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Here is the full list of all Forza Horizon 2 cars available at launch (bold indicates cars announced this week): 1980 Abarth Fiat 131. 2010 Abarth 500 esseesse. 1968 Abarth 595 esseesse. 2013 Abarth Punto Supersport. 2002 Acura RSX Type-S. 2007 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2. 2011 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde.
.: 30 September 2014.: 2 October 2014.: 3 October 2014Mode(s),Forza Horizon 2 is a 2014 developed for 's and consoles. It is the sequel to 2012's and the seventh instalment in the. The Xbox One version of the game was developed by, the team behind the original Forza Horizon, while developed the version for Xbox 360, with Forza series developer supporting both builds. The Xbox 360 version is also the final Forza game released for the platform. The game received positive reviews from critics and a sequel, was released on 27 September 2016. Gameplay in Forza Horizon 2. Here the player races the against opponents.Forza Horizon 2 is a, featuring an environment.
The player participates in the Horizon Festival, a fictional racing competition set within. The game world has approximately three times more drivable area than that for the original Forza Horizon, with events set in, and, among other regions.
Players will explore the region, taking part in races and special events in order to advance through the game. Events can take place at day or night, and a dynamic weather system was added for the first time in a Forza-series game.Among new features in the game are 'Bucket Lists', three groups of timed challenges for the player to complete, similar to the 1000 Club in Forza Horizon. They can be completed in solo or co-op mode (when a player goes to the online version of the map, they can be completed with a random person or invited friend). These challenges are continuously updated to provide new challenges throughout the map. Car Meets are an online mode where players can meet up online and compare their cars, similar to 'Forzavista' mode in.
Players are also able to interact with each other in Car Meets, including sharing tuning setups and liveries. In the online version of the game, races such as circuits, sprints, and cross country are playable against other players, along with other game types such as Infected and King.The standalone expansion of the game based on franchise, Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, added boosts to the Forza series. Unlike other racing games however, nitrous can only be used during most of the game's events, and only replenishes at the very start of said events.Development and release. Promotion atForza Horizon 2 is the second game in the series to be developed principally by a studio other than Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios. Playground Games, the lead developer for Forza Horizon, focused on the Xbox One version, using the graphics engine from Forza Motorsport 5 as their starting point.
While the engine is capable of displaying content 1080p and 60 frames-per-second, the game was locked at 1080p and 30 frames-per-second, which was deemed necessary because of the game's open-world nature. According to creative director Ralph Fulton, 'one of the big technical challenges that we had to face was making sure that we could stream in a world that is next-gen beautiful, but fast enough to keep up with the fastest car.'
Took the lead for the Xbox 360 version, starting from the original Forza Horizon graphics engine. As with the original game, Turn 10 Studios provided support to the primary developers. The Xbox 360 version does not include the weather system such as rain or 'drivatar' found in the more-powerful Xbox One version, and also omits tuning and the free-roam open-world (as very few barriers can be broken through and crossed), with Playground Games calling the two versions 'different games'. Many cars carry over from the original Forza Horizon, while many new cars, such as the 1970 have been added to the gameOn 22 July 2014, revealed the first 100 of over 200 cars to be featured in the open world game, from exotics, rally cars, trucks, hot hatches, among others. Many cars from the Forza series return, including many cars from the original Horizon game.
The list includes the 2014 LP610-4 and, the, the, the, and the. Another new car that they had released was the RS3100 which is a barn find. All ten barn finds can be found off-road, usually in hidden places.When choosing the locale for Forza Horizon 2, the developers investigated over 30 locations around the world, including and, ultimately choosing Southern Europe. Creative director Ralph Fulton cited Europe's 'fantastic driving roads, amazing environmental diversity, and just stunning vistas that you really want to explore' as some of the major points in selecting it for Horizon 2. Fulton also noted that most of the recent open-world driving games were set in North America and that Southern Europe 'just felt fresh, it felt different, it felt new, and it was a gimme for us'.On 27 August 2014, Microsoft announced that a demo version of the game would be made available on Xbox One on 16 September 2014. On the day of the demo release, Microsoft confirmed that the game had been declared, indicating it was being prepared for duplication and release. The standard '10th Anniversary Edition' of the Xbox One version (consisting of the base game and the 10th Anniversary Car Pack) was given to Xbox Live Gold members for free throughout August 2018 as part of Microsoft's program.
Forza Horizon 2 and its downloadable content were digitally delisted on October 1st 2018. Those who already own it can still download and play the game and its DLC. Expansions On 16 December 2014, Microsoft launched 'Storm Island', an expansion pack for the Xbox One edition of the game. Storm Island adds, along with the new setting and associated tracks, five new event types, an expansion of the game engine's weather system, five new vehicles and an additional barn-find car. On 25 February 2015, Microsoft announced Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, a to promote the release of.
The expansion was released on 27 March 2015. The expansion added music from Furious 7, composed by, exclusively for the Showcase events.
In June 2015, Microsoft announced a new expansion pack for the game that was released on 9 June 2015. The expansion, which was authorized by, the then license-holder for Porsche vehicles in video games, adds ten vehicles, such as the, the and the. The expansion also adds new Bucket List items, new Rivals events and 15 new achievements based around the Porsche models. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScore86.25%86/100Review scoresPublicationScore9/109.5/109/109/108/107/10Hardcore Gamer4.5/5Pure Xbox9/10The Xbox One version of Forza Horizon 2 received highly positive reviews. It received an aggregated score of 86.25% on based on 53 reviews and 86/100 on based on 82 reviews. Writing for IGN, Luke Reilly said that the game had 'comprehensively updated' the standards for open-world racing games and that it was ', and all crammed into a T-shirt cannon and fired into your face'.
Conversely, Polygon's Arthur Gies, while giving the game a positive review, said that the track design in Forza Horizon 2 'can't compete' with the licensed tracks used in Forza Motorsport 5. Jonathan Leack of CraveOnline called the game 'racing paradise' and 'a highly enjoyable destination for anyone willing to buckle up behind a wheel'. Leack also compared the two separate versions of the game and discovered a number of differences. As an example, when players are given the option to choose their first car at the start of the game, the Xbox 360 version uses a graphic interface, while the Xbox One version lets the players choose the cars in-world. Calling the Xbox One version a 'system-seller' and 'a good time to invest in next-gen', Leack said that Sumo Digital 'has done a fantastic job' with the Xbox 360 version and that it was 'one of the best-looking racing games on the platform'. Microsoft Corporation.
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ChevroletIn 1911, William Durant enlisted Swiss-born racing star Louis Chevrolet to design a car, and in 1912 the new Chevrolet Motor Car Company introduced its first sedan with a long list of standard features. In 1915, Chevrolet introduced the 490 (priced at $490) to compete directly with the best-selling Ford Model T, and it was an instant success. By 1927, Chevrolet was the most popular American car. When WWII started, the division was building over 1.5 million vehicles per year. After the war, Chevrolet reclaimed its place as the best-selling brand. In 1953 Chevrolet launched what would become America's most successful sports car, the Corvette, and when Chevrolet introduced its legendary small-block V8 two years later, it quickly found its way into the Corvette. The 1963 Sting Ray, with its fully independent suspension, added to the Corvette's popularity and competitiveness.
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In 2009, the company released the Corvette ZR1, which boasts a supercharged 638 horsepower 6.2-liter LS9 V8. The compact, sporty Camaro debuted in 1967, and became another instant bestseller. In 2008, Chevrolet announced the return of the iconic car with the introduction of the 2010 Camaro SS—and logged over ten thousand pre-orders in less than three months. Today, Chevrolet continues to offer a car for nearly every market niche, and the company's nickname, 'Chevy,' shows the popular impact of this brand.
Most legends come from humble beginnings, and the story of the Corvette is no different. In an era where the only true sports cars were built in Europe, Chevy saw an opportunity. The company went about building a dream team to design a car that would appeal to a younger market, give the brand some flash, and keep it ahead of Ford in sales. Harley Earl—GM’s then design chief—let fly with an idea he had been coveting for more than a year after watching European sports cars at Watkins Glen: a low to the ground, two-seat roadster.
Driven by practicality, the 1953 Corvette uses mostly off-the-shelf components such as the “Blue Flame” 160hp, 235-cubic inch in-line six-cylinder engine and two-speed Powerglide transmission. The only options available were a heater (which cost $91) and an AM radio ($145). All 300 that sold in 1953 had both options. The 1953 Corvette didn’t even have rollup windows. All the cars were hand-built, and all were Polo White with red interiors.
The use of fiberglass was not only a weight-saving innovation but was a necessity due to the Korean War and a limited availability of steel. The 1953 Corvette’s dramatic and bold exterior was just what the public wanted and it forever changed the course of American car history. As one of the most iconic American cars of all time, the Chevy Bel Air has a huge following in the classic-car community. The ‘57 Chevy is as emblematic of the 1950s as Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe and as American as hot dogs or apple pie. The restrained yet obvious fins, classic two-tone paint, and the huge chromed front grill and bumper have all contributed to the Bel Air’s tremendous rise in value over the years. For 1957, the 265 V8 was punched out to 283 cubic inches and, when equipped with the Ramjet fuel-injection option, it pumped out one horsepower from every cubic inch. This was a feat that Chevy deemed as “magic” at the time and claimed to be the first to accomplish.
Over the years, many Bel Air models have become hot rods or resto-mods. The 220hp four-barrel Bel Air featured in Forza Motorsport 5 just begs to be dressed up to fulfill your hot-rodding dreams. Drop in a huge V8, prop it up with some 20-inch rims, and a give it a flame job, and you’ve got a guaranteed head-turner anywhere you roll. The real star of the early 1960s hit show “Route 66” was the Corvette. Main characters Tod and Buz cruised the open highway in search of adventure, somehow getting a new Corvette every year. Chevrolet was the series’ main sponsor and the partnership resulted in a starry image for the Corvette.
While Corvette sales benefited from the exposure, improvements in performance options continued to make the Vette the American car of choice for sport driving enthusiasts of the era or for those trying to look the part. The most potent option, the 283 Fuelie, would put out 290 horsepower.
Connected to a four-speed with Positraction, performance was the best in the business. On the outside there were few changes to make the 1960 model stand out from its predecessors or later models until the Corvette Sting Ray was released in 1963. Chevrolet’s engineering and design teams were rightly proud of the 1964 Impala, particularly the top-of-the-line SS 409 trim, but could any of them have imagined that their fast and luxurious full-size would be immortalized in song twice? First, the 409 cubic inch V8 was celebrated in a Beach Boys song called “409,” and then, exactly thirty years later, on the Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog track “Let Me Ride.” In between, countless enthusiasts have preserved or restored Impalas back to showroom condition, or customized them in countless ways. Peel away the phenomenon that the “6-4” has left in its wake and you can see why it’s become so popular despite being so widely produced — more than 880,000 Impalas were built in 1964, including more than 185,000 Super Sports of all varieties.
Fewer than this were optioned with the impressive 6.7-liter engine sporting a pair of four-barrel carburetors, which cranked out an astonishing 425 horsepower. That was enough to take the Impala — no small car by any measure, now or then — to 60 mph in a swift 6.3 seconds. While handling isn’t necessarily the Impala’s forte, it demands respect as one of the ancestors of the later muscle car movement, because without the full-size cars that the high-performance V8s were built for, no manufacturer could have later dropped them into the intermediates that formed the basis of the genre. Cultural icon or stylish and fast cruiser, the Impala SS 409 is a lot of car. After two years of strong sales and success in racing, the first facelift for the original Camaro gave the F-body a sleeker and more hard-edged look. Mechanically-speaking, most of the drivetrain and other components were carried over from the previous model years. Only with the 1969 model year can you find this package of looks and American muscle car performance.
In addition to almost entirely redesigned sheet-metal and an aggressive new grill, front-disc brakes were available for the first time ever. In its SS dress, a solid 300hp are available to your right foot. The Camaro also accommodates upgrading nicely and can easily become a go-to car for any hot rod battles that come your way. The 1969 Camaro SS represents a not-forgotten era when this pony car found its way into the hearts of Bow Tie fans all over America. With a powerful and relatively lightweight (compared to the 396 big block motors) small block powerplant-the ubiquitous 350 cubic inch engine-the 1970 Camaro Z28 debuted both a winning new body and a great motor.
A total package that could be called the best-balanced Camaro yet assembled, the small block produced nearly as much as the 396 (360 horsepower) thanks to a high-flow carburetor and high 11:1 compression. Performance is fantastic, but handling is improved thanks to better weight distribution and better rubber. The early second generation cars are attractive, almost Ferrari-inspired, with a squared-off grille bisected by a chrome bumper, and quad round taillights placed under a large decklid spoiler out back. While the triumph of the new Z28 was clear on the street, for a variety of reasons the new model was less successful in Trans Am racing.
However, that hasn’t hurt the value or desirability of these special first-year Camaros. The El Camino wasn’t the first North American “coupe utility”—a concept that originated and still flourishes in Australia—but it’s certainly the most famous. And the SS 454 was the baddest El Camino to roll out of the factory wearing a bowtie, with a nearly unmanageable 450 horsepower, 7.4-liter V8 out front and very little weight over the rear axle. While not ideal from a traction standpoint, if you can get the rear tires to hook up you’ll be in for a treat, as the El Camino will blow through the quarter mile in less than 14 seconds—stock. The front sheetmetal is shared with the Chevelle/Malibu of the same era, replete with racing-style hood pins, racing stripes, and the blacked-out tailgate insert proudly proclaiming “SS 454” to whatever vehicle is choking on the El Camino’s tire smoke. Easily one of the best-looking of the extended El Camino family, it is definitely the most ferocious. While the original “ute” concept pictured a vehicle for farmers to take to church, this El Camino offers the more romantic notion that you could go tear up the dragstrip on Sunday, and haul a load of dirt on Monday.
Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that the audacious El Camino SS 454 was a shoe-in as a Community Choice Classics Pack DLC car. Just two years after GM had transformed Larry Shinoda’s “Mako Shark II” concept car into the luridly curvaceous third-generation Corvette, the ZR-1 package spiced things up further. The special option package took the bigger 350 cubic inch smallblock and bolted up a number of racing modifications, such as solid lifters, to make a full 70 horsepower more than stock. With so much power on tap, GM’s engineers then devoted some attention to making the ZR-1 stop and turn. Bigger power brakes, racing suspension, and stabilizer bars front and rear helped the ZR-1 become the ultimate smallblock-powered Corvette, and gave it superior handling to the big-block cars. While the ZR-1 was an expensive upgrade, it was also a great performer, so it’s surprising that only 53 Corvettes were specified with the package in 1970.
That means that in addition to being fast and beautiful, it’s also exceedingly rare—a boon for collectors and auction houses-as well as the lucky few who get to drive the ZR-1. Late 1970s muscle cars are perhaps unfairly maligned. Only look at the horsepower figures that resulted from emissions and fuel economy concerns (as well as a re-evaluation of how horsepower figures were calculated, leading to greater apparent drops in power), and you’ll only get part of the story. The 175 horsepower that the Z28 mustered in 1979 might distract you from some more important numbers, such as the healthy 270 ft-lbs. Of torque that the 350 cubic inch V8 produces, which helps the Z28 reach 60 mph in a very respectable (for the time) 7.3 seconds.
Not as fast as a Camaro a decade before, and no showroom-to-dragstrip champion, but on the street the Camaro demanded respect. And sales figures certainly don’t lie about the Z28’s popularity — more than 80,000 of them rolled off the line, all with the standard V8 equipped. No Camaro before or since has sold as many units.
Plus, the integrated and body-colored front bumper introduced the year before make the Z28’s sleek and sporting lines, which were nearly scandalously Italianesque at introduction, all the more attractive. This long-beloved sedan from the Bow-Tie boys was named after the famed city of high rollers and higher stakes. In its Super Sport dress, this Monte is a late-eighties muscle car that awaits the pleasures of the strip and begs to be flown from the highest launch points you can find.
The Monte Carlo was Chevy’s standard-bearer in the realms of NASCAR until it was replaced by the Lumina, so it is no stranger to the track either. 1988 represents the last of the G-bodied Monte’s, and thus the end of an era. Introduced in 1985 as a way of celebrating the Camaro’s involvement in the International Race of Champions series, a one-make stock car series that put the focus on driver competition rather than car preparation, the IROC-Z lasted through 1990 as the top-of-the-line 3rd generation Camaro. That makes the 1990 the last of the line for the –Z cars, with the final 245 horsepower 5.7-liter V8 residing under the Camaro’s long, louvered hood.
Thick anti-roll bars front and back help the Camaro achieve highly impressive skidpad numbers—around 0.90 lateral G’s—despite the antiquated live rear axle. That’s a testament to what eighteen years of continual development by GM’s engineers can do for a platform.
It also looks the part of a ponycar, with a low beltline and short deck that presents a nice compliment to the expanding waistlines of more recent cars in this class. Camaro fans can’t deny that the IROC-Z looks and performers like the ultimate 3rd generation Camaro that it is. The C4 Corvette languished in performance levels unbecoming its namesake before the introduction of the ZR-1. With the standard C4s L98 V8, Corvette owners were getting around 275 horsepower and GM executives were getting frightened of what Japan had in store for the American sports car market.
To fend off the possibility of Honda or Toyota building something that would lure away Corvette buyers, GM enlisted the folks at Lotus (which they had recently acquired) to develop a new engine. The idea to build the world’s fastest production car drove the development of the LT5, an aluminum-block V8 with four camshafts and 32 valves. The result was 405 ponies under the hood. Coupled with the new slick as can be six-speed transmission, and adjustable ride height, the ZR-1 was born. The ZR-1 could post 0-60 times around four seconds and boasted carrying better than 175 miles per hour for 5,000 miles—just one of several endurance speed records the ZR-1 owned. These numbers kept the Corvette on top and generated a resurgence of interest in the base Corvette as well. ZR-1 owners are very enthusiastic about their cars, not only due to the premium they paid for the ZR-1 (you could by two standard Corvettes for the price of one ZR-1) but they dub it as one of the best sports cars in the world.
The Stingray moniker has been lying in wait for a new model worthy of it for some time now, and the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is very worthy. What began as a fine example of classic American Muscle has evolved into something closer to a supercar.
The C7 Corvette is superbly refined and, when combined with its American V8 thunder, the end product is stunning; so much so that it may draw some serious looks from those who otherwise wouldn’t consider anything outside of Stuttgart of interest. The performance-per-dollar value of the Corvette has always been a huge appeal, but this time GM has left nothing amiss. The body recalls the classic Corvette form, but has a bit of Maranello thrown into the mix. Mechanically, the C7 has the most horsepower to ever arrive from GM, electronically-controlled steering, and a perfectly balanced 50/50 weight distribution. Sometimes change can be difficult, but when it comes to the new Stingray, it is a very good thing indeed. The first rear-wheel-drive sedan in the Chevy line-up in 17 years is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
At a glance, it is a smart-looking four-door but, under the hood, is a V8 pushing out more than 400 horsepower. When given a nudge, it responds with a roar and will force you back into its plush seating as it hits 60 mph in less than five seconds.
Enthusiasts have been begging for rear-wheel-drive models; Chevy listened and they got this one right. As you tour around the SS, its intents become more obvious, with a wide stance, plenty of rubber, and the two large exhaust pipes. The treat of the SS is that you have to look to figure out that this is a car designed for spirited driving. Once behind the wheel, everything makes sense. The gauges light up, you slam your right foot down, and the world gets much, much faster. With the C7 Corvette, GM set a new bar for what to expect from America’s heartthrob. With the 2015 Z06, they have smashed that bar and have given the Corvette undeniable supercar status.
For starters, the supercharged LT4 puts out 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. That’s enough juice to destroy almost anything on the road, regardless of its price tag. Straight-line speed and breathtaking acceleration have always been the forte of American muscle, but the Z06 is as deft in a corner as anything out of Europe. Finally, just take a moment to consider its looks and you will agree that this Corvette has checked all the boxes. The highways and byways of Forza Horizon 2 are just waiting for you to leave your mark in this inevitable classic.
Here is the full list of all Forza Horizon 2 cars available at launch (bold indicates cars announced this week): 1980 Abarth Fiat 131. 2010 Abarth 500 esseesse. 1968 Abarth 595 esseesse. 2013 Abarth Punto Supersport. 2002 Acura RSX Type-S. 2007 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2. 2011 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde.
.: 30 September 2014.: 2 October 2014.: 3 October 2014Mode(s),Forza Horizon 2 is a 2014 developed for \'s and consoles. It is the sequel to 2012\'s and the seventh instalment in the. The Xbox One version of the game was developed by, the team behind the original Forza Horizon, while developed the version for Xbox 360, with Forza series developer supporting both builds. The Xbox 360 version is also the final Forza game released for the platform. The game received positive reviews from critics and a sequel, was released on 27 September 2016. Gameplay in Forza Horizon 2. Here the player races the against opponents.Forza Horizon 2 is a, featuring an environment.
The player participates in the Horizon Festival, a fictional racing competition set within. The game world has approximately three times more drivable area than that for the original Forza Horizon, with events set in, and, among other regions.
Players will explore the region, taking part in races and special events in order to advance through the game. Events can take place at day or night, and a dynamic weather system was added for the first time in a Forza-series game.Among new features in the game are \'Bucket Lists\', three groups of timed challenges for the player to complete, similar to the 1000 Club in Forza Horizon. They can be completed in solo or co-op mode (when a player goes to the online version of the map, they can be completed with a random person or invited friend). These challenges are continuously updated to provide new challenges throughout the map. Car Meets are an online mode where players can meet up online and compare their cars, similar to \'Forzavista\' mode in.
Players are also able to interact with each other in Car Meets, including sharing tuning setups and liveries. In the online version of the game, races such as circuits, sprints, and cross country are playable against other players, along with other game types such as Infected and King.The standalone expansion of the game based on franchise, Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, added boosts to the Forza series. Unlike other racing games however, nitrous can only be used during most of the game\'s events, and only replenishes at the very start of said events.Development and release. Promotion atForza Horizon 2 is the second game in the series to be developed principally by a studio other than Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios. Playground Games, the lead developer for Forza Horizon, focused on the Xbox One version, using the graphics engine from Forza Motorsport 5 as their starting point.
While the engine is capable of displaying content 1080p and 60 frames-per-second, the game was locked at 1080p and 30 frames-per-second, which was deemed necessary because of the game\'s open-world nature. According to creative director Ralph Fulton, \'one of the big technical challenges that we had to face was making sure that we could stream in a world that is next-gen beautiful, but fast enough to keep up with the fastest car.\'
Took the lead for the Xbox 360 version, starting from the original Forza Horizon graphics engine. As with the original game, Turn 10 Studios provided support to the primary developers. The Xbox 360 version does not include the weather system such as rain or \'drivatar\' found in the more-powerful Xbox One version, and also omits tuning and the free-roam open-world (as very few barriers can be broken through and crossed), with Playground Games calling the two versions \'different games\'. Many cars carry over from the original Forza Horizon, while many new cars, such as the 1970 have been added to the gameOn 22 July 2014, revealed the first 100 of over 200 cars to be featured in the open world game, from exotics, rally cars, trucks, hot hatches, among others. Many cars from the Forza series return, including many cars from the original Horizon game.
The list includes the 2014 LP610-4 and, the, the, the, and the. Another new car that they had released was the RS3100 which is a barn find. All ten barn finds can be found off-road, usually in hidden places.When choosing the locale for Forza Horizon 2, the developers investigated over 30 locations around the world, including and, ultimately choosing Southern Europe. Creative director Ralph Fulton cited Europe\'s \'fantastic driving roads, amazing environmental diversity, and just stunning vistas that you really want to explore\' as some of the major points in selecting it for Horizon 2. Fulton also noted that most of the recent open-world driving games were set in North America and that Southern Europe \'just felt fresh, it felt different, it felt new, and it was a gimme for us\'.On 27 August 2014, Microsoft announced that a demo version of the game would be made available on Xbox One on 16 September 2014. On the day of the demo release, Microsoft confirmed that the game had been declared, indicating it was being prepared for duplication and release. The standard \'10th Anniversary Edition\' of the Xbox One version (consisting of the base game and the 10th Anniversary Car Pack) was given to Xbox Live Gold members for free throughout August 2018 as part of Microsoft\'s program.
Forza Horizon 2 and its downloadable content were digitally delisted on October 1st 2018. Those who already own it can still download and play the game and its DLC. Expansions On 16 December 2014, Microsoft launched \'Storm Island\', an expansion pack for the Xbox One edition of the game. Storm Island adds, along with the new setting and associated tracks, five new event types, an expansion of the game engine\'s weather system, five new vehicles and an additional barn-find car. On 25 February 2015, Microsoft announced Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, a to promote the release of.
The expansion was released on 27 March 2015. The expansion added music from Furious 7, composed by, exclusively for the Showcase events.
In June 2015, Microsoft announced a new expansion pack for the game that was released on 9 June 2015. The expansion, which was authorized by, the then license-holder for Porsche vehicles in video games, adds ten vehicles, such as the, the and the. The expansion also adds new Bucket List items, new Rivals events and 15 new achievements based around the Porsche models. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScore86.25%86/100Review scoresPublicationScore9/109.5/109/109/108/107/10Hardcore Gamer4.5/5Pure Xbox9/10The Xbox One version of Forza Horizon 2 received highly positive reviews. It received an aggregated score of 86.25% on based on 53 reviews and 86/100 on based on 82 reviews. Writing for IGN, Luke Reilly said that the game had \'comprehensively updated\' the standards for open-world racing games and that it was \', and all crammed into a T-shirt cannon and fired into your face\'.
Conversely, Polygon\'s Arthur Gies, while giving the game a positive review, said that the track design in Forza Horizon 2 \'can\'t compete\' with the licensed tracks used in Forza Motorsport 5. Jonathan Leack of CraveOnline called the game \'racing paradise\' and \'a highly enjoyable destination for anyone willing to buckle up behind a wheel\'. Leack also compared the two separate versions of the game and discovered a number of differences. As an example, when players are given the option to choose their first car at the start of the game, the Xbox 360 version uses a graphic interface, while the Xbox One version lets the players choose the cars in-world. Calling the Xbox One version a \'system-seller\' and \'a good time to invest in next-gen\', Leack said that Sumo Digital \'has done a fantastic job\' with the Xbox 360 version and that it was \'one of the best-looking racing games on the platform\'. Microsoft Corporation.
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ChevroletIn 1911, William Durant enlisted Swiss-born racing star Louis Chevrolet to design a car, and in 1912 the new Chevrolet Motor Car Company introduced its first sedan with a long list of standard features. In 1915, Chevrolet introduced the 490 (priced at $490) to compete directly with the best-selling Ford Model T, and it was an instant success. By 1927, Chevrolet was the most popular American car. When WWII started, the division was building over 1.5 million vehicles per year. After the war, Chevrolet reclaimed its place as the best-selling brand. In 1953 Chevrolet launched what would become America\'s most successful sports car, the Corvette, and when Chevrolet introduced its legendary small-block V8 two years later, it quickly found its way into the Corvette. The 1963 Sting Ray, with its fully independent suspension, added to the Corvette\'s popularity and competitiveness.
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In 2009, the company released the Corvette ZR1, which boasts a supercharged 638 horsepower 6.2-liter LS9 V8. The compact, sporty Camaro debuted in 1967, and became another instant bestseller. In 2008, Chevrolet announced the return of the iconic car with the introduction of the 2010 Camaro SS—and logged over ten thousand pre-orders in less than three months. Today, Chevrolet continues to offer a car for nearly every market niche, and the company\'s nickname, \'Chevy,\' shows the popular impact of this brand.
Most legends come from humble beginnings, and the story of the Corvette is no different. In an era where the only true sports cars were built in Europe, Chevy saw an opportunity. The company went about building a dream team to design a car that would appeal to a younger market, give the brand some flash, and keep it ahead of Ford in sales. Harley Earl—GM’s then design chief—let fly with an idea he had been coveting for more than a year after watching European sports cars at Watkins Glen: a low to the ground, two-seat roadster.
Driven by practicality, the 1953 Corvette uses mostly off-the-shelf components such as the “Blue Flame” 160hp, 235-cubic inch in-line six-cylinder engine and two-speed Powerglide transmission. The only options available were a heater (which cost $91) and an AM radio ($145). All 300 that sold in 1953 had both options. The 1953 Corvette didn’t even have rollup windows. All the cars were hand-built, and all were Polo White with red interiors.
The use of fiberglass was not only a weight-saving innovation but was a necessity due to the Korean War and a limited availability of steel. The 1953 Corvette’s dramatic and bold exterior was just what the public wanted and it forever changed the course of American car history. As one of the most iconic American cars of all time, the Chevy Bel Air has a huge following in the classic-car community. The ‘57 Chevy is as emblematic of the 1950s as Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe and as American as hot dogs or apple pie. The restrained yet obvious fins, classic two-tone paint, and the huge chromed front grill and bumper have all contributed to the Bel Air’s tremendous rise in value over the years. For 1957, the 265 V8 was punched out to 283 cubic inches and, when equipped with the Ramjet fuel-injection option, it pumped out one horsepower from every cubic inch. This was a feat that Chevy deemed as “magic” at the time and claimed to be the first to accomplish.
Over the years, many Bel Air models have become hot rods or resto-mods. The 220hp four-barrel Bel Air featured in Forza Motorsport 5 just begs to be dressed up to fulfill your hot-rodding dreams. Drop in a huge V8, prop it up with some 20-inch rims, and a give it a flame job, and you’ve got a guaranteed head-turner anywhere you roll. The real star of the early 1960s hit show “Route 66” was the Corvette. Main characters Tod and Buz cruised the open highway in search of adventure, somehow getting a new Corvette every year. Chevrolet was the series’ main sponsor and the partnership resulted in a starry image for the Corvette.
While Corvette sales benefited from the exposure, improvements in performance options continued to make the Vette the American car of choice for sport driving enthusiasts of the era or for those trying to look the part. The most potent option, the 283 Fuelie, would put out 290 horsepower.
Connected to a four-speed with Positraction, performance was the best in the business. On the outside there were few changes to make the 1960 model stand out from its predecessors or later models until the Corvette Sting Ray was released in 1963. Chevrolet’s engineering and design teams were rightly proud of the 1964 Impala, particularly the top-of-the-line SS 409 trim, but could any of them have imagined that their fast and luxurious full-size would be immortalized in song twice? First, the 409 cubic inch V8 was celebrated in a Beach Boys song called “409,” and then, exactly thirty years later, on the Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog track “Let Me Ride.” In between, countless enthusiasts have preserved or restored Impalas back to showroom condition, or customized them in countless ways. Peel away the phenomenon that the “6-4” has left in its wake and you can see why it’s become so popular despite being so widely produced — more than 880,000 Impalas were built in 1964, including more than 185,000 Super Sports of all varieties.
Fewer than this were optioned with the impressive 6.7-liter engine sporting a pair of four-barrel carburetors, which cranked out an astonishing 425 horsepower. That was enough to take the Impala — no small car by any measure, now or then — to 60 mph in a swift 6.3 seconds. While handling isn’t necessarily the Impala’s forte, it demands respect as one of the ancestors of the later muscle car movement, because without the full-size cars that the high-performance V8s were built for, no manufacturer could have later dropped them into the intermediates that formed the basis of the genre. Cultural icon or stylish and fast cruiser, the Impala SS 409 is a lot of car. After two years of strong sales and success in racing, the first facelift for the original Camaro gave the F-body a sleeker and more hard-edged look. Mechanically-speaking, most of the drivetrain and other components were carried over from the previous model years. Only with the 1969 model year can you find this package of looks and American muscle car performance.
In addition to almost entirely redesigned sheet-metal and an aggressive new grill, front-disc brakes were available for the first time ever. In its SS dress, a solid 300hp are available to your right foot. The Camaro also accommodates upgrading nicely and can easily become a go-to car for any hot rod battles that come your way. The 1969 Camaro SS represents a not-forgotten era when this pony car found its way into the hearts of Bow Tie fans all over America. With a powerful and relatively lightweight (compared to the 396 big block motors) small block powerplant-the ubiquitous 350 cubic inch engine-the 1970 Camaro Z28 debuted both a winning new body and a great motor.
A total package that could be called the best-balanced Camaro yet assembled, the small block produced nearly as much as the 396 (360 horsepower) thanks to a high-flow carburetor and high 11:1 compression. Performance is fantastic, but handling is improved thanks to better weight distribution and better rubber. The early second generation cars are attractive, almost Ferrari-inspired, with a squared-off grille bisected by a chrome bumper, and quad round taillights placed under a large decklid spoiler out back. While the triumph of the new Z28 was clear on the street, for a variety of reasons the new model was less successful in Trans Am racing.
However, that hasn’t hurt the value or desirability of these special first-year Camaros. The El Camino wasn’t the first North American “coupe utility”—a concept that originated and still flourishes in Australia—but it’s certainly the most famous. And the SS 454 was the baddest El Camino to roll out of the factory wearing a bowtie, with a nearly unmanageable 450 horsepower, 7.4-liter V8 out front and very little weight over the rear axle. While not ideal from a traction standpoint, if you can get the rear tires to hook up you’ll be in for a treat, as the El Camino will blow through the quarter mile in less than 14 seconds—stock. The front sheetmetal is shared with the Chevelle/Malibu of the same era, replete with racing-style hood pins, racing stripes, and the blacked-out tailgate insert proudly proclaiming “SS 454” to whatever vehicle is choking on the El Camino’s tire smoke. Easily one of the best-looking of the extended El Camino family, it is definitely the most ferocious. While the original “ute” concept pictured a vehicle for farmers to take to church, this El Camino offers the more romantic notion that you could go tear up the dragstrip on Sunday, and haul a load of dirt on Monday.
Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that the audacious El Camino SS 454 was a shoe-in as a Community Choice Classics Pack DLC car. Just two years after GM had transformed Larry Shinoda’s “Mako Shark II” concept car into the luridly curvaceous third-generation Corvette, the ZR-1 package spiced things up further. The special option package took the bigger 350 cubic inch smallblock and bolted up a number of racing modifications, such as solid lifters, to make a full 70 horsepower more than stock. With so much power on tap, GM’s engineers then devoted some attention to making the ZR-1 stop and turn. Bigger power brakes, racing suspension, and stabilizer bars front and rear helped the ZR-1 become the ultimate smallblock-powered Corvette, and gave it superior handling to the big-block cars. While the ZR-1 was an expensive upgrade, it was also a great performer, so it’s surprising that only 53 Corvettes were specified with the package in 1970.
That means that in addition to being fast and beautiful, it’s also exceedingly rare—a boon for collectors and auction houses-as well as the lucky few who get to drive the ZR-1. Late 1970s muscle cars are perhaps unfairly maligned. Only look at the horsepower figures that resulted from emissions and fuel economy concerns (as well as a re-evaluation of how horsepower figures were calculated, leading to greater apparent drops in power), and you’ll only get part of the story. The 175 horsepower that the Z28 mustered in 1979 might distract you from some more important numbers, such as the healthy 270 ft-lbs. Of torque that the 350 cubic inch V8 produces, which helps the Z28 reach 60 mph in a very respectable (for the time) 7.3 seconds.
Not as fast as a Camaro a decade before, and no showroom-to-dragstrip champion, but on the street the Camaro demanded respect. And sales figures certainly don’t lie about the Z28’s popularity — more than 80,000 of them rolled off the line, all with the standard V8 equipped. No Camaro before or since has sold as many units.
Plus, the integrated and body-colored front bumper introduced the year before make the Z28’s sleek and sporting lines, which were nearly scandalously Italianesque at introduction, all the more attractive. This long-beloved sedan from the Bow-Tie boys was named after the famed city of high rollers and higher stakes. In its Super Sport dress, this Monte is a late-eighties muscle car that awaits the pleasures of the strip and begs to be flown from the highest launch points you can find.
The Monte Carlo was Chevy’s standard-bearer in the realms of NASCAR until it was replaced by the Lumina, so it is no stranger to the track either. 1988 represents the last of the G-bodied Monte’s, and thus the end of an era. Introduced in 1985 as a way of celebrating the Camaro’s involvement in the International Race of Champions series, a one-make stock car series that put the focus on driver competition rather than car preparation, the IROC-Z lasted through 1990 as the top-of-the-line 3rd generation Camaro. That makes the 1990 the last of the line for the –Z cars, with the final 245 horsepower 5.7-liter V8 residing under the Camaro’s long, louvered hood.
Thick anti-roll bars front and back help the Camaro achieve highly impressive skidpad numbers—around 0.90 lateral G’s—despite the antiquated live rear axle. That’s a testament to what eighteen years of continual development by GM’s engineers can do for a platform.
It also looks the part of a ponycar, with a low beltline and short deck that presents a nice compliment to the expanding waistlines of more recent cars in this class. Camaro fans can’t deny that the IROC-Z looks and performers like the ultimate 3rd generation Camaro that it is. The C4 Corvette languished in performance levels unbecoming its namesake before the introduction of the ZR-1. With the standard C4s L98 V8, Corvette owners were getting around 275 horsepower and GM executives were getting frightened of what Japan had in store for the American sports car market.
To fend off the possibility of Honda or Toyota building something that would lure away Corvette buyers, GM enlisted the folks at Lotus (which they had recently acquired) to develop a new engine. The idea to build the world’s fastest production car drove the development of the LT5, an aluminum-block V8 with four camshafts and 32 valves. The result was 405 ponies under the hood. Coupled with the new slick as can be six-speed transmission, and adjustable ride height, the ZR-1 was born. The ZR-1 could post 0-60 times around four seconds and boasted carrying better than 175 miles per hour for 5,000 miles—just one of several endurance speed records the ZR-1 owned. These numbers kept the Corvette on top and generated a resurgence of interest in the base Corvette as well. ZR-1 owners are very enthusiastic about their cars, not only due to the premium they paid for the ZR-1 (you could by two standard Corvettes for the price of one ZR-1) but they dub it as one of the best sports cars in the world.
The Stingray moniker has been lying in wait for a new model worthy of it for some time now, and the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is very worthy. What began as a fine example of classic American Muscle has evolved into something closer to a supercar.
The C7 Corvette is superbly refined and, when combined with its American V8 thunder, the end product is stunning; so much so that it may draw some serious looks from those who otherwise wouldn’t consider anything outside of Stuttgart of interest. The performance-per-dollar value of the Corvette has always been a huge appeal, but this time GM has left nothing amiss. The body recalls the classic Corvette form, but has a bit of Maranello thrown into the mix. Mechanically, the C7 has the most horsepower to ever arrive from GM, electronically-controlled steering, and a perfectly balanced 50/50 weight distribution. Sometimes change can be difficult, but when it comes to the new Stingray, it is a very good thing indeed. The first rear-wheel-drive sedan in the Chevy line-up in 17 years is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
At a glance, it is a smart-looking four-door but, under the hood, is a V8 pushing out more than 400 horsepower. When given a nudge, it responds with a roar and will force you back into its plush seating as it hits 60 mph in less than five seconds.
Enthusiasts have been begging for rear-wheel-drive models; Chevy listened and they got this one right. As you tour around the SS, its intents become more obvious, with a wide stance, plenty of rubber, and the two large exhaust pipes. The treat of the SS is that you have to look to figure out that this is a car designed for spirited driving. Once behind the wheel, everything makes sense. The gauges light up, you slam your right foot down, and the world gets much, much faster. With the C7 Corvette, GM set a new bar for what to expect from America’s heartthrob. With the 2015 Z06, they have smashed that bar and have given the Corvette undeniable supercar status.
For starters, the supercharged LT4 puts out 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. That’s enough juice to destroy almost anything on the road, regardless of its price tag. Straight-line speed and breathtaking acceleration have always been the forte of American muscle, but the Z06 is as deft in a corner as anything out of Europe. Finally, just take a moment to consider its looks and you will agree that this Corvette has checked all the boxes. The highways and byways of Forza Horizon 2 are just waiting for you to leave your mark in this inevitable classic.
...'>Forza Horizon 2 Car List(19.03.2020)Here is the full list of all Forza Horizon 2 cars available at launch (bold indicates cars announced this week): 1980 Abarth Fiat 131. 2010 Abarth 500 esseesse. 1968 Abarth 595 esseesse. 2013 Abarth Punto Supersport. 2002 Acura RSX Type-S. 2007 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione. 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2. 2011 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifoglio Verde.
.: 30 September 2014.: 2 October 2014.: 3 October 2014Mode(s),Forza Horizon 2 is a 2014 developed for \'s and consoles. It is the sequel to 2012\'s and the seventh instalment in the. The Xbox One version of the game was developed by, the team behind the original Forza Horizon, while developed the version for Xbox 360, with Forza series developer supporting both builds. The Xbox 360 version is also the final Forza game released for the platform. The game received positive reviews from critics and a sequel, was released on 27 September 2016. Gameplay in Forza Horizon 2. Here the player races the against opponents.Forza Horizon 2 is a, featuring an environment.
The player participates in the Horizon Festival, a fictional racing competition set within. The game world has approximately three times more drivable area than that for the original Forza Horizon, with events set in, and, among other regions.
Players will explore the region, taking part in races and special events in order to advance through the game. Events can take place at day or night, and a dynamic weather system was added for the first time in a Forza-series game.Among new features in the game are \'Bucket Lists\', three groups of timed challenges for the player to complete, similar to the 1000 Club in Forza Horizon. They can be completed in solo or co-op mode (when a player goes to the online version of the map, they can be completed with a random person or invited friend). These challenges are continuously updated to provide new challenges throughout the map. Car Meets are an online mode where players can meet up online and compare their cars, similar to \'Forzavista\' mode in.
Players are also able to interact with each other in Car Meets, including sharing tuning setups and liveries. In the online version of the game, races such as circuits, sprints, and cross country are playable against other players, along with other game types such as Infected and King.The standalone expansion of the game based on franchise, Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, added boosts to the Forza series. Unlike other racing games however, nitrous can only be used during most of the game\'s events, and only replenishes at the very start of said events.Development and release. Promotion atForza Horizon 2 is the second game in the series to be developed principally by a studio other than Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios. Playground Games, the lead developer for Forza Horizon, focused on the Xbox One version, using the graphics engine from Forza Motorsport 5 as their starting point.
While the engine is capable of displaying content 1080p and 60 frames-per-second, the game was locked at 1080p and 30 frames-per-second, which was deemed necessary because of the game\'s open-world nature. According to creative director Ralph Fulton, \'one of the big technical challenges that we had to face was making sure that we could stream in a world that is next-gen beautiful, but fast enough to keep up with the fastest car.\'
Took the lead for the Xbox 360 version, starting from the original Forza Horizon graphics engine. As with the original game, Turn 10 Studios provided support to the primary developers. The Xbox 360 version does not include the weather system such as rain or \'drivatar\' found in the more-powerful Xbox One version, and also omits tuning and the free-roam open-world (as very few barriers can be broken through and crossed), with Playground Games calling the two versions \'different games\'. Many cars carry over from the original Forza Horizon, while many new cars, such as the 1970 have been added to the gameOn 22 July 2014, revealed the first 100 of over 200 cars to be featured in the open world game, from exotics, rally cars, trucks, hot hatches, among others. Many cars from the Forza series return, including many cars from the original Horizon game.
The list includes the 2014 LP610-4 and, the, the, the, and the. Another new car that they had released was the RS3100 which is a barn find. All ten barn finds can be found off-road, usually in hidden places.When choosing the locale for Forza Horizon 2, the developers investigated over 30 locations around the world, including and, ultimately choosing Southern Europe. Creative director Ralph Fulton cited Europe\'s \'fantastic driving roads, amazing environmental diversity, and just stunning vistas that you really want to explore\' as some of the major points in selecting it for Horizon 2. Fulton also noted that most of the recent open-world driving games were set in North America and that Southern Europe \'just felt fresh, it felt different, it felt new, and it was a gimme for us\'.On 27 August 2014, Microsoft announced that a demo version of the game would be made available on Xbox One on 16 September 2014. On the day of the demo release, Microsoft confirmed that the game had been declared, indicating it was being prepared for duplication and release. The standard \'10th Anniversary Edition\' of the Xbox One version (consisting of the base game and the 10th Anniversary Car Pack) was given to Xbox Live Gold members for free throughout August 2018 as part of Microsoft\'s program.
Forza Horizon 2 and its downloadable content were digitally delisted on October 1st 2018. Those who already own it can still download and play the game and its DLC. Expansions On 16 December 2014, Microsoft launched \'Storm Island\', an expansion pack for the Xbox One edition of the game. Storm Island adds, along with the new setting and associated tracks, five new event types, an expansion of the game engine\'s weather system, five new vehicles and an additional barn-find car. On 25 February 2015, Microsoft announced Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, a to promote the release of.
The expansion was released on 27 March 2015. The expansion added music from Furious 7, composed by, exclusively for the Showcase events.
In June 2015, Microsoft announced a new expansion pack for the game that was released on 9 June 2015. The expansion, which was authorized by, the then license-holder for Porsche vehicles in video games, adds ten vehicles, such as the, the and the. The expansion also adds new Bucket List items, new Rivals events and 15 new achievements based around the Porsche models. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScore86.25%86/100Review scoresPublicationScore9/109.5/109/109/108/107/10Hardcore Gamer4.5/5Pure Xbox9/10The Xbox One version of Forza Horizon 2 received highly positive reviews. It received an aggregated score of 86.25% on based on 53 reviews and 86/100 on based on 82 reviews. Writing for IGN, Luke Reilly said that the game had \'comprehensively updated\' the standards for open-world racing games and that it was \', and all crammed into a T-shirt cannon and fired into your face\'.
Conversely, Polygon\'s Arthur Gies, while giving the game a positive review, said that the track design in Forza Horizon 2 \'can\'t compete\' with the licensed tracks used in Forza Motorsport 5. Jonathan Leack of CraveOnline called the game \'racing paradise\' and \'a highly enjoyable destination for anyone willing to buckle up behind a wheel\'. Leack also compared the two separate versions of the game and discovered a number of differences. As an example, when players are given the option to choose their first car at the start of the game, the Xbox 360 version uses a graphic interface, while the Xbox One version lets the players choose the cars in-world. Calling the Xbox One version a \'system-seller\' and \'a good time to invest in next-gen\', Leack said that Sumo Digital \'has done a fantastic job\' with the Xbox 360 version and that it was \'one of the best-looking racing games on the platform\'. Microsoft Corporation.
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ChevroletIn 1911, William Durant enlisted Swiss-born racing star Louis Chevrolet to design a car, and in 1912 the new Chevrolet Motor Car Company introduced its first sedan with a long list of standard features. In 1915, Chevrolet introduced the 490 (priced at $490) to compete directly with the best-selling Ford Model T, and it was an instant success. By 1927, Chevrolet was the most popular American car. When WWII started, the division was building over 1.5 million vehicles per year. After the war, Chevrolet reclaimed its place as the best-selling brand. In 1953 Chevrolet launched what would become America\'s most successful sports car, the Corvette, and when Chevrolet introduced its legendary small-block V8 two years later, it quickly found its way into the Corvette. The 1963 Sting Ray, with its fully independent suspension, added to the Corvette\'s popularity and competitiveness.
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In 2009, the company released the Corvette ZR1, which boasts a supercharged 638 horsepower 6.2-liter LS9 V8. The compact, sporty Camaro debuted in 1967, and became another instant bestseller. In 2008, Chevrolet announced the return of the iconic car with the introduction of the 2010 Camaro SS—and logged over ten thousand pre-orders in less than three months. Today, Chevrolet continues to offer a car for nearly every market niche, and the company\'s nickname, \'Chevy,\' shows the popular impact of this brand.
Most legends come from humble beginnings, and the story of the Corvette is no different. In an era where the only true sports cars were built in Europe, Chevy saw an opportunity. The company went about building a dream team to design a car that would appeal to a younger market, give the brand some flash, and keep it ahead of Ford in sales. Harley Earl—GM’s then design chief—let fly with an idea he had been coveting for more than a year after watching European sports cars at Watkins Glen: a low to the ground, two-seat roadster.
Driven by practicality, the 1953 Corvette uses mostly off-the-shelf components such as the “Blue Flame” 160hp, 235-cubic inch in-line six-cylinder engine and two-speed Powerglide transmission. The only options available were a heater (which cost $91) and an AM radio ($145). All 300 that sold in 1953 had both options. The 1953 Corvette didn’t even have rollup windows. All the cars were hand-built, and all were Polo White with red interiors.
The use of fiberglass was not only a weight-saving innovation but was a necessity due to the Korean War and a limited availability of steel. The 1953 Corvette’s dramatic and bold exterior was just what the public wanted and it forever changed the course of American car history. As one of the most iconic American cars of all time, the Chevy Bel Air has a huge following in the classic-car community. The ‘57 Chevy is as emblematic of the 1950s as Elvis Presley or Marilyn Monroe and as American as hot dogs or apple pie. The restrained yet obvious fins, classic two-tone paint, and the huge chromed front grill and bumper have all contributed to the Bel Air’s tremendous rise in value over the years. For 1957, the 265 V8 was punched out to 283 cubic inches and, when equipped with the Ramjet fuel-injection option, it pumped out one horsepower from every cubic inch. This was a feat that Chevy deemed as “magic” at the time and claimed to be the first to accomplish.
Over the years, many Bel Air models have become hot rods or resto-mods. The 220hp four-barrel Bel Air featured in Forza Motorsport 5 just begs to be dressed up to fulfill your hot-rodding dreams. Drop in a huge V8, prop it up with some 20-inch rims, and a give it a flame job, and you’ve got a guaranteed head-turner anywhere you roll. The real star of the early 1960s hit show “Route 66” was the Corvette. Main characters Tod and Buz cruised the open highway in search of adventure, somehow getting a new Corvette every year. Chevrolet was the series’ main sponsor and the partnership resulted in a starry image for the Corvette.
While Corvette sales benefited from the exposure, improvements in performance options continued to make the Vette the American car of choice for sport driving enthusiasts of the era or for those trying to look the part. The most potent option, the 283 Fuelie, would put out 290 horsepower.
Connected to a four-speed with Positraction, performance was the best in the business. On the outside there were few changes to make the 1960 model stand out from its predecessors or later models until the Corvette Sting Ray was released in 1963. Chevrolet’s engineering and design teams were rightly proud of the 1964 Impala, particularly the top-of-the-line SS 409 trim, but could any of them have imagined that their fast and luxurious full-size would be immortalized in song twice? First, the 409 cubic inch V8 was celebrated in a Beach Boys song called “409,” and then, exactly thirty years later, on the Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog track “Let Me Ride.” In between, countless enthusiasts have preserved or restored Impalas back to showroom condition, or customized them in countless ways. Peel away the phenomenon that the “6-4” has left in its wake and you can see why it’s become so popular despite being so widely produced — more than 880,000 Impalas were built in 1964, including more than 185,000 Super Sports of all varieties.
Fewer than this were optioned with the impressive 6.7-liter engine sporting a pair of four-barrel carburetors, which cranked out an astonishing 425 horsepower. That was enough to take the Impala — no small car by any measure, now or then — to 60 mph in a swift 6.3 seconds. While handling isn’t necessarily the Impala’s forte, it demands respect as one of the ancestors of the later muscle car movement, because without the full-size cars that the high-performance V8s were built for, no manufacturer could have later dropped them into the intermediates that formed the basis of the genre. Cultural icon or stylish and fast cruiser, the Impala SS 409 is a lot of car. After two years of strong sales and success in racing, the first facelift for the original Camaro gave the F-body a sleeker and more hard-edged look. Mechanically-speaking, most of the drivetrain and other components were carried over from the previous model years. Only with the 1969 model year can you find this package of looks and American muscle car performance.
In addition to almost entirely redesigned sheet-metal and an aggressive new grill, front-disc brakes were available for the first time ever. In its SS dress, a solid 300hp are available to your right foot. The Camaro also accommodates upgrading nicely and can easily become a go-to car for any hot rod battles that come your way. The 1969 Camaro SS represents a not-forgotten era when this pony car found its way into the hearts of Bow Tie fans all over America. With a powerful and relatively lightweight (compared to the 396 big block motors) small block powerplant-the ubiquitous 350 cubic inch engine-the 1970 Camaro Z28 debuted both a winning new body and a great motor.
A total package that could be called the best-balanced Camaro yet assembled, the small block produced nearly as much as the 396 (360 horsepower) thanks to a high-flow carburetor and high 11:1 compression. Performance is fantastic, but handling is improved thanks to better weight distribution and better rubber. The early second generation cars are attractive, almost Ferrari-inspired, with a squared-off grille bisected by a chrome bumper, and quad round taillights placed under a large decklid spoiler out back. While the triumph of the new Z28 was clear on the street, for a variety of reasons the new model was less successful in Trans Am racing.
However, that hasn’t hurt the value or desirability of these special first-year Camaros. The El Camino wasn’t the first North American “coupe utility”—a concept that originated and still flourishes in Australia—but it’s certainly the most famous. And the SS 454 was the baddest El Camino to roll out of the factory wearing a bowtie, with a nearly unmanageable 450 horsepower, 7.4-liter V8 out front and very little weight over the rear axle. While not ideal from a traction standpoint, if you can get the rear tires to hook up you’ll be in for a treat, as the El Camino will blow through the quarter mile in less than 14 seconds—stock. The front sheetmetal is shared with the Chevelle/Malibu of the same era, replete with racing-style hood pins, racing stripes, and the blacked-out tailgate insert proudly proclaiming “SS 454” to whatever vehicle is choking on the El Camino’s tire smoke. Easily one of the best-looking of the extended El Camino family, it is definitely the most ferocious. While the original “ute” concept pictured a vehicle for farmers to take to church, this El Camino offers the more romantic notion that you could go tear up the dragstrip on Sunday, and haul a load of dirt on Monday.
Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that the audacious El Camino SS 454 was a shoe-in as a Community Choice Classics Pack DLC car. Just two years after GM had transformed Larry Shinoda’s “Mako Shark II” concept car into the luridly curvaceous third-generation Corvette, the ZR-1 package spiced things up further. The special option package took the bigger 350 cubic inch smallblock and bolted up a number of racing modifications, such as solid lifters, to make a full 70 horsepower more than stock. With so much power on tap, GM’s engineers then devoted some attention to making the ZR-1 stop and turn. Bigger power brakes, racing suspension, and stabilizer bars front and rear helped the ZR-1 become the ultimate smallblock-powered Corvette, and gave it superior handling to the big-block cars. While the ZR-1 was an expensive upgrade, it was also a great performer, so it’s surprising that only 53 Corvettes were specified with the package in 1970.
That means that in addition to being fast and beautiful, it’s also exceedingly rare—a boon for collectors and auction houses-as well as the lucky few who get to drive the ZR-1. Late 1970s muscle cars are perhaps unfairly maligned. Only look at the horsepower figures that resulted from emissions and fuel economy concerns (as well as a re-evaluation of how horsepower figures were calculated, leading to greater apparent drops in power), and you’ll only get part of the story. The 175 horsepower that the Z28 mustered in 1979 might distract you from some more important numbers, such as the healthy 270 ft-lbs. Of torque that the 350 cubic inch V8 produces, which helps the Z28 reach 60 mph in a very respectable (for the time) 7.3 seconds.
Not as fast as a Camaro a decade before, and no showroom-to-dragstrip champion, but on the street the Camaro demanded respect. And sales figures certainly don’t lie about the Z28’s popularity — more than 80,000 of them rolled off the line, all with the standard V8 equipped. No Camaro before or since has sold as many units.
Plus, the integrated and body-colored front bumper introduced the year before make the Z28’s sleek and sporting lines, which were nearly scandalously Italianesque at introduction, all the more attractive. This long-beloved sedan from the Bow-Tie boys was named after the famed city of high rollers and higher stakes. In its Super Sport dress, this Monte is a late-eighties muscle car that awaits the pleasures of the strip and begs to be flown from the highest launch points you can find.
The Monte Carlo was Chevy’s standard-bearer in the realms of NASCAR until it was replaced by the Lumina, so it is no stranger to the track either. 1988 represents the last of the G-bodied Monte’s, and thus the end of an era. Introduced in 1985 as a way of celebrating the Camaro’s involvement in the International Race of Champions series, a one-make stock car series that put the focus on driver competition rather than car preparation, the IROC-Z lasted through 1990 as the top-of-the-line 3rd generation Camaro. That makes the 1990 the last of the line for the –Z cars, with the final 245 horsepower 5.7-liter V8 residing under the Camaro’s long, louvered hood.
Thick anti-roll bars front and back help the Camaro achieve highly impressive skidpad numbers—around 0.90 lateral G’s—despite the antiquated live rear axle. That’s a testament to what eighteen years of continual development by GM’s engineers can do for a platform.
It also looks the part of a ponycar, with a low beltline and short deck that presents a nice compliment to the expanding waistlines of more recent cars in this class. Camaro fans can’t deny that the IROC-Z looks and performers like the ultimate 3rd generation Camaro that it is. The C4 Corvette languished in performance levels unbecoming its namesake before the introduction of the ZR-1. With the standard C4s L98 V8, Corvette owners were getting around 275 horsepower and GM executives were getting frightened of what Japan had in store for the American sports car market.
To fend off the possibility of Honda or Toyota building something that would lure away Corvette buyers, GM enlisted the folks at Lotus (which they had recently acquired) to develop a new engine. The idea to build the world’s fastest production car drove the development of the LT5, an aluminum-block V8 with four camshafts and 32 valves. The result was 405 ponies under the hood. Coupled with the new slick as can be six-speed transmission, and adjustable ride height, the ZR-1 was born. The ZR-1 could post 0-60 times around four seconds and boasted carrying better than 175 miles per hour for 5,000 miles—just one of several endurance speed records the ZR-1 owned. These numbers kept the Corvette on top and generated a resurgence of interest in the base Corvette as well. ZR-1 owners are very enthusiastic about their cars, not only due to the premium they paid for the ZR-1 (you could by two standard Corvettes for the price of one ZR-1) but they dub it as one of the best sports cars in the world.
The Stingray moniker has been lying in wait for a new model worthy of it for some time now, and the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is very worthy. What began as a fine example of classic American Muscle has evolved into something closer to a supercar.
The C7 Corvette is superbly refined and, when combined with its American V8 thunder, the end product is stunning; so much so that it may draw some serious looks from those who otherwise wouldn’t consider anything outside of Stuttgart of interest. The performance-per-dollar value of the Corvette has always been a huge appeal, but this time GM has left nothing amiss. The body recalls the classic Corvette form, but has a bit of Maranello thrown into the mix. Mechanically, the C7 has the most horsepower to ever arrive from GM, electronically-controlled steering, and a perfectly balanced 50/50 weight distribution. Sometimes change can be difficult, but when it comes to the new Stingray, it is a very good thing indeed. The first rear-wheel-drive sedan in the Chevy line-up in 17 years is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
At a glance, it is a smart-looking four-door but, under the hood, is a V8 pushing out more than 400 horsepower. When given a nudge, it responds with a roar and will force you back into its plush seating as it hits 60 mph in less than five seconds.
Enthusiasts have been begging for rear-wheel-drive models; Chevy listened and they got this one right. As you tour around the SS, its intents become more obvious, with a wide stance, plenty of rubber, and the two large exhaust pipes. The treat of the SS is that you have to look to figure out that this is a car designed for spirited driving. Once behind the wheel, everything makes sense. The gauges light up, you slam your right foot down, and the world gets much, much faster. With the C7 Corvette, GM set a new bar for what to expect from America’s heartthrob. With the 2015 Z06, they have smashed that bar and have given the Corvette undeniable supercar status.
For starters, the supercharged LT4 puts out 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. That’s enough juice to destroy almost anything on the road, regardless of its price tag. Straight-line speed and breathtaking acceleration have always been the forte of American muscle, but the Z06 is as deft in a corner as anything out of Europe. Finally, just take a moment to consider its looks and you will agree that this Corvette has checked all the boxes. The highways and byways of Forza Horizon 2 are just waiting for you to leave your mark in this inevitable classic.
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