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Filed under: Sedan , Chevrolet , GM , Police/Emergency Chevrolet Caprice PPV — Click above for high-res image gallery Attention perps: You’ll have a new patrol vehicle roaming the streets come next April. That’s the month General Motors says its Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle will finally hit the local precinct. Those models will apparently all be of the detective package variety; Chevy’s police package will officially go on sale in June of 2011.

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Chevrolet Caprice police car to patrol America’s streets beginning April, 2011 [w/video]

Filed under: Minivan/Van , Honda 2011 Honda Odyssey – Click above for high-res image gallery When Honda pulled the wraps off of its Odyssey Concept at this year’s Chicago Auto Show , we knew it was just a few small tweaks away from being production-ready. Well, four months later, the official details and images have been released, and while the 2011 Odyssey doesn’t go a long way in offering fantastic new innovations for the minivan segment, it packages the whole thing together in what might be the best-looking minivan we have yet to see. The 2011 Odyssey is lower and wider than the outgoing model, and features what Honda is calling a “lightning bolt” beltline, a feature that was present on the concept van that we saw in Chicago.

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Officially Official: 2011 Honda Odyssey prepares to rock your sippy cups [w/video]

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Corvette Stingray concept loses its top

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Filed under: Aftermarket , Concept Cars , Spy Photos , Convertible , Performance , Chevrolet , Specialty , Design/Style Stingray Speedster Concept – Click above for gallery Now, isn’t this curious? The eagle-eyed crew over at Corvette Blogger have managed to get their hands on a few shots of what appears to be a speedster version of the ever gorgeous Stingray Concept . You may remember the car from its starring roles in both the Transformers saga and the 2009 Chicago Auto Show . At the time, the car appeared to be a hard-top only, but as these photos demonstrate, it looks mighty fine without a roof, too

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Corvette Stingray concept loses its top

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Videos , Ford The furious noises of the 2011 Shelby GT500 – Click above to watch video after the jump Recently you got to see the Virginia International Raceway lap where the 2011 Shelby GT500 bested the lap time of the 2010 GT500 by nine seconds – but you didn’t really get to hear it. That has been corrected with this video, which should have just enough growling, whining and screeching to tide you over until Ford raises the portcullis on more multimedia, which we’re hoping is very, very soon. Yes, they did this kind of testing before , but this time it’s sunny… and can you really get enough of that noise?

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Video: 2011 Shelby GT500 is a loud red mist

Filed under: Minivan/Van , Plants/Manufacturing , Ford , Electric Ford Transit Connect Electric – Click above for high-res image gallery When Ford and Azure Dynamics unveiled the Transit Connect Electric van earlier this year, Azure announced that the electric drive systems would be installed at a facility in Michigan. Today, Azure let it be known that the installation work will be done by AM General, a company that’s best known for producing the military-spec Humvee, at its engineering and product development facility in Livonia, MI. Ford will be shipping Transit Connect gliders (vehicles without any fuel or powertrain components installed) from its plant in Turkey to the AM General plant.

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Isn’t it Ironic? Ex-Hummer builder AM General handling final assembly of Transit Connect Electric

Filed under: Truck , Work , Chevrolet , GM , GMC 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD – Click above for high-res image gallery General Motors has just announced the hauling capacities for the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD pickups. The new trucks can now pull up to 21,700 pounds in fifth-wheel configuration and lug around 6,635 pounds worth of payload, thereby making them the new best-in class champions. The traditional tow rating sits at 17,000 pounds.

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GM announces best-in-class towing, payload figures for heavy-duty Silverado, Sierra