When it comes to high power Corvettes there is one name that sticks out above the rest. Lingenfelter. Unfortunately John Lingenfelter passed away a few years ago. He was a true legend in the automotive aftermarket world. However his company lives and and is still producing the meanest Vettes in the world. That brings us to this beautiful Lingenfelter Corvette Z06. It pumps out around 700hp, sounds mean as hell, and I’m told it goes faster then stink. In fact in a drag race it spotted stink two lengths and the Lingenfelter still won by a length.
Of course it looks as good as it goes. Red is just an amazing color for a Vette. I once asked on our facebook page why we didn’t see more red Vettes and someone replied that Prince ruined it for us. While I may not be much of a Prince fan damn I love red Vettes.
May 24
Lingenfelter Corvette Z06
May 23
What does a Hellcat sound like. Let’s find out.
When a big American auto maker brings out an awesomely powerful new car well we are all over it. Heck we still do a Stingray post here and there. The 2015 Mustang also gets plenty of attention and we’ve had to have done a half dozen models on the most over priced Camaro ever… The Z/28. Now it’s Dodge’s turn for me to run their news into the ground. New Mopar is exciting to me and we have lots of loyal fans who are Mopar enthusiasts as well. While I’ve been accused of playing favorites to the Mopar brand I’d like to think everything gets it’s fair shake here. It’s not our fault Dodge has the coolest stuff. Ok I’ll stop.
You might be thinking to yourself. What does this new 600hp hulking piece of American whoop ass sound like. We’ll we were too and we’ve got video. I gotta worn you it’s not what you think it will sound like. In a very good way. The Challenger is already the best sounding car on the road. Now add supercharger. Hit the jump for the videos.
May 23
What would you do if someone unknowingly restored your stolen car
It’s a sad fact of life in the automotive world that cars get stolen. No car is immune to the blight but some are more susceptible then others. Often times cars are stolen only to be recovered a bit later, sometimes they are never recovered, or sometimes 20 years later they are recovered. That is the case with Quentin Tarantino’s Malibu. Yep that Quentin Tarantino the movie director guy.
As it turns out a few decades ago his car was stolen, then a fella named Bill Hemenez bought that car from a collector. He of course had no idea it was stolen. Bill had the car restored and he cared for it like he loved it because he did. The car was showed, driven, and kept in tip top shape. Then one day it was found out to be Tarantino’s stolen car. Here’s a piece on it.
Now I’m going to get a little ranty.
No doubt Tarantino should get the car back. However the Hemenez restored it, love it, cared for it, and gave it back to him in better shape then it was before. What is Hemenez’s reward? Nothing. Which is kind of a dick move. Not only did Tarantino get the insurance money when the car was originally stolen, but he now gets a restored and perfect Malibu? The restorer gets nothing? Man that’s not right and that’s a seriously dick move. Mr. Hemenez has a great attitude about it all saying he’s glad the car is back with his rightful owner. However after getting a bit of the shaft from Hagarty and a big shaft from Tarantino you can understand he feels a bit disappointed.
Of course Tarantino is under no legal obligation to compensate Hemenze. However the guy restored and cared for the car. Shouldn’t get get something for being a good custodian after all those years?
The original story about this whole mess appeared on Yahoo if you want to check it out here.
May 20
Dodge unleashes Hell’s fury. The Hellcat is here
Meet the king.
King of the Mopars. The highest horsepower muscle car ever produced by Dodge has arrived. Oh sure you are saying what about the Viper, but it’s no muscle car. The bottom line here is 6.2L of supercharged kick ass pumping out 600hp. The Hellcat is here indeed. The car also gets gobs of other upgrades. Which we will discuss below.
The hellcat has two keys. Red and black. Choose wisely. Black is for the limp wristed save the world don’t pollute types who just want the look of a muscle car and to say you have 600hp. The Red key, which will probably come with an Infinite Garage logo on it, is for the manly men of the world who like long smokey burnouts, glass shattering supercharger whine, and screaming at willow trees for no reason other then you know they deserve it. The red key is a middle finger to Prius owners unlocking the full bad ass of the 600hp Hellcat.
May 19
Loafers Car Club Car Show part III
A good 16 hours later then I hoped we return to the Loafers Car Club Car show in Hannibal, Missouri. I almost forgot what a sheer amout of photos I had taken until I got back to editing over the weekend. There were so many good cars and trucks to photograph I think I went into a bit of sensory overload.
Hey any time is Cocktail time right? This truck has it right. I’d say this is a pretty fresh build from the looks of things. It was sure an attention grabber.