Detroit: 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is still the daddy

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show , Convertible , Performance , Mercedes-Benz , Design/Style , Luxury It’s the eve of press days at the Detroit Auto Show , and Mercedes-Benz has kicked off the week in fine style with the premiere of its 2013 SL . While the 60-year-old franchise has periodically undergone radical revisions, the sixth-generation should look familiar to anyone who has seen the outgoing model, but that doesn’t mean that Benz hasn’t tugged and pulled the SL every which way. While the general form looks very similar to the fifth-generation roadster, there are subtle tweaks everywhere, the most noticeable being the eagle’s-eye LED daytime running lamps.

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Official: GM marks 100-millionth small-block engine built [w/video]

Filed under: Classics , Chevrolet , GM A lot has happened in the last 56 years… mankind landed on the moon, the Cold War ended and General Motors managed to build 100 million small-block V8 engines. First launched in 1955 with 265 cubic inches of displacement, the small block V8 has seen duty in nearly every memorable machine produced by Chevrolet in the last five decades.

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Report: Mercedes-Benz killing Maybach in 2013, replacing with S600 Pullman

Filed under: Sedan , Maybach , Mercedes-Benz , Luxury According to an unnamed Mercedes-Benz source speaking with AutoWeek , the German automaker is killing off its Maybach line in 2013. The unsurprising news comes after the brand was resurrected in 2002, but failed to meet sales expectations with its two core models, the Maybach 57 and 62 . Further solidifying its fate, a deal with Aston Martin to aid in the development of future Maybachs fell through earlier this year . According to the AutoWeek insider, the plan is to continue to sell both Maybach models through the end of 2013, after which the fifth-generation S-Class will go on sale.

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Report: Camaro ZL1 Chief Engineer says "You’re Welcome" to Ford Mustang fans

Filed under: Coupe , Performance , Chevrolet , Ford “For Mustang fans, you’re welcome. Clearly the Camaro has encouraged Ford to throw everything they can at us.” The 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 has apparently rustled some snakes within General Motors . Al Oppenheiser , Chief Engineer behind the mighty Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 has officially made a statement about the newest member of the Mustang family, saying that the GM wonderchild has encouraged Ford to come at Chevrolet with both barrels blazing.

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’92 Honda Civic thinks its a Veyron, makes us chuckle

Filed under: Aftermarket , Hatchback , Bugatti , Honda , Humor Dressing up budget hatchbacks to appear to be something more than they are seems to be all the rage these days. Toyota iQ becomes Aston Martin Cygnet . Mini Cooper becomes the Rolls-Royce-inspired Goodwood edition . Even the Fiat 500 has had its Tributo Ferrari

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Review: 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible

Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Chevrolet , New Car Reviews Summertime, Personified Muscle cars have never coped well with having their tops clipped. Losing the roof rarely does a vehicle any favors in the rigidity department, but the high-horsepower, high-torque coupes of the last four decades took fiendish delight in twisting themselves into pretzels after a few enthusiastic throttle plunges. To make matters worse, frumpy, awkward-looking soft tops were never as attractive as the original tin. When it came time to design the fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro , the engineers at General Motors specifically aimed to avoid those pitfalls by drafting the chassis to field both coupe and convertible duties.

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