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[VIDEO] Where to Carry a Firearm in a C8 Corvette
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Corvette owners who responsibly carry a firearm loved the C7 for having the secret storage behind the radio. And now that the C8 is out, some have lamented about the lack of options for securing your firearm in your mid-engine Corvette while still keeping them within reach. Lucky for us, we stumbled on this video – where to carry a firearm in a C8 Corvette.
Corvette Racing at Detroit: Tandy Takes Pole in C8.R Showdown
Photo Credit: Richard Prince for Corvette Racing
DETROIT (June 11, 2021) – Nick Tandy set the fastest time for Corvette Racing ahead of the Chevrolet Sport Car Classic on Friday, just beating out Jordan Taylor in a battle of mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8.Rs.
The Top 11 Corvette Sales from Mecum Indy 2021
Photo Credits: Mecum.com
Dana Mecum’s 34th annual Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis wrapped up a couple weeks ago with record results. Total sales for the event were $107.8 million. That monster number was the product of an 83% sell-through rate in which 1,715 out of 2,057 available cars went to new homes. This was Mecum’s 2nd $100 million+ auction of the year following January’s Kissimmee auction.
[PICS] Chevrolet Shares New Photos of the Three New Colors for the 2022 Corvette
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Photo Credit: Chevrolet
Earlier today we discovered the 2022 Corvette is now listed on Chevrolet.com’s upcoming vehicles page and the microsite now features some new photoshops of the three new colors! While we would prefer to see the three new colors on real cars, these new illustrations do give us a decent representation of how Hypersonic Gray, Amplify Orange, and Caffeine might appear.
Chevy MyWay: Live from the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix
Photo Credit: Chevrolet.com
The new 2022 Corvette Stingray IMSA GTLM Championship Editions will be on display this weekend in Detroit for IMSA’s Chevrolet Sports Car Classic, but if you can’t make it to Belle Isle to see them in the flesh, Chevy is giving you a virtual opportunity to check out the new C8.R Special Editions.
[SPIED] C8 Corvette Prototype Mule in Ohio
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Photo Credit: spyderx / CorvetteForum.com
From the Corvette Forum comes these two photos of a camouflaged C8 Corvette prototype spotted on Thursday in Defiance, Ohio at an Arby’s restaurant. CF member “spyderx” shared the photos that were sent to him by a friend.
Corvettes for Sale: 1979 Speed Racer Custom
It seems unlikely, but if anyone who reads this Corvette site were seriously considering adding Ford’s new nostalgia-heavy Mach-1 Mustang to their collection, Classic Auto Mall of southeast Pennsylvania would like to direct your attention towards something that makes the king of 5.0 ‘Stangs look only about 20% as cool; the Mach 5, but you might know it better as the Speed Racer car.
[VIDEO] Emelia Hartford Sets New Record for World’s Fastest C8 Corvette
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The C8 Corvette Horsepower Wars are getting more interesting by the day.
We’ve been following YouTuber Emelia Hartford’s journey with her C8 Corvette nicknamed Phoenix and the girl has been on fire at the drag strip over the last few months. After recently losing her title for having the most powerful C8 Corvette to the gents at FuelTech, she still has the fastest C8 Corvette in the world and this week she shared a new video as she beat her own record twice during a track date a Famoso dragstrip outside of Bakersfield, CA.
With 2022 Corvette Details Announced, the C8 Corvette Z06 Will Likely Debut as a 2023 Model
Photo Credit: CarLifestyle / Instagram
Yesterday, Chevrolet took the wraps off its plans for the 2022 Corvette with the new model year bringing in a couple of cool special editions, engine tweaks and a $1,200 price increase. What wasn’t shared were any details on the C8 Corvette Z06. After the Bash at the end of April, I’ll admit to being somewhat hopeful that details would still come, but it now appears that the C8 Corvette Z06 will make its debut as a 2023 model year.