We’re living in a golden age of featherweight sports cars. If you’re looking to go fast at half the heft, the likes of the Porsche Cayman and Alfa Romeo 4C can more than accommodate. Add in all the boutique sports car automakers and you have a veritable full house of…

It was the autumn of 1969, rustling leaves fell lazily from the trees, signaling the end of summer—and what a summer it was in the small town of Everett, Massachusetts; a tiny suburb of Boston. Back then, jobs were plentiful for a teenager. Pumping gas was an easy score, especially…

In the good old days of the muscle cars, Chevrolet offered many of their cars with the SS package as an option. The SS, or Super Sport, option was available on muscle cars like the Camaro, Chevelle, Impala and Nova for that extra sporty look and ride. Well now for…

This ’60s era Corvette Grand Sport is not a restoration job or a replica, instead it’s a certified continuation of the original car. That means it’s actually a 1965 Corvette racecar built in 2016, but you do not want to walk away from a crash in this beast. “Driving this…

A walk back in time!!! This 1956 high Fin SR2 (Sebring Racer) has always been a dream car of Corvette Collectors worldwide. Way out of the price range of your typical Corvette owner/buyer, this car was Chevrolet’s answer to the racing European cars eating up the tracks stateside and abroad….

© Provided by Hotrod Research NOTE: If you know of a Rare Find, please contact Jerry Heasley at jerryheasley@gmail.com. Forty-one years passed. “Get that Corvette running,” “Get it out,” “Let’s get it going,” everybody kept telling Jay Wisler. Finally, in 2015, with his friend Mike LaRocca’s prodding, Wisler unearthed this ’57…

1958 Chevrolet Corvette 283-270hp Convertible Silver Blue If you could order a “new” ’58 today, the example offered here might very well be one of the more popular choices. From its stunning Silver Blue exterior and matching interior to its correct 283ci/270hp dual quad engine, this Corvette really looks the…

Ed Welburn, General Motors’ head of global design, is retiring effective July 1. He will be succeeded by Australian Michael Simcoe, vice president of design at GM’s International Operations, who will begin taking over for Welburn on May 1. Working for GM is the only career that Welburn, who turned…

The retirement of Ed Welburn is an appropriate time to look back on the past six design chiefs at General Motors, all of whom have helped shaped the company’s cars. Harley Earl (1927-58) (above) Alfred P. Sloan, GM’s president, plucked the California native from Hollywood, where he had been designing custom-bodied…

Posted Apr 2, 2016 at 7:42 PM Updated Apr 2, 2016 at 9:25 PM