Check Out the Top 11 Chevy High Performance Cars from 2015
After a year of featuring some of the most amazing, beautiful, fast, and influential muscle cars in the nation, we here at Chevy High Performance are at the point in the year where we break down all those remarkable cars and give recognition to the 11 best of 2015. Unfortunately, no one wins a prize for making the list, but we do offer a little extra notoriety by giving the car and owner one more moment in the limelight.
So, if you are asking how one goes about deciding which cars make the list, rest assured there were neither bribes by any car owners offering free rides to the editors nor did cash exchange hands. It’s also important to point out that the amount of money spent on the car had no influence, either. (We don’t have access to that information, anyway.) So in order to make this subjective list, the editorial staff started off by picking their favorite 20 cars. And let me tell you, just breaking it down to that number was a daunting task that caused some extended discussions between staffers before we could all come to agreement. From there we took those 20 and went to our social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Google+) to pull out the cars that got the most engagement and positive comments. So although the list is purely subjective, it wasn’t 100 percent decided by the editorial staff, either. Our readers and social media followers were part of the decision-making process.
So without further ado, and in order of appearance throughout the year, we are proud to bring you the Chevy High Performance Top 11 Muscle Cars of 2015.
Why 11? Why not? If 10 is good, then 11 must be better, right? Besides we found it too difficult to break the list down to just 10.
You’ll find full features, including web-exclusive images of all these rides, at chevyhiperformance.com.
We hope you agree with the choices of cars on the list, but if you think we missed the mark, feel free to email us at chevyhiperformance@enthusiastnetwork.com to let us know if one of your favorite cars of 2015 didn’t make the list.
Car: 1972 Nova
Owner: Al McAloney
Issue: January 2015
Photographer: Eric McClellan
Word has it that Pro Street’s not dead. Sounds like a cool saying for a T-shirt, but the reality is that Pro Street really isn’t dead. What’s actually happened is that today, guys can build big-horsepower cars and actually drive them on the street. That’s exactly what Al McAloney did with his ’72 Nova. Al went nuts and stuffed in a 565ci Rat engine that makes 900 hp at 7,200 rpm and 704 lb-ft at 5,700 rpm on pump gas (no e.t. to report just yet, but the horsepower-to-weight ratio indicates low 9’s). Those are pretty hefty numbers for a street car, and it’s right up our alley. The wheel combo (15×4 front and 15×15 rear) resonate serious business and accomplish the classic Pro Street look. The PPG Deltron Black contributes to the car’s sinister personality and the Yenko graphics do a great job of adding in a bit of heritage while breaking up the consistent sea of black.