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Corvette Racing Driver Nick Tandy Tests Out Remote Controlled C8.R at Silverstone

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Corvette Racing Driver Nick Tandy Tests Out Remote Controlled C8.R at Silverstone

Photo Credit: Nick Tandy / Twitter


Nick Tandy may have spent most of his past behind the wheel of arch-rival Porsche, but he’s definitely doing his part to fit in at his new gig with Corvette Racing.

April Constraints and Production Updates for 2021 Corvette

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April Constraints and Production Updates for 2021 Corvette

Photo Credit: Jeremy Welborn


Chevrolet has pushed out a new memo containing 2021 Corvette production and consensus updates to its dealers overnight and it contains some very interesting info regarding the buildout of the 2021 Corvette model year.

STUDY: Chevrolet Corvette Has Highest Model Loyalty in the Luxury Sports Car Segment

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STUDY: Chevrolet Corvette Has Highest Model Loyalty in Luxury Sports Car Segment

Photo Credit: Chevrolet


Chalk up another award for the Chevrolet Corvette, which has just been named winner of the “Luxury Sports Car” category in the 25th annual Automotive Loyalty Awards.

[ACCIDENT] C6 Corvette For Sale on Used Car Lot Struck By an Out of Control Chevy Malibu

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[ACCIDENT] C6 Corvette For Sale on Used Car Lot Struck By an Out of Control Chevy Malibu

Photo Credit: Matt Trammell / SanAngeloLive.com


Sometimes a car doesn’t even have to be cranked up and moving to be in danger.

Witness this red C6 Corvette coupe that was minding its own business Wednesday afternoon on a used car lot on Sherwood Way in San Angelo, Texas when it was struck by another Chevy.

[VIDEO] The Corvette Mechanic Paul Koerner Starts the LT2 Engine Removal Process

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[VIDEO] The Corvette Mechanic Paul Koerner Starts the LT2 Engine Removal Process


For those of you who have been following this C8 Corvette engine swap project with the Corvette Mechanic Paul Koerner, I appreciate you sticking around for these daily updates!

Paul has been diligently preparing for this engine swap since last week when he shared this LT2 Corvette engine with several massive holes in the engine block. The car is being worked on at Paul’s dealership, Key Chevrolet in Middletown, CT., and we’ve been following along on his The Corvette Mechanic Facebook page.

Now that all the preparation is done and the new parts needed for this engine swap are now in-house, Paul finally is back under the car as he prepares to drop the mid-engine Corvette’s powertrain.

Corvettes for Sale: 1957 Corvette Fuelie on Bring a Trailer

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Corvettes for Sale: 1957 Corvette Fuelie on Bring a Trailer


If you want to snag this 1957 fuel-injected Corvette roadster, you’ve got just one more day to try and submit the highest bid on Bring a Trailer.

So far, that top offer has reached $65,000 for this first-generation Corvette that underwent an extensive body-off restoration in 2009.

[VIDEO] Corvette Museum Deliveries Have Not Been Constrained…Yet

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[VIDEO] Corvette Museum Deliveries Have Not Been Constrained...Yet

Photo Credits: Jeremy Welborn


I want to address a quick about-face for an article that was briefly up yesterday afternoon.

We’ve been hearing a rumor that the National Corvette Museum’s R8C delivery program was going on constraint due to the overwhelming popularity of the program as well as knowing that deliveries were beginning to back up despite the NCM increasing their weekly deliveries to 55 cars. And then yesterday, one of our readers was placing his finalized 2021 order through a dealership (within allocation) when they were stopped by the GM Workbench System from ordering the R8C Museum Delivery and the D30 Color Override.

[VIDEO] Mobil 1 The Grid Recaps Corvette Racing’s Efforts at Sebring

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[VIDEO] Mobil 1 The Grid Recaps Corvette Racing's Efforts at Sebring

Photo Credit: Richard Prince for Corvette Racing


Sebring International Raceway is one of those tracks where a racing team can think that everything is going their way, just to have it snatched away.

Both Corvette C8.Rs faced both triumph and turmoil during the Twelve Hours of Sebring back in March, and Mobil 1 the Grid is here to show us how it all went downhill for Corvette Racing. Despite holding the lead in the final minutes of the 12-hour race, the team’s two C8.Rs would finish at the bottom of the GTLM class.

[VIDEO] Man Paints a C3 Corvette in Magic Flake Violet Pink for Daughter’s 21st Birthday

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[VIDEO] Man Paints a C3 Corvette in Magic Flake Violet Pink for Daughter's 21st Birthday


One of the reasons why I’m not on Facebook as often as I used to be is that every time I’m on the social media site, I get sucked into watching those start-to-end project videos like that woodworking Corvette project we shared a couple weeks back. However, I can always appreciate an artisan at work, and so we’re going to share this video of a 1981 Corvette getting a repaint by “Custom Z Warriorz” in Japan.

Our Favorite Three Corvettes for Sale by Corvette Mike in April

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Our Favorite Three Corvettes for Sale by Corvette Mike

Photo Credit: Corvette Mike


The Corvette market is smoking hot as we have seen the big bucks and high sale rates for America’s favorite sports car at the auctions. While we’ve seen restomod prices going sky high, it’s also the documented original examples that are garnering a lot of interest from collectors.

Today we took a virtual cruise over to our friends at Corvette Mike in sunny Anaheim, California to check out the inventory of one of the country’s renowned Corvette resellers. With originality on our minds, we came across these three Corvettes that are in need of a new home.