Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Daily Drive: Chevy prices SS at $44,470 and the Pininfarina Sergio bows

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Wednesday, June 05, 2013                 
The 2014 Chevy SS will cost $44,470....
The 2014 Chevy SS sedan will cost $44,470 when it goes on sale in the fourth quarter of 2013. That price includes neither destination charges nor gas-guzzler tax, which the SS will be subject to. The SS will get Chevy's 6.2-liter small-block V8 making 415 hp and 415 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed automatic transmission will ...

  Pininfarina showed its Sergio barchetta concept at an event in the UK last week where the main aim was to set a record for the largest number of Pininfarina cars gathered in a single location. As Autoweek went to press, the ...

  There are times that it's best to let dream car ownership remain a dream. Whether the car you really want sits totally outside of your price range or is affordable but plagued with nightmarish upkeep costs, there are plenty of reasons to look at more sensible automotive alternatives....

  The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has released the following preview of the Formula One race at Montreal, which is set for June 9. Lewis Hamilton won last year's race in Canada.



  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. --

  Tesla Motors will launch its smaller electric sedan in late 2016, with a range of at least 200 miles and a price point "half" of the flagship Model S, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. Musk's timeline, range and price...

  We hit Michigan's GingerMan Raceway with the 2013 Ford Focus ST, 2014 Porsche Cayman...

  DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: I've had several occasions to drive the current-generation Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, and it's always a love/hate experience. In its element, dicing through cones or ...

  Pocono Raceway's nickname is "The Tricky Triangle" thanks to its unique three-corner configuration. No other track on the NASCAR circuit is like the east Pennsylvania speedway built with three wholly different corners. Pocono occasionally will play the role of racing's very own Bermuda...

  Justin Bieber, the latest pop music king, will be performing at a Formula One race near you -- if you happen to live in Singapore. Bieber has been booked for the main Padang stage in Singapore on Sept. 23 to headline the inaugural closing concert of the race weekend. Bieber will be one of...


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