Photo Credit: NY Office of General Services
Looking for a Corvette that once was literally Red Hot but now is just the factory shade of Torch Red?
Then you might want to check out this online auction coming up later this month.
New York State Attempts to Auction a Recovered Stolen Corvette Again
[VIDEO] Oliver Gavin Drives the Euro-Spec C8 Corvette Stingray
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Although Oliver Gavin has officially retired from racing, he’s still a member of the Corvette family as a Chevrolet Brand Ambassador for Europe. In this new video from Michelin, Oliver meets up with fellow race car driver Oli Webb who is a brand ambassador for Michelin tires. The two drivers get together during the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England where they will be driving the Z51 Coupe on the famous Goodwood Hill Climb, but first, they do some preliminary track testing of the new European-spec C8 Corvette Stingray that will go on sale later this year.
Corvette Falls From List of Fastest-Selling New Cars in June
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After spending most of 2021 at or near the top of the iSeeCar’s monthly list of Fastest-Selling New Cars, the Chevrolet Corvette failed to crack the Top 20 for new cars in June 2021. Taking the top spot with a 9.5 average days to sell is the Toyota Rav 4 followed by the Kia Telluride at 10.5 days and the Toyota Tacoma rounds out the top three with 10.6 days.
Celebrate Corvettes of All Colors and Generations at the 2021 Corvettes At Carlisle Show!
Photo Credit: Keith Cornett
With Covid on the run and the summer show schedule returning to normal, we can’t wait to head to Carlisle, Pennsylvania for the annual Corvettes at Carlisle show presented by Top Flight Automotive. The world’s largest gathering of Corvettes returns to the Carlisle Fairgrounds August 26-28th and it’s shaping up to be extra special as people can now get back to celebrating America’s Favorite Sports Car as they always have before.
[VIDEO] Edmunds Runs the C8 Corvette Against the BMW M4 Competition
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We’ve seen the C8 Corvette Z51 take on many different vehicles over the last year with drag and roll races that featured everying from a C7 Corvette ZR1 to the Jeep Trackhawk.
In this next matchup, has the Corvette Stingray Z51 Coupe met its match? Watch as Edmunds and their long-time test C8 Corvette goes racing against the BMW M4 Competition.
[VIDEO] A Corvette Facebook Group Shows Its Appreciation for Shane at the National Corvette Museum
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If you have purchased a new Corvette in the last few years and opted for the R8C Museum Delivery service, you have probably dealt with Shane Webb who runs the one-of-a-kind for the National Corvette Museum.
In addition to overseeing the PDI work when the new Corvettes arrive from the assembly plant, Shane also helps to coordinate the delivery dates with the new owners about a month before the delivery is scheduled to happen. In the crazy environment of COVID and plant shutdowns affecting Corvette sales over the last year, you can imagine what a difficult job it has been.
Yes, Virginia, You Can Order a Low Profile Spoiler in Carbon Flash
Photo Credit: Chevrolet
When it comes to the rear deck of the C8 Corvette, customers have four different choices for addressing the air flow over the rear of the car. Non-Z51 customers can go without a spoiler, or add the optional High Wing, while Z51 customers can choose between the standard Z51 Wing Spoiler or the optional High Wing.
New for the 2022 model year, buyers of either the base car or the Z51 can now add a new option – the Low Profile Spoiler (TVS).
Corvette Racing at Lime Rock: C8.R Goes Short-Track Racing
Photo Credits: Richard Prince for Corvette Racing
DETROIT (July 13, 2021) – With the wide-open spaces of Road America and Le Mans on the horizon, Corvette Racing will get a taste of short-track racing – sports car style – when it returns to Lime Rock Park this weekend.
[ACCIDENT] High Speed Chase of a C7 Corvette Ends with a Crash in Houston
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A high-speed chase Saturday night in Houston, Texas ended with the driver of this Torch Red C7 Corvette coupe seriously injured but expected to recover, police said.
Enter to Win A 2021 Corvette Convertible and Help Preserve Racing History
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Donate Today and You Can Win a 2021 Corvette Convertible!
The International Motor Racing Research Center was built in 1998 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of racing at Watkins Glen. It was in October 1948 that the first post-WW2 sports car road race took place through the streets of Watkins Glen and the rebirth of sports car road racing was on. Four years later, General Motors Chief of Design Harley J. Earl was watching a race at Watkins Glen when he had the first vision of the Chevrolet Corvette. Within a year, the car debuted at the GM Motorama in January 1953, and the rest is history.