Without a doubt, one of the most collectible Corvettes in Chevrolet’s 67-year run of the model is the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray Coupe. The famous split-window design was a one-year-only option and only 10,954 split-window coupes were produced. Today, restored examples of the SWCs can sell for big dollars.
Following the Roar at the 24 test session held earlier in the month, IMSA’s competition committee went to work on analyzing all the data collected and they have now handed down the final Balance of Performance (BoP) adjustments to the teams ahead of Saturday’s Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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We’ve featured some of the previous videos from YouTuber Speed Phenom over the last few months and his videos are always entertaining with some great info to boot. He has a 2020 Corvette Stingray on order and has a genuine excitement for the car despite also just having purchased a new Ford Shelby GT500.
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Here’s a huge catch by a Corvette enthusiast named Jim Lill who posted a photo and a video to Facebook of a camouflaged C8 Corvette widebody with an engine note that sure as shootin’ sounds like the C8.R’s flat-plane crank V8. The heavily-cladded Corvette prototype was spied out in California on Monday afternoon in the mountains east of San Diego.
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There’s been quite a bit of discussion about dealer allocations for the 2020 Corvette and where we currently stand right now as retail production of the new mid-engined sports car is slated to being in just a couple of weeks.
DETROIT (Jan. 20, 2020) – For more than 20 years, Corvette Racing has carved a legacy in GT endurance racing with three generations of front-engine racing Corvettes. The start of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship also marks the beginning of the mid-engine Corvette era.
Much has been made about the 755 horsepower 2019 Corvette ZR1 being a one-and-done model.
And deservedly so.
But did you know perhaps the most important ZR1 of the C7 generation has never been driven by a paying customer?
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Johnny Carson always talked about “Beautiful Downtown Burbank.”
Perhaps the driver of this black C7 Corvette convertible was on his way to check out that city, immortalized by the legendary TV talk show host, for himself.
Each week, Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvette Stingrays, Grand Sports, Z06s and ZR1s to his customers who come from all parts of the country to work with the nation’s top individual Corvette seller.
What an eventful week this was for the C8 Corvette! On Monday, the 2020 Corvette was awarded the title of North American Car of the Year, and on Saturday, the first retail 2020 Corvette sold for $3 million at Barrett-Jackson to NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick. Meanwhile, the order books opened up on the new 2020 Corvette Stingray convertible this week. Back at Criswell’s sales lot, Mike Furman has been busy closing out the C7 model year with the deliveries of several new 2019 Corvettes. As always, he has a great collection of throwbacks including a few of Elfi Duntov back in the day. And if you keep scrolling, you might come across a certain CorvetteBlogger trying to grow the hobby one new convert at a time. Hit the comments form below when you reach the end and tell Mike which is your favorite photo for the week.
Visit Mike’s facebook page for even more photos and videos of his new Corvette deliveries: CorvetteFurman.
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GM CEO Mary Barra rode onto the auction block at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale in a Torch Red 2020 Corvette Stingray that represents the first retail VIN 001 mid-engined Corvette to be produced. Mary headed up to the auction stage where she gave due credit to the team at Chevrolet for taking the Corvette to the next level. After a few brief remarks, she introduced a representative from the Detroit Children’s Fund, the charity that is the beneficiary of the VIN 001 Corvette auction.
