Chevrolet made this promotional video in the 1930’s to show how a differential works. Sometimes the best tutorials of technologies are from when they were first invented. You probably won’t find a better video about differentials anywhere. Fast forward to 1:50 to skip the intro.
The guys at Hot Rod Magazine get their hands on the Shelby GT500 and Camaro ZL1 press cars after they’ve made their rounds getting formal reviews by British guys here and here. Instead of doing the same thing again, they just have fun with the cars testing their burnout abilities, exhaust notes, cup holders vs. bang shifting and drag racing.
You’re going to want to set aside a solid 45 minutes to watch these videos. We continue to reap the benefits of YouTube paying good money to car magazines for original content to rival traditional TV shows. Motor Trend’s latest installment is their 2012 Best Driver’s Car compilation. I like the way they do this annual comparison because a lot of people tend to misuse the term “driver’s car,” but Motor Trend has got it right and they stick to their guns. What makes a good driver’s car goes way beyond the numbers of the performance statistics. The 0-60 time doesn’t say anything about the car’s balance, feedback, fun or driver engagement. Those things are much harder to describe, but thankfully we have Johnny Lieberman, Carlos Lagos and Randy Pobst here working together to convey the driving experiences of this dream car lineup. This year they rounded up the Jaguar XKR-S, Subaru BRZ, Lamborghini Aventador, Porsche 911 Carrera S, Ford Shelby GT500, Nissan GT-R Black Edition, Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series and McLaren MP4-12C. The boys start out by doing winding road introductions of each car and then they turn them over to Randy for hot laps around Laguna Seca. They finish up by choosing a top 3 and then driving them some more to pick an overall winner.
Speedhunters did a feature on this amazing 1947 Chevy truck autocross project. It’s powered by a circle track racing Chevy V8 with the customized body sitting on a shortened S10 chassis with Ridetech suspension. Head over to Speedhunters to see more pictures and read the whole story behind the project.
Hurst Shifters put together this video of a truck they’ve sponsored to run in the Goodguys autocross series. It’s a Chevrolet C10 built by No Limit Engineering that rides on a tube chassis and RideTech suspension and an LSx under the hood. Sounds like a formula for success to me.