Paint colors are a big deal for any automaker, and choosing hues for a specific brand can take as much fretting and focus as nearly any other aspect of vehicle design. For SRT, that means finding colors that cooperate with everything from the high-performance Grand Cherokee SRT8 SUV and the Chrysler 300 SRT8 sports sedan, to the wilder Charger SRT8, Challenger SRT8 and Viper. That range requires more than a little breadth, and Jim Parker, Head of Exterior Color at Chrysler, recently took the time to sit down for a little video to talk about what goes on in the SRT Color Kitchen.

What start out as computer-generated images move to paint samples from a supplier, which then get sprayed on more complex shapes. From there, SRT may spray a whole car to see how the color looks in the flesh before ever giving the hue the nod for production. You can check out the video below to see how it goes for yourself.


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Camaro Marketing Manager John Fitzpatrick gives an exclusive walkaround of the track-inspired 2014 Camaro Z/28. The new Camaro Z/28 features an LS7 427 V-8 engine, weight-reducing enhancements and unique exterior styling.

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Top dog. Man in front. The king. To some manufacturers, the title of "World's Fastest Production Car" is essential to their existence. It may even be worth more than bragging rights. It's marketing, advertising, and pedigree all in one. There are even disputes over who can claim the current title. It wasn’t always this way.

Nowadays manufacturers haul their cars in specially-constructed trailers to uber-secret test facilities like Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessien to verify records under strict testing conditions, with only the finest in professional race drivers at the wheel. But back in the day, things were a bit different.

Magazines like Motor, and its rival Autocar, would drive a car out to a runway or a track and simply see how fast a car could go, with nought but a scraggly journalist behind the controls. Occasionally, they’d set a record.

Let’s take a look at some of those select record holders for “World’s Fastest Production Car” over the years:


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The first 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has sold at the Barrett-Jackson automotive auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. For $1.1 million, NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick will receive the seventh generation Corvette when the car goes into production later this year.