For those of you working this week, and checking your emails, we have some exciting news about a new motor GM is introducing in 2018. It is called the LT5. The LT5 may sound familiar, as it was also the name of the motor in the C4 ZR1’s.

We do not know much about the new LT5, but here is what we do know:
The new LT5 is slated for just the Corvette at this time. No sharing.
Both the old LT5 and the new LT5 are Dual Overhead Cam configuration.
The new LT5 is 6.2L vs. 5.7L in the C4’s.
The new LT5 is normally aspirated. No supercharger or turbos.
The new LT5 is Direct Injection vs. Multi-Point Fuel Injection.
The new TL5 has Variable Value Timing.

The rumor mill is thinking this new LT5 will go in [...]

When people think about the original Mercury astronauts, they think of living life in the fast lane and Corvettes. That is because six of the original Mercury Seven astronauts drove ‘Vettes. You have that right, one of them picked a different car to drive and be seen in. That astronaut was John Glenn, and the car he chose over a Corvette was not what you would think of when you think of the high life, going fast or even sporty. The first American in orbit drove an NSU Prinz.

I know, you are asking yourself, what is a NSU Prinz? It’s a tiny, two-cylinder, four passenger, rear-engined car that could float!  NSU Prinz wasn’t just a weird car for an American astronaut, it was a weird car for an American, period. It was not even built in America, but was a German microcar and ran in the same class as the BMW Isetta or the [...]