![[VIDEO] Black Eyed Peas Will.i.am Takes Custom 1959 Corvette for a Spin](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2012/030912_1b.jpg)
Black Eyed Peas singer Will.i.am has been seen around Hollywood lately in his West Coast Custom’s 1959 Corvette.
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![[VIDEO] Corvette Assembly Plant Reveals Future Plans](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2012/030712_3.jpg)
Happy days are here again, at least for workers at the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Folks like Todd Largent, who was laid off 3½ years ago, and other workers with recall rights, are being summoned back to work just in time for the seventh generation of America’s sports car expected to arrive next year.
![[VIDEO] Larry the Cable Guy Visits the Corvette Assembly Plant](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2012/030712_1.jpg)
Larry the Cable Guy’s Only in America TV show recently stopped in Bowling Green, Kentucky where he filmed a segment at the Corvette assembly plant. Larry proves that he wouldn’t be a good addition to the local labor force as we watch him touch a newly painted door and struggle with putting together a set of seat belts.
Road & Track magazine has been testing Corvettes ever since the first one was built nearly 60 years ago.
But they may have outdone themselves with their current test of “every last single solitary new Corvette you can possibly buy. Or at least every version with a 6-speed manual and lots of options.”
![[VIDEO] Corvette ZR1 vs C6.R in Dream Drag Race](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2012/030212_20.jpg)
The 2012 Corvette ZR1 and Corvette Racing’s C6.R go head to head in this dream drag race matchup.
![[PICS] Subtle Outrageousness: 1964 Corvette Named Lydia](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2012/030212_4b.jpg)
This is Lydia. She began life as a basic 1964 Corvette coupe and was transformed into the finely sculptured piece of art you see here by B Rod or Custom of Knoxville, TN. Lydia was another one of our other favorites from this years’ Autorama in Detroit.
![[VIDEO] The Beauty of a 1969 Corvette Stingray](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2012/030212_1.jpg)
The beauty of the Chevrolet Corvette has been captured by many photographers for the past 60 years, but a slick video of a red 1969 Stingray on the creative website called Vimeo lifts the game to a brand new level.
![[POLL] Should Corvette Split off from Chevrolet?](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2012/030112_1.jpg)
Chevrolet without Corvette?
Sounds like coffee without cream to some folks, but believe it or not, at the turn of the century, General Motors was apparently considering the possibility of making Corvette a brand of its own, according to the recent recollections of Rick Kranz, product editor for Automotive News.
![[PICS] Cimtex Rods Sixty-Two Twelve Custom Corvette](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2012/022912_14b.jpg)
While perusing the plethora of flashy rides at Detroit Autorama we stumbled across this simply stunning custom 1962 Corvette dubbed “Sixty-Two Twelve”. The absolutely striking black roadster built by Cimtex Rods in Jarrell, Texas was being shown by Bruce and Judy Ricks of Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
When it comes sports car sales in the USA, Chevrolet is the brand that buyers flocked to in 2011 with Camaro and Corvette accounting for one out of every three sports cars sold last year. To show off their most capable performance cars, Chevy took the Camaro ZL1 and Corvette ZR1 to VIR where the two retail production versions lapped the Grand Course in record times.
