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Chevrolet Corvette the Number One Car Deal this Holiday Season
Those who feel especially generous this holiday season can get a bargain on what’s probably the best Christmas gift anyone could ever ask for. According to Kelley Blue Book, the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette earned the #1 spot for the best new car deal of the holiday season. For the last couple of months, GM offered…
Future GM Vehicles To Use More Carbon Fiber
g General Motors is taking steps to make carbon fiber a major component in their future production vehicles by working with Teijin Ltd. of Japan. Carbon fiber is a labor-intensive product, meaning it is expensive to implement in production vehicles. That expense generally restricts its use to low-production models like the Chevrolet Corvette Z06. That will all…
Chevrolet Announces 5th Generation Small Block Engine With Direct Injection
Chevrolet is offering more for less by adding direct injection to their upcoming line of Gen-V small block engines. “The Gen-V small block is an all-new, state-of-the-art engine family that will offer more efficiency and refinement than any other small block in its more than half-century of production,” chief engineer Jordan Lee said to Left…
Chevrolet Corvette Daytona Prototype Undergoes Testing [VIDEOS]
Set to compete in the 2012 Grand-Am Racing Series and making its debut at the upcoming Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona Race, Chevrolet’s Corvette Daytona Prototype was caught testing at Daytona and there’s plenty of videos showing what it can do. The footage includes some fan-shot videos that really show off what the car is…
Chevy Corvette Kisses The Curb At An Autocross Event [Video]
Autocross is generally the safest form of motorsport you can participate in. Most courses are setup to focus on skillful driving rather than high speed passes, leveraging your vehicle’s handling and brakes more than its horsepower. Unfortunately for this Chevrolet Corvette, a cold track with cold tires meant a long, unintentional sideways slide into the…
Chevrolet Corvette C7 ZR1 Rendered By Jalopnik
One of America’s most iconic sports car is due for a refresh and now renderings of the new Chevrolet Corvette C7 has hit the Internet thanks to hours of hard work from Jalopnik who got a glimpse of the next generation They decided to do all of us automotive nuts a favor, whipping up…
Lingenfelter Offers Three Engine Packages For 2009-2012 Corvette ZR1
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has been hard at work tuning the LS9 found in 2009-2012 Chevrolet Corvettes, and now has three engine packages for those hungry for more horsepower. The first, offers up to 680-hp thanks to a supercharger pulley upgrade, while the remaining two are both supercharger system upgrades, one of which brings power output…
2014 Corvette to Get Evolutionary Design, No Split Window, 6.2L V8 Standard
Rumors be damned say the folks at GMInsideNews, who are reporting that the next-generation (C7) Corvette won’t get a 5.5-liter V8 engine, nor will it receive a retro-styled split-window design. According to their sources within the company the next generation Chevy sports car will be evolutionary in its design, with a bit more European flare….
Chevrolet Celebrates 100th Birthday
Chevy has a lot to celebrate this week— the brand turned 100 years old and delivered their millionth Cruze. They’ve come a long way since November 3, 1911 when Swiss emigrant Louis Chevrolet and then-ousted GM founder William C. Durant first incorporated the brand. Their Series 490 helped the fledgling brand prove itself against Ford, and offer serious…
Chevrolet Celebrating Ron Fellows, Corvettes At Carlisle With Custom Cars: SEMA Preview
While it may seem that most of Chevrolet’s attention is on their Camaro model for this year’s SEMA Show, they did announce a pair of Corvettes that will be shown off on the show floor. Celebrating 30 years of “Corvettes at Carlisle”, Chevy will show off a special edition Corvette Carlisle Blue Grand Sport Concept…
Camaro ZL1 Carbon Concept, Track-Focused 1LE and More Previewed Ahead of SEMA Show
Chevrolet is doing it big at the 2011 SEMA Show as it will releases multiple Camaros and Corvettes this year. Chris Perry, the vice president of Chevrolet global marketing and strategy, says, “Go to any Corvette or Camaro enthusiast event and you will have a hard time finding a factory-stock vehicle. These are cars that…
Eight Car Pile Up At The Nurburgring
British racing driver Jackie Stewart called the Nurburgring Nordschleife (Northern loop) the “Green Hell,” and this past week, the track lived up to its nick name due to an eight car pile up that included a rented Chevrolet Corvette, a BMW M3 “Ring Taxi”, two rare Vauxhall VX220’s an E36, E30 and E92 BMW 3-series,…
Ron Fellows Inducted into Corvette Hall of Fame, Given Custom Vette to Celebrate [video]
Former Corvette Racing driver and motorsports icon Ron Fellows recently had the pleasure of being inducted into Corvette’s Hall of Fame. And as if that wasn’t a big enough honor for Fellows, he was also presented with this wicked 2012 Corvette Z06 at the National Corvette Museum’s 17th Annual Labor Day celebration. This particular Chevy…
Rare 1980 Chevrolet Corvette Four Door Found on eBay
Back in 1980, California Custom Coachworks did a limited run of just five Chevrolet Corvette sedans for customers (a total of six were produced, one of them being a prototype). They took the stock body Corvettes, lengthened them by 30 inches, adding a significant 500-lb weight gain to the body. The result however was a very…
Tintek Chromes Up A Chevrolet Corvette
The wrap company out of Czech Republic, Tintek, has been producing chrome vehicles for the Internet to enjoy for quite some time now. New to their collection is a Chevrolet Corvette, and if that wasn’t enough, this Corvette sports a set of vertical doors. A quick peek at their website reveals that Tintek doesn’t look…
Corvette Racing Track to Street – A (Race) Day in the Life [Video]
In this latest episode of Corvette Racing’s Track to Street, the spotlight is shone on the mechanics who are all too often forgotten about on race day. The car and drivers receive all the glory but its the team of mechanics and engineers that perfect the ins and outs, so that the car and driver…
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Spada Highlights The Codatronca Monza Roadster [Video]
Spada’s new Condatronca Monza is quite a beast. The sports car was initially unveiled a few months ago and Spada has only now revealed the details on this monster. The open-roof bodystyle roadster will crank out 710-hp from a twin-supercharged 7.0-liter V8 engine. The vehicle only weighs 1,180 kg (2,600 lbs) and the cockpit is…
Oliver Gavin Takes Viewers On Fast Lap Around Le Mans [Video]
Oliver Gavin, British racing driver of the No.74 Corvette C6.R, and four time winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans takes us on a lap around the infamous track in his race car. This well done video allows the viewer to experience the track as Gavin explains the technique and driving style required to execute…
Win a Corvette Grand Sport and a Trip to the 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans
Are you a racing enthusiast? if so, you may be interested in the ultimate Corvette prize package. In recognition of Corvette Racing just winning the 24 hours of Le Mans, Chevrolet will be giving away a 2012 Corvette Grand Sport Convertible ($62,715) to a lucky winner. The winner also gets to travel to next year’s 24…
2012 Chevy Corvette Gets Price Hike
The Corvette hasn’t been doing too well in sales. So what does GM do? It increases the price for every model. To be fair, GM’s excuse is that…well, they didn’t give one. Blame the economy, I suppose. But depending on the model, the Corvette will see a price jump of anywhere between $480 to $1,150…
Speed And Corvette Racing Teaming Up For Live Le Mans Coverage
This weekend’s famed 24 Hours of Le Mans race will have full coverage thanks to Speed TV and Corvette Racing. Though only 17 hours of live coverage will be done on television, Corvette Racing and Speed TV will be hosting an additional seven hours of content, including a live stream of in-car coverage from one…
2014 Corvette to Get Turbocharged V8, Target “a Very Different Sort of Buyer”
Looks like somebody at General Motors got the memo about Corvette owners being aging, denim-swathed lotharios. And to better target the sort of young trendsetters posing in Porsches, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis, GM is planning to give some European substance to the Corvette in the form of a smaller turbo V8. That somebody is Mark Reuss,…
Chevrolet Corvette Owners Aren’t Getting Any Younger
Hooray, the Corvette turns 60 this year! And, according to sales figures, so are its consumers. Despite lofty performance at a discount price, the Corvette’s consumer base is aging at a rate that is worrying General Motors—particularly because young people aren’t snapping them up either. Sales of the current generation have been less than those…
A German Take On the Corvette, The Endora SC-1
The Chevrolet Corvette is a great sports car and its relatively affordable price tag means it is a common sight. So what to do if you want a Corvette but also want to stand out from the crowd? Easy, get it re-skinned from a coach-building company. There is no shortage of companies providing this service…
