I’ve long hunted for the greatest exhaust note in the world. I guess I’m not the only one. Here is a video compilation by Jason Lewis of the greatest compilations exhaust notes. The video features every thing from classic hot rods, to muscle cars, and exotics. You will enjoy this one.
Aug 28
28 Chevy Coupe
The Got Faith show in Jerseyville Illinois has been the gift that keeps on giving for Infinite-Garage because I had such great access to the cars. It is rare at a show where you get wide open spaces to capture every angle possible and “get all the good shots” but it all seemed to work out for this show. So today we will take a look at a very nice 28 Chevy that looks just right.
As always more after the jump.
Aug 27
Next Generation Mustang to get Ecoboost and IRS
It’s long been rumored, even here on IG, that the next Mustang scheduled as a 2015 model will get an Ecoboost engine for the base model. Now it’s confirmed thanks to Autoweek. It seems Autoweek editor Greg Migliori got the info straight from an unnamed source on the Mustang team. This source also confirmed an independent rear suspension. No word on exactly what Ecoboost we will see except it is called the “Nano”.
Now you might ask why an IRS, other then the obvious racing benefits, Ford plans to take the next Mustang global and over in the old world they frown on live rear axles. So it makes sense to finally modernize the Mustang. A modern Mustang also means dropping the retro look which has been hugely popular. Word is the new Mustang will take a lot of design cues from the Evos concept.
It will certainly be exciting to see where Ford goes with the Mustang. The current model is undeniably a home run and the best Mustang yet so Ford has an awful lot riding on the next generation. Stay tuned here at IG for more updates as they come in.
Aug 27
BMW to make more M models, but not really M models.
Confused by the title? Yeah me too. You see it used to be in the past when you saw an M badge on a BMW there was a chance it was a pretty awesome car. Then came things like M sport packages on normal cars so that your average every day BMW owner could have all sorts of M badges in the car without any of the M performance. It should be no surprise at all that BMW plans to continue to lessen the value of an M badge even more by making more M models.
This will work by adding an M in front of the model number for “top of the range performance models.” For example if the current 335i where to get this new treatment it would be the M335i. BMW says there will still be M models such as the M3. Of course very few people buy BMWs for what they actually are, most just buy them to show off to their suburban neighbors. That’s ok, that pays for the good models, like the rest of us like, such as the M3.
If you will remember Chevy did this same thing with the SS badge in the early 2000s. Everything got an SS badge like the Malibu Maxx. It did not take Chevy long to realize they were taking a crap on the rich heritage of the SS model and they quit. Hopefully BMW will get the hint too, but I fear they are a bit more stubborn then Chevy.
All of these changes take place in the next generation of models so we have a year or two yet before we start seeing them. I obviously can’t criticize BMW too much, they clearly know how to make and sell cars people want to buy. So I’ll keep my hopes up they can pull this off.
Aug 26
The Best of Bonneville, a Recap of Speedweek
Our very own Renowrench was out at Bonneville last week covering all the action. A lot came of this, we got some sweet articles, some new contacts, and we are in the early stages of planning the first ever Infinite Garage mega road trip/get together. You see those of us that work on the site are spread across the country and we do our meetings and such online. So a chance to actually get together knock back a few cold ones and cover an event as epic as Bonneville is irresistible. I’m not sure how far we will take it but we may even do a documentary on our trip. Sadly that’s all a year away but that just gives us time to plan. In the mean time I went through Reno’s pics of the event and picked out my favorites for this recap.
Check out the rest of my picks after the jump.