Bitchin’ Indeed: A Visual History of the Chevrolet Camaro

http://ift.tt/1bZT9RR The Chevrolet Camaro was a rush job, a desperate attempt by GM to meet the challenge presented by the ludicrously successful Ford Mustang. The introduction of the Mustang in April 1964 caught virtually everyone except Ford off guard. Where was Chevy’s affordable sporty car to compete with the Mustang? The rear-engine Corvair didn’t really cut it and the boxy Chevy II Nova lacked sex appeal. While there had been...

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Hear the Lamentations of the Boulders: Land Rover Prepping Burly SVX Off-Road Models

http://ift.tt/1DZU5LM We’ll start with an apology to any fans of two-door Subarus who have found this page via a wayward Google search. Because the SVX that brings us here isn’t the compellingly bizarre Giugiaro-designed 1990s coupe—one of the biggest automotive flops of the past 25 years—but rather Land Rover’s plans to use the acronym for some butched-up off-road models. As with most of the interesting stuff happening at Jaguar...

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Ousted Piëch Putting Up Fight Over VW Board Appointees

http://ift.tt/1GJTeDb April 30, 2015 at 4:24 pm by Jens Meiners | Photography by Nigel Treblin/Getty Images This is hardly a surprise. While the rest of VW’s supervisory board was no doubt hoping that VW/Porsche heavyweight Ferdinand Piëch would simply disappear and enjoy retirement after he and his wife (and fellow VW boardmember) Ursula stepped down last week—his critical remarks on the performance of VW CEO Martin...

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Cadillac Confirms Four- and Six-Cylinder Diesel Engines, Studying Three-Cylinders, and More

http://ift.tt/1mVoWri Cadillac is getting serious about efficient powertrains. The brand will launch four- and six-cylinder diesel engines, the brand’s chief engineer Dave Leone re-confirmed to us. (Cadillac CEO Johan de Nysschen previously asserted a similar plan, and said the engines would arrive by 2019.) “They are both new engines,” Leone said. He said that the usage and tuning will be tailored to the cars: “It depends...

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