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Written by Craig Jamieson
If there"s one way to fix the Malaise Era, it"s with modern muscle. And we"re inclined to believe that Chevy"s latest is definitely muscular enough. In fact, the menacing bruiser you see pictured here is equipped with the sort of brute force that"s usually reserved for bullet trains: a full 755bhp and 715lb ft of torque. Yes, this is the car equivalent of a man who crushes his empty Miller Lites against his forehead, regardless of the fact that they"re actually glass bottles. And it"s just one of three muscle machines that Chevrolet has built (although, oddly, it"s the only one that they"ve photographed) to showcase its new range of bombastically powerful crate engines ahead of the SEMA show in November. There"ll be a pair of trucks on the stand displaying variations on the Chevy V8 swap or GTFO" theme, but our interest is firmly in the Chevelle. Back in 1973, the Chevelle Laguna came as standard with a 5.7-litre V8, capable of an incomprehensibly paltry 145bhp. If you were so inclined, you could spec a four-barrel carb version with 175bhp, or dispense with any pretext to economy and plump for a 7.4-litre big-block V8 with a storming 245bhp. Ah, the 1970s: when there really was no replacement for displacement. And when synthetic velvet was a totally appropriate fabric to wear to a nightclub.
Date written: 17 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13727
If there"s one way to fix the Malaise Era, it"s with modern muscle. And we"re inclined to believe that Chevy"s latest is definitely muscular enough. In fact, the menacing bruiser you see pictured here is equipped with the sort of brute force that"s usually reserved for bullet trains: a full 755bhp and 715lb ft of torque. Yes, this is the car equivalent of a man who crushes his empty Miller Lites against his forehead, regardless of the fact that they"re actually glass bottles. And it"s just one of three muscle machines that Chevrolet has built (although, oddly, it"s the only one that they"ve photographed) to showcase its new range of bombastically powerful crate engines ahead of the SEMA show in November. There"ll be a pair of trucks on the stand displaying variations on the Chevy V8 swap or GTFO" theme, but our interest is firmly in the Chevelle. Back in 1973, the Chevelle Laguna came as standard with a 5.7-litre V8, capable of an incomprehensibly paltry 145bhp. If you were so inclined, you could spec a four-barrel carb version with 175bhp, or dispense with any pretext to economy and plump for a 7.4-litre big-block V8 with a storming 245bhp. Ah, the 1970s: when there really was no replacement for displacement. And when synthetic velvet was a totally appropriate fabric to wear to a nightclub.
Date written: 17 Oct 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 13727
