With over 3,000 hot rods, muscle cars, trucks, classic
cars performance late models and about 12,000 fans who accompany them, the Milford kick-off
represents the largest group ever of "civilians" to visit the installation of secure test.
The
MPG (Milford Proving
Ground) is the automotive equivalent of "Area 51", serving as the primary test
facility for future GM products. When it opened in 1924, MAG was the first dedicated to the world
automotive manufacturer test facility. Today, it covers about 4000 hectares and contains more than 130
miles of driving surfaces of all types, including a 3.8-mile oval track, and a
4.5 mile circular track with steep bank that allows
vehicles to be driven around it up to 120 mph without the need for steering
input. The "Black
Lake" buffer zone is
a 67-acre of bitumen used for a variety of vehicle dynamics test. Special
certification is required for drivers on some of the tracks.
MPG
is also home to the safety of GM
vehicles Lab and impact resistance, where vehicles
are crash-test during development, as well as vehicle-build facilities, where
the prototypes of future vehicles are built by hand prior to testing.
With
countless prototypes and many models in the near future that roam its roads in
camouflage, photographers spies constantly try to capture events in MPG. The current Chase is an overview of the next generation
Corvette, which is known to be under development.
Hot
Rod Magazine Power Tour participants and visitors
to the Proving Ground June 2 will follow the strict security, including where
they can and can not take photos - but GM is offering unprecedented access,
including visits and the turn-and-discs on several tracks.
Performance
Chevrolet will offer a host of activities and special features, including:
A display engine Heritage
A collection of heritage
vehicles
Demonstrations of the power
train
Display
a GM Design Center.
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The
launch event also marks the official beginning of the block - a unique online
social community for car lovers of all stripes. Participants can register on the site and download a
profile of their car, and they will also receive a custom decal "QR"
code that can be affixed to a window. Lovers of colleagues who scan the code will be taken
directly to the home page of the block on the smart phone.
Representatives
of the block will be combing through the cars in Milford, in search of interesting attractions and individuals for
future stories. BLOCK, fueled by the performance of Chevrolet, allows consumers
to create profiles, message content and discussions of training.