![[SPIED] More Hotel Action with the Corvette Engineering Team and C8 Z06 Mules](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2021/091621_16b.jpg)
On Tuesday, we shared with you the first real confirmation we have that the C8 Corvette Z06 would be available as a Convertible after a Chevy engineering team was spied testing in Ohio. In that encounter, we noted the C8 Z06 prototypes have finally ditched their heavy black camouflage and one of the convertibles actually had the top down.
The 2021 Corvette may not be a “recommended buy” by Consumer Reports because of “predicted reliability,” but that doesn’t mean Chevy’s new mid-engine supercar isn’t immensely popular with the people who matter – the owners.
![[VIDEO] The Nurburgring Is Perfect Backdrop for Sound Comparison of C8 Corvette Z06 vs the C8 Corvette Stingray](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2021/091621_11b.jpg)
If internal-combustion engines are indeed on their way to becoming dinosaurs in this approaching age of electric cars, then what a way for these great-sounding power producers to head into possible extinction in none other than the upcoming 2023 Corvette Z06.
One of the year’s most anticipated games is set to hit Xbox and Windows on November 5th, 2021. Forza Horizon 5 is the fifth installment in the wildly popular open-world “driving festival” series from Playground Games. Details about the first Forza game built for the next-gen Xbox Series X have been slowly hitting the ‘net since the title was officially announced in June.
After stops in Colorado, the South of France/Northern Italy, Australia, and England, Horizon 5 will bring the festival back to North America with a beautifully rendered (and fictionalized) version of Mexico that has been touted as the most expansive map in the history of the series. Last week saw the release of the initial vehicle list, and, at 426 members strong, it doesn’t disappoint, even next to the magnitude of the rest of the game.
Despite its name, this 1966 Corvette convertible is no diamond in the rough.
This custom pro-tour restomod – nicknamed the “Blue Diamond” – has been buffed, cut, and polished to sheer perfection and is now being offered at no reserve during the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Houston Sept. 16-18.
We’ve already had the chance to detail the most popular colors, options, and equipment that customers ordered for the 2021 Corvettes, and now the National Corvette Museum has provided the official production statistics for the 2021 Corvette model year.
![[VIDEO] FuelTech Retakes the Horsepower World Record for the C8 Corvette](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2021/091521_10b.jpg)
It’s been a few months since we heard from FuelTech, but they are back in a big way after their 2020 Corvette test car just hit 1,350 wheel horsepower which puts the crank horsepower at greater than 1,500 and closer to 1,600 according to founder and CEO Anderson Dick.
“It was with great anticipation that we finally bought and tested the completely redesigned Corvette Stingray, with its new rear/mid-engine layout—a configuration long favored by Ferrari, Lamborghini, and other exotic sports-car companies. We came away from the experience impressed by the C8 Corvette’s performance numbers and thrilled with its fun-to-drive nature.”
![[ACCIDENT] C3 Corvette Gets Wedged Under a Florida School Bus](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2021/091521_7b.jpg)
The driver of a C3 Corvette got a little more than he bargained for on this morning’s commute after becoming wedged under the rear of the Hernando County school bus on Wednesday morning.
![[PIC] Another Easter Egg Discovered on Chevy's C8 Corvette Z06 'Save the Date' Teaser](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2021/091621_13b.jpg)