GM quickly one-ups Ford with 2011 Duramax diesel ratings, shows off GMC Sierra Denali HD

March 10th, 2010 check is syno

Filed under: Truck, Chevrolet, Ford, GM, GMC, Diesel

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2011 GMC Sierra Denali HD - Click above to enlarge
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\nNot even a month ago, at the end of our post on the 2011 Ford Super Duty engine specs, we wrote: “General Motors, there’s a massive ass ball in your court.” Someone at GM has apparently grabbed their big ass racket and said, “Oh, I got this…”, then smacked the ball right back into play. The Ford’s measurements 390 horsepower, 735 pound-feet of grunt. The General has just announced that its 6.6-liter Duramax turbo diesel has 397 horsepower and 765 lb-ft. of torque, a jump of 32 horsepower and 105 lb-ft. over the previous Duramax.

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A closer look at the numbers does reveal some give-and-take, however. The Ford’s maximum tow rating is 24,000 pounds, while GM’s is 20,000 pounds. And while not exactly engine related, the Ford truck also has a higher max payload than the GM twins. Still, the RenCen pickups take the power crown, and the new Duramax is more efficient than the previous one - GM didn’t put a specific mileage number to it, but claims 680 miles of highway going possible from the 36-gallon tank. You’ll find GM’s press release on the new engine after the jump.

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In related news, GM has released the first image of its GMC Sierra Denali HD pickup, mechanical and sheetmetal twin of the Chevrolet Silverado HD. There’s an additional press release after the jump for it as well.

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So… anyone else want to take a swing at that even bigger ass ball?

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[Source: General Motors via PickupTrucks.com]\n

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Video: Memory Jog - Revisiting the Mercury Tracer

March 10th, 2010 check is syno

Filed under: Classics, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Mercury

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Classic Mercury Tracer - Click above to watch the video after the break
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\n“It’s peppy,” the salesman stated as an enticement to buy… It’s not that the Mazda 323/Ford Laser-based first-generation Tracer was a bad car, but the Escort apparently called stronger for our own hard-earned dollar, so we drove home in a brand new 1989 wagon. Ford apparently figured this out with the second-generation Tracer, which was joined with the Escort as part of a comprehensive redesign in the early 1990s.

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Must have been a step in the right direction - that automobile managed to make it onto Vehicle & Driver’s 10Best list. A preponderance of Tracers seem to have been painted metallic teal, one of the hottest colors of the time, but even in its second iteration the Tracer was nothing more than someone else’s hardware with a badge/grille job.

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Out of all the shelved model names it could select from, Mercury is apparently going to dust off the Tracer name for an interplanetary version of the new Focus. Since the next-gen Focus appears to be so good, the new Tracer ought to follow suit, but why not take this opportunity to remember a time when power mirrors and a tachometer were “features?” On to the videos, then, after the jump.\n

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Video: Memory Jog - Revisiting the Mercury Tracer originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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March 10th, 2010


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eBay find of the Day: all-electric 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa conversion
So close to awesome.
 Report: Feds probing Prius’ unintended acceleration incident, no new recall issued
One car in California is causing a lot of problems.
Report: Nissan has 56,000 pre-orders for all-electric Leaf
Or something.		 Other news:

AutoblogGreen for 03.10.10 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon slots in right below ZR1

March 10th, 2010

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2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon - Click above for high-res image gallery

For the truly hard-core Corvette fanatic who likes to spend weekends thrashing his or her automobile at the track, there is only one Corvette worthy of consideration: the Z06. However, thanks to the ZR1, the lightweight, normally aspirated 7.0-liter coupe is no longer the absolute quickest Vette, but it is felt to have the most responsive handling. What it doesn’t have is the uber-cool carbon-ceramic brakes, carbon-fiber body panels and magnetic ride active damping system of its supercharged sibling. That can now be changed to past tense with the birth of the Z06 Carbon edition announced this day by General Motors.

The Z06 Carbon was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first appearance of the Corvette at the 24 Hours of Le Mans when John Fitch and Briggs Cunningham won their class and finished eighth overall. The Carbon edition is essentially a Z06 with a ZR1 chassis and some of the carbon skin. When production starts this fall, only 500 examples will be made and they will only come in two colors, Inferno Orange and Supersonic Blue. All examples get black-painted wheels and a black interior upholstered in leather and suede. Follow the jump and we’ll tell you more.

[Source: Chevrolet]

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Video: Icon’s ultimate 4×4s from another perspective

March 9th, 2010 check is syno

Filed under: SUV, Videos, Off-Road

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StreetFire checks out the Icon FJ 4×4 - Click above to view the video after the jump
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\nThe vintage FJ Landcruiser tuners at Icon turn out highly detailed 4×4s with custom-designed suspensions comprised of top-shelf parts, powdercoated exteriors and German military convertible tops. We’ve sampled the firm’s wares before and those details turn Icon cars into impressive - if spendy - SUVs: $79,000 gets you a look at the bottom of the barrel, more than $100,000 is needed for a taste of the cream. Are they worth it? StreetFire takes a look at three Icons, and along with our own Jonny Liberman and PickupTrucks.com’s Mike Levine, renders the muddy verdict. Follow the jump for all the action.

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Video: Icon’s ultimate 4×4s from another perspective originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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