for them, as the upcoming 1-series will be using that powerplant.

International Engine of the Year Awards 2008 Winners:

- International Engine of the Year 2008 -
BMW 3-litre Twin-Turbo (135, 335, X6)

- Best New Engine of 2008 -
BMW 2-litre Diesel Twin-Turbo (123d)

- Green Engine of the Year -
Toyota 1.5-litre Hybrid Synergy Drive (Prius)

- Best Performance Engine -
Porsche 3.6-litre Turbo (911 Turbo, 911 GT2)

- Sub 1-litre -
Toyota 1-litre (Aygo, Yaris, Peugeot 107, Citroën C1, Subaru Justy)

- 1-litre to 1.4-litre -
Volkswagen 1.4-litre TSI Twincharger (Golf, Touran, Tiguan, Jetta)

- 1.4-litre to 1.8-litre -
BMW-PSA 1.6-litre Turbo (MINI Cooper S, Clubman, Peugeot 207, 308)

- 1.8-litre to 2-litre -
Volkswagen/Audi 2-litre Turbo (A3, A4 Cabrio, A6, TT, Eos, Jetta, Golf GTi, Seat Altea, Leon, Skoda Octavia)

- 2-litre to 2.5-litre -
Subaru 2.5-litre Turbo (Forester, Impreza, Outback, Legacy)

- 2.5-litre to 3-litre -
BMW 3-litre Twin-Turbo (135, 335, X6)

- 3-litre to 4-litre -
BMW 4-litre V8 (M3)

- Above 4-litre -
BMW 5-litre V10 (M5, M6)

He didn't have any hard numbers about the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1's fuel economy, but the vehicle's chief engineer predicted recently that "the ZR1 will be the most fuel-efficient 600-hp car you can buy in the world." Tadge Juechter, Corvette ZR1 chief engineer, noted that the fuel economy of the car "will be somewhat less than a Z06, and we expect a small gas-guzzler tax."

Juechter was speaking in a recent live chat on GMnext.com. He said that as of late April, Chevrolet has not "run our fuel-economy testing yet." The 2008 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 returns 15 miles per gallon in city driving and 24 mpg on the highway, according to the EPA.

Juechter said production of the ZR1 will start this summer, "and we can produce approximately 2,000 ZR1s per year for the world."

Source: Edmunds InsideLine

This month’s first recall concerns 662,178 MY 2003-2004 Toyota Corolla, Corolla Matrix and subsequently its Pontiac counterpart, Vibe due to a problem with the front electric powered windows. The driver and front passenger door glass bolts may loosen and come off, leading the door glass to separate from the window regulator.

This could cause the door glass to bind and shatter during operation of the power windows, causing driver distraction and/or injury. Dealers will replace the driver and front passenger door glass bolts with newly designed bolts free of charge.