Daily Drive: 2014 Corvette Stingray starts at 455 hp

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Wednesday, May 29, 2013                  The standard 2014 Corvette Stingray gets a 455 hp V8 engine. A performance exhaust system boosts output to... 2014 Corvette Stingray rated at 455 hp The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray's 6.2-liter LT1 V8 engine has been rated at 455 hp at 6,000 rpm and 460 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm -- the highest standard-power rating ever for the Corvette. An available performance-exhaust system boosts the...   2014 GMC Sierra Denali gets more bling, luxury, tech The 2014 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks -- revealed at the Detroit auto show -- will be two of the GM's biggest sellers this spring. Now we know a little...   Bring a Trailer: 1968 Plymouth GTX 440 This nearly pristine 1968 Plymouth GTX 440 is on sale from eBay through our friends at   Willys brochure promises 'vehicles that get you through when others fail' As Jeep celebrates the production of its 1-millionth Wrangler JK, it's worth taking a look back at the iconic make's history. Today, we're going all...   One Lap of the Web: Lupe Fiasco, the Peel P50 and Dubai's supercar patrol fleet We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- This weekend was a car...   Pirelli will race current tires, test new ones, at Formula One Canadian Grand Prix Pirelli has delayed the introduction of its modified 2013 tires until at least the British Grand Prix on June 30, and they will now only be tested but not raced in Montreal. In effect, Pirelli appears to be hoping take some of the heat out of controversial Mercedes Barcelona test saga by...   Proposed M1 Concourse car condos a country club for car buffs Brad Oleshansky's a "car fanatic" who spends time cruising Detroit's Woodward Avenue, getting shooed out of parking lots by business owners. He sought a space conducive to show and work on cars. "I tried to envision a project where we could capture that whole scene in one destination," he...   2013 Ford F-250 Super Duty review notes DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: I remember a few years back when this truck (or at least the new 6.7-liter Power Stroke) and the Chevrolet Silverado Duramax were duking it out in the numbers ring. Chevy came out with 765 lb-ft, topping the F-series’ first rating, after which Ford said...   Ranking the 10 greatest fake NASCAR drivers There is no denying the thrill NASCAR fans get when their sport is portrayed on the big screen. Although NASCAR isn't as mainstream as the NFL, NBA or MLB, when it is given time in the spotlight, the fans feel a sense of pride in the fact that...   Tony Kanaan gets a little extra luck in Indy 500 win Tony Kanaan’s good-luck charm was watching the Indianapolis 500 when he showed the necklace she returned to him only a few days prior. The woman is Andrea Irwin, and her family first received the necklace in May 2004 when she was about to enter surgery for a problem stemming from a birth... You May Have Missed...   Kimi Räikkönen says 'someone should punch' F1 rival Sergio Perez Fernando Alonso said he was pleased to see McLaren's Sergio Perez retire early from the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix after being angered by the Mexican's aggressive driving. Alonso wasn't alone, and at least one driver cut straight to the point when it came to feelings of Perez's tactics in Monaco....   Pirelli's planned change from steel to Kevlar could anger some F1 teams Pirelli's planned safety changes to its tires for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix next month could unfairly handicap teams that have discovered a clever way to use the Italian rubber.The news also ties in with the controversial Pirelli test conducted by Mercedes at Barcelona in the week after...   Meet the 2015 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Aston Martin revealed the 2015 V12 Vantage S supercar on Tuesday. Besides the limited-run One-77 supercar, it's claimed to be the fastest road-going Aston ever built. The Vantage S is on sale now; first deliveries will start at the beginning of 2014.The V12 Vantage S is powered by a new version of...   Video -- Indy 500 winner Tony Kanaan NOT going to Disney World Many athletes who finally win the big one get a chance to step up to the microphone and shout out, "I'm going to Disney World."Well, Tony Kanaan, after winning his first Indianapolis 500 on Sunday had no plans to head south to the land of Mickey and Goofy on Sunday.See what Kanaan's immediate plans ...   Jimmie Johnson to visit Moore, Okla., donate NASCAR race winnings Five-Time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson will visit tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Thursday to help distribute supplies to victims of the May 19-20 tornados.Johnson will be accompanied by his wife, Chani, a native of Muskogee. The visit is in conjunction with Johnson's sponsor, Lowe's, and the...   Meet the 1959 Chevrolet family Chevrolet rang in 1959 with 17 “fresh-minted models for every taste,” at least according to this two-page spread from that year's May issue of Holiday magazine. Unlike the Ford, Chevrolet and Plymouth in ads we featured last week, Chevy's '59 offerings got more than just a superficial...   This week in 1987: Introducing the 'Car Talk' brothers - "The temperature light on my car's dash keeps going on."- "You didn't take the radiator cap off and see if there's coolant, did you?"- "No."- "You want to do this entirely by inference, eh?""Car Talk" quickly became the most popular program on National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition," as two...   Remembering our cars: 1991 Volkswagen GTI My first car was a white 1983 Plymouth Horizon. I bought it from my grandmother for $300 shortly after she stopped driving. It had a little rust and a pristine Bordello-red interior. Unfortunately, it was an automatic. After I totaled it, I bought a Dodge Dynasty, which lasted me until I left for...   Racing Colour website inspires budding car enthusiasts Since 1983, the amount of 19-year-olds without their driver's license has tripled from about 12 percent to more than 30 percent, according to a University of Michigan study. UK website Racing Colour is doing its part to change that trend.The cheeky blog powered by Wordpress has about 50 posts...   Ferrari says Felipe Massa's crash in Monaco due to mechanical failure Ferrari says that a mechanical problem was the cause of Felipe Massa's huge accident in the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix – despite the driver accepting blame for a near identical crash in a practice session on Saturday.The first accident happened after Massa locked his front wheels while...   Lotus boss Eric Boullier angry that Sergio Perez's antics cost Kimi Räikkönen Lotus F1 team principal Eric Boullier joined the growing chorus of critics of McLaren's Sergio Perez after the Monaco Grand Prix.The Mexican hit the back of Kimi Räikkönen at the entry to the chicane, giving the Finn a puncture that ruined his race.“I think he tried once,” said Boullier ...   Rahal Letterman Lanigan appealing fines from Indianapolis 500 infractions Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing plans to appeal $10,000 fines issued to the cars of Graham Rahal and James Jakes for failure to blend in line during Sunday's Indianapolis 500.IndyCar actually cut the team a break by not issuing a drive-through pit lane penalty for what race control deemed an...   NBC reports Monaco most watched Formula One race in six years As many racing fans likely suspected, apparently there is an audience out there for Formula One racing in the U.S. According to NBC, the network's live broadcast of the Monaco Grand Prix this past Sunday morning was watched by nearly 1.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched Formula One race...   Former race mechanic sues Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing IndyCar team Sarah Fisher's IndyCar team has been named in a lawsuit by a former race mechanic.Scotty Merryman alleges that he was ridiculed by chief mechanic Anton Julian before being released by the Indianapolis-based team last year.The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Indiana... 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