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Colleen Barry, Associated Press Updated 5:12 pm CDT, Friday, August 23, 2019 FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2004, file photo, Placido Domingo sings during his performance at the National Theater in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Domingo is scheduled to appear onstage at the Salzburg Festival Aug. 25, 2019, to perform for the first time since multiple women have accused the opera legend of sexual harassment in allegations brought to light by The Associated Press. less FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2004, file photo, Placido Domingo sings during his performance at the National Theater in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Domingo is scheduled to appear onstage at the Salzburg Festival ... more Photo: Miguel Gomez, AP Photo: Miguel Gomez, AP Image 1 of / 7 Caption Close Image 1 of 7 FILE - In this … [Read more...] about Domingo to return to the stage amid harassment allegations

If you’re not excited about the arrival of the eight-generation Corvette and it now finally adopting a mid-engine layout, well, you might want to check your pulse—or maybe your prejudices. Even though the standard Stingray version won’t hit the streets for another few months, we’re already looking ahead to the even-hotter Z06 variant. What we don’t know about the car could fill a book, but there are a few items and rumors that are likely to come true.First on that list is a twin-turbo V-8 engine based on the Cadillac CT6-V’s Blackwing, though almost definitely not wearing the Blackwing name. Instead, it’s likely to get an LT designation, probably LT7. While that specific isn’t likely to spike your adrenaline, the horsepower output will: Expect the Z06 to pump out 800 horses and a monstrous amount of torque, perhaps approaching—or even surpassing—700 lb-ft. (The current front-engine Z06 is rated for 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft … [Read more...] about 2022 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Z06: Renderings + Rumors

When Ford debuted the 330-horsepower Mustang EcoBoost High Performance Package (HPP) earlier this year, it drew immediate comparisons to the turbocharged Fox-body Mustang SVO of the mid-1980s. Indeed, ahead of its announcement, we were among those who speculated that Ford's development mule signal a revival of the SVO nameplate. It was not meant to be, however. The name of the range-topping performance variant of Ford's turbo-4 is much more of a mouthful than "SVO," but there's a reason for that – one that makes a great deal of sense. SVO was more than a badge; it stood for "Special Vehicle Operations." Jim Owens, Ford's project lead for Mustang, put it quite succinctly to Muscle Cars & Trucks: “SVO was an engineering organization… SVE, SVO, SVT – those were all engineering entities that actually did the work." Ford's long-standing tradition of naming its performance variants for the teams that built them ended when SVT ("Special … [Read more...] about Why Ford reportedly didn’t bring back the Mustang SVO nameplate