September 21st, 2021 Chris Phillip
Back in 2018, Chevrolet Performance Parts released a monster crate engine, the LT5, which came standard in the 2019 Corvette ZR1. It was the king of the hill for Chevy LS crate engines, but now restomod builders will have to settle for nearly 100 horsepower less. With the LT5 crate engine recently discontinued, the top-dog LS crate engine is the LT4, which came stock in the CTS-V and the Z06. Rema...
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September 19th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Double the winners. That's what all the fun was about this past Friday when two Dream Giveaway winners arrived in Largo, Florida, to see their cars for the first time ... and to get the keys! Before the pandemic, Dream Giveaway hosted winner award ceremonies, but that was put on hold for most of 2020 and 2021. So, it was with great honor that as part of Dream Giveaway's team, I met with two winner...
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September 19th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Cadillac is ready to unleash a game-changer on the American car market and if you want to be one of the first to experience it, you better already have a reservation in your name. On September 18th at 4 pm, Cadillac opened the reservation system for the all-new, all-electric Lyriq sedan. Less than a day has passed, and the reservations are full. The Lyriq is Cadillac's new electric crossover and i...
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September 18th, 2021 Chris Phillip
At 702 horsepower, The RAM TRX is a heck of a lot of truck. Now, RAM fans who don't need all that power can still get some TRX goodies on the new RAM 1500 G/T trucks. According to our friends up at Dodge/RAM, the new G/T trim package starts under the hood where the HEMI engine gets a Mopar Ram Airflow cold air intake and specially selected Mopar cat-back exhaust. Inside the cabin, the rotary shift...
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September 18th, 2021 Chris Phillip
You heard it here first. The new Ford F-150 Lightning is a hit. This week, Ford reports it has tallied 150,000 reservations for the all-new, all-electric full-size truck and if demand continues at this pace, Ford could be looking at a quarter-million of them on the road within two years. “We knew the F-150 Lightning was special, but the interest from the public has surpassed our highest expectatio...
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September 14th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Leave it to the muscle-car gurus at Dodge to keep the Challenger fresh and vital for 2022. So, what's new for what many consider to be America's ultimate muscle car? The 807-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock returns for 2022 and it is the world’s quickest and most powerful muscle car: • 0-60 miles per hour (mph) acceleration of 3.25 seconds • Quarter-mile elapsed time of 10.5 seconds at...
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September 13th, 2021 Chris Phillip
RYNO Classifieds congratulates the Cuda that Could. The 20th anniversary edition of the Dodge HEMI® Challenge saw a new winner crowned at Lucas Oil Raceway as a determined Steve Comella drove his 1968 Plymouth Barracuda from a runner-up finish in last year’s event to earn his first victory at longest running, continuous, specialty race in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history. Highlights of...
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September 9th, 2021 Chris Phillip
RYNO is on the road this weekend and you can spot the RYNO van on its way up to Memphis today for the 34th Annual Memphis Chevy Show, September 10-12, 2021, in Memphis, Tennessee. RYNO will showing off the Dream Giveaway grand-prize GMC Sierra 3500 HD Denali with swag and special offers for everybody who visits the RYNO booth.
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September 7th, 2021 Chris Phillip
I can just hear my dear old dad now! "Just because your friends duct taped themselves to a Camaro and went 112 mph, doesn't mean that you have to." ... which brings us to a Russian influencer who did exactly that for the sake of publicity and it looks like he earned some. "A Russian influencer named Danil Myasnikov gained some notoriety online this week after he filmed himself hitting 112 mph in a...
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September 6th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Production for the 2021 Corvette is officially over. How many Corvettes do you guess they made in 2021? Without looking at the number, my guess is 15,540. Let's see how close I am. Be sure to make your guess right now. Before I give you the answer, here's some 2021 Corvette production facts to share. This year, 6,000 more units were produced compared to the 2020 model year. Horsepower was the same...
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