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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-October 5, 2024

By David G. Firestone Ty Dillon #16 FitRx Chevy Camaro-Too many designs, the gray is pointless, and the dots just don’t work here. D- Harrison Burton #21 Menard’s/Dutch Boy Ford Mustang-Making the colors brighter doesn’t change the fact that this is an over designed pastel mess. F Bubba Wallace #23 Columbia Sportswear Toyota Camry-I’d like the fade and the dot designs by themselves, together this…

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RPM Magazine Releases August Issue with an additional Feature!

August has come around so quickly, where has the summer gone?  RPM Mag is proud to release the August 2024 issue...in Print and Digital.  To order yours visit http://www.rpmmag.com/subscribe FEATURE CAR - FUEL THE PASSION - Rick Trunkett's street driven 7-second Duster commands respect, and it is well earned! He would religiously read his Mopar Muscle Magazine subscription at the age of ten and his first car memory was of a trip to the car show with his father and cousins in a 1967 Dodge Coronet, which his dad still owns. They pulled up alongside his cousin’s 1968 Pontiac GTO for a run, and the Coronet squeaked out the win. “I remember my cousin shouted, ‘Mopar Baby ‘, and it’s been me and my Mopars ever since,” Rick remembered fondly. OLE BLUE - This wicked Twin-turbo LS Chevelle mixes high tech power with old school style! For drag racing, the Mustang and Camaro are obvious picks of the litter, but there are other models such as the Chevelle and Nova that are in close running within the lineup of Bowtie offerings. For Vince Moore, as long as it was a GM product, any one of the above would work to create the hot rod of his dreams. Moore started hitting the dragstrip in El Paso, Texas at the tender age of 11 to watch his mother's boyfriend bracket race. KEVIN'S COUPE- You'll love Kevin Klime's full weight true stock suspension blown small block Coupe! The Fox Body Mustang is iconic, and regardless of your brand affiliation, you simply can’t argue that. They are used by Ford gearheads for everything and anything and even by the Chevy crew when they slip their LS between the rails with massive amounts of spray or twins pumping out mega boost. Heck, we’ve even seen Mopar mills installed in the platform. In short, a large number of us cut our teeth on the street and strip with one of these cars. C7 HEAVEN - This all motor Corvette started as a date night cruiser and ended up a record holder on the strip! One of the most exciting parts of being a gearhead is that we have so many choices to make as we work through our builds. While many of us will use the same basic platform, the end result between two similar builds is usually quite different, not to mention that each of us puts our own personality into building our pride and joy. For Dave Hintemeyer, his 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray 3LT Z51 is definitely special – it blasts 9.50 ¼-mile hits at near 150mph in full weight street trim with no power adder! YOU ASKED FOR IT...WE DELIVERED! Fresh from the pages of June 2020 RPM Mag when we were not printing due to Covid...bringing you a feature each month from the unprinted archives. KNOW THE RULES...EVEN WHEN THERE ARE NONE! Pierre-Luc Mallet's 1991 Mustang Coupe Grudge Car. Grudge no-time drag racing has grown from the roots of both street racing and organized street car style class drag racing. Add in the component of not having time clocks telling everybody what a car is capable of (that's why it's called NO TIME) and you just managed to level the playing field to almost flat! Read the full article

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Chevrolet Malibu - Wikipedia

"1,490 cc (91 cu in) 1.5-liter LFV Inline-4 2016–present 163 bhp (122 kW) @5600 rpm[84] 184 lb⋅ft (249 N⋅m) @2000–4000 rpm"

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They're 2023 to 2024 front wheel drive with only 163 horsepower at maximum rpm that is piss poor ladies and gentlemen this motor is too small the power anything one would think this car goes slow and no it's called a compact. Is the size of our son's car and it's a little weaker but his was fast even with people in it a bit too fast we thought and it's true his had 180 horsepower the car weighs a lot it's a lot of junk on it if you take the body off which you will and the gas tank stays where it is by the way and you take the seats out the interior the doors come off the roof glass everything the hood and stuff the tires we have ton they weigh a ton and you're taking off about 13 to 1400 lb and putting back about 700 lb if that the car would weigh about 1700 lb and it would get up and move because of that fact alone that it would be very light as it is now this car will top out at 180 and this is a function and it's what is some of the first one was saying and he was adamant about it and he's still right and we have prototypes and we do have prototypes of this particular car and the front wheel drive doesn't fit on any of the supercars except for the vaydor. And that kind of be very fast and it would be easy to make and easy to assemble but relocating the engines would be difficult because it's four-wheel drive front wheel drive and didn't make many recently that a rear wheel drive simply the Ford mustang and the Camaro and people hesitate to change those we think top speed of the relatively recent five years of the standard Ford mustang and Camaro about the same as about a hundred and eighty miles an hour I don't know no they have about 350 and a 361 and they go about 220 stock it's pretty fast and it feels fast and it looks fast you can adjust it and get about 240 out of it which is very fast but if you put a kit on and you move the motor back it will go 390 and these days 240 is not that fast our sun has been up to a couple hundred a little over and it's not really as fast as you would think he says and it's true on that roadway and a side of Worcester and it was Auburn is going about 210 and it was not really that fast and yeah people can catch you and police cars those interceptors go about 280 and people know that but they still figured it goes fast enough and they don't get in high speed cases like that they get in some cases just you zoom out and if you're ahead of them you can escape it's not really that long of a chase that goes off so it's not a nice payout so you can't really count on the Foreigner Chevy mustang or Camaro but you can count on a sedan I'm thinking that fast enough and really the body style of a Vader would work and maybe a Bugatti no it won't work they're much slower so that's what was designed for and it came from something else but it fits and people don't want to buy a Vader and it has to do with Darth Vader believe it or not it stops selling because of that and there are other cars that look like it but not many

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The Ford Mustang GT has been the epitome of an American performance coupe for over 5 decades. With the redesigned 2024 model arriving soon, the Mustang GT is set to get styling updates and major powertrain enhancements to make it the quickest GT ever. Read on to learn key specs and details of the 2024 Ford Mustang GT muscle car. Overview of the 2024 Ford Mustang GT As an iconic pony car, the Ford Mustang GT continues to offer an enticing mix of power, handling, and everyday livability. For 2024, Ford aims to up the ante across the board: Revised exterior styling preserves classic Mustang design Retuned 5.0L V8 engine with more horsepower Upgraded chassis and suspension systems New tech features and premium interior materials The 2024 model year updates make the Mustang GT both beauty and beast. This overview will highlight what's in store. Key Specifications and Powertrain Details The heart of the 2024 Ford Mustang GT lies under the hood: 5.0L V8 Coyote engine - Tuned to produce 486 hp and 418 lb-ft torque 6-speed manual transmission - Comes standard on the Mustang GT Optional 10-speed auto - For effortless performance shifting 0-60 mph - As quick as 3.8 seconds with the manual Top speed - Governed limit of 155 mph This high-revving V8 provides a thrilling powerband and snappy acceleration. Combined with its nimble chassis, the 2024 GT aims to be the best-handling and quickest GT to date. Fuel Economy and MPG Ratings With the revised 5.0L V8 and transmissions, Ford is targeting improved efficiency: City MPG - Expected to be 15 mpg Highway MPG - Should achieve 24 mpg highway Combined MPG - Estimated at 18 mpg combined The automatic transmission and cylinder deactivation ability help optimize gas mileage when cruising. But premium fuel is recommended to achieve the full performance potential. Exterior and Interior Dimensions The 2024 Ford Mustang GT retains the iconic two-door coupe/convertible shape: Wheelbase - 107 inches Length - 189.4 inches Width - 75.4 inches Height - 54.8 to 55 inches Passenger volume - 55 cubic feet front row, 27-30 rear row Trunk capacity - 10-13 cubic feet It provides a blend of styling, maneuverability, and practical space for everyday use. Expected Pricing and Release Timeline Ford has not confirmed full pricing yet, but expectations are: Base price around $43,000 Well-equipped GT Premium model low $50,000s Arriving at dealerships in spring 2024 The 2024 Mustang GT will go head-to-head with competition like the Chevy Camaro SS once it hits the market. FAQs What's new and different on the 2024 Mustang GT? Updated exterior styling, more power from the 5.0L V8, upgraded chassis and suspension, more premium interior. Major improvements across the board. What colors will be available? Ford hasn't confirmed colors yet. Expect existing shades like Shadow Black and Velocity Blue along with some new metallic and tri-coat options. How will the 2024 GT compare to the Shelby GT500? The supercharged Shelby GT500 will still sit atop the Mustang lineup with more than 700hp. The GT will slot in below as a more livable fast coupe. Will there be a manual transmission option? Yes, the 6-speed manual will remain standard equipment on the Mustang GT. The 10-speed automatic will be available as well. How much can I expect to pay for a new 2024 Mustang GT? Base price will start around $43,000. A loaded GT Premium model with options could sticker as high as the mid-$50,000 range. With the increased performance and equipment, the 2024 Mustang GT looks to uphold its legacy as an attainable dream car blending speed, style, and day-to-day drivability. #Wiack #Car #CarInsurance #CarRental #CarPrice #AutoLoans

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The Ford Mustang GT has been the epitome of an American performance coupe for over 5 decades. With the redesigned 2024 model arriving soon, the Mustang GT is set to get styling updates and major powertrain enhancements to make it the quickest GT ever. Read on to learn key specs and details of the 2024 Ford Mustang GT muscle car. Overview of the 2024 Ford Mustang GT As an iconic pony car, the Ford Mustang GT continues to offer an enticing mix of power, handling, and everyday livability. For 2024, Ford aims to up the ante across the board: Revised exterior styling preserves classic Mustang design Retuned 5.0L V8 engine with more horsepower Upgraded chassis and suspension systems New tech features and premium interior materials The 2024 model year updates make the Mustang GT both beauty and beast. This overview will highlight what's in store. Key Specifications and Powertrain Details The heart of the 2024 Ford Mustang GT lies under the hood: 5.0L V8 Coyote engine - Tuned to produce 486 hp and 418 lb-ft torque 6-speed manual transmission - Comes standard on the Mustang GT Optional 10-speed auto - For effortless performance shifting 0-60 mph - As quick as 3.8 seconds with the manual Top speed - Governed limit of 155 mph This high-revving V8 provides a thrilling powerband and snappy acceleration. Combined with its nimble chassis, the 2024 GT aims to be the best-handling and quickest GT to date. Fuel Economy and MPG Ratings With the revised 5.0L V8 and transmissions, Ford is targeting improved efficiency: City MPG - Expected to be 15 mpg Highway MPG - Should achieve 24 mpg highway Combined MPG - Estimated at 18 mpg combined The automatic transmission and cylinder deactivation ability help optimize gas mileage when cruising. But premium fuel is recommended to achieve the full performance potential. Exterior and Interior Dimensions The 2024 Ford Mustang GT retains the iconic two-door coupe/convertible shape: Wheelbase - 107 inches Length - 189.4 inches Width - 75.4 inches Height - 54.8 to 55 inches Passenger volume - 55 cubic feet front row, 27-30 rear row Trunk capacity - 10-13 cubic feet It provides a blend of styling, maneuverability, and practical space for everyday use. Expected Pricing and Release Timeline Ford has not confirmed full pricing yet, but expectations are: Base price around $43,000 Well-equipped GT Premium model low $50,000s Arriving at dealerships in spring 2024 The 2024 Mustang GT will go head-to-head with competition like the Chevy Camaro SS once it hits the market. FAQs What's new and different on the 2024 Mustang GT? Updated exterior styling, more power from the 5.0L V8, upgraded chassis and suspension, more premium interior. Major improvements across the board. What colors will be available? Ford hasn't confirmed colors yet. Expect existing shades like Shadow Black and Velocity Blue along with some new metallic and tri-coat options. How will the 2024 GT compare to the Shelby GT500? The supercharged Shelby GT500 will still sit atop the Mustang lineup with more than 700hp. The GT will slot in below as a more livable fast coupe. Will there be a manual transmission option? Yes, the 6-speed manual will remain standard equipment on the Mustang GT. The 10-speed automatic will be available as well. How much can I expect to pay for a new 2024 Mustang GT? Base price will start around $43,000. A loaded GT Premium model with options could sticker as high as the mid-$50,000 range. With the increased performance and equipment, the 2024 Mustang GT looks to uphold its legacy as an attainable dream car blending speed, style, and day-to-day drivability. #Wiack #Car #CarInsurance #CarRental #CarPrice #AutoLoans

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2024 Chevy Camaro 4 Door, Redesign, Release Date

2024 Chevy Camaro 4 Door, Redesign, Release Date

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All You Need To Know About 2024 Chevy Blazer EV

All You Need To Know About 2024 Chevy Blazer EV

2024 Chevy Blazer EV. Back in 2019, Chevrolet brought the Blazer back from the dead– a muscular, Camaro-inspired mid-size SUV slotted between the Chevy’s small Equinox and bigger Traverse. Now, 4 years later on, the Blazer goes all electric– including a powerful SS design making nearly 560 horsepower, an equally stylish RS design with 320 miles of electrical range, and the well-equipped and…

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The Chevy Camaro Dies in 2024, Will Be Replaced by Electric Sedan Will the Camaro go the way of the original Dodge Charger?

Currently, the two-door, gas-fed Chevy Camaro is without a future. But it has a futuristic replacement, according to Automotive News. That replacement is an all-electric sedan. Commence double takes, spit takes, and hot takes. At least the four-door that's slated to succeed the Camaro is billed as a "performance" sedan. General Motors is of course in the midst of a huge transition toward electric vehicles. By 2035, the automaker hopes to go all-electric, no longer selling gas- and diesel-powered cars, trucks, or SUVs. Read between the lines, and GM isn't merely tearing up its internal combustion lineup and starting over, nor will it blindly adhere to its 2035 goal if the market hasn't shifted to support such a move—i.e., the all-electric gambit is a goal, not a promise, and if buyers aren't ready for only EVs, GM may still provide gas- and diesel-fed vehicles to meet demand. If you think that means there is a hope or a prayer the Camaro may live on yet in its current form or be redesigned for a seventh generation, we have some bad news. As our friends at Hot Rod reported recently, the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro lacks a replacement; GM is sunsetting the Alpha platform on which its pony car rides. While it could slide the Camaro atop the Alpha's replacement, the rear-drive-based A2XX architecture that underpins Cadillac's CT4 and CT5, GM has apparently made no plans to do so. Chevy will keep the two-door Camaro coupe and convertible around until 2024, and then unceremoniously kill the model off. The Camaro name might live on, however, which brings us to that "performance" electric sedan. Transitioning an iconic muscle car from a two-door to a four-door recalls Dodge's revival of the Charger nameplate—a moniker that long ago adorned two-door coupes but today denotes the brand's full-size four-door sedan. Of course, that sedan isn't electric—far from it, what with its multiple V-8 engine options—but even Dodge is making big electrification moves in the coming years, having already previewed an all-electric muscle car that looks like a retro-futuristic Challenger. Ford hasn't committed to electrifying the two-door Mustang yet, but it has introduced the Mustang Mach-E electric SUV that shares the pony car's iconic name. Expect the Camaro's electric sedan successor to utilize GM's Ultium battery tech, and don't worry too much about the performance aspect. Just look at the GMC Hummer EV pickup, which is available with 1,000 hp and is said to be Porsche-quick to 60 mph. (Forget, for the moment, how heavy the Hummer is going to be ... ) Consider also that with an electric Corvette on the way, Chevy will probably have its EV performance chops honed by the time the Camaro sedan rolls around.

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The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-August 24, 2024

By David G. Firestone Austin Dillon #3 Dow Mobility Science Chevy Camaro-Very much a downgrade from last year. B+ Cody Ware #15 Parts Plus Ford Mustang-Taking a great scheme and making it better will always earn an A. AJ Allmendinger #16 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Chevy Camaro-Same scheme as #13, same B+ grade. Michael McDowell #34 Martin Transportation Systems Ford Mustang-Same scheme as last…

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We did say we started the kit car program but we have not formally kicked it off it was not introduced that way yet but he has ideas and they are terrific and I want people to start doing them we're going to kick off the car program and probably another week but we're going to get special permission for a few of the projects and one of them is to take over a fairing company and plant on type items and upgrades to an existing vehicle and we are going to accept it and we have a group doing it we'll send it acceptance as soon as we meet which is very soon today or tomorrow early. We have several projects we're going to approve right away and there'll be noted in the project header one of them is the VW to Porsche I am another car it's like a Malibu with smaller and a Chevy and it's electric and the kit would be for the Porsche as well a different one than the 911 and people love it it's a great idea there's a lot of them involved taking panels off leaving the inner frame fully intact attaching new metal panels the older Camaros and Firebirds old meaning roughly 1997 to 2010 all of them will accept Ferrari panels nicely and we will have several makes of the Ferrari and some wide body as well as a Ferrari kit and some kids look really nice for those cars those are some fine examples he also looked at a regular midsize sedan and said this is a perfect size for almost any supercar you can imagine and they are and the windshield and the door windows and the doors it can almost all be kept from Bugatti to Ferrari you change the panels and you've got a supercar we have studied it and some cars have lower noises than others and they'd be better for different ones he even said you can make the Vader and people love it we love it and we want to go ahead and start all these cars and there's a way to make them into rear engine looking vehicles and still have storage and really he's got a good idea when you do that the rear engine look you're taking the back seat out there's not much work and you're putting like a little compartment if you do the kids you would take the back seat out and you would cut a prescribed size and move the engine back a lot of those are three to 350 horsepower and we'd have the cradle system so really you're doing a kit car without dismantling the car and you leave the interior and there's several tricks that he was saying you use so seat covers that are very contoured and they have ways to attach to your seat and they look like sports car seats and there's things that cover the steering wheel of course we put a new one on and there's things that modify the dash and I'll tell you what it's a complete cover actually it goes over it this is an awesome idea cuz people are into this they don't want to do huge changes and moving the engine is a big change and it requires a bunch of work but we would give a new wiring harnesses we're going forwards for this project. And Hera wants to have her 4GT her Ford GT40 in the lineup and she wants the one with the metal hole and it's a hell and it is for a mustangs and you have to take the the hull off it more or less and there's instructions and a cradle and it relocates and everything and he says I can't drive when they're buy one but they're helpful and she knows it and the reason is it's inexpensive and it is the super car but it costs a lot less and you can get away with it if you did that for the mid-size vehicle 2024 Chevy it's not malibus the other and now they're small if you did the kid and you put the whole body on and it's metal and you relocate the engine and you put the performance package on and suspension the kit would run like 3500 bucks no it's more like 8,500 and the car would cost probably seven Grand but together that's under $20,000 for a supercar it'll be really fast and sound great

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2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty First Test: Thinking Bigger

In 2017 we named the then all-new Ford Super Duty our Truck of the Year. I’ll never forget it, for a couple of reasons. The big one is that at our gala Of The Year event held at the Deco-meets-Gaudi Theatre inside the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, yours truly gave Ford the big award. “It’s the truckiest truck that ever trucked,” is how I concluded my speech. We had never seen anything like that Super Duty. Gargantuan, dripping with functionality, and oozing capability, the Super Duty wowed us like few other vehicles have during my decade-long experience with Of The Year events. “Sometimes, one vehicle so clearly satisfies or exceeds our criteria that we spend more time looking for faults than attributes,” features editor Scott Evans said. Amen.

Since then, both Chevy/GMC and Ram have completely revamped their heavy-duty lineups. Ram even took the logical/ridiculous step of endowing its biggest hauler with 1,000 lb-ft of torque. GM kept the numbers down (“only” 910 lb-ft of twist), but thanks to a fantastic 10-speed transmission, properly equipped 3500 HDs can tow 35,100 pounds, beating the giant Ram by a meaningless (but fundamentally important) 400 pounds. Naturally, Ford had to respond, and a midcycle refresh at the four-year point in the Super Duty’s lifecycle is the place to do it.

If you ask me, Ford brought a tank to a gunfight. This puppy is strapped.

The biggest news is that Ford’s truck team figured out a way to extract an additional 125 lb-ft of torque from its 6.7-liter Power Stroke turbodiesel V-8. Yes, folks, the Blue Oval’s big dog now makes 1,050 lb-ft of torque. Put that in your four-inch tailpipe and smoke it, Ram. Oh, and Chevy, GMC? Thanks to a hugely beefed-up version of that 10-speed transmission (jointly developed with GM), a certain Ford F-450 can tow—wait for it—37,000 pounds (!). However, that’s only kinda the big Super Duty engine news. Say huh? Yeah, see, Ford has finally dropped the venerable/ancient 6.8-liter V-10 (a Modular engine family member with roots going back to 1981) with an all-new 7.3-liter naturally aspirated pushrod V-8. If you plug that big V-8 into a F-350 with four wheels on the rear axle, the thing’s payload is 7,850 pounds, the best in the industry.

You might be saying, hey, wait a second. That Silicon Valley mag/website/talking head assured me that all cars will be electric by the end of the month! What gives? Well, the Ford Motor Company, the people betting big on the Mustang Mach-E, predict that by 2024 only 8 percent of the U.S. market will be electric, and a teeny, tiny sliver of that will be trucks. Moreover, zero percent of that small slice will be heavy-duty, medium-duty, chassis cab, or van-cutaway trucks. Now, Ford did make the bold, brave, and smart decision to strike a deal with the California Air Resources Board and “recognize[s] California’s authority” in setting emissions standards. We salute them for that. Turns out that relatively simple, huge-displacement V-8s offer the most flexibility when it comes to controlling both NOx emissions and CO2. Who knew? This new V-8 is a bruiser, too, kicking out 430 horsepower and 475 lb-ft of torque. Did I mention that the Power Stroke now makes 475 horsepower? What a (truck) world.

I did mention that 10-speed transmission already, but ye olde six-speed TorqShift is nearly gone forever. The six-speed is still available on the F-250 with the 6.2-liter V-8. Let’s call it an eventual good riddance. If you do want a $35,300 Super Duty, though, that’s the engine/transmission combo to get. I say that $2,045 to jump up to the new 7.3-liter V-8 is money expertly spent, however.

Between Ford (Raptor) and GM (Camaro ZL1), I’ve become pretty familiar with this new 10-speed gearbox and its closely spaced lower gears. Before I drove the new Super Duties, I would have given the programmatic edge to Team Chevy. However, this iteration of the 10-speed seems perfectly tuned to the big Fords while also expanding the truck’s capabilities. The new first gear is Empire State Building tall at 4.615:1, trumping the old first gear (4.17:1) by almost half a rotation. GM’s HD 10-speed transmission uses a 4.54:1 first gear, and we saw it used to humiliate the Ram 3500 HD in acceleration (6.9 seconds to 60 mph vs. 8.8 seconds, despite the Ram having more torque). The Ram’s eight-speed uses a 4.10:1 first gear ratio. Ford’s new 10-speed feels at least as good as, if not better than, what GM offers.

Nearly as big a story as the powertrain news, and to certain MotorTrend staffers the only thing that matters (Hi, Christian Seabaugh): the Tremor off-road package. You can easily think of the Tremor package as Ford’s answer to Ram’s (totally awesome) Power Wagon but with several important differences.

First of all, Tremor is available on four trim levels: XLT, Lariat, King Ranch, and Platinum. Only XL and Limited, the bottom and top trims, can’t be had with the Tremor package. You can’t get it on duallies, either. I asked. You can, however, get Tremor with a diesel, something you cannot get with the Ram. Word on the street is that Ram couldn’t figure out how to cool the big Cummins with the standard winch in place. So the Power Wagon is gas-only. Ford offers an optional ($3,000) 12,000-pound Warn winch with either engine. I should point out that, unlike the Power Wagon, Ford’s winch can be operated wirelessly. And yeah, the winch works with the diesel.

What do you get with Tremor? First and foremost, custom 1.7-inch-dimeter twin-tube dampers. Tremor-equipped trucks are also lifted by more than an inch and have 10.8 inches of ground clearance. The 18-inch wheels are wrapped in 35-inch Goodyear Wrangler rubber. There’s a locking rear differential, a limited-slip front differential, and a new rock-crawl off-road mode (one of six new off-road modes; non-Tremors get five), as well as a trail-control mode that’s essentially off-road cruise control. You actually set the vehicle’s speed with the cruise-control buttons. A raised front air dam increases the approach angle to 31.7 degrees, while the departure angle is 24.5 degrees. You can ford 33 inches of water thanks to vent tubes on the transfer case and axles. The side steps are actually Raptor-style rock rails, and the bottom sports the armor plating found on the (still available) FX4 package. Keep in mind, the FX4 is largely a $400 appearance package, whereas the Tremor goodies go for $3,975. A bargain, says me, for all that you get.

Ford also heaped a couple helpings of electronic technology into the 2020 Super Duty. Most of these technologies have been in the F-150 and Expedition (and other Ford products) for a year or two and for 2020 trickled their way up to the Super Duty. These are: Pro Trailer Backup Assist, where you turn a dial instead of the steering wheel to back your truck and trailer up; Trailer Reverse Guidance, which shows the trailer angle and direction and provides you with suggestions on how to best back it up; Ford Co-Pilot360 (debuted on the Edge), which includes automatic high beams, automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert and trailer coverage; and lane-keeping alert. The Super Duties now have USB-C ports and wireless phone charging.

How do the updated Super Duties drive? Pretty darn well. There was an 820-pound jump from the 6.2-liter gas V-8 to the 6.7-liter diesel when we weighed two comparable F-250s back in 2017. I’d imagine the new 7.3-liter V-8 weighs a bit more than the old gas engine, but we won’t know until we weigh the two of them side by side. Still, on the road you definitely feel the weight of the diesel, especially in terms of the rear end feeling even more unloaded. In layman’s terms, the diesel Super Duties bounce around more than the gasoline-powered ones. I went into this thinking the 1,050-lb-ft monster diesel would be the one I’d like best simply because of its acceleration. But let me be the first to tell you that the 430-hp, 475-lb-ft 7.3-liter is awesome and feels a tick quicker just by the seat of my pants, probably because it has less weight to haul around. Sounds much more sinister, too.

I was able to sneak a F-350 King Ranch Tremor with that sweet 7.3-liter V-8 back to L.A. for some instrumented testing. (Fine, Ford let me drive it away from the launch.) A few observations and provisos: The only 2017 F-350 we tested was a diesel Lariat 4×4 dually that crushed our scales to the tune of 8,643 pounds. We did weigh an F-250 Lariat 4×4 with the 6.2-liter V-8, and despite its “lightweight” aluminum body panels, it clocked in at 7,070 pounds. Much to our surprise, the 2020 F-350 Tremor with the bigger V-8 weighs 7,200 pounds. Yes, an F-350 will outweigh an F-250, and the Tremor package should add weight, too. Seems as if the new V-8 weighs less than the old one, though, despite being larger in displacement and cleaner and making much more power. Go, science!

The slightly heavier 2020 model hits 60 mph in 7.3 seconds before tackling the quarter-mile in 15.6 seconds at 90.9 mph. The 2017 beastie gets to 60 mph in 7.5 seconds and runs through 1,320 feet in 15.9 seconds at 88.8 mph. The new Super Duty stops from 60 mph in 147 feet, three feet shorter than the 2017 version. As for our patented figure-eight test, the King Ranch Tremor is 0.1 second behind the 2017 model at 29 seconds flat. Putting heavy-duty trucks through our figure-eight (torture) test is ridiculous, as notes our testing guru Kim Reynolds: “These tires are very tall and knobby and will quickly (almost immediately) disintegrate if you push it very long on asphalt.” Does comparing any Tremor-equipped Super Duty to a non-Tremor truck make any sense? Not really. But as Kim concluded, “It did the laps, so there you go.”

Back to the actual launch: For the towing portion, Ford turned us loose up Arizona’s Granite Mountain in six Super Duties towing everything from a 9,000-pound off-road trailer to a 27-foot, 12,000-pound RV trailer. Gas or diesel, the engine didn’t matter, and the new 10-speed transmission worked beautifully. News flash: Super Duties remain as good at towing as any vehicle you can purchase, especially the six-wheeled versions. With the 12,000-pound trailer hooked up to a diesel F-350 dually, I tried out Reynolds’ tried and true frustration test, a key metric at our Truck of the Year festivities. Essentially, when pointed uphill, you slow down to 20 mph as if you’re stuck behind an annoyingly slow driver. Then you floor it and time how long it takes you to hit 60 mph. It took 17 seconds, which is damn good for six tons hanging off a gooseneck. Impressively, 20 mph to 40 mph seemed to take about five seconds. That’s what 1,050 lb-ft of torque gets you. Strong, strong truck.

Wait a moment—can’t these trucks haul (well) over 30,000 pounds? Yes, they can! That’s why Ford had one hooked up to a 30,000-pound trailer. Because I don’t have a CDL (which you need to legally haul more than 26,000 pounds), a Ford engineer did the driving. Key observation: As we headed uphill towing 15 tons, the transmission happily sat in seventh gear, which just happens to be 1:1. Meaning the engine produces such copious amounts of torque that no multiplication is needed. Again, we were headed uphill on a stretch of road Ford uses as a development substitute for the legendary Davis Dam. Color me incredibly impressed. I also kept an eye on the temperature gauge. Didn’t budge.

Next we showed up at a quarry where Ford had built an off-road course for us to torture the Tremors. I’ve been on dozens of press trips where manufacturers set pathetic little off-road courses to selectively show off a vehicle’s rather limited capabilities. In fact, Ford did exactly this on the launch of the previous-generation Explorer. A good 90 percent of the obstacles happen when the truck’s pointed downhill. This Tremor course was not that. The course began with a rock crawling section that perhaps a dozen other production vehicles on sale could handle, and three of them are Jeeps. The trail grew harder-core from there, with mud, water, and what seemed like a wall to climb. The Tremors never so much as flinched. I will say that the Tremors equipped with the 7.3-liter gas V-8 felt about twice as good off-road as the diesel-powered trucks did. The Power Strokers completed the course just fine, but that extra several hundred pounds over the front wheels did them no favors. As capable as a Power Wagon? Boy, the Tremors sure felt as good if not a bit better—meaning better body control, torquier, better gearing, and of course the 2-inch-larger knobby tires seemed to have more purchase. Now, true, the Tremor package does not offer a locking front diff, nor does it have FCA’s detachable anti-roll bar for hyper articulation. Kinda felt like those things weren’t needed, but I can’t say for certain. You better believe a comparison test is coming, and soon.

By all rights, Ford could have turned in a minor refresh of an already superior truck, sat back, and counted the cash. After all, Americans did purchase more than 890,000 F-Series trucks last year, down from more than 909,000 in 2018. That’s one full-size truck sold ever 35 seconds for an entire year, just to sort of (but not really) put these mega-sales into perspective. Instead of mild updates, though, the Blue Oval made the gutsy decision to reassert its dominance in the highly competitive and hugely lucrative (did I mention that the F-450 Limited starts at $92,125?) heavy-duty truck race. In almost every measurable way, the new Super Duty numerically beats (and beats up) the competition. We can’t render an actual verdict as to which big truck is best until we drive them back to back to back on the same day on the same roads and trails, towing the same trailers. However, my instincts are telling me that I’m seeing if not feeling the writing on the wall. It might not be from me, but you very well could hear “the truckiest truck that ever trucked” again real soon.

2020 Ford F-350 Super Duty King Ranch Tremor BASE PRICE $71,140 PRICE AS TESTED $75,630 VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, 4WD, 5-pass, 4-door truck ENGINE 7.3L/430-hp/475-lb-ft OHV 16-valve V-8 TRANSMISSION 10-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT 7,200 lb WHEELBASE 159.8 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 250.0 x 80.0 x 79.1 in 0-60 MPH 7.3 sec QUARTER MILE 15.6 sec @ 90.9 mph BRAKING, 60-0 MPH 147 ft LATERAL ACCELERATION 0.71 g (avg) MT FIGURE EIGHT 29.0 sec @ 0.58 g (avg) EPA CITY/HWY/COMB FUEL ECON Exempt from testing

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GM is Ending 2024 Camaro Production Early, Leaving the C8 Corvette as Chevrolet’s Lone Performance Option

This article is the first and no that's not true they are just continuing the Camaro we have Camaro chassis. We have a lot of them probably about 7 trillion and we're going to use them on Corvette kids and so since we can use them on Camaro kits and it's a new Camaro and there's a new mustang and they both look radical and people like it and we might make it a little more radical looking wider tires such and people like that too. And they do make a good truck chassis is for a light truck so we might make them into small pickups but what kind. Did you need a lot of them and we need two wheel drive work trucks and these have good size motors and reinforce the frame and will probably pump them out and we don't have truck bodies we need small truck bodies and probably make them out of metal very plain Jane air conditioning roll up Windows manual locks manual doors manual key I'm going to start making those it's a good idea we need a lot of pickups and family cars too and that would be our kit car Alfa Romeo and people are thinking about it what else can we make and we can make it Chevy but we'd have to put our version out and put it in production and we might just do that too it's easier to sell them Alfa Romeo and less conspicuous and we had a meeting and we did discuss it and your son has been suggesting we use kit cars on existing chassis the new chassis we should use on regular vehicles and he believes in it strongly he knows what you're saying somebody make a car and get it out there now with the Camaro is famous but it is not a required vehicle. We're going to make the 2024 Camaro kit car and it is a 2024 model and we're going to make some of those to show people that's what we're going to do the rest of the chassis I'm going to go to pick up trucks and sedans small sedans and Chevrolet and they look nice and they run nice and that's what we need he says you like one of those that's probably what it'll end up with

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Sixth-Gen Chevrolet Camaro Could Live On Until 2026

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Sixth-Gen Chevrolet Camaro Could Live On Until 2026

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The sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro could live on until the 2026 design year, according to a recent report from Australia.

The last we noticed , General Motors was intending to pull the plug on the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro in 2023 following an end of production of the 2024 model year vehicle. However a brand new report from Whichcar. com. au indicates GM will extend the availability end date to the 2026 design year.

While this is the initial we’ve heard of a supposed creation extension for the sixth-generation Chevy Camaro, it appears to make sense. GM has committed to the particular Australian Supercars series’ new Gen3 ruleset and will competition a sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the championship from the 2022 period onward. It wouldn’t be extremely cost effective or practical to make a multi-year commitment to a racing series using a vehicle that will go out of production not really 24 months later, so there simply may be some substance to these gossips.

Additionally , the Whichcar report signifies GM is looking at re-introducing the particular sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro to the Aussie market simply by as early as next year . Again, this wouldn’t make much sense meant for GM to go through the trouble of developing a program to ship Camaros in order to Australia and convert them to right-hand-drive locally only to pull the connect less than two years later. If the Camaro is confirmed for the General Motors Special Automobiles lineup , it would certainly then add credence to the claims that it may live on past its current prepared 2023 end date.

The particular sixth-gen Chevrolet Camaro was briefly offered in Sydney via Holden Special Vehicles , which shipped both SS plus ZL1 trim level models in order to Australia before converting them to RHD for local consumption. The more competitively priced Ford Mustang made the particular converted HSV Camaro a hard market, however , and the company was required to pull the plug on the program. GMSV will apparently get a better offer on the vehicles from GM within Detroit than HSV did, which might enable it to offer the Camaro for any lower price.

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