| CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6 Worth the 'Vette |
| As the cliché goes, the new Corvette is leaner and meaner. Unveiled at the Detroit Opera House, the flagship Chevy will be powered by a new 6000cc small block V8 that develops 400 hp and 54 kgm of torque. |
| It will come with both six-speed manual and five-speed automatic transmissions. |
| Though the suspension and chassis is from the last generation C5, these have been tweaked for better performance. And compared to the C5, the C6 is five inches shorter and a little narrower. |
| But it gets 18-inch wheels in front and 19-inchers at the rear. Curious. The classic Corvette look is however maintained, and for the first time since 1962, it has non-retracting headlamps. |
| FORD SHELBY COBRA Oh Carroll! |
| The legendary Carroll Shelby himself unveiled the new iteration of the Shelby Cobra. The new two-seater supercar broadly looks like its famous predecessor, and J Mays has acquitted himself with this awesome-looking machine. |
| Built by the same guys who developed the Ford GT in record time, the rear-wheel drive Shelby Cobra concept is powered by a 6400cc V10, that produces 605 bhp and 68 kgm of torque. |
| Ford claims a zero to 96 kph timing of inside four seconds and a top speed of over 310 kph. Bring it on! |
| CHRYSLER ME FOUR-TWELVE It's all in the name |
| Well, we guess the folks at Chrysler felt that since Europe seemed to be getting all the Carrera GTs, SLR-McLarens and R8 Le Mans, it was time the US of A had one of its own. Enter the ME Four-Twelve. |
| Why the name? Mid-engine, four-turbo, V12 - that's why. The quad-turbo 6000cc V12, developed by AMG, is placed amidships and Chrysler says that the car was designed around the engine. It shows. |
| The V12 develops 850 bhp and a monstrous, really monstrous, 115 kgm of torque. Expect it to attain 96 kph from standstill in 2.9 seconds and a top speed of over 400 kph. It's so quick that DaimlerChrysler developed it in just one year. |
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