Thursday, February 5, 2009

n2a Motors Anteros Roadster and Coupe


The Anteros Roadster made it's debut at this year's SEMA, with the coupe surfacing just a couple of months ago. And now n2A Motors, who builds the Corvette based sports car, is taking orders for the coupe and convertible, priced at
$149,500 and $154,500, respectively.

Both cars are based on the chassis and running gear of a 2009 Chevrolet Corvette, with a carbon composite body, hand-stitched leather interior, three-piece aluminum wheels, and a custom exhaust.

Under the hood is the Corvette's LS3 V8 putting out 430 horsepower and 424 lb-ft torque, complete with Chevrolet's 100,000 mile powertrain warranty intact. Customers can also choose to have the Z06 used as a base vehicle, and upgrades between 525 and 1000 horsepower are available at additional cost.

The transformation from Corvette to Anteros takes approximately 800 hours, and no two cars will be alike (hence the name n2a).


Hulme CanAm, powered by Chevy


The Hulme CanAm is a lightweight supercar six years in the making. The car is named after Denny Hulme, the New Zealander won the F1 title in 1967 before going on to win the Can-Am championship the following year. Appropriately, the car shown above is painted the same bright orange hue as the McLaren racer in which he did it.

The Hulme makes it's power thanks to a 7.0 liter LS7 V8 borrowed from the Corvette Z06, offering up 600 horsepower. That's enough to push this lightweight from 0 to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds and it will approach a top speed of nearly 200 mph.

The CanAm recently went through a shake down run at the A1GP race in New Zealand, where it lapped the track at 123 mph without an incident. It is expected to go on sale with a price tag around $700,000 sometime next year.


GM releases 2010 Camaro Assembly Line Photos


The long wait for the reborn Chevrolet Camaro is nearly over. And to provide a little visual proof, Chevrolet has released a series of photographs of pre-production
2010 Camaros undergoing assembly in Oshawa, Ontario. The photos display multiple parts of the production process, including the body shop, chassis alignment, component attachment, and the final product. Official production models kick-off in March.

From GM:

“Here we are just a little more than a month away from the official start of production for the all new Chevy Camaro. Naturally, we’re pretty excited about this car, and we know many of you are as well, so we decided to give all of you a little peek into some of what has been happening at the Camaro assembly plant. In these pictures you can see a few pre-production Camaros being assembled, painted and tested in preparation for March 16 when we start building them for consumers. Enjoy the pictures!”