High school dropout Ralph Holguin took a humble car detailing business he started at 19 and built it into RMD Garage, a multimillion dollar US design and fabrication house. In this episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, Holguin shows off his latest build, a 1962 Chevy Bel Air named Sanity. … [Read more...] about ‘Bubble Top’ 1962 Chevy Bel Air …
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Chev Silverado versus Ford F-150: steel against aluminium
A Chevrolet ad campaign in the US has front-end loaders dropping concrete bricks on the steel bed of its Silverado pick-up truck and the aluminium bed of Ford's F-150. The ads have caused a war of words, further intensifying the often testy battle between Ford, GM, and Ram trucks. … [Read more...] about Chev Silverado versus Ford F-150: steel against aluminium
Video below: Chevrolet trashes Ford, Ram watches from Fieldays sideline
Chevrolet is saying the steel bed in its Silverado pick-up truck is a lot tougher than the aluminium one in Ford’s new F-150 – and it’s running a print and TV ad campaign in the US to prove it. The ads have created a war of words, further intensifying the often testy battle between Ford, General Motors, and the Ram truck division of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) over who … [Read more...] about Video below: Chevrolet trashes Ford, Ram watches from Fieldays sideline
It’s 1935, and Chevrolet engineers grapple with suspension dynamics
Jamieson Handy was an educational film producer in 1930s America, who mostly revealed the inner workings of things mechanical, like automotive gearboxes, differentials, fuel systems and so on. In this black and white video, enhanced from his vintage 1935 series, Handy looks at the development of suspension systems, and what affect they had on a vehicle’s dynamics. It’s … [Read more...] about It’s 1935, and Chevrolet engineers grapple with suspension dynamics
Hands-on Kiwi boss of GM takes wheel of stonking new Chev Camaro
Waikato University graduate Dan Ammann’s reputation as the hands-on president of General Motors has gone up another notch or two. The New Zealand high-flyer took to the track in the new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to give US motoring writers hot laps of the Mountain Springs Motorsports circuit in Nevada. (The video is showing below). The Camaro and its supercharged … [Read more...] about Hands-on Kiwi boss of GM takes wheel of stonking new Chev Camaro