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The General Motors recall bug has now turned its attention to the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, with 712 units fitted with the awesome Competition Seat option being recalled over a concern that the a side impact air bag might not work as expected – but with a collection of very odd and very vague variables.

The news that General Motors is recalling every single current generation Chevrolet Camaro hit yesterday as big news, but that is more because of the long list of ignition-based recalls in the past few months and the media frenzy surrounding those recalls and less because it poses a significant risk to owners – making this a much less critical recall for the owners than the one that pertains to the Chevrolet Cobalt.

The new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R race cars made their 24 Hours of LeMans debut this past weekend with the hopes of achieving the success of past generation Corvette race cars and while mechanical gremlins prevented the teams from taking the class win – both C7.R teams finished strong in the grueling 24 hour race.

Aside from general misunderstanding of how plug-in hybrids work, an even less understood nuance is how the range-extended version of the BMW i3 is different from the most well known plug-in hybrid, the Chevrolet Volt. Torque News breaks it down.

GM recently trademarked the word Zora - the first name of the man responsible for the early performance of the Chevrolet Corvette – and I’m lead to wonder if the company might be looking to pay homage to the late engineer with a new special edition package for the C7 Stingray.

General Motors announced this morning that they are recalling every single Chevrolet Camaro from the current generation, with these 2010-2014 models facing similar ignition risks as the millions of recalled compact cars that lead to a handful of accidents and roughly a dozen deaths – while also issuing a stop-sale order to dealerships on both new and used Camaros.

Very little has changed for the 2015 model year of the Chevrolet Camaro so not surprisingly, very little has changed with the pricing of the 2015 Camaro – although there is one increase and one decrease across the trimlines while the vast majority of prices remain the same.

Though GM still insists the impressive little EV will remain only available in California and Oregon, a few Ohio and Michigan dealers claim otherwise. Could the Spark EV climb from the ranks of mere compliance?

We have talked a ton about the high performance packages designed by Hennessey Performance for the C7 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and today we have a dyno video of a new Vette fitted with the Texas tuner’s HPE700 package – putting down serious numbers and emitting a sound that is like music to my horsepower addicted ears.

If you can’t foot the $50k+ bill to buy a 2014 or 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, but you still want to get a chance to get behind the wheel for a couple days, Hertz rental car company is now offering the new C7 Stingray as part of their Adrenaline Collection – with a price of $250 per day.

After facing more than a 6 months of criticism over excluding the Nürburgring and the new C7 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the makers of Forza Motorsport 5 have brought both the historic German road course and the new Corvette to game – with two new DLC packs which add The Ring, the C7 and an impressive group of other vehicles for June 2014.

When the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 finally reaches the garages of lucky owners around the country it will be one of the most powerful cars in the world and it very well could be one of the most track capable street legal cars of all time – possibly putting an end to the ongoing horsepower war in the US market.

General Motors has announced a new batch of recalls which once again include the Chevrolet Camaro – this time before some units from the 2012 model year have driver’s side airbags which may not deploy in the event of an accident and that could lead to more significant injury to the driver.

General Motors has announced the official power figures for the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and with 650 horsepower, it is the most powerful GM road model ever – while also being the second most powerful American road car ever and ranking in the top ten most powerful production cars sold in the world today.

General Motors will recall the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 and Cadillac CTS-V over a concern that the 6.2L engine’s supercharger could fail, causing the engine not to start or - in a worst case scenario – causing massive internal engine damage.

Electric vehicle sales have increased year-over-year in every month for 42 straight months. Still, the record-setting numbers the industry put up in May were impressive.

While sales of the stunning Chevrolet Corvette dipped just a bit in May 2014, the numbers are still substantially better than they were in the same month one year ago, allowing the C7 Corvette to continue to improve its annual growth rate – now up to 211.6% on the year.

All of the attention in the muscle car world was focused on the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger last month, but that didn’t stop the Chevrolet Camaro from once again posting the best sales figures in the segment – beating both of the cross town rivals and extending its lead as Chevy looks for their 5th straight annual sales title.

The new Chevrolet Corvette C7.R teams both took to the Circuit de la Sarthe track this past weekend for their first practice session leading up to the 2014 24 Hours of LeMans and while the results arent as good as they could be – it seems that the Corvette Racing teams are very pleased with their early lap times.

Although the C7 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is only entering its second model year in 2015, General Motors is already working on the next generation Corvette and the future C8 might just feature a hybrid assist system – raising the next generation Corvette to the levels of some of the world’s most impressive supercars.

The Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 is the most track capable Camaro of all time, but it is not the most powerful so for those folks who must have the most powerful GM muscle car on the road or the track with the accompaniment of the supercharger whine, the folks at Lingenfelter have introduced two different forced induction packages for the new LS7 Z/28.

Earlier this week we brought you the news of the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray getting a few new appearance packages and today, we have an idea as to when those first 2015 models can be ordered and when they will begin arriving in showrooms around the country.

We have made the case off and on over the years that EVs and diesel cars may not be the best value for those trying to buy a green car. AAA’s branch in the heart of green-car country now makes that point.

It is May 28th, 2014 and while the 2014 SEMA Show is almost 6 months away, we already have out look at the first possible preview in the form of the new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray wearing an elaborate widebody package from Gurnade. Yes, SEMA previews already… and it’s a good one.

The Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon will launch with innovative feature that parents will appreciate. Toyota's next Tacoma and Nissan's final Frontier had better be something very special coming if they want to retain their sales.

When the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro introduces the 6th generation of the fabled GM pony car, it will likely feature the same LT1 V8 that currently powers the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, but having that monster V8 in the Camaro SS could create a huge gap between the entry level V6 and these high volume V8 models – a gap that the company will need to fill somehow.

General Motors has dropped all of the details on the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, including the new 8-speed automatic transmission that we knew was coming along with a couple new exterior colors and some new exterior appearance package options – all of which should only help improve the already incredible C7 Corvette.

While the American performance car world has long expected that the next generation Chevrolet Camaro for 2016, General Motors has now confirmed that 2015 will indeed be the final year for the current incarnation of the Camaro – and we are likely to see the next generation GM muscle car at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

Preliminary results from electric vehicle owners indicate that EV owner satisfaction blows that of conventional vehicles out of the water.

Late last week, some reports surfaced insisting that there would be a final collection of C6 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 coupes built to commemorate the end of the 6th generation Corvette, but after checking with a connection familiar with the proceedings at the Corvette assembly facility in Kentucky – these reports seems to be completely incorrect.