So far, the new C8 Corvette has been the only Chevy product to be available in Rapid Blue, the light hue that turned out to be one of the most popular exterior colors for the new mid-engine Stingray in 2020 when some 6 percent of customers picked that shade.
It’s no secret that comedian Jay Leno loves cars. In fact, HotCars reported in December that the former Tonight Show host has a collection worth $52 million with an ever-fluctuating number of vehicles estimated to be around 181 cars and 160 motorcycles.
As I look out the window of our Detroit Bureau office, I see a white, snow-covered world, and the thermometer currently reads 19 degrees. With that, it’s hard to believe that Bloomington Gold’s annual summertime Corvette extravaganza is a tick over 4 months away. As the date draws nearer, we’re learning more details about what the June 18th and 19th event will look like.
![[VIDEO] Wrapped C8 Corvette Makes Snow Angels in Front of a Chevy Dealership](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2021/021021_14b.jpg)
Need a mid-day break? Check out this C8 Corvette doing some donuts in the parking lot of a Chevy dealership!
There’s nothing like a little snow on the ground to make hooning your mid-engine Corvette so much easier and you have the added benefit of not burning up that expensive Michelin rubber as well.
This Corvette has been wrapped in “chrome turquoise” which looks very eerie under the gray skies and white sparking lot. The Stingray’s entire top is done in black and with the tinted windows, there’s no telling who is driving it. You have to wonder, was the driver at the dealership for business, or just to provide some needed entertainment during another Polar Vortex?
Fun stuff for sure, but I sure hope he has the WeatherTech floor mats with all that shush on the ground!
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This 1971 Corvette convertible may not ever be hugely popular with serious collectors, but that doesn’t mean it still couldn’t provide a lot of fun for the right owner.
By now, we’ve all heard the big news from GM. CEO Mary Barra announced the storied US automaker “aspires” to be all-electric by 2035.
Oh, the hand-wringing and the pearl-clutching that ensued like the collective automotive world got its skirt blown up over its head. Doomsday declarations from every corner of social media were plastered across the web, most from armchair critics vowing never to buy a GM car again or predicting another bankruptcy. Good heavens.
When you’re dealing with “an exceptional car,” sometimes you can sell it for “an exceptional price.”
That’s the way a Hagerty official sums up the $610,000 (plus buyer’s commission) someone just paid for a museum-quality 1969 L88 Corvette – nearly $200,000 above the estimated value of $425,000 in the current edition of the Hagerty Price Guide.
Corvette customers are doing their share to help the economy recover from the effects of the pandemic.
The latest example?
![[VIDEO] Emelia Hartford is Your New C8 Corvette Horsepower Queen](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2021/020921_11b.jpg)
YouTuber and C8 content machine, Emelia Hartford has been relentless in her pursuit of power since taking delivery of her 2020 Corvette Stingray Z51 about a year ago. Her obsession got her C8 twin-turboed, nutrous’d, and even blown up.
![[PICS] 2021 C8 Corvette to Pace the Daytona 500](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2021/020921_12b.jpg)