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New Camaro not a muscle car?

There's been quite a hubbub over Bob Lutz's remarks that the Camaro could potentially be offered with a four cylinder engine, an engine that would still have 260 horsepower. Hot on the heels of that revelation, Mark LaNeve, GM North America's vice president of sales and marketing, said of the new Camaro, "We won't position it as a muscle car. The mainstream positioning will be fuel economy, design and a V-6." While a V6 engine is to be expected as the base engine for the Camaro, positioning the iconic muscle... um, pony car as a fuel efficient ... Read more →

Does having fun in a car require a V8? Nope Jeremy Korzeniewski

I could'a had a V8. Ever heard that one? Sure, people like their cars to be powerful and fun to drive. It used to be that there was a distinction between the term "sports car" and "muscle car". ...

Green things Ford will do in the next 5 years (and where's my air scoop?) Lascelles Linton

In the video above, Ford talks about the new "cornerstone" of their green plans, the Ecoboost GTDI engine technology. Three minutes into the video, Ford also lists other things they plan to do in the ...

Corvette's chief engineer: CAFE will make muscle cars an "endangered species" Lascelles Linton

Corvette's chief engineer, Tadge Juechter, tells the Kansas City Star that the muscle car could be an "endangered species" because of the new CAFE standard Bush signed into law Wednesday. GM, the ...

New Camaro not a muscle car? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There's been quite a hubbub over Bob Lutz's remarks that the Camaro could potentially be offered with a four cylinder engine, an engine that would still have 260 horsepower. Hot on the heels of that revelation, Mark LaNeve, GM North America's vice president of sales and marketing, said of the new ...

Does having fun in a car require a V8? Nope 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

I could'a had a V8. Ever heard that one? Sure, people like their cars to be powerful and fun to drive. It used to be that there was a distinction between the term "sports car" and "muscle car". Sure, sports cars must be quick to accelerate and change direction, but they don't require honkin' V8 ...

Green things Ford will do in the next 5 years (and where's my air scoop?) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the video above, Ford talks about the new "cornerstone" of their green plans, the Ecoboost GTDI engine technology. Three minutes into the video, Ford also lists other things they plan to do in the short term (in the next five years, 2007-2012), to green up their cars. The 10-minute video starts ...

Corvette's chief engineer: CAFE will make muscle cars an "endangered species" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Corvette's chief engineer, Tadge Juechter, tells the Kansas City Star that the muscle car could be an "endangered species" because of the new CAFE standard Bush signed into law Wednesday. GM, the parent company of Corvette, would have to make a 45 MPG car, explains Tadge, to offset supercars. The ...


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