The National Corvette Museum (NCM) is considered to be the largest of its kind, devoted to a single model – the Corvette, and is located adjacent to General Motors’ Corvette assembly plant. NCM is planning on building a fully featured race complex, consisting of two road courses, a kart track, a ten-acre autocross course, a skid-pad training area, and a quarter-mile drag strip. The track will be built to FIA and SCCA specifications, meaning that official racing events will take place there.
The newly planned development would be situated across freeway I65 from the museum. Access to the park will be via a tunnel and bridges going over the freeway.
Read more about it at the Motorsports Park website.
20,000 Camaro convertibles to roll off the production line thanks to Magna contract
General Motors has decided to go ahead with production of the Camaro convertible. They predict that around 20,000 units will be sold every year. The only problem is where to build the new drop top when production time comes around in early 2011. The answer to GM’s problem is Magna. Yes, the very same Magna that tried to buy Opel in Europe. Magna will build the Camaro convertibles at GM’s Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. For more details, head on over to Autoblog.
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Word has come from Bloomberg that Ford Motor Company is looking at possibly producing the next generation Kuga in Kentucky! This vehicle would be built for both the North American and European markets, meaning the UAW would have greater job security and Ford would have greater manufacturing flexibility. The Kuga is based off the C-platform that also underpins the Focus.
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