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Remember not so long ago when rumors were circulating that the prototypes running around the country might not be mid-engine Corvettes after all, but were instead < AHREF="https://www.corvetteblogger.com/tag/cadillac/">Cadillacs?
That crazy speculation turned out to be just that, but what if General Motors’ flagship luxury brand really did come out with its own version of the new C8 Corvette?
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The new mid-engine Corvette definitely doesn’t mind taking on challengers of all shapes and sizes, even humongous ones.
Witness this Torch Red 2020 Corvette driven by YouTuber Stefan of Mod2Fame taking on a much more seriously equipped Bugatti Veyron.
Introduced in 2005, the Veyron definitely carries a bigger stick with its quad-turbo 8.0-liter W16 motor producing a whopping 987 horsepower, nearly double that of this stock Stingray’s 495 horses. This version of the Veyron was capable of reaching 253 mph, and the Grand Sport Vitesse was said to be the fastest roadster in the world, hitting 254.04 mph in one 2013 test.
You can see all the action late in this video, which starts out with the C8 rolling down the interstate before blowing away a Viper caught off guard on their way to Alloy Wheel Repair Specialists in Atlanta. Those “friends in high places,” as Stefan puts it, allowed a wide range of supercars to meet up in their parking lot, including Ferraris, Porsches, ZL1 Camaros, and more.
After some socializing between the drivers, the cars soon depart for some lighthearted hijinks on Atlanta interstates, but as a frequent traveler on these same roads, we’d much rather they’d take their competition to a safer spot like a drag strip. In fact, we have a good one just up the road in Calhoun at Paradise Dragstrip, which has been around for decades.
You can check out this “David and Goliath battle” between the “stupid, stupid fast” Bugatti and the Corvette at two intervals in the video, first at the 13:17 point and again at 14:06. We don’t have to tell you the winner.
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Maybe the highly anticipated beefed-up versions of the C8 Corvette like the Z06, E-Ray, and Zora will be able to whip a Bugatti someday. For now, we Corvette enthusiasts will just have to settle for having a much cheaper oil change.
According to CNBC’s Make It program, an oil change for a Bugatti costs more than $20,000, no doubt because its dry-sump oiling system has 16 drain plugs, accessible only after spending hours intricately removing parts of the underbody.
Makes you appreciate that easily accessible oil pan plug in a C8 even more, huh?
Source:
autoevolution.com
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We get that people love to mod their Corvettes, and generally we are all for it as we like to refer to a stock Corvette as a blank canvas in which the owner can customize to their heart’s content. However, the friends and family of the owner of this Baby Blue C7 Corvette Z06 should have hosted an intervention because the final outcome of this widebody project leaves a lot to be desired.
Now here’s something you don’t see every day. Generally, when we come across Corvette restomods it’s a pristine C2 or C3 body laid down over a custom tube frame and powered by a heavily modded LS motor. Not this time, my friends. What we have here is a 1966 Chevy C10 pickup that’s been massaged to fit neatly over a C5 Corvette chassis.
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Chevrolet dropped Part II of its documentary covering the development of the C8 Corvette on Monday morning. Titled “Revolution: The Mid-Engine Development Story”, Part I was the story of the car told through the eyes of the designers while Part II focuses on the engineering of the mid-engine Corvette.
The owner of the first 2021 Corvette took delivery this morning at the National Corvette Museum.
We learned last month the first retail 2021 Corvette would be a Torch Red Z51 Coupe with Black full-length racing stripes and yellow brake calipers. This morning we tuned into the NCM Webcams as the car was being presented to its new owner, Brian Bowling.
You’ll automatically be entered to win this special Corvette with your donation to the Chip Miller Amyloidosis Foundation
We think winning a C8 Corvette would be a pretty cool experience, but what if you could bring home a very special limited edition C8? The 60th Anniversary Cunningham C8 Corvette pays tribute to the first Corvette to win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and it could be yours once you make a charitable donation to the Chip Miller Amyloidosis Foundation. CorvetteBlogger readers can get 30% bonus entries on orders of $25 or more.
Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvettes to his customers who come from all across the country to work with the nation’s top individual Corvette seller.
It was another fun week of making Corvette dreams come true as you will see in the recaps below. What’s not to love about your job when you get to deliver new mid-engine Corvettes to all the good boys and girls across the land! As always, Mike has some great vintage and throwback photos so check them all out and then use the comment form at the bottom of the page to let us know your favorites!
Visit Mike’s facebook page for even more photos and videos of his new Corvette deliveries: CorvetteFurman.
Nobody told Barnes that the boss is a little sensitive when it comes to his employees parking their nicer cars next to his “luxury” car.
Happy New Year, Corvette Nation! We hope that your stocking was full of Crossed Flags accessories, memorabilia, or even a new set of keys as we charge into the second full year of eighth-generation Corvette goodness!
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