1967 Toyota 2000GT most expensive Asian car ever sold at $1.2M
May 10, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Classics , Auctions , Toyota Toyota’s agelessly beautiful 2000GT has been sold by RM Auctions for $1.16 million, making it the new record holder for the most expensive Asian car ever sold. As always, rarity played a big factory in driving up the price; just 351 2000GT models were built, and only 62 left-hand-drive cars (like this one)
See what the Chevy C7 ZR1 may be benchmarked against
May 7, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, Luxury One of the greatest things every Corvette has had going for it, and also one of the most re-used arguments against it, is its price-to-performance equation – long before the Nissan GT-R became the de facto Porsche 911 comparator the Corvette spent decades as Exhibit A. Depending on which side of the argument you stressed, supporters crowed about how much performance you got for how (comparatively) little, detractors carped on how little you got everywhere else in the bargain.
Happy 40th Anniversary to the Malaise Era
April 17, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Classics, Chevrolet, Ford, Ferrari, Peugeot 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of icons like the Corvette Sting Ray and the Porsche 911. If Corvettes and Porsches aren’t your thing, it’s also the 50th of the Aston Martin DB5 and the 60th of the last great Packard, the Caribbean
Race Recap: 2013 Twelve Hours of Sebring, cakewalk up front, grindfest out back [w/spoilers]
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March 19, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Motorsports, Audi, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Racing This year’s 12 Hours of Sebring wasn’t exactly a foregone conclusion because we’re still talking about racing, and anything can happen when the speeds are as high as the adrenaline and the desire. But we’re still talking about Audi bringing it’s two top-spec racers – and its huge budget and its nearly neurotic attention to detail – to a race that it uses as a test bed for The 24 Hours of Le Mans and as a way to open the endurance racing season with a victory.
The story of the 2014 Chevrolet SS: "Luxury, power, refinement, handling"
March 7, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Chevrolet, Luxury Not including the women and men who built it, the 2014 Chevrolet SS has only been seen in person by a piddling number of people – fewer humans than would fill the gymnasium at a high school volleyball game. Not including the men and women who built it, no one has driven it. Even so, it is already saddled with two controversies: the way it looks and the way it shifts.
2013 World Car of the Year finalists announced
February 2, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: New York Auto Show , Aston Martin , Audi , BMW , Land Rover , Mazda , Mercedes-Benz , Porsche , Scion , Toyota , Volkswagen , Ferrari , Renault , Peugeot With the Chicago and Geneva auto shows not even out of the way yet, the automotive world’s sights are set on the New York Auto Show for the naming of the 2013 World Car Awards , and the top 10 finalists for World Car of the Year and World Performance Car were recently announced and will be voted on by 66 journalists from around the world (including our own European Editor, Matt Davis ). Vying for the top award are the Audi A3, 2013 Range Rover, 2014 Mazda6, Mazda CX-5, Mercedes-Benz A-Class, Peugeot 208, Porsche Boxster/Cayman, the trio of Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ/Toyota GT86, Volkswagen Golf and the Volvo V40. Since its inception, past winners of this award include Volkswagen Up! (2012), Nissan LEAF (2011), Volkswagen Polo (2010), Volkswagen Golf (2009), Mazda2/Mazda Demio (2008), Lexus LS 460 (2007), BMW 3 Series (2006) and the Audi A6 in the award’s inaugural year.
2014 Corvette face leaks on Road & Track cover
January 13, 2013 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, GM This is the face of the new Corvette. As was the case with the next ‘Vette’s hind quarters, the fascia has leaked on the cover of a magazine, in this case, Road & Track. As you can see, a more angular look graces the face of the 2014 Corvette, with a large oblong-hexagon-shaped intake for sucking in as much of the atmosphere as possible, along with sharply defined bulges in the hood and what appear to be LED-ridden headlights
Happy Holidays from Autoblog!
December 25, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
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2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 sets lap record at Laguna Seca, beats new SRT Viper
December 17, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, SRT As you may have heard, Motor Trend recently threw the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and the 2013 SRT Viper GTS at each other.
Popular Science magazine’s Best Of What’s New 2012 all ate up with cars
November 20, 2012 by Paramo Bloggers · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Etc. , BMW , Ford , GM , Infiniti , Mercedes-Benz , Toyota , Specialty , Tesla , Racing Popular Science has named the winners in its Best of What’s New awards, the victors coming in the categories of aerospace, automotive, engineering, entertainment, gadgets, green, hardware, health, home, recreation, security and software. The automotive category did not go wanting for lauded advancements: Tesla Model S : the Grand Award winner for being “the standard by which all future electric vehicles will be measured.” BMW 328i : it’s 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder gets called out for being more powerful and frugal than the six-cylinder it replaces.
