50th Anniversary Corvette Stingray Concept With Interior Pictures: The Future Of Corvette

There has been plenty of exposure of the Corvette Stingray Concept  in Transformers pre and post movie outings, now GM has crowned the Stingray the 50th Anniversary Concept, but the difference is that many haven't noticed.  Look closer at the story, and this is possible the future of the Vette line.

 Tom Stephen, General Motors's Vice Chairman of Global Production Development stated that along with reducing the weight of the next C7, low resistance tires, direct injection and variable valve timing and cylinder deactivation along with a hybrid powertrain will be offered.  Check out the concept interior in the imagines provided.

 If the new GM continues its blinding quality comeback and product from concept transformation (no pun intended) then the weakest part of the Covette, namely the interior will be relegated to a thing of the past.

Toyota's FT-86 Brother Seperated At Birth: Subaru Rear Drive Sports Coupe

A quote from Toyota Motor Company and Fuji Heavy Industries, Subaru's parent company are developing a compact rear-wheel-drive sports car. "The compact rear-wheel sports car to be jointly developed by TMC and FHI is envisioned to offer a new "fun to drive" experience based on an all-new vehicle platform powered by an FHI core-technology horizontally-opposed engine. Market introduction is targeted for the end of 2011. Production is to take place at a new plant to be built at FHI's Gunma Manufacturing Division in Japan's Gunma Prefecture. TMC will consign production to FHI."  

One Of The Best Auto Sites On The Web #1

I will began a segment reviewing automotive websites and the best that is offered out there.  Now this in no way an endorsement of the product or services available, just to inform what is out there in webdom and how user friendly the sites are.

The first site is the Ford Taurus.  After hearing the buzz around the Taurus comparing it to Audi's A6 V8 model, I decided to check out the site of origin and found it to be fun to navigate and informative.  It does peak you interest, so of course claims need to be substantiated for accuracy  but none the less, check it out and enjoy.

 2010 Ford Taurus 

Porsche Designs A New 928

Porsche will revisit its iconic 928 with a new model and slot it above the 911.   Basically a 2-door version of the Panamera, this will be a proper GT competing with the  likes of Bentley Continental GT, Aston Martin DB9.

  Design to be a grand tourer, the benefit of having the motor up front is storage space.  More than likely, the 4.8L V8 in the Panamera will be the standard engine, with variants and other turbo and 4WD options to follow.

Ford To Show 1934 Hot Rod Pushing 400HP With EcoBoost V6 At SEMA

Ford joined Detroit Street Rods and Experi-metal to produce a 1934 Coupe sporting a dropped 3.5L Twin-Turbo EcoBoost V6 with an output of, get this, 400hp and 400 lb.-ft. of torque in its engine bay.  When Ford developed the EcoBoost engine, it was said the V6 would be able to expand in output, to what capacity isn't publicly known. This is the first time that Ford has used the EcoBoost in a rear drive application, even though its a one-off concept.  Future applications will possibly include the Mustang and F-150.

Finally, The "A-Team" Surfaces Again

You know you are bad to the bone when teenagers are blown away that a new A-Team movie is in the works.  My 18 year old  couldn't share with me fast enough the news he had seen an exclusive interview with the cast of the new movie.  My son, being that he is too young to have remembered the original, is so into the show that is aired on a retro network somewhere on the tube.  As it seems, all the original characters are represented, but Liam Neeson as Hannibal, we will have wait to and  see.  Oh, and how cool is this, the original GMC Van will be used.

Challengers Backs Out Of Bob Lutz Cadillac CTS-V "Challenge"

When Bob Lutz offered a challenge to the world to take him on and Cadillac's highly competitive CTS-V, you would have thought this would be a Kodak moment for any major manufacture in the business of making competitive, quality products within this arena.  Everyone from Audi to Subaru should have stepped up to the opportunity to make a name, again for themselves.   Is it possible, being that Cadillac having nothing to lose and everything to gain in this challenge, and realizing this, knows that  everyone else would be marginalized?  For the most part, it was the likes of Mercedes, Jaguar, BMW and others opportunity to step up, seized the moment  and commenced to put Cadillac's  CTS-V and as Jalopnik satirically coined the name " Maximum Bob Lutz" in their respective places. When Jaguar backed out of the challenged, this sent a message to some and subconsciously others might be thinking as well, was this challenge Cadillac's to loose all this time?  As of this posting, Wes Siler of Jalopnik has replaced the opted out Jaguar XFR for an Evo X MR to race at Monticello Motor Club on Thursday along with other CTS-V's from private owners.   Well at the moment, Cadillac and the brain trust at GM, point one and everyone else, "no soup for you."