‘Hot Wheels’ Blog

New Camaro Concept @ SEMA Show ‘07
At the New York Auto Show today, GM Vice Chairman and product guru Bob Lutz let drop that there may be a high-tech 4-banger under the hood of the New Camaro somtime after the launch. According to Automotive News, (registration required), it would be the same 2.0L turbo-charged I4 […]

As we await the launch of the New Camaro in about a year’s time, news coming out of Detroit about the future of these high-power V8-motivated ponycars surviving the upcoming increases in CAFE is not comforting.
[GM Chairman Rick Waggoner] said GM has not concluded how sales of rear-wheel-drive vehicles will be affected by the […]

Automotive News (reg. req.) reports this month that the Chevrolet Volt showcar that wowed ‘em at the Detroit show this January is in production development.
General Motors is moving quickly to get the Chevrolet Volt out of the laboratory and into the showroom.
Since the Volt’s successful January debut as a concept car at the Detroit auto […]

Over at GM’s FastLane blog, they have a special treat!

If you’re a Camaro enthusiast, you’re going to love this video. A couple of months ago, the blog team was able to get Tom Peters, lead designer of the Camaro, on video driving it for the first time.
The video is at YouTube — No smoky burnouts […]

Last weekend I spent at least 6 1/2 hours in a Chevy Malibu rented from Hertz. Although a completely unremarkable car as far as looks are concerned — not ugly, not pretty, not designerly . . . just not much of anything, it did get me there and back without incident. But, for a rental, […]