![[ACCIDENT] GM Test Driver Seriously Injured in Crash of a C8 Z06 at the Milford Proving Ground](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2023-2/083023_2b.jpg)
The next time you climb behind the wheel of your Corvette, you might want to remember the behind-the-scenes workers at General Motors who continually risk their lives testing new models.
In fact, one such employee was badly hurt – including multiple internal injuries and third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body – after a horrific crash back in June in a 2023 Z06 at GM Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan.
Back in the day, a 1969 Corvette convertible with the optional L89 engine would set you back $832.05, a significant chunk when you consider the base MSRP of the entire car was only $4,438.
When the C8 Corvette was just one and two years old, the new mid-engine sports car was ranked pretty continuously on the iSeeCars Top Selling New Cars List, usually at the top based on how fast they were being sold. Now with four model years under its belt and prices beginning to stabilize, the 8th gen Corvette has once again returned to the sales charts, this time as a pre-owned vehicle.
![[VIDEO] UFC Star 'Suga' Sean O'Malley Celebrates Title Win with a New C8 Corvette](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2023-2/082923_6b.jpg)
The expletives are flying through the air when UFC star “Suga” Sean O’Malley climbs behind the wheel and cranks up his new ride – a Sebring Orange C8 Corvette with a set of custom lightweight bronze Vossen sport wheels.
Besides the “S” and “F” words, “Sounds like a Ferrari” was another comment that can be heard from a guy looking on in this video posted on the dealership’s Instagram page.
There’s no doubt the mechanicals of the Corvette have been improving steadily over the years.
Just look at the current C8 for substantiation.
Over the years we have seen some pretty shady behavior by dealership service techs taking advantage of a Corvette while under their care. Apparently, this just happened again with an owner posting the video to YouTube. That video has since been pulled, but thanks to our friends at Carscoops.com, we still have some of the details to share.
![[PICS] – Midyear Monday! Corvettes at Carlisle Edition](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2023-2/082823_142.jpg)
Hello Corvette friends. We hope you had a great weekend and are ready to attack another work week. Before we roll into the staging lights for the upcoming holiday weekend, let’s take a brief pause to partake in a gallery of 1963–1967 Corvettes!
![[VIDEO] C7 Corvette Driver Messes with the Police, Pays Ultimate Price](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2023-2/082823_4b.jpg)
What could have been a simple speeding ticket and a tint violation instead turned into a high-speed chase and the fatal shooting of a Corvette driver Friday afternoon in north Georgia.
![[PODCAST] CORVETTE TODAY #176 - Chuck Valentini - Paint & Body Department Manager For Corvette](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2023-2/082823_1b.jpg)
If you’re interested in the production process for the C8 Corvette, you will want to listen to this week’s CORVETTE TODAY Podcast featuring Chuck Valentini, Bowling Green Assembly Plant Body and Paint Manager:
Garcia, Taylor, No. 3 C8.R team take season’s second IMSA victory at VIR
ALTON, Va. (Aug. 27, 2023) – Corvette Racing claimed victory at Virginia International Raceway again as Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia drove the No. 3 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R to a win in the Michelin GT Challenge on Sunday.
