Admit it, most people are impressed with the latest gizmos.
While she was taking a couple of our son’s friends home the other day in our new Blazer, my wife says they were in awe of the fancy technology Chevy packed into the SUV, space-age features like the way they could see all around the vehicle through the bird’s eye camera system, not to mention the wide-angle view behind the vehicle that popped up on the rearview mirror.
![[VIDEO] After Losing Races to a C8 Corvette, a C7 Grand Sport Owner Gets to Test Drive It](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2020-2/072220_13b.jpg)
Add another convert over to the C8 side.
This time, though, it’s a C7 Grand Sport owner who makes the switch.
A friend of mine who builds professional websites told me once that “when you give a feature to users, they are sure to break it.”
![[VIDEO] Hennessey Makes Installing Their C8 Corvette Exhaust Upgrade Look Easy](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2020-2/072220_8b.jpg)
There are always enthusiasts who want to add their personal touch to their Corvettes, and Hennessey Performance has been there for years to offer their special touches for these owners.
![[VIDEO] Raiti's Rides Pits a 2020 Corvette Against a Lingenfelter Camaro ZL1 1LE](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2020-2/072220_1b.jpg)
With zero natural competitors in the domestic market (or anywhere, really), the eighth-generation Corvette, once again, finds itself forced into battle with a steroidal, front-engined pony car.
This time, courtesy of our friends at the Dream Giveaway, the rare, high-wing-equipped Z51 Stingray finds its sparring partner sitting directly across the showroom, in the form of the top-dog Camaro ZL1 1LE. To make things even more interesting, this 1LE has had it’s already potent LT4 V8 massaged to 720 horsepower and 730 lb-ft of torque by the mad tuners at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering and it is all exclusively brought to you by Joe Raiti from YouTube channel, Raiti’s Rides. The video is a stout 34 minutes and 46 seconds, what follows can act as a spotter’s guide for our readers who care not for Camaros, or simply don’t have that kind of time on their hands and wish to jump around.
Update: The dealer has reached out to us and told us that this was a system error with the car being listed on their website at double the MSRP. I have added their statement below:
I am the Executive Manager at Copeland Chevrolet. Your recent blog post about us selling a Corvette for double MSRP is based on an error. This unit has been pre-sold and customer ordered since day 1 of Corvette ordering. Our system was set to filter out all units priced over MSRP. So in the back-end of our system 2020 Corvette was set at a ridiculous percentage of MSRP to block them from being posted. Once this unit was built and invoiced it entered our computer system without being marked sold and the filter due to recent GM inventory system changes failed. Our store has sold all of our 2020 orders at MSRP for current Copeland Chevrolet customers or MSRP + $3,000 for all non-Copeland Chevrolet customers. This yellow one is actually sold to a close business partner and is being sold for less than MSRP. I know many stores are gouging on these, but we are not and this was simply an error. I hope that you will update your blog post so that customers know we are not taking part in these practices.
I have attached a screenshot from GM ordering that shows this VIN is retail sold. The dealers doing this deserve the bad press, but we are not and this was simply an error.
We don’t have 1 unsold Corvette available as they were all pre-sold during the initial ordering to mostly our current customers for MSRP. One out of state customer who is not our customer ordered one for MSRP + $3,000. That is the most we have sold one over sticker.
I hope you will adjust your blog post to reflect this. We appreciate it. Attached is the back-up on the VIN you posted about. It is was ordered retail sold and I have blacked out the customers info for their privacy.
Jason Pappas
Copeland Chevrolet
Executive Manager
Phone: 508.586.7900
Two weeks ago we told you about a Chevy dealer in Texas who added a $37,970 market adjustment to the cost of a new 2020 Corvette and selling it for $119,995.
Copeland Chevrolet in Brockton, MA saw that market adjustment and said, “hold my beer.”
![[RIDES] Steve Stone and His 1963 Corvette Have Traveled 582,000 Miles Together](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2020-2/072120_9b.jpg)
If Steve Stone said he loves his 1963 Corvette convertible to the moon and back, he wouldn’t be exaggerating.
In fact, over the past 57 years, the Cedar Rapids, Iowa man has driven his black on black Stingray the equivalent of traveling to the moon and back … and about halfway back again!
![[PICS] A 2020 Corvette with A Wrap Job Like No Other](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2020-2/072120_6b.jpg)
The first thing that pops into the mind of on-lookers of a certain age when they see Rick Dyer’s C8 Corvette is Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.
That comedy TV show was a big hit during the psychedelic 1960s, and with this wild wrap featuring a mix of yellow, light blue, and purple, outlined in black, Dyer’s creation might look to some like a Stingray on an acid trip during Woodstock.
![[VIDEO] Interview with Corvette Product Manager Harlan Charles](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2020-2/072120_5b.jpg)
Corvette Product Manager Harlan Charles sits down for an extended interview with John Price of the East Ontario Corvette Club. We previously featured John’s interview with Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter back in May, so we expect this to be a great interview as well.
![[VIDEO] Utah Man Buys and Brings Home His Late Father's 1980 Corvette](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2020-2/072220_4b.jpg)