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It turns out that one way to make a Corvette even faster is to pull out the engine and add batteries. Genovation Cars is a company that, among other things, converts Corvettes to electric power, creating a high-performance sports car it calls the Genovation eXtreme Electric (GXE, for short). And now the company claims to have broken the top-speed record for production-based electric cars with one of these vehicles During a test conducted...
What if a Corvette Z06 had four seats? It’s a question more than a few people have no doubt asked themselves when trying to rationalize a Z06 with the realities of family life and one Chevrolet appears to be answering with the all-new 2017 Camaro ZL1. No, a Camaro isn’t a Corvette, but hear us out. This new ZL1 uses the Z06’s LT4 6.2-liter, supercharged V-8 fitted with a Camaro-specific intake, two-mode exhaust, and...
Born in 1963 from a legendary performance pedigree, the Corvette Grand Sport is making a grand return. The latest member of the Corvette lineup, the 2017 Grand Sport carries on the intrepid racing spirit of the original model. The combination of the legendary LT1 6.2L V8 engine, a lightweight, race-bred chassis and aerodynamics package provides incredible grip and handling. The all new Grand Sport is a true purists Corvette. Chevrolet used the occasion...
Origin and development The 1959 Corvette Sting Ray concept and 1960 XP-700 show car in the front and the 1963 Corvette convertible and fastback in the back. The 1963 Sting Ray production car’s lineage can be traced to two separate GM projects: the Q-Corvette, and perhaps more directly, Mitchell’s racing Sting Ray. The Q-Corvette, initiated in 1957, envisioned a smaller, more advanced Corvette as a coupe-only model, boasting a rear transaxle, independent rear suspension,...
I spotted Bobby Darin’s startling 1960 DiDia 150 at The Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri. It was just one of several surprises in the Earl C. Lindberg Automobile Center (no relation to Charles A. Lindbergh of the Spirit of St. Louis fame). We weren’t sure what to expect, but we were greeted by a very nice couple that owned and were keeping watch over the place. They had every answer ready, and were rightfully proud of their...
Look, we know what you’re thinking. But after decades of rumors, speculation, and concepts, we have it on good authority from an unnamed source that GM is poised to pull the trigger on a mid-engine Corvette. While there’s been chatter that any mid-engine supercar project could be branded a Cadillac, we don’t think that idea will pass muster. Corvette godfather Zora Arkus-Duntov long dreamed of a mid-engine version of America’s Sports Car, and generations of protracted teasing seems...
1969 ZL-1 Corvette: The Story of One of The Rarest Corvettes Ever Produced! Yes, we did manage to locate the Holy Grail of all Corvettes. The mythical 1969 ZL-1! Chevrolet built just two of these cars that year. What is a ZL-1? It was an option that consisted merely of an aluminum engine block. That engine block was of the L-88 variety: the vaunted 427. In factory stock form, the engine generated well over...
Over the past few years, we have heard a great many rumors on the Chevrolet Corvette with a mid-engine drivetrain design and to date – nothing has ever come to volition, obviously. GM has never officially acknowledged any plans for a mid-engine Corvette and back in March of 2015, Corvette team boss Tadge Juechter went so far as to say that no such car existed. Perhaps he was simply saying that no such car...
The 2016 Chevrolet Corvette comes with just about every feature a driver could ask for: a 455 hp V8 engine, Apple CarPlay compatibility, and a semi-affordable price tag of only $56,395 for the base Stingray model. The only downside is potential buyers will have two fewer exterior color options in 2017. New Chevrolet Models: Check out Chevy’s 2016 lineup of trucks Corvette Blogger reports that Chevy will phase out both the Shark Gray and Laguna Blue colors by...
The 2016 C7 Corvette already makes its presence known upon entrance. The aggressive, edgy design language is a far departure from the C6 Corvette’s conservative looks. That doesn’t mean there isn’t room to play with the design, though. Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has, and it has tickled our fancy with its latest C7 Corvette wide-body and performance kit. Think of this has the one stop shop for aggressive, wide styling and the performance we know and love from LPE. The...
Hennessey Performance Engineering has been posting videos of its 2016 performance vehicles undergoing acceleration tests and dyno tests, and the latest HPE to hit the dyno is the Chevrolet C7 Corvette Z06 with the HPE850 package. Fitted with the 8-speed automatic 8L90 transmission and running on Shell V-Power Nitro+ 93, the 2016 Corvette and its tuned 6.2L supercharged LT4 V8 hits the dyno making 712 rear-wheel horsepower. HPE says that this is approximately 850 horses at the flywheel, which translates to a 20 percent parasitic powertrain loss. For the sake of comparison, the C7...
Remember our report last month that Leake Auction Co. had secured the Tom Falbo Collection of more than 100 cars that it would offer at no reserve at its sale February 20 in Oklahoma City, and that Leake had hired Roy Sinor to examine the 40 classic Corvettes included in the collection? Well, Sinor has been at work and Leake announced Wednesday that the recently retired national judging chairman of the NCRS (the National Corvette Restorers...
January 15, 2016 For years, Corvettes at Carlisle has hosted a display known as Chip’s Choice. The display was originally implemented by Carlisle Events co-founder Chip Miller as a way to showcase the best of the best of a certain theme at Corvettes at Carlisle. The unique showcase has evolved to not only continue spotlighting cars fitting a certain theme, but also is in place now as a tribute to Miller, who passed away...
The Hagerty Market Rating uses a weighted algorithm to calculate the strength of the North American collector car market. How it’s calculated. Values -50%Values -25%Flat MarketExpanding MarketSuperheated70.63As of January 2016, down from 71.00 in December 2015 Drivers of this month’s decrease* The Hagerty Market Rating is down for the second month in a row, and has been down for seven of the last eight months. The 0.37 drop from December is the second largest month over month drop in the last year....
