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[VIDEO] Hennessey Performances Offers Lightweight Custom Wheels for the C8 Corvette

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[VIDEO] Hennessey Performances Offers Lightweight Custom Wheels for the C8 Corvette


In case you’d like to put your new mid-engine Corvette on a little diet, Hennessey Performance can offer a helping hand.

Saturday Morning Corvette Comic: Guilty As Charged

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Saturday Morning Corvette Comic: Guilty As Charged


Who wants to bet he mods his Corvette with accessories from O’Reillys?

[PICS] Same C8 Corvette Prototype…Different Day

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[PICS] Same C8 Corvette Prototype...Different Day

Photo Credit: Derrick Fell


One of our readers sent us these photos of a camouflaged C8 Corvette in the Rocky Mountains as the car is being tested. It’s the same prototype that we shared yesterday as the license plates match. We were told the car was parked off of I-70 at an altitude of around 9,500 feet.

Ford Nearly Greenlit a Mid-Engine Corvette Fighter in the 80s

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Ford Nearly Greenlit a Mid-Engine Corvette Fighter in the 80s


When Ford transformed the Thunderbird from a sports car into a personal luxury coupe for 1958, they left the burgeoning Corvette without any true domestic competitors for decades. In 1984, the Blue Oval nearly jumped back into the American sports car market and hijacked Zora Arkus-Duntov’s dream for the Crossed Flags in one fell swoop.

Corvettes on Craigslist: 2020 Black Corvette Stingray for $186,000

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Corvettes on Craigslist: 2020 Black Corvette Stingray for $186,000


Just when we thought there might be some sanity returning to the mid-engine Corvette market, we saw this ad last night out of Rome, Georgia asking a whopping $186,000 for one of the first 200 Stingrays produced!

Canadian Cops Pull Over a C7 Corvette with Three Occupants and Find $50,000 in Cash

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Canadian Cops Pull Over a C7 Corvette with Three Occupants and Find $50,000 in Cash

Photo Credit: Surrey RCMP


Corvettes are supposed to carry only two passengers.

Try stuffing three people into the Chevy sports car, and it’s liable to send up red flags to law enforcement.

The 2021 Corvette Visualizer is Now Online

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2021 Corvette Visualizer is Now Online


Good news for 2021 Corvette buyers!

We started hearing reports yesterday that Chevrolet’s 2021 Corvette Visualizer was up and running. This is the visualizer site that allows you to see all the colors and options on the car, and it’s not the build and price configurator at Chevrolet.com where you end up with an MSRP based on your build.

[SPIED] Camouflaged C8 Corvette Driving in Colorado

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[SPIED] Camouflaged C8 Corvette Driving in Colorado


On the heels of yesterday’s spotting of nine C8 Corvette prototypes in a Colorado hotel parking lot, we went digging into social media looking for more examples of these Corvettes on the road.

One of the Facebook groups we joined a few years back is called the Colorado Car Spotters which had previously shared photos of the Corvette prototypes undergoing high-altitude testing in the state and sure enough, there was this spotting of a C8 Corvette driving down the highway in camouflage.

The Time GM Almost Offered a 454-Powered C4 Corvette

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The Time GM Almost Offered a 454-Powered C4 Corvette

Photo Credit: Barrett-Jackson.com


The experimental V12 Falconer C4 Corvette, known as “Conan,” has been having a bit of a moment lately since being highlighted by YouTube channel, Rockstar Rides. The 686 HP monster’s rekindled celebrity is well-deserved, but in the world of hopped-up C4 prototypes, there is another!

[DOWNLOAD] SAE Magazine Offers Special Engineering Edition for the C8 Corvette

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[DOWNLOAD] SAE Magazine Offers Special Engineering Edition for the C8 Corvette


For those of you who love the C8 Corvette and are interested in all the engineering aspects of the car, this special edition of SAE Magazine will be right up your alley.