Muscle Car Blog

Shelby asks what future should hold

Rick Gideon — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:41 +0000

Shelby is shifting gears from building cars to establishing an aftermarket parts business that would supply top quality kits to consumers to make their vehicles unique. To go about this they�ve asked on their website what direction consumers would like them to explore and has proposed four packages including one that utilizes the V6 Mustang [...]

Toyota to push safety in new ads

Rick Gideon — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:34 +0000

Being the only major manufacturer with a sales decline in 2010, Toyota is still feeling the pain of the negative publicity regarding unintended acceleration and the subsequent reports that followed claiming that they knew about the issues and ignored them. Regardless of fault, cause or effect Toyota has to shift gears from reliability to safety [...]

James Bond DB5 to be on display in NYC

Rick Gideon — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:00:08 +0000

The Aston Martin DB5 featued in James Bond movies Goldfinger and Thunderball, pilots by Sean Connery will be displayed in New York City for a period of four days before it gets auctioned off at RM auction on October 27th in London, England. This particular vehicle is expected to bring in upwards of $5,000,000 and [...]

New voice of Chevy � Tim Allen

Rick Gideon — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00:57 +0000

Starting with the new Chevrolet Cruze ads beginning September 7th, actor and car buff Tim Allen will be the new voice for Chevy. Allen who has long been a car nut and has a recognizable voice will begin this new foray into voiceovers for advertising starting with the all-new Chevy Cruze. �Tim Allen will be [...]

GM copyrights �Stingray� name

Rick Gideon — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00:34 +0000

When GM did a recent design concept of a new Corvette Stingray it became apparent that they did not control the moniker to the extent that they thought. This triggered a filing with the USPTO for the word �Stingray� for use on Motor land vehicles. Obviously this news got the rumor mills churning out a [...]

Hybird sales plummet

Rick Gideon — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:00:05 +0000

Overall hybrid sales dropped 40.4 percent according to the august sales numbers as compared to 2009�s same period figures. The Toyota Prius also showed a 37.5 percent drop. These numbers may be skewed a little considering last years Cash for Clunkers program that spurred the sales of hybrid vehicles, but the lower fuel prices this [...]

Motorz Season 4 Premiers

Rick Gideon — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:02:10 +0000

A new season of Motorz has just kicked off bringing you a new partnership with the Sears Blue Tool Crew, a whole new project coined �Bluedog� in the form of a classic Jeep CJ5, and a whole lot more. Check it out! [Motorz]

Car Crazy Barry Meguiar released from hospital

Rick Gideon — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:00:54 +0000

After 17 long days of treatment of a rare form of viral pneumonia, Barry Meguiar has been released from the hospital. We reported a couple of weeks ago that it wasn�t looking good for the car care magnate and host of TV�s �Car Crazy� but miraculously Meguiar recovered, although he had to be subjected to [...]

GM asks Chevy dealers to buy competitors models for Cruze comparison

Rick Gideon — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:00:04 +0000

In a move to win over prospective buyers, GM has asked Chevy dealers to purchase a Toyota Corolla and a Honda Civic so shoppers can compare Chevy�s new mid-size sedan, the Cruze, right there on site with the competition. Sounds like an odd request, but if you think about it � it is quite brilliant. [...]

Car collector in Nebraska busted

Rick Gideon — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:42 +0000

The Nebraska State Patrol has used the long arm of the law and multiple search warrants to scope out the car collection and the collector, Mark Pielock, himself. You may wonder why they�d invest so much time into a classic and muscle car collector, but when it comes to light that you haven�t been paying [...]