GM Issues official Statement on the Disbandment of its High-Performance Vehicle Operations

As part of its restructuring plan (we wonder how many times we've heard this phrase in the past and how many more times we'll be hearing it in the future....), General Motors has disbanded its High Performance Vehicle Operations unit. The company said that all 60 engineers impacted by this decision "have been placed in other engineering operations of General Motors to work on core, volume products, including further improvements in fuel efficiency and advanced propulsion."

General Motors' H.P.V.O. unit was responsible for the chassis and powetrain development of the firm's most potent sports cars such as the Chevy Cobalt and HHR SS models and the Cadillac CTS-V.

"When market conditions and public demand for high performance or specialty vehicles change in the future, General Motors will return these resources to their original tasks," said GM in the statement.

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The World's Fastest Corvette

In a change from all the high dollar exotic cars I usually feature here, this is a high dollar exotic Chevrolet.
The Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 may be the fastest Corvette ever built.
The ZR1 is powered by a modified LS3 (the LS9) that produces 638 hp and 604 ft.lbs.of torque.
This is largely due to the sixth-generation Eaton TVS R2300 roots 4-lobe supercharger with an intercooler that's mated to the LS9.

What does all this mean in a straight line?
Try 0 to 60 in 3.43 seconds with an estimated top speed of 210 mph.
The Vette can blast through the quarter mile in 10.988 seconds, at 135 mph.
The cost on this little number?
About $115,000.
Not bad compared to some of the other cars we've had on here.

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