In an interview with PickupTrucks.com Tom Stephens made this statement about the new Duramax engines powering the 2011 Chevrolet and GMC Heavy Duty. According to the site’s editor, Stephens was asked three times and he remained serious.

Stephens told PickupTrucks.com that “You’re going to love our new diesel Duramax engine in the new Heavy Duty”.  “You know what I want to do to prove it? I want to take our truck and Ford’s [new Super Duty] and chain them together back -to-back. Then I want to have them pull against each other. I know our truck will beat theirs.”

As far as we know, PickupTrucks.com passed the challenge on to Ford but has yet to get a response, but we really would love to see such a tremendous “battle”.

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There is a rumor that says Chevrolet is taking into consideration building a Corvette sedan based on the Holden Commodore. We know that seems a little exaggerated, but the announcement was made apparently by Bob Lutz who said the four-door Corvette sedan will be a limited edition model which will be sold in the United states only. Lutz said a Corvette sedan is not impossible since a brand is not defined by a body shell, but by the engine, traction and transmission.

Most people know that GM is builds Australian models based on its US cars, but it has never based a North American model on an Aussie vehicle.

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A few years ago some of the European vehicles made their way to the Japan market and specially to the Japanese tuners. Now we can see some American vehicles making their way to the Land of the Rising Sun.

This Chevrolet Camaro was spotted at the Goodyear booth tuned with a body kit and a massive set of wheels. The funny side of the story is that a large car like Camaro looks simple enormous next to many of the subcompacts and MPVs at the Tokyo show.

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Long time Mustang man Steve Saleen is showing off official images of his new 2010 SMS 620 Camaro, the third and latest of the ultra-high performance automobiles produced by Steve Saleen’s company, SMS Supercars of Corona, CA.The SMS 620 Camaro definitely has a SMS DNA in its striking design.

Chief Creative Officer of SMS, Phil Frank notes, “We have incorporated our well-known functional SMS Red Butterfly Dual Side Induction Hood as well as our race-proven aerodynamics in this third vehicle in our SMS Signature Series. The SMS 620 Camaro is a dramatic and iconic visual statement that very clearly bears the SMS design DNA.”

The interior includes high performance gauges and all-new Alcantara and leather SMS performance seats that feature the patented Signature Series chevron stripes. SMS offers its “Tailor Made” options for the exterior, interior and engine compartment; highlighted by a dozen show car quality custom SMS exterior colors. This newest creation by Steve Saleen’s company is scheduled for a market launch in the second quarter of 2010.

DETROIT – Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan has seen it all in motorsports, and he had to rely on every element of that hard-earned experience to navigate through a tumultuous 2009 season. In the midst of a global economic storm, Fehan steered Corvette Racing to the team’s sixth win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the successful mid-year introduction of the GT2 version of the Corvette C6.R in the American Le Mans Series.

Corvette Racing’s 10th anniversary season was a year of transition. The championship-winning GT1 Compuware Corvettes secured a seventh win in the season-opening Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 21, and made their farewell appearance in the ALMS in Long Beach, Calif., on April 18. The curtain fell on the GT1 era on June 13-14 with a GT1 victory in Le Mans, France, as Johnny O’Connell, Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia stood on the top step of the podium. Seven weeks later, two new-generation Corvette C6.Rs made their competition debut in the GT2 class at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

The Grand Sport version of the Corvette has received the Heritage Package for this year’s edition of the SEMA Convention. The track Corvette GS Heritage Package comes with wider wheels and tires and a special suspension tuning. the performance oriented Corvette GS Heritage Package can reach 60 mph in less than four seconds and manages to get 1.0 g on the skid pad.

The Corvette GS Heritage Package includes mesh inserts, ZR1-style front splitter and rear spoiler, rocker extensions and wheel spats and a Tech pattern engine cover with red lettering inserts. For the interior, the Corvette GS Heritage Package offers a red stitched shifter knob/boot and red parking brake boot, a PAL iPod connector and racing-style pedal covers.

Chevrolet is supplying the Indianapolis 500 with a 2010 Camaro SS as a pace car. Unveiled ahead of the 2010 event which is taking place at the Brickyard on May 30, the Inferno Orange metallic muscle car will mark the sixth time a Camaro has paced the 100 year-old 500 since its debut in 1967.

“We’ve enjoyed a great partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway throughout the years,” said Jim Campbell, General Manager, Chevrolet, “and are proud to once again have the privilege of pacing the Indianapolis 500 in a Camaro.”

“According to Street Legal Performance (SLP) in Tom’s River, New Jersey, this supercharged 575-hp LS3 V8 for the 2010 Camaro SS not only makes the feds happy but also carries a 3-year/36,000-mile warranty covering all the company-installed modifications, and everything else on the car remains covered by a GM warranty. To maintain those warranties, you must order the ZL575 package through any Chevrolet dealer in the U.S. and Canada at the time you purchase a new Camaro SS. Orders outside the dealership network and installed by any outfit other than SLP carry a lesser warranty.