Chevrolet Corvette

Often called the ultimate Chevrolet small-block V-8, the LT-1 is a natural fit for the third-generation Corvette, combining light weight and high horsepower in a package designed as much for acceleration as for handling. This 1970 Chevrolet Corvette for sale on Hemmings.com appears to be one of the best examples of an LT-1 Corvette one [...]  

If you like to dominate the streets, then you need to check out Chevrolet's 2012 ZR1 Corvette.The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is the fastest, most powerful car that GM has ever produced. Chevrolet's ZR1 comes to life with its 638-horsepower supercharged LS9 ...  

2000 Millennium Yellow Convertible Corvette - Corvette World Austin - Austin, TX Let the Fun Begin...in this 2000 Millennium Yellow Convertible, Black Leather interior, Black Top.It comes to you with a 6 Speed Manual Transmission; LS1 5.7L 350HP Engine; Memory Package; Electronic Dual Zone Climate Control; Am/Fm; Chrome Spider Wheels, Michelin Pilot Sport 2 Tires. This Convertible has a CLEAN CarFax Report; Two Owners and ONLY 17,104...  

The Quest documentary chronicles the beginnings of Corvette Racing at the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans and then follows Corvettes at Carlisle co-founder Chip Miller as he searched, found and restored the class-winning #3 Briggs Cunningham Corvette racer. Chip had a goal of taking the car and its driver to Le mans in 2010 [...]  

Corvette Daytona Prototype Looking for Fourth Win of the Season in Inaugural Street Race in Detroit; Camaro GT.R Teams Ready to Grab Top Spot on the Podium #10 Suntrust Racing Chevrolet Corvette Dallara Dp: Max Angelelli, Ricky TaylorPhoto by: Jackie Buys DETROIT – (May 30, 2012) - The GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series heads to Detroit, Michigan for the inaugural race at The Raceway at Belle Isle street circuit, the Chevrolet GRAND-AM 200...  

The car has been professionally body wrapped 2 years ago in Matt Black. Under bonnet Procharger PSC-1 Supercharger with twin high flow intercooler system and Lingenfelter fuel pump. This has been my car for the last 8 years during which it has covered ...  

Night Power 1600 HP Chevrolet Corvette VTG Olsztyn Night Power 1600 HP Chevrolet Corvette VTG Olsztyn From: piotrostroda Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:33 More in Entertainment Sun, 27 May 2012 08:47:09 +0000Veritix  

DETROIT (June 1, 2012) - Jon Fogarty made the most of the first dry track conditions of the day Friday, padding his GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series record by earning the top starting spot for Saturday's Chevrolet GRAND-AM Detroit 200 at Belle Isle and the ...  

WANEGuy Fieri To Drive 2013 Chevrolet Corvette »Inside LineCelebrity chef Guy Fieri will drive the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 pace car at the 2012 Indianapolis 500. | May 17, 2012 | Indianapolismotorspeedway.com By Anita Lienert, Correspondent | Published May 17, 2012 In what is widely being seen as a safe ...Food Network host to drive Indy 500 pace carFox NewsGuy Fieri to Drive Pace Car at Indianapolis 500SB Nation (blog)all 9 news articles »  

After a four-year hiatus, Detroit is abuzz this weekend with the return of GRAND-AM and IndyCar racing at the city’s 2.1 mile road course on Belle Isle. Armed with a title sponsorship, Chevrolet will have the opportunity to show off its latest performance cars which will be serving pace car duties for the two major [...]  

Investigators with the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Vehicle Theft Unit served a search warrant on Mershon’s World of Cars last week as part of an ongoing investigation that was triggered when one Vehicle Identification Number was linked to two separate 1967 Corvettes. Police started looking at the Springfield, Ohio classic car dealer after a customer [...]  

New York Times (blog)2012 Indianapolis (Indy 500): IndyCar Race Preview2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 ...PaddockTalkThis will be the 23rd time a Chevrolet has paced “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and the 11th time a Corvette is serving as the Pace Car. Both are event records. The 2013 model year will mark the 60th anniversary and the final year of production for ...2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Named Pace Car for 96th Indianapolis 500...  

The Chevrolet Corvette is a highly popular sports car that has been on the automotive scene since 1953.  Whether it is the C1, split rear window, convertible, or Z06 to just name a few, the Corvette is a favorite among driving enthusiasts! So what does ...  

INDIANAPOLIS – A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production ...  

INDIANAPOLIS – A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful production car ever to pace the race.  

Inside is a Blue Diamond leather-wrapped interior with suede accents. Look for the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 during the 96th running of the Indianapolis 500, scheduled to start at 12:00 pm ET on Sunday, May 27th. INDIANAPOLIS – A 2013 ...  

In celebration of the Corvette’s 60th anniversary, Chevrolet will pace the field at this year’s Indianapolis 500 with its Corvette ZR1. With 638 hp under the hood, the ZR1 is the most powerful Chevrolet ever produced, and will be the most powerful production car to pace the historic race. This comes in stark contrast to [...]  

A rare 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88 Convertible fetched $600,000 last week — bringing top dollar among cars sold — at Mecum's 25th Original Spring Classic Auto Auction at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The sporty blue 4-speed boasted a 427 ...  

Said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet vice president of Performance Vehicles ... and lapping the famed Nurburgring Nordschleife ("north loop") in 7:19.63. The Corvette Pace Car features an exterior paint scheme and full body length stripe similar to that of the ...  

Zora Duntov spent most of 1956 perfecting Chevrolet's Rochester port-type fuel injection, and was also charged with setting up a factory team for Sebring the following year, with experimental Corvettes. The result was the Corvette SS, a most promising ...  

With 638 hp under the hood, the ZR1 is the most powerful Chevrolet ever produced, and will be the most powerful production car to pace the historic race. This comes in stark contrast to the Ford Focus Electric pace car that controlled the NASCAR race from ...  

The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is a track-ready upgrade on the standard two-door, two-passenger Corvette coupe. The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is known for being an excellent performance value due to its relatively affordable purchase price when taking in...  

DES PLAINES, Ill., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Although racing purists might recognize the Stutz Bearcat or the Mercer Raceabout as America's first sports cars, there is no question that the Chevrolet Corvette holds the title as America's oldest, continuously produced sports car....  

... controls which are responsible for monitoring climate control have been known to fail on some cars. A problem of this type or any other electrical related problem will result in super high repair costs as they usually cost the technician a large ...  

You can say this for Dan Morocco of Andover, Massachusetts. He isn’t afraid of a challenge. After taking seven years to successfully build an airplane from a kit, he decided to tackle another kit project – this time, a two-seater super car based on the C5 Corvette. With its Corvette engine and black Lamborghini body [...]  

Chevrolet is ... for the still-unacceptable seats. Dark faux suede material is used in abundance, with the steering wheel, shifter, seat inserts, armrests, and door panels covered in the stuff. Navigation and the Vette’s leather-upgrade package are ...  

A Chevrolet Corvette will pace the Indianapolis 500 for a record-extending 11th time, officials announced today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  

2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Named Pace Car for 96th Indianapolis 500 +VIDEO - Autochannel (press release)New York Times (blog)2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Named Pace Car for 96th Indianapolis 500 +VIDEOAutochannel (press release)INDIANAPOLIS ? A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 [...]  

Special Pace Car graphics are also available. The interior gets wrapped in Blue Diamond leather with suede accents. Convertible models get a blue soft-top and can be had with a tonal stripe stitched in the top. Gray brake calipers as well as 60th ...  

Carscoop (blog)Hot Wheels Classics: Chevrolet CorvetteMarketWatch (press release)DES PLAINES, Ill., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Although racing purists might recognize the Stutz Bearcat or the Mercer Raceabout as America's first sports cars, there is no question that the Chevrolet Corvette holds the title as America's ...The Most Stolen Corvette Model Years in the USCarscoop (blog)all 22 news articles »  

A celebrity driver for the pace car will be named later; that person is expected to be chef Guy Fieri. Get more car news, reviews and opinion every day: Sign up to have the Autoweek Daily Drive delivered right to your inbox.  

The Corvette was presented in 1953 and is even now a traditional automobile popular. Chevrolet and GM remained a main participant in the car business for the relaxation of the 20th century and into the 21st in spite of foreign car levels of competition ...  

The revised bilateral free trade agreement between Korea and the US has made favorable the import for the Chevrolet Corvette Coupe into Korea. This will be initiated by General Motors Korea Co., the South Korean unit of General Motors from ...  

A rare 1968 Chevrolet Corvette L88 Convertible fetched $600,000 last week - bringing top dollar among cars sold - at Mecum's 25th Original Spring Classic Auto Auction at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.  

Guy Fieri will drive the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 pace car at the 96th Indy 500 later this month. Long time Chevy guy, celebrity chef, Corvette owner, and game show host, Guy Fieri (Fee-Eddy), will pace this year’s Indy 500 in a Chevy Corvette ZR-1.  

And with that, I’ll let my brother put his ride on the track: Flogging the ZR1 on the bends of Spring Mountain Raceway in Pahrump and Motorsport Ranch in Angleton, TX proved that the active handling computer rarely intervenes when driven smoothly.  

Bloomberg auto columnist Jason Harper offers up some constructive criticism of the Chevrolet Corvette in a recent video. Harper and a buddy took a Ferrari 458 and a new Corvette to the racetrack in Monticello in the Catskills, and they came away impressed with the American car. “We drove the 458, which is an amazing [...]  

A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most...  

Auctions America by RM will be hosting their annual Spring auction in Auburn, Indiana this weekend. The 3-day sale takes place Friday – Sunday, June 1 – 3 at the sprawling Auburn Auction Park. Last time we counted there were nearly 400 cars up for grabs including over 30 Corvettes. You know the drill, so [...]  

Yes, the first wave of 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 spy photos broke long ago, but as Chevy’s latest and greatest sports car inches closer to production, prototype cars are apparently becoming an increasingly common site on public roads. Case in point?  

For a small fraction of the car-buying public, price is irrelevant. These people simply see something they want and buy it, regardless of cost. You may picture this demographic buying Ferraris, or Bugattis, or even mammoth quantities of more prosaic stuff (“Fifteen BMW M3s, one for every Caribbean island I own? Hell yes!”). And they [...]  

Driven: 2012 Chevrolet CorvetteStill a hero-maker.The Corvette's legend was made during the period from the mid Fifties, when it got its mojo working, right on through the Sixties. Soon thereafter, the Corvette went into a period of decline along with the rest of the American auto industry. As the whole idea of performance came under assault, the Corvette drifted into self-parody. More recently, of course, the Corvette has come back, regaining...  

Corvettes Qualify Second and Fifth for American Le Mans Series Monterey Milner Second Quickest in GT at Laguna Seca, Garcia Grabs Fifth on Final Qualifying Lap #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 Chevrolet: Oliver Gavin, Tom MilnerPhoto by: Jeff Davidson MONTEREY, Calif., May 11, 2012 – Corvette Racing drivers Tommy Milner and Antonio Garcia took different approaches to qualifying for Saturday's six-hour American Le Mans Series...  

A supposed Neil Armstrong‘s 1967 Chevrolet Corvette, as shown in the photo below, recently went on sale at eBay auction, but was not sold after the highest bid did not meet seller’s reserve price. Neil Armstrong’s ’1967 Chevrolet Corvette’ Image Credit: eBay.com As noted at CollectSpace.com on Sunday, May 6, 2012, the bid for the [...]  

According to Fox News, aside from a new carburetor, water pump, muffler and wheels, the only major modification is a set of botched fender flares. The fully-documented Corvette, complete with Neil Armstrong’s information, has the original 427 ...  

The move makes the Corvette ZR1 the most powerful production car ever to pace the race. However, this isn’t the first Chevy to pace the ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’ – and neither is it the first ‘Vette. Chevrolet has paced the ...  

A far bigger kick than the BMW M3, and more heavy metal than its muscle-car cousin, the Chevy Camaro ... Be sure you offer us a manual transmission. Ferrari and Lamborghini aren't even doing them anymore. Working through the Corvette's stick ...  

With Father’s Day just a couple of weeks away, maybe it’s perfect timing for 45-year-old racer Jeff Nowicki to make his debut in front of his own dad at this weekend’s Chevrolet Grand Am Detroit 200 on Belle Isle in Detroit. “I started racing in 1990 at a local Waterford track. My dad (Ron Nowicki, [...]  

In these images, the car appears to have a longer chassis than ... Check out the video and let us know what you think. Get more car news, reviews and opinion every day: Sign up to have the Autoweek Daily Drive delivered right to your inbox.  

In fact, as Chevy’s next sports car grows closer to production reality, sighting of disguised C7 test cars should only become more common. Case in point? A CorvetteBlogger reader bumped into a Corvette testing group in Holly, Michigan, roughly 19 miles ...  

Here is a sampling of some of the entertaining license plates spotted in the parking lot of the museum during the Bash. Get more car news, reviews and opinion every day: Sign up to have the Autoweek Daily Drive delivered right to your inbox.  

London, May 5 (ANI): A 1967 Chevrolet Corvette, which was once owned by legendary astronaut Neil Armstrong, has been up for auction on eBay with the bidding already topping 250,000 dollars.  

They range from the base 1LT with 430-horsepower, 6.2-liter V-8 to the Z06 with 505-horsepower, 7-liter, naturally aspirated V-8 to the ZR1 with 638-horsepower, supercharged, 6.2-liter V-8. The breadth of performance, and car personality ...  

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet Today Chevrolet announced that a 2013 Corvette ZR1 will pace this year's Indianapolis 500, marking the 23rd time that a Chevy has paced the race and the 11th time the Corvette has performed the duty. With 638 horsepower from its supercharged 6.2-liter V8, the Corvette ZR1 will be the most powerful production machine to serve as the race's pace car. Helping to celebrate six decades of...  

Eight-Hour Test Will Provide Essential Information for Upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans LE MANS, France, May 29, 2012 – When 10-year-old Jordan Taylor first visited the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2001, the youngster immediately understood that this event was special. Now 11 years later, Taylor is returning to Le Mans – not [...]  

Mugdha plans to light up screen with Neil Nitin Mukesh . Macca is a fan of Radiohead and Neil Diamond. If Oz wins, mental strength of young side will be sky high: Neilsen. 'Aa Dekhen Zara' not copy of 'Freeze Frame': Neil Nitin  

The LS7's cylinder walls were deemed too thin to reliably handle the extra grunt of the supercharger. The LS9 has been validated to 150,000 hours and had no piston, rod, or crank failure in 6800 cumulative dyno hours. The hand-assembled engines come from ...  

Rathmann was also friends with Chevrolet head Ed Cole. The two of them made sure that the astronauts ... Like Gus Grissom and Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong evidently had a Corvette at some point in his life. This example, now owned by a private citizen ...  

The official replica of the official pace car will feature Atomic Orange paint, gold ribbon stripes, a smattering of patriotic Indy 500 badges, sassy silver split-spoke aluminum wheels, and a small rear spoiler, the latter snagged from the Z06 parts bin.  

Laguna Seca? Route 66? Corvettes at Carlisle? All fair options, but Motor Trend‘s Angus MacKenzie had a better idea: grab contributor and racer/ driving ace Justin Bell, and take the ZR1 on a proper European roadtrip. Their itinerary should set any car ...  

The cars of the 1960s may be high-powered fun machines in our memories, but muscle cars from that era just don’t have what it takes to make Edmunds INSIDE LINE’s list of the 100 most powerful cars of all time. And that’s not just an opinion. INSIDE LINE says each car’s ranking is determined by [...]  

It makes sense to launch the Corvette in Korea, as the Chevrolet brand has been rapidly expanding there and needs to have an attention-getting halo car in the market ... That was helped in part by the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement passed last year ...  

Darren Law - Detroit starts five in five Darren Law is ready for a race-car driver's dream – five races in five weeks, on two continents, in both prototype and GT cars. It doesn't get any better. #5 Action Express Racing Chevrolet Corvette DP: David Donohue, Darren LawPhoto by: Eric Gilbert The Phoenix driver will start with the Chevrolet Grand-Am Detroit 200 on June 2. He will drive the No. 9 Action Express Corvette-powered Daytona...  

What a Day in Monterey: Corvette Wins as GT Steals Show Graf, Luhr win overall for second straight ALMS race #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 Chevrolet: Oliver Gavin, Tom Milner Photo by: Jeff Davidson Muscle Milk Pickett Racing cruised to its second straight victory in the American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón on Friday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. But another ...  

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, the next-generation of America's iconic supercar, has been spotted testing in prototype form on a public road in the U.S. A passenger in a passing vehicle managed to film this short video clip of the heavily disguised prototype and was gracious enough to upload it to Youtube.  

#foundonebay Whether you're an early Corvette fanatic or just someone who stares at the average closed garage and wonders if it is hiding an automotive treasure it's hard not to get excited about the pictures of this recently unearthed 1961 'Vette. More »  

Click to view Gallery I think it was while we were shooting our 2011 Best Driver's Car video last year that Justin Bell and I got talking about great road trips. Justin's one of those rare people who can drive fast and talk coherently at the same time ...  

ST. MARYS Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer, Auglaize and Van Wert counties will sell chances to win a 1991 Corvette during the Peony Fest Car Show from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds. The 37th annual Van Wert Peony Festival...  

China readies new missile corvette LATEST TYPE:Defense analysts believe that the new missile boats will be perfectly suited to meet the challenges that China is facing in its South China Sea disputes A new type of Chinese missile corvette, the principal role for which might be to project power in the South China Sea, could be launched “within days,” military watchers said on the weekend. Talk of a Type 056 class first emerged in late 2010. So...  

This new Corvette C7 rendering has been out for a while as we’ve spotted it on several threads on various forums. What this is a revision of the “Rump Roast” Corvette C7 photo which appeared in Car and Driver’s April 2012 issue. This image is now part of Car and Driver’s C7 photo gallery. While [...]  

Ordinarily you’d think a stock Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 would be able to take on just about any comers. But a recent quarter-mile run at Palm Beach International Raceway during the StreetCarDrags.com event breaks that mold as a Cadillac CTS-V Wagon gets off to an unbelievable start and goes on to whip the Corvette. The ZR1 [...]  

joined Corvette Racing in 2011 as a full-season driver in the No. 3 Compuware Corvette C6.R He realized his potential quickly, winning the GTE Pro class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-drivers Olivier Beretta and Antonio Garcia. Milner made ...  

A 1969 Chevrolet Corvette doesn’t usually end up as a rally car in Switzerland. But this video shows a C3 Stingray more than holding its own apparently competing in the Rallye Critérium Jurassien 2012 against a Ferrari and another small car. We say apparently because we searched the Internet high and low but could find [...]  

Today is the last day of AutoNation's half-off sale on new cars to promote its site on eBay. Six new vehicles including a 2012 Chevrolet Corvette will be up for grabs. All week long, AutoNation has been chasing up some remarkable bargains for anyone fast ...  

A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 Continue reading →Corvette ZR1 to Pace Indy 500 is a post from: Autos.ca  

Bob Barron, vice-president of the Myrtle Beach Corvette Club, was one of a number of showgoers from the Grand Strand. “We’ve enjoyed (the show). It’s a great city,” he said. Jeanette Siebert arrived from the Crossflags Corvette Club in ...  

These are the sort of warnings that come attached to the keys of the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette SLP ZL610 ... Well, it starts with either a base C6 or a Grand Sport. Our car was the latter with the 4LT package that stickers for $65,495.  

O'Sullivan's mint-condition, antique Corvette was one of several crowd favorites at Sunday's Spring Fling car show and competition sponsored by the Gate City Corvette Club of Nashua. Hosted by the Anheuser-Busch plant in Merrimack, the event ...  

As if there weren’t enough superlatives surrounding the 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1, we learn General Motors undersold the grunt of its most expensive and most powerful production Corvette ever. We were already enthralled as we dreamed of an estimated 620 hp ...  

From Autos Insider RSS from The Detroit News: General Motors Cos 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 May 27. Its the 23rd time a Chevy has paced the field. Read the whole article  

But that’s not all of the updates, according to CorvetteBlogger. Other updates will reportedly include a new exterior color, Night Race Blue, as well as Black Painted Aluminum wheels replacing the previous Competition Gray wheels. Once again there will ...  

Inside, yellow stitching accents the ebony leather and GT1 emblems can be found on the seats, instrument panel, and center armrest. Under the hood, a special “carbon pattern” engine cover with yellow Corvette lettering will nicely accent the owner ...  

Corvette experts, please correct us if we’re wrong, but after some research, we’re fairly confident that this 1981 Chevrolet Corvette rolling chassis for sale on Hemmings.com (as we see from the monoleaf spring in the rear, it was from an automatic-equipped car) would definitely fit any 1973-1982 Corvette body without modification and should, with some [...]  

SF in Mississippi submitted this 1968 Corvette T-Top Coupe to Corvette Values: 1968 Corvette T-Top Coupe, VIN #194378S419XXX. Corvette Bronze with Dark Orange vinyl interior. All original body with no modifications. Base 327/300 hp engine, automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, air conditioning, rear luggage rack. True mileage unknown. Car termed to be in “good” [...]  

A 1967 Chevrolet Corvette claimed to be used by NASA Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong was put up for auction on the popular website eBay last week. Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969.  

The 1984 edition of the Chevrolet Corvette was the first all-new Vette rolled out by General Motors since 1963, and marked the beginning of a comeback from the dark times when America's most famous sports car came with an 85-mph speedometer and less power ...  

2012 Indy 500 Corvette ZR1 Pace Car On Track: VideoMotor AuthorityMore Buick's Riviera concept from the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show was designed in China, but set... Read More Announced yesterday as the official pace car of the 2012 Indy 500, the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is a familiar beast to most of us.and more »  

Corvette Racing Wins Long Beach ALMS Gavin and Milner Score GT Victory on Streets of Long Beach; Magnussen and Garcia Finish Fourth in Battered Corvette #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1: Oliver Gavin, Tom MilnerPhoto by: Bob Heathcote LONG BEACH, Calif., April 14, 2012 – Corvette Racing drivers Tommy Milner and Oliver Gavin won a hard-fought battle in the streets of Long Beach today, claiming a GT class victory in the second...  

As one of America's favorite sports cars, the Chevrolet Corvette is also one of the most targeted models of its kind by thieves, with the non-profit National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) having identified 134,731 thefts between 1953 and 2011 from a total production of 1,526,747 vehicles. Read more »Copyright © Carscoop.blogspot.com - All Rights Reserved  

Corvette Racing Reigns in American Le Mans Series Monterey with One-Two Finish Gavin and Milner Score Consecutive GT Victories; Magnussen and Garcia Take Second in Six-Hour Race #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 Chevrolet: Oliver Gavin, Tom Milner Photo by: Jeff Davidson MONTEREY, Calif., May 12, 2012 – Corvette Racing broke its victory drought at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in ...  

Filed under: Car Buying, Convertible, Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet 2013 is scheduled to be the final year of production for the sixth-generation Chevrolet Corvette, otherwise known as the C6. Having replaced the fifth-generation C5 Corvette in late 2005 as a 2006 model, that will mark a seven-year run on the market, which is impressively long in anyone's book, but fairly typical in Corvette history. Keeping the C6 fresh all those years had...  

Torque News2013 Corvette ZR1 to Pace the Race at the Indianapolis 500ReadMedia (press release)On Sunday, May 27, the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will join the likes of the 1967 Chevy Camaro and the 1999 Monte Carlo, becoming the 23rd Chevy to pace the Indianapolis 500. Boasting an imposing 638 horsepower, the 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 marks the ...Guy Fieri To Drive Indianapolis 500 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Pace CarBusiness InsiderINDYCAR: Culinary...  

There isn’t anything that stirs the imagination of a car enthusiast quite like the thought of finding an original barn car. We’ll we found one for you and it looks like this find is a keeper. Locked away in dusty Las Vegas area barn is this Silver/Red 1961 Corvette roadster. It hasn’t started, moved or [...]  

A 1967 Chevrolet Corvette once owned by Neil Armstrong is being auctioned on eBay ... Chevrolet’s connection with the space program launched in 1961, when GM President Ed Cole presented the first American in Space, Alan Shepard, with a ...  

This dusty, rough-looking example of a 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray would draw a sizable amount of interest from any Corvette collector. Its billing as the Corvette given to astronaut Neil Armstrong, then kept in a barn for a few decades until now ...  

This holiday weekend, save on shipping from Zip Corvette Parts. Free shipping applies to Internet orders of $75 or more shipped via UPS Ground to the Continental United States only. No coupon required. Click here to view Zip’s online catalog. Zip Corvette Parts passed along this message as well in remembrance of those who gave [...]  

Washington -General Motors Co's Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500. It's the 23rd time a Chevy has paced the field.  

Sometimes a person is least appreciated in his homeland. That was once the case with Zora Arkus-Duntov, the engineering genius who guided the Corvette through its early years after he emigrated from Europe. But now Jerry Burton, who is the author of “Zora Arkus-Duntov, The Legend Behind Corvette” and longtime editor of Corvette Quarterly, says [...]  

So you’ve finally decided to enter the elite club of Corvette drivers, like many other big purchases in life, it involves a lot of due diligence and research but by the time you get your hands on that wheel, it is absolutely worth it. The key behind buying any used car is due diligence and [...]  

LIMA — The 1967 Corvette was the last Corvette of the second generation models. This meant it benefited from the five years of refinements made at the start this generation grouping in 1962. The 1967 Vette is considered by some as one of the...  

Few cars have achieved the iconic status of Chevrolet’s Corvette.

Introduced in 1953 as a concept car at the GM Motorama in New York, only 300 of the fiberglass roadsters were built that first year. However, they were hand built, givi...  

Stock photo courtesy of CorvetteImages.com The California Highway Patrol is asking for help from citizens who may know the identity of a C6 Corvette driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run accident early Sunday. Authorities say witnesses saw a dark blue 2005 or 2006 Corvette with a removable hardtop strike a male pedestrian on the Highway [...]  

Bidders have a chance to own what could easily be considered one of the greatest pieces of Americana ever sold on eBay: Neil Armstrong’s 1967 Chevrolet Corvette. George Washington’s sword, Abe Lincoln’s hat or a Betsy Ross flag would probably beat it ...  

#starcars A couple of years before Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, a Florida Chevrolet dealer paid its patriotic dues by giving Corvettes to him and other astronauts. Armstrong apparently returned his'67 Corvette a year later and it was sold to a NASA employee. More »  

Talk about 'junk in the trunk' right? At this point the car is still in development, but a peek on the inside of the project has been offered by GM chairman Daniel Akerson. Akerson say's 'it's under wraps, top secret- the latest Corvette I think will float ...  

Popular TV personality, author, restaurateur to lead field in Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Restaurateur, best-selling author and host of the Food Network's hit show "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" Guy Fieri will drive the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Pace Car to lead the field of 33 drivers to start the 2012 Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Fieri is an avid classic car...  

A man walking along the northbound U.S. Highway 101 off ramp near State Route 166 was hit and killed by driver who fled the scene on Sunday at about 1 a.m. Officials with the California Highway Patrol are asking for the public’s help in locating the driver of  late-model dark blue Chevrolet Corvette. The Corvette sustained [...]  

Although our factory Corvette C6.Rs have the weekend off, we’ll be watching the Nurburgring 24 hour race with Jan Magnussen, Tommy Milner and Richard Westbrook who’ve teamed up with Daniel Keilwitz, winner of the 2010 FIA GT3 Drivers Championship, to drive this gold GT3 Z06R #90 Callaway Corvette for Haribo. The Nurburgring 24 begins this [...]  

1957 Chevrolet Corvette. Photos courtesy of Auctions America by RM Indiana-based Auctions America by RM conducted their second annual spring sale in conjunction with the annual Spring Carlisle swap meet on April 26-27 in the famed Pennsylvania town, recording over $2.5 million in sales during the event. Top sale of the weekend was the 1957 [...]  

May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg auto columnist Jason Harper reviews General Motors Co.'s Corvette Grand Sport. Harper speaks with Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television's "Rewind" (Source: Bloomberg)  

But before you go, here are Natalie Neff and Jon Wong with a wrap-up of our year living with the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. And remember, enjoy the drive. Get more car news, reviews and opinion every day: Sign up to have the Autoweek Daily Drive ...  

INDIANAPOLIS, May 8, 2012: A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 to the green flag Sunday, May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. With 638 horsepower, the Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful ...  

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MAGNUSSEN TARGETS TOP SPOT AT LONG BEACH FOR CORVETTE LONG BEACH, CA, Tuesday, April 10: While he may have a pair of runner-up finishes in the past two years on the streets of Long Beach and a runner-up spot in the opening round of the 2012 American Le Mans Series, Danish Corvette star Jan Magnussen has his sights set on going one better in California this weekend. #03 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1: Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia...  

When the 25th anniversary Chevrolet Corvette was chosen as the Indianapolis 500 pace car in 1978, it had just tossed off its flying buttress rear roof and was flaunting slick fastback glass.  

General Motors Co., the world's largest automaker, will begin selling the Chevrolet Corvette sports car in South Korea next month as the U.S. company seeks to expand sales in overseas markets.  

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#10 Chevrolet Corvette: Ricky Taylor, Max AngelelliPhoto by: Grand-Am The No. 10 SunTrust Corvette Dallara DP of Wayne Taylor Racing will start Sunday’s GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Global Barter 250 from the pole after qualifying Saturday at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville. Ricky Taylor, who qualified on the pole here last July for the fifth of his six-race consecutive pole streak, once again turned the fastest lap of the...  

Corvette Racing Program Director Doug Fehan and Dan Binks – crew chief for the #3 Corvette C6.R – took time out of their schedule to come visit Corvette owners and enthusiasts attending the 2012 Bash at the National Corvette Museum in April. The duo discussed the state of Corvette Racing in the American Le Mans [...]  

A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will pace the Indianapolis 500 on May 27, the 11th time the field has been led by a Corvette and the 23rd time a Chevy has done the honors. The way things have been trending in IndyCar racing, a Chevy will likely lead the ...  

Third Round of American Le Mans Series Is Crucial in GT Championship Fight #4 Corvette Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1: Oliver Gavin, Tom MilnerPhoto by: Darren Pierson MONTEREY, Calif., May 7, 2012 – With 82 class victories to its credit, Corvette Racing has celebrated at race tracks from California to France – but it's been four years since the Corvette drivers sprayed champagne from the top step of the podium at Mazda Raceway Laguna...  

INDIANAPOLIS- A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will lead the starting field of the 96th Indianapolis 500 on May 27 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, officials announced today. “Corvette embodies pure performance, so the ZR1 is a perfect car to ...  

Indianapolis Motor Speedway chose Guy Fieri, best-selling author and host of Food Network's "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" to be the honorary Pace Car driver for the 96th Indianapolis 500 on May 27. In this position, Fieri drives the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ...  

Arkus-Duntov's life and work is on display at the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Center for Russian Emigres ... worldwide English-language broadcast about affairs in Russia, the Thompson Reuters news service, GQ Russia, Auto Review Magazine and Auto ...  

Computer geeks are helping the No. 4 Corvette C6.R team win races. In a world where a fraction of a second sometimes determines the outcome, it only makes sense that usually it’s the little things that can make the difference. That’s where people like Chuck Houghton, race engineer for the Corvette Racing team in the [...]  

A beat-up 1967 Chevrolet Corvette, which astronaut Neil Armstrong purportedly first owned, has attracted astronomical bids on the online auction site eBay. But did the first man to walk on the moon ever drive it?  

Phil Perry doesn’t know much about the previous owners of his 1962 Corvette, but he does know one thing: they obviously took good care of his car for nearly 50 years until he could take possession of it. Some folks might call his very nice Roman Red C1 a “survivor,” but the fact is that [...]  

#themorningshift This is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? More »  

Check out one of the sexiest Corvettes ever built. Sammy Maloof and his team at Maloof Racing Engines just finished building a 385 cubic inch, small block engine for a 1962 Chevrolet with dual quads all tucked under the hood, right at 480 horsepower, 555 foot lbs. of torque, on 91 octane! Estimated gas mileage - 19 mpg. Meet Tom, the happy owner. Visit us at http://sammymaloof.com/engines Maloof Racing Engines we're making ALL your horsepower...  

Others to watch out for include the Corvette Z06s of Georgia’s Mark Nunnally (TT-3, Pfadt Racing), and Texan Troy ... the Whelens better look out for the fellow Vettes of Mike Howard (MTI Racing Chevrolet Corvette Z06), A.R. Hoshmandy and the LG ...  

The ebay auction for Neil Armstrong's 1967 Corvette Sting Ray ended on Sunday with the highest bid being 250,090. An atronomical amount that did not even meet the seller's reserve. The high price seems to solely be based on the fact that the first man on ...  

For the 23rd time in the running of the Indianapolis 500, a Chevrolet will lead the pack to the green flag. This year, the car chosen is the 638-horsepower Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, which goes down in the history books as the most powerful production car ...  

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Chevrolet, Luxury, South Korea As of this month, South Koreans will be able to get themselves into a Corvette bought at their local Chevrolet dealer. General Motors wants to get more people in more lands behind the wheel of its icon to offset declining sales numbers here at home, and South Korea is an easier target for the moment because of the free trade agreement recently ratified between that country...  

Yeah, barn find stories are neat.When I lived in Oregon, I once went to look at a '59 Cadillac series 62 flat-top sedan, i.e. the 4-window.It started/ran, but had been in a U-store-it 'garage' for a good while.Had it been a coupe, I'd have likely purchased it. They wanted like $5K for it, and there wasn't a thing special about it. Don't even think it had factory A/C. C³ - Cool Cadillac Cat  

One-hundred-octane blood flows through my veins. But nothing revs my engine quite like the Chevrolet Corvette. It's my dad's fault. He bought his first Vette in 1977 (180 hp, three-speed automatic, AM/FM/eight-track player, orange), infecting me with a ...  

This story was updated at 6 a.m. ET on May 7. An eBay auction for a beat-up 1967 Chevrolet Corvette, purportedly first owned by astronaut Neil Armstrong, ended Sunday evening with a final sky-high hammer price of $250,090. But despite the ...  

A beat-up 1967 Chevrolet Corvette, which astronaut Neil Armstrong purportedly first owned, has attracted astronomical bids on the online auction site eBay. But did the first man to walk on the moon ever drive it? The sports car, which the seller described ...  

KVECCHP looking for Chevy Corvette after fatal hit and runKSBY San Luis Obispo NewsIt happened around 1:00 am Based on witness statements and evidence gathered at the scene, CHP believes the driver of a dark blue Chevy Corvette ran over the man and took off. Witnesses said he drove northbound on Thompson Road towards Nipomo after the ...Victim Identified In Fatal Hit And Run AccidentKVECCHP Identifies Victim in Nipomo Hit and Run, Manhunt...  

How To Locate A Reliable Vehicle EntrepreneurTue, 15 May 2012 05:47:30 +0000Can Chevrolet Really Rescue Opel? - ForbesFinancial TimesCan Chevrolet Really Rescue Opel?ForbesIn 1911, Louis-Joseph Chevrolet gave William Crapo Durant a second chance. Durant had founded General Motors three years earlier, but was pushed out of the way. The two men joined forces to start [...]  

Bill McElroy and his 1966 Corvette Sting Ray coupe have been through a lot together over the past 40 years. Back in 1971, McElroy, then 19 years old, found the car in a newspaper ad, advertised for just $1,600, nearly half what other folks wanted for similar Corvettes back then. Of course, the car was [...]  

About the only thing you can understand from the narration on this German video is “Autobahn,” “Corvette,” “McLaren,” and “Dodge Viper.” But in this case, a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, even if they are in German. That’s all you have to see to start crying about these once magnificent supercars. Last Saturday, [...]  

Amarillo, TX - More than a thousand residents dished out cash to see some hot wheels, and the money raised goes to local kid's charities. The 9th annual Wheels Xtravaganza sponsored by the Amarillo Area Corvette Club featured nearly 150 cars, pick-ups ...  

I pull my buddy’s Ferrari 458 Italia off the racetrack and into the pit lane, brake dust showering the tire rims like fairy powder. We’ve been hurtling down the straightaway at Monticello Motor Club at 150 miles per hour and the tires are ...  

While watching the replay of the 12 Hours of Sebring, I was glad to see Chevrolet continuing the Corvette Racing “Technology Transfer” segments which can be seen during the ESPN/ABC race broadcasts. The Technology Transfer segments highlight the transfer of racing technology from the track to the production Corvettes. This year, Chevrolet has tapped former [...]  

The Chevy Corvette has remained a popular target for thieves for years since it was first introduced in the 1950s. A National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) report now points to the 1984 Corvette as the most-stolen model year of the famous nameplate. From ...  

When an auction lists a vehicle as an “ultimate barn find” or touts celebrity ownership, it’s a safe bet that the asking price rises to a near-stratospheric level. Never mind that this three-owner 1967 Chevrolet Corvette hasn’t been ...  

The introduction of the Corvette will continue the expansion of the Chevrolet brand in Korea, and comes about a year after the company launched the Camaro sports car there. The Corvette coupe will go on sale in May for 86.4 million Korean won, the ...  

Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Chevrolet, CelebritiesDiners, Drive-ins and Dives persona Guy Fieri is making more news with garages these days than kitchens. The Food Network host, who recently had his Lamborghini Gallardo stolen and then recovered in a teen's storage container, has been selected to drive the 2013 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 pace car at the Indy 500 this year. Guy's an admitted car fan, and he...  

There are a lot of custom Corvettes out there. When it comes to these cars, we owners love to personalize them in infinite ways. Some of these modifications turn out really well and others don’t quite have the same appeal. This 1988 coupe currently for sale Ohio fits into the latter category. This beauty has [...]  

The Corvette racing world lost another legend this month when Robert D. “Marietta Bob” Johnson passed away on May 7, 2012 at age 85. He earned the nickname “Marietta Bob” to differentiate him from his racing partner, “Columbus Bob” Johnson. They were named for their hometowns in Ohio. Marietta Bob didn’t start racing until he [...]  

Corvette Care, a full-service repair/restoration facility specializing in Chevrolet Corvette sports cars, will host a public open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at its Rancho Cordova shop.  

It was a great weekend for Corvette Racing fans. Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor led the Corvette drivers with a victory in their No. 10 SunTrust Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype (DP) in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race held at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Corvette DP has now won three of the first four [...]  

The mayor of a small East End municipality was busted for DWI last Friday afternoon after she rear ended a Corvette in Sag Harbor, cops said. North Haven Village Mayor Laura Nolan was hit with an aggravated drunken driving rap after she smacked her Mercedes into the car's rear...  

#hoonoftheday The 1963 Grand Sport could be the most lustworthy Corvette ever built. With its custom frame and 600 horsepower, six-liter V8, it was a bonafide Cobra killer. Here's one sliding around the 2009 Copenhagen Historic Grand Prix in slow motion. More »  

A Corvette once associated with a drug dealer is now helping Bartlett, Tennessee police teach youngsters about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The 1999 model has been adorned with patriotic decals as part of the DARE program, or Drug Abuse Resistance Education, which aims to show fourth and fifth graders how to keep peer [...]  

Over in America, the only vehicle worthy of being called a sports car at the time was the Chevrolet Corvette, but even its top model, the ZR-1 only had 375-hp, while all the European offerings had power ratings ... go to a Chevrolet dealership and order ...  

This year's race marks the 23rd time Chevrolet has paced the Indy 500; it's the 11th time for a Corvette to be the Pace Car - both event records. Jim Campbell, U.S. vice president for performance vehicles and motorsports noted, "We are excited to have Guy ...  

The sound of that BMW's S54 inline-six is both intoxicating and arousing. This M3 CSL is equipped with a straight-pipe exhaust system and sounds just the way an M3 should. 2011 Corvette ZR1 The Chevrolet Corvette has long been the domestic performance-car ...  

It was love at first sight for me. My family kept our car keys in a jar by the door, and I used to get up early--something few teenage boys really like to do--just to beat my brother out the door and be able to drive his beautiful red Sting Ray to school.  

Mecum Auctions will offer nearly 200 Corvettes for sale this week in Indianapolis at their 25th Annual Spring Classic auction. Corvettes make up almost 10% of the expected 2,000 car docket. The event kicked off yesterday with “Super Tuesday” and concludes on Sunday, May 20th. The team at Velocity will provide 32 hours of live [...]  

May 10 (Bloomberg) -- I pull my buddy's Ferrari 458 Italia off the racetrack and into the pit lane, brake dust showering the tire rims like fairy powder. We've been hurtling down the straightaway at Monticello Motor Club at 150 miles per hour ...  

It’s another six hours into the sunset at famed Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca when the American Le Mans Series returns for the American Le Mans Monterey, presented by Patrón May 11-12. This is a crucial race for the boys in Yellow as Chevrolet and BMW are tied in the Manufacturers standings and the #4 C6.R [...]  

We’ve heard about obsessive-compulsive owners who won’t drive their Corvette if there is even a 10 percent chance of rain in the forecast five days from now. We even heard about one guy who parked his ‘Vette underneath a car wash during a storm to wait it out – while on a date with his [...]  

To paraphrase country singer George Jones, this is one old Corvette that’s not ready for a rockin’ chair. John Muller of Arizona always liked the way first generation Corvettes looked, but motoring down the highway in the 1955 he once owned wasn’t the ultimate driving experience. Then he found a 1954 Corvette on eBay that [...]  

Check out this video of NYC-based rapper “LYRIC INFORCA” as he plays a stereotypical New Yorker driving around in a Velocity Yellow Corvette Z06 while banging out some big beats. Actually, this NSFW video is just about the worst thing you’ll ever seen. In hindsight, we can’t decide whether the Corvette is the video’s saving [...]  

Not everyone has a garage to keep his Corvette inside, safely tucked away from the deadly evils that constantly lurk to try and destroy our pride and joys. But now Mid America Motorworks is offering a great solution to those of us who have to store their Corvettes outside. The new Diamond Car Cover features [...]  

MAX ANGELELLI & RICKY TAYLOR Plenty of Reason for Optimism as SunTrust Rolex Series Team Heads to Homestead #10 Chevrolet Corvette: Ricky Taylor, Max AngelelliPhoto by: Grand-Am HOMESTEAD, Fla. (April 24, 2012) – It may have been nearly a month since we last saw the No. 10 SunTrust Corvette Dallara DP of Wayne Taylor Racing turning GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series race laps. But the perennial championship contenders, featuring co-drivers Max...  

If there is one aftermarket segment for Corvettes that really understands the importance of photography to its business, it’s the custom wheel market. But the adage of “a picture says a thousand words” just isn’t true in this case as we could only muster one word “damn!” as we scanned through this photo gallery of [...]  

Last week, General Motors released the April 2012 sales report and new deliveries of America’s favorite sports car came in at 1,396. This is down 4% from April 2011′s sales figure of 1,454 but was an increase over the 1,376 Corvettes sold last month (March 2012). This is now the 4th month in row for [...]  

So here’s a fact for Corvette trivia fans: In the last 30 years, which model year of Corvette has been reported stolen more than any other? If you answered the 1984 Corvette, then give yourself a hand. The National Insurance Crime Bureau has looked a thefts of Corvettes from 1981-2011 and issued their report to [...]  

Corvette’s Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter held this one-hour seminar at the National Corvette Museum’s 2012 Bash called “Engineering the Corvette”. With all the excitement surrounding the up-coming 2014 C7 Corvette, Tadge wanted to take Corvette owners and enthusiasts inside the process. From the halls of GM’s design center to the factory floor in Bowling Green, [...]  

Charlie Mallon’s infatuation with Chevrolet – and Corvettes – started 40 years ago, and now his love for the Bowtie brand may just land him in the Guinness Book of World Records. The Pennsylvania auto dealership consultant has been collecting Chevrolet items of all kinds since he was 14 years old. Now 54, he has [...]  

If you’re a Corvette fanatic, you’re well aware of all the great fun that you can have at Corvettes at Carlisle, which will be held this year on August 26-28 at the Carlisle, Pennsylvania Fairgrounds. This year the largest and most fun filled Corvette event will again feature a Sunday giveaway that will feature a [...]  

Article Contributed by the Corvette Forum TX2k12 was, apparently, the most fun you could have in a car this side of the mason-dixon line. While the focus of most of the action was on drag racing and other shenanigans, the road course was busy too. This video puts you behind the wheel of a C6 [...]  

Corvette Racing broke its victory drought at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in convincing fashion on May 12, 2012, sweeping the fiercely competitive GT class with a one-two finish in the six-hour American Le Mans...  

Even before his racing career was curbed by his health, Shelby paired with two Texas Chevy dealers on an idea to build a race car from the Corvette that could beat Enzo Ferrari on his own terms. Using three chassis from 1959 Corvettes, the trio shipped the ...  

When I was 21 years old, I went into debt up to my eyeballs in order to buy my dream car, which I then shipped to Europe for an epic road trip on two continents.Contributor: Brett WilkinsPublished: May 24, 2012  

There he worked with famed GM designer Bill Mitchell in the so-called “Studio X” on a variety of top-secret concept and experimental car designs — including the 1957 Corvette SS concept that influenced the C2 Chevrolet Corvette. Lapine also helped ...  

In a press release shared on its facebook page today, Chevrolet Mexico has announced that the Corvette ZR1 and the two Grand Sport models will be available for sale at four retail outlets across the country starting in April. Customers will be able to visit these dedicated “Performance Stores” to shop and custom order America’s [...]  

Barn finds are often the stuff of urban legend ... All hydraulic systems will need to be rebuilt, and you won’t even discover any electrical issues until restoration is well underway. Still, for the right buyer this Corvette could be the project car ...  

As we get closer to the 2013 Corvette’s official launch at the National Corvette Museum’s Bash later this month, additional details about the final C6 Corvette are starting to trickle out. There is always excitement when GM introduces a new color choice for Corvettes and so when we came across an official Chevrolet Dealer document [...]  

Corvette fanatics probably think they have died and gone to heaven when they walk into the showroom at ProTeam Corvette Sales. And little wonder. Owner’s Terry Michaelis and his brother Fred – who have been in the Corvette hobby since the early 1970s, when they first began buying and fixing up used models – currently [...]  

Third Round of American Le Mans Series Is Crucial in GT Championship Fight MONTEREY, Calif., May 7, 2012 – With 82 class victories to its credit, Corvette Racing has celebrated at race tracks from California to France – but it’s been four years since the Corvette drivers sprayed champagne from the top step of the [...]  

There's so much Americana in this auction it's amazing. Back in the 60s America was enamored with spaceflight and astronauts were the massive national heroes that they should be. Astronauts got all...  

Magnussen ran his quickest time in his fifth and final lap around the historic 3.7-mile, airstrip-turned-race track circuit, running a 1:58.996 (113.147 mph) in the No. 03 Corvette C6.R, while Gavin posted his best time on his fourth lap at 1:59.007 (113.136 mph) in the No. 4 Corvette C6.R.  

There are a lot of significant Corvettes out there. The first fuelie, the first big block, the first car of any Corvette generation or model year, etc. Many of these cars get locked away in a museum and seldom, if ever, see use on the road. When we stumbled across this video of EX-87, “the [...]  

It may seem hard to believe, but C4 Corvettes are quickly turning into classics as the 84 model turns 28 this year. Like other classic Corvettes from previous generations, one area of your Corvette that doesn’t age gracefully are your leather seats. If your early C4 leather seats have become worn, cracked or torn, check [...]  

#themorningshift This is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important? More »  

Our friends at Bloomington Gold have recently announced who will be honored this year as the newest members of The Great Hall. The diverse 2012 list of honorees consists of a racer, a noted restorer, the founder of Corvette Central, and a former Corvette Chief Engineer among others. Now in its third year, The Great [...]  

From Concept to Reality, Corvette Daytona Prototype Celebrates First Victory in GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series DETROIT (April 5, 2012) – When Chevrolet unveiled the 2012 Corvette Daytona Prototype for GRAND-AM Road Racing competition in November 2011, it was the culmination of a multi-faceted effort involving Chevrolet, the Corvette design team, Pratt & Miller and GRAND-AM with valuable input from chassis builders Riley, Coyote and...  

Earlier this year, Callaway announced the building of a special run of 25 Corvette Grand Sports for the 25th Anniversary of RPO B2K, the first turbo-charged Corvettes offered by the factory. Although today’s RPO B2K has traded in the turbos for a supercharger, the end result is equally awesome. The 25 B2K Anniversary Corvettes were [...]  

If you’re looking for a unique Corvette, then we have found it for you in Spain. A collector over there drew up a 1/18 scale model and then had a custom Corvette C3 limo made from the sketch. The Corvette limo is 12.5 meters long, and in case you flunked metrics, that’s about 41 feet [...]  

It has that authentic look, feel, and heavy weight reminiscent of pre-WWII American cars. Even steel reproductions of old Corvette bodies are seen as "more authentic" than the fiberglass models. Price In almost every situation, a fiberglass body is going ...  

But, though this is a high bid for a Corvette it is yet to reach the seller's reserve price. Neil Armstrong's Corvette Sting Ray has been in stationery condition since 1981 and has been stored in a climate controlled environment. The 30 year old ...  

The California Highway Patrol is looking for the driver responsible for hitting and killing a pedestrian on the northbound Highway 101 off-ramp to Highway 166 early Sunday morning. It happened around 1:00 a.m. Based on witness statements and evidence ...  

Want to purchase the GTE-Pro class-winning Corvette C6R from last year’s 24 hours of Le Mans? Well too bad, you can’t have that one, but can take home this yellow 2006 Z06 that’s decked out as tribute to Team Corvette’s epic triumph in France last summer. We first stumbled upon this car at last year’s [...]  

There’s a little bit of Corvette in every Chevrolet product made, including the small-size Sonic. That’s the word from John Buttermore, the lead development engineer for the Sonic, who also happens to be the defending SCCA Touring 1 Class champion in his No. 52 T1 Corvette. “The Sonic has, and every street car that we [...]  

The Ferrari is blood red and brand new. It set my friend back almost $300,000. I step out of its butter-cream leather interior and slip behind the wheel of the car that I drove in - a Chevy. A $72,000 Corvette Grand Sport, to be exact. Some might consider ...  

Every little kid at some point in his or her life wanted to be an astronaut at one time or another. Only a very few actually end up living out there spacey dreams. Neil Armstrong did just that when he became the first person to step on the moon in July of 1969. Unfortunately, you [...]  

During the rollout out of the C6 in 2005, Chevy introduced just the base coupe and convertible models with the performance-laden Z06 coming a year later in 2006. When Chevrolet introduces the C7 Corvette next year, the speculation is that we’ll initially have just two models to choose from – the standard Coupe and Convertible [...]