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[VIDEO] U-Drags is Back with Some C8 Corvette Stingray vs BMW M2 Action!

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[VIDEO] U-Drags is Back with Some C8 Corvette Stingray vs BMW M2 Action!


0-60, quarter mile, stopping distance, roadholding; vehicle performance testing was pretty uniform across the board for decades until Edmunds came along with a brilliant idea: what if all four of those performance benchmarks were smashed together into a single assessment of a car’s performance envelope? U-Drags was born, and we’ve been hooked ever since – especially because Edmunds’ greatest invention just so happened to more-or-less coincide with the publication’s purchase of its own, no-strings-attached C8 Corvette!

The Top 11 Corvette Sales from Mecum Kissimmee

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The Top 11 Corvette Sales from Mecum Kissimmee

Photo Credits: Mecum, Keith Cornett


The 2024 January auctions are off to a flying start. Mecum Kissimmee just wrapped up nearly 2 weeks in Florida with in the neighborhood of 4,500 cars crossing the auction block. As of this writing, the overall top sale was a stunning 1963 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder that commanded $17.87M. That’s a new record for the most expensive car ever sold by Mecum. In addition, another 15 lots also topped the $1M mark.

It’s Corvette Allocation Day for January 2024’s Order Cycle

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It's Corvette Allocation Day for January 2024's Order Cycle


Today is Allocation Day for Chevy dealers who received their number of 2024 Corvettes that they can order for customers when the January order cycle opens up next Thursday. The quantities are broken down into each of the three models and then dealers can start trying to figure out what they can order. GM’s order process is somewhat chaotic in our opinion as dealers still have to wait until next Thursday to find out which options may be constrained, so we’ll have that info next week.

2024 Corvette E-Ray Loses Out to $508,000 V6 Ferrari in R&T’s Performance Car of the Year Super Test

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2024 Corvette E-Ray Loses Out to $508,000 V6 Ferrari in R&T's Performance Car of the Year Super Test

Photo Credit: Chevrolet


Well, it was bound to happen at some point. After the Z06 swept automotive awards season a year ago and the E-Ray was off to a hot start in 2024, the Crossed Flags have finally found themselves outside the winner’s circle of a major performance accolade, curtsey of the latest from Maranello.

Pre-Mod Your New C8 Corvette BEFORE Taking Delivery with Wheel Craft’s Wheel Exchange Program

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Pre-Mod Your New C8 Corvette BEFORE Taking Delivery with Wheel Craft's Wheel Exchange Program

Photo Credit: Wheel Craft


One of the greatest days in a Corvette enthusiasts’ life is the day they take delivery of their new Corvette. Those months of waiting for the delivery day offers buyers plenty of time to shop and pick out some of the mods they want to make to their cars. What if you could “pre-mod” your new Corvette’s wheels so that when you take delivery, you’re getting the car with the chrome wheels that you wanted, not the car with the wheels you are going to change later?

Wheel Craft’s C8 Corvette wheel exchange program can make that happen! Wheel Craft can ship your PVD Chrome wheels to your dealer for install on your Corvette during the PDI process so that when you pick up your new Corvette, it’s looking just the way you wanted it! Your factory OEM wheels go back in the boxes and are returned to Wheel Craft to complete the wheel exchange. If you’re doing an R8C Museum Delivery with your new C8 Corvette, Wheel Craft has some options available for you in Bowling Green as well!

Pre-Mod Your New C8 Corvette BEFORE Taking Delivery with Wheel Craft's Wheel Exchange Program New Owners Take Delivery of their 2024 Corvette pre-modded with Wheel Craft’s PVD Chrome Wheels.

Wheel Craft does all the coordination with your Chevrolet dealer’s Service and Parts departments and will work with your sales rep so that all are on board. With the pre-planning successfully completed, your PVD Chrome wheels will be waiting at the dealership when your Corvette arrives from Bowling Green.

Contact a Wheel Craft advisor today at 833-639-4231 to discuss your PVD Chrome wheel exchange options.

The Corvette Was Introduced to the Public 71 Years Ago Today

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The Corvette Was Introduced to the Public 71 Years Ago Today

Photo Credit: General Motors


Happy Anniversary, Corvette!

Today is the 71st anniversary of the Chevrolet Corvette’s public debut! The first prototype Corvette was shown in public during the GM Motorama held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City on January 17, 1953.

[VIDEO] This Walk Around of Callaway Speedster #002 Will be the Best 10 Minutes of Your Day

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[VIDEO] This Walk Around of Callaway Speedster #002 Will be the Best 10 Minutes of Your Day


The sudden loss of Reeves Callaway last year turned the Corvette world on its ear. No one single tuner influenced Corvette more than Callaway. When the first RPO B2K Corvette rolled out of Bowling Green and headed off to Old Lyme, CT the Corvette landscape was changed forever, and legend of the Callaway Corvette was here to stay.

[VIDEO] C&S Corvettes on the C6 Corvette’s Infamous Gas Smell

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[VIDEO] C&S Corvettes on the C6 Corvette's Infamous Gas Smell


Our friends at C&S Corvettes are taking a deeper dive into why your C6 Corvette may be smelling like gas every time you fill up your tank.

It’s a known issue for the C6 and it’s caused by the heavy use of plastics in the fuel system which can become brittle and crack with age. With the 2005 Corvette now closing in on being 20 years old, more and more of these cars will likely need this repair.

[VIDEO] The 1963 Corvette Split Window Colorama Collection Sells at Mecum Kissimmee for a Combined $1,559,250

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[VIDEO] The 1963 Corvette Split Window Colorama Collection Sells at Mecum Kissimmee for a Combined $1,559,250


One of our favorite collections offered at Mecum Kissimmee and one that probably had generated the most buzz from Corvette enthusiasts was the 1963 Corvette Split Window Colorama Collection. The collection was assembled and offered by ProTeam Corvette and the seven Split Windows were offered with each being one represented in one of the seven exterior colors that were available for the first year Sting Rays.

Corvettes for Sale: 70-Mile 1998 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car Offered on Hagerty

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Corvettes for Sale: 70-Mile 1998 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car Offered on Hagerty


Back in the late ’90s, Chevrolet General Manager John Middlebrook told the designers that the company wanted a Corvette Indy Pace Car for 1998 “that would grab people immediately.”

Middlebrook says they didn’t disappoint him, and most people would be hard-pressed to disagree with that sentiment.