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  • 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

    Chevrolet's new Corvette ZR1 bowed with an incredible 755 horsepower and 715 pound-feet of torque last month with a noteworthy engine under the car's shaker hood: a 6.2-liter supercharged LT5 V8 engine. Like most awesome projects, the new LT5 engine had a special code name to ensure others didn't know what exactly was in the works. That name was "BAS." What is BAS? Jordan Lee, chief engineer of the new LT5, shed some light on the name in an Automotive News (subscription required) report published Tuesday. Instead of stamping "LT5" or "Corvette ZR1" on the top of the engine, the "BAS" code...

  • 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Convertible
    2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 actually wasn't planned

    The last time the ZR1 badge showed up on a Corvette was with the C6-generation car, but we've long expected it to return with the C7-generation Corvette as well. However, a new Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 wasn't always in the cards. GM Authority reported last Friday that the Corvette team originally...

  • 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
    First 2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 to be auctioned off for charity

    In typical fashion, Chevrolet will auction of the first production 2019 Corvette ZR1 for charity. We'll give you one guess (Rick Hendrick) as to who's most likely to enter the winning bid Nonetheless, ZR1 VIN 001 will benefit a good cause. Chevrolet said Thursday that all proceeds will go to the...

  • 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Convertible, 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show
    2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Convertible drops cover in LA, from $123,995

    The 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 unveiled earlier this month in Dubai has now been shown as a convertible. Chevrolet took the covers off the open-top car on Tuesday at a preview event for this week’s 2017 Los Angeles auto show, where the automaker also confirmed pricing. The ZR1 coupe will...

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    Wheel deal? 2017 Chevy Corvette discounted by up to $9,107

    Taco Bell employees can score a pretty sweet deal on a Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport via GM Supplier Pricing, but for buyers outside the fast-food restaurant, Chevy rolled out another deep discount. Through November 30, the brand will offer $9,107 off a 2017 Corvette Z06. The discount is active...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, white
    Working at Taco Bell gets you a $4,385 discount on a Chevy Corvette

    We doubt many regular Taco Bell employees have a Chevrolet Corvette on their car buying list, but if they do, there's a sweet deal to be had. CarsDirect uncovered some of the strangest discounts on new cars, and Taco Bell employees are, for some reason, eligible for GM Supplier Pricing. That means...

  • N2A Devilray based on Chevrolet C6 Corvette

    Many regard the second-generation Chevrolet Corvette as the best-looking of the breed over the sports car's seven generations. Its futuristic, yet simple lines evoked pure passion from nearly every angle. Plus, in its first year, it featured the iconic split-window at the rear. Decades later, N2A Motors is here to attempt to capture a flicker of that design with a modern interpretation of the C2 Corvette called the Devilray. N2A revealed the Devilray at a private gathering at the 2017 SEMA show last month where the company took the first orders for the car. The car starts life as a C6...

  • 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
    2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 bows with 755-HP LT5 V-8

    The 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has finally landed, and in Dubai of all places. We’ll get to the reasons behind the Dubai debut later. Right now you’re probably craving specs, so have at it. Due in showrooms next spring, the 2019 Corvette ZR1 is the fastest and most powerful Corvette in...

  • 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 leaked on magazine cover
    2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 leaks, will boast 750-HP LT5 V-8

    Welcome back, Corvette ZR1. Ahead of a proper public debut, the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 found its way to the internet, thanks to a leaked image published by Corvette Blogger on Wednesday. Aside from this first photo showing the ZR1 in all its aerodynamic glory, we also know how much power it...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Update: The Chevy Corvette ZR1 will debut on 11/12/17

    Update–Chevrolet has release a teaser video embedded above that confirms confirms some model of Corvette will be unveiled on 11/12/17, and you can bet your uncle's lucky penny it will be the new ZR1. A new Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has been testing for a while now. The last we heard the car was...

  • 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Z06
    Chevy rolls out new magnetic ride control calibrations for C7 Corvette

    Without any hardware changes, Chevrolet will make 2015-2016 C7 Corvette Z06s even faster around the track. The brand announced new magnetic ride control calibrations for all 2014-2016 C7 Corvette Stingray and Z06 variants, but the Z06 benefits most. The calibrations bring a new Track mode to...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Carbon 65 Edition
    2018 Chevrolet Corvette preview

    Corvette fans have a lot to look forward to in the coming months and years, with our sleuth spy photographers in the recent past capturing both a Corvette ZR1 and a long-awaited mid-engine Corvette out testing. Chevrolet understandably is tight with details on the new cars as the current C7...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Carbon 65 Edition

    The 2018 Chevrolet Corvette's model year will be one of the shortest in nameplate's history. After the Corvette's Bowling Green, Kentucky, assembly plant went offline in August 2017, production of the 2018 Corvette will restart next month. But the plant will stop building the 2018 model year not long after. That's because the assembly plant will begin assembling the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette on January 29, 2018, according to Bowling Green Daily News. The final day for 2018 Corvette production is slated for January 22 with a week to gear up for the 2019 model year. It's an intriguing timeframe...

  • A 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible with less than 1,000 miles
    This 1972 Chevy Corvette has less than a thousand miles

    How do you measure a person's restraint? If that person is Jim Kevan, it's easy to measure because it's right there for you to see in its dust-covered, un-driven glory. You see Kevan is the owner of a 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible. This one is wearing lovely Bryar Blue paint, and it boasts a...

  • A 1,628-hp Chevy Corvette with a GMC Typhoon AWD system
    This 1,628-hp Chevy Corvette has a GMC Typhoon's AWD system

    Making a C3 Corvette go fast isn't a tough thing to do. Making a C3 Corvette run the quarter-mile in 7.5 seconds with a trap speed over 170 mph, on the other hand, takes quite a bit of skill. That's what Polish company VTG undoubtedly has because its third-generation Corvette is making prodigious...

  • Totaled Corvette Grand Sport with cracked frame Photo: Corvette Forum/CDM85-251
    All it takes to total a C7 Corvette is one tiny crack

    Taking a quick look at this 2017 Chevrolet C7 Corvette Grand Sport reveals what appears to be no issues. It runs well and has no body damage. But, it's been totaled out by the driver's insurance company thanks to a tiny crack in the frame. According to the owner, who told the story on the Corvette...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Carbon 65 Edition
    Corvette production on hold for next 3 months due to plant upgrades

    General Motors will stop production at the Chevrolet Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky for three months starting from August. It means anyone that’s ordered a 2018 Corvette may not see their car delivered until December—at the earliest. Some 2018 models, including the special...

  • Quadriplegic Sam Schmidt's Chevrolet Corvette Z06
    Quadriplegic race driver Sam Schmidt shows off special Chevrolet Corvette Z06

    In 2000, Sam Schmidt faced the unthinkable. During a test lap ahead of the season-opening Indy 200, he lost control of his car and the left rear hit the wall. Following intensive medical treatment, he was rendered a quadriplegic, paralyzed from the neck down, and he has been bound to a wheelchair...

  • Robinson Canó presented C7 Corvette Grand Sport

    Chevrolet has sponsored Major League Baseball for 12 years, and it's common practice for the brand to bestow some of its latest machines on some of the MLB's most valuable players. This year at the 2017 All-Star Game, Seattle Mariners' second baseman, Robinson Canó, earned the coveted MVP title. And Chevrolet presented him with an impressive reward: a brand new 2017 Corvette Grand Sport. In fact, Canó had the choice between the Corvette Grand Sport or a 2017 Chevrolet Colorado ZR2. It seems the second baseman is more of a sports car kind of guy. Grand Sport or ZR2, there really...

  • 2017 Larbre Chevrolet Corvette C7.R race car
    French team to race wild Corvette C7.R art car in 24 Hours of Le Mans

    French race team Larbre Competition has revealed a wild livery for the No. 50 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R it plans to enter in the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans, which runs the weekend starting June 17. The livery was created by French artist Ramzi Adek who came up with a pop art theme that would fit right...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    LT5 engine RPO code shows up in GM system

    Well, well, well, it looks like General Motors may have finally tipped its hand as to what's lurking under the hood of the upcoming Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. LSXMag, via Weapon X Motorsports, has discovered an RPO code for the long-rumored LT5 V-8 engine in GM's order system. The LT5 engine has been...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Indy 500 Pace Car
    2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport will pace Indy 500 field

    When the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 kicks off in a few weeks time, it will be with a Chevrolet at the head of the field…as the pace car. Aside from fielding several of the top entries for this year's race, Chevy is once again supplying the pace car, a patriotically colored...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, yellow
    Chevrolet offering 10 percent off the Corvette in May

    Chevrolet is tempting potential C7 Corvette buyers with a pretty sweet deal during the month of May. Those in the market may be delighted to hear the bowtie brand is offering 10 percent off of the MSRP of all 2017 C7 Corvette models. That includes the king of the Corvettes, the Corvette Z06...

  • C7 production at the Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky
    Corvette plant tours soon to be suspended for 18 months

    Those hoping to get a behind-the-scenes look at the Chevrolet Corvette's birthplace--the Bowling Green, Kentucky, manufacturing plant--may need to bump up their travel plans. July 16 will mark the final day for public plant tours at the facility for 18 months. The National Corvette Museum reported...

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