When it comes to perception, they don’t come much more red, white and blue than the Chevrolet Corvette, known by many as “America’s Sports Car.”
REPORT: Corvette Ranks 5th on the 2019 Most American Made Cars from Cars.com
[VIDEO] Even the German Auto Magazines are Rendering the C8 Corvette
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The hype for the next generation Corvette is not limited to just the United States as this video from the German auto website Auto Bild shows. These 2020 Corvette renderings were done for the mag by Dennis Petermann and we see a lot of Chazcron’s work that probably served as the basis of these designs.
[VIDEO] Compilation of the C8 Corvette’s Exhaust Sounds
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Here’s a fun C8 Corvette video for you!
When we first started getting sightings of the C8 Corvettes on video, there was a certain level of excitement as to whether or not the sound of the engine could be heard. Finally, someone has combined all those various C8 Corvette videos and their wonderful soundtracks in one place!
Friday is Drive Your Corvette to Work Day!
One of our favorite Corvette holidays is rapidly approaching as Friday, June 28th is officially recognized as “Drive Your Corvette To Work Day”.
This is the 18th anniversary of the nationwide celebration started by our friends at Mid America Motorworks.
Kelley Blue Book Names the 2019 Corvette as Number One of the 10 Best Road Trip Cars of 2019
Photo Credit: Kelley Blue Book
It’s nice to be noticed! It’s even better when knowledgable experts proclaim you’re #1!
With summer here, many Americans have plans to use some of their stored-up vacation time for a road trip. After all, motoring around the country is practically one the top American pastimes, so why not do it in a great American car like the Chevrolet Corvette!
Jim Mero Responds to His ‘Worried’ Comments About the C8 Corvette
After seeing some of the headlines generated following Jim Mero’s comments about being ‘worried” about the C8 Corvette, we knew a proverbial storm was about to hit the fan. So before publishing our article about Mero’s comments, we dove into the Overcrest Podcast where the comment was made during a nearly one-hour conversation to hear the context surrounding that controversial line.
With the context of listening to the full Overcrest podcast (the C8 conversation starts at 53:53), you get a greater sense of exactly what the now-retired Corvette Ride and Handling Engineer was saying which is basically the same things a lot of you are saying – that the front-engine C7 Corvette is a great sports car and why change a winning formula for the C8?
At no point did Mero put down the C8 mid-engine Corvette and he even suggested the car was going to great in the new configuration.
After the various blog posts about his comments hit the web, Mero has posted a response onto his website to clarify his remarks. We are presenting them in their entirety below:
[PICS] The 2019 Bloomington Gold Corvette Show
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We’ve just returned from a whirlwind weekend in Indianapolis and the 47th annual Bloomington Gold show. For 2019, the event moved 1 week earlier than its traditional last weekend in June slot. While the dates changed, the venue did not as the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway once again hosted the Granddaddy of Corvette shows.
Retired Corvette Ride and Handling Engineer Jim Mero ‘Worries’ About the New C8 Corvette
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Retired Corvette Ride and Handling Engineer Jim Mero was recently invited to talk on the Overcrest Podcast where he spent nearly an hour talking about his 34-year history at General Motors.
[SPIED] The C8 Corvettes Look Fast Even When Parked!
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Photo Credit: Branden Davidson / Facebook
Just 23 days to go until the reveal of 2020 Corvette and almost every day now we have new sightings of the C8 prototypes out and about town.
Corvette Racing at Watkins Glen: Coming Back to America
Team rejoins fight for fourth consecutive GT Le Mans title at The Glen
DETROIT (June 25, 2019) – Corvette Racing returns to home soil this weekend with aims of continuing its championship push in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and putting behind the agonizing heartbreak from the 24 Hours of Le Mans.