Every time I ask a Chevy engineer about the Nurburgring — that “green hell” of German race tracks used as the gold standard of testing by European automakers — I hear a variation of the same response: Yeah, it’s good fun, but we use it only to shake things out, and we’re not into swapping hot laps with the competition. This line sounds less than credible today, after Chevy announced it had taken the 2014 Chevy Camaro Z/28 around the ‘Ring in a time that outpaced the new Porsche 911 Carrera S — hitting 161 mph.
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This 124 mile (200km) stretch of road between remote Alice Springs and Barrow Creek in the Australian Outback had zero speed-related fatalities between 2001 and 2011. As a reward, the local government will give it ‘no speed limit’ speed limit next year.
Yes, the Sydney Morning Herald reports that this 200km stretch of the Stuart Highway is going unrestricted for twelve months starting … More
Lionel Rochat takes his son Alexandre land sailing on a beautiful beach in France.
Ken Block and Alex Gelsomino have one last race that stands between them and the 2013 Rally America Championship title: the Lake Superior Performance Rally in Houghton, MI. To win the title, they MUST win this race – so a testing session to dial in settings on their Ford Fiesta HFHV rally car is paramount. These are the highlights from two days of testing. Enjoy!