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  • Genovation GXE sets new electric car top speed record of 209 mph

    Genovation Cars is intent on proving that electric cars can perform. Last year, the Rockville, Maryland, company set the standing mile record for a street-legal electric car and then the land speed record. Now it's at it again. Running its prototype Genovation GXE based on a C6 Chevrolet Corvette, the company set a new standing mile speed record and a new land speed record last week. The hits just keep coming. Taking off from a stop, with just a whisper from its EV powertrain, the GXE reached 209.0 mph at the Kennedy Space Center's Space Shuttle Landing Facility in Merritt Island Florida...

  • Callaway C21 AeroWagon based on the C7 Chevrolet Corvette - Image via Pete Callaway
    Callaway ‘AeroWagon’ Corvette shooting brake first look

    It was in 2013 that Chevrolet tuner extraordinaire Callaway first previewed the design of a shooting brake based on the C7 Corvette. Since then, the company has been gauging market interest and further developing the design. On Friday, Callaway finally unveiled its Corvette shooting brake and...

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    Holden's new V-8 sports car to be a Corvette?

    Following General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] announcement in 2013 that it would be ending production at its Holden plant in Australia, Stefan Jacoby, who heads GM’s International Operations, revealed that there would be a new V-8 sports car to satisfy those customers used to buying...

  • Yenko 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport - Image via Corvette Forum
    800-hp ‘Yenko’ 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport revealed

    Back in the 1960s, the muscle cars from Yenko Chevrolet of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania were highly regarded for their performance modifications. And today the cars are among the most collectable of that era. But there are also new “Yenkos” in production, though today the name is used under...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 reveal now expected in August

    It was widely expected to debut at the 2017 Detroit auto show on this week, but a new range-topping version of the C7 Chevrolet Corvette was nowhere to be seen. We’re talking about the camouflaged C7 Corvette that’s been spotted testing on public roads for the past 12 months, a car...

  • 2020 Chevrolet Corvette (C8) spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    More details on Corvette-bound LT5 V-8

    Details of a naturally-aspirated 6.2-liter V-8 featuring a DOHC design has appeared in a document posted recently on a General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] service website. GM has removed the document but not before a Reddit user was able to take a screen shot of the page the engine was listed on...

  • Automoji Corvette Lineup

    The man who brought you the Porsche emojis is back, and this time he comes bearing gifts for fans of the Chevrolet Corvette. Allow us to introduce you to Kevin McCauley's latest phone and tablet-scaled masterpiece. This is the Automoji: Bowling Green set, and it's packed with American sports car greatness. Like with the Porsche pack, the Corvette group features some all-time greats built by the Bowling Green crew. You have all of the C generations represented, and some of the top models from each era. If you fancy sending the C2 Grand Sport to a friend, that car is included. The C4 Grand...

  • 1964 Chevrolet Corvette was stolen over 40 years ago then recovered
    Stolen 1964 Chevrolet Corvette recovered 40 years later

    If you've ever had a stolen car then you know well the Boy Scout principal: Hope for the best, plan for the worst. If the car in question was 40 years ago, chances are that you haven't given up hope as much as you've completely forgotten about the hope whatsoever. But, perhaps if that stolen car...

  • One of the Ron MacWhorter Corvettes auctioned at Mecum in Dallas
    One man's massive collection of American iron heads to Dallas Mecum auction

    Ron MacWhorter is a real estate developer who was clearly pretty darn good at developing real estate. The man loves cars and was able to amass a collection of nearly 300 vehicles. Now he's ready to part with a large chunk of them and he's turned to Mecum to help him offload. What's he selling? More...

  • Genovation Extreme Electric (GXE)
    Genovation’s electric Corvette priced from $750K

    Genovation, an engineering skunkworks based in Rockville, Maryland, is working on an electric Chevrolet Corvette called the Genovation Extreme Electric (GXE). The company made headlines earlier in 2016 after initially setting the standing mile record for a street-legal electric car and then the...

  • 2020 Chevrolet Corvette (C8) spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Should the C8 Chevrolet Corvette offer a manual transmission? Poll results

    At this point, there's no question General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] is working on a mid-engine Corvette for the model's eighth generation (C8). We have spy photos to prove it. The question is, will it be available with a manual transmission? That's exactly what we asked you in a recent Twitter...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Convertible spy shots - Image via David Wesel/CorvetteBlogger
    2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Convertible spy shots and video

    We've already seen spy shots of what is likely to be the 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 in coupe form. Now come shots of a future ZR1 Convertible. Photographer David Wesel captured both the coupe and the convertible testing in Marrrieta, Ohio, and the those photos are posted on CorvetteBlogger. A...

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    More and more pieces of the C8 Chevrolet Corvette puzzle are coming together. The latest concerns a trademark filing made by General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] for the use of the “LT5” name on automotive engines. First identified by GM Authority, the filing was made with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on September 19, 2016. It follows an earlier filing made by GM in 2013. Linking LT5 with the C8 Corvette is a placeholder page on the website of engine builder Katech that surfaced in July and was quickly removed upon discovery. On the page was listed "C8 Corvette...

  • 2020 Chevrolet Corvette (C8) spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    C8 Chevrolet Corvette to skip the manual transmission?

    General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] is working on a mid-engine supercar that most, including us, believe to be the new, eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette (C8). Prototypes are testing at GM development centers and a debut is expected at the 2018 Detroit auto show, which would likely see the car...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 spy shots - S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    How much horsepower does the new 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 need to have? Poll results

    We know it. You know it. General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] knows it. The ZR1 nameplate is coming back, and it will be the last hurrah for the C7 Corvette. The question we asked you was, "How much horsepower does the new 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 need to have?" According to the results of our...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 spy shots - S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    How much horsepower does the new 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 need to have?

    It's no secret that current generation of the Chevrolet Corvette (C7) is going to exit with a bang thanks to the resurrection of the ZR1 nameplate. The question now is: How much power will the new 2018 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 have? We've spied a prototype of the new 2018 Corvette ZR1 entering GM's...

  • 1,100 horsepower Chevrolet Corvette Z06
    This could be the fastest C7 Corvette Z06 over the 1/4 mile

    It wasn't all that long about that a Chevrolet Corvette took more than 9 seconds to sprint to 60 mph, let alone 150 mph like this 1,100 horsepower beast of a 'Vette Z06 created by the folks at Advanced Modern Performance. All right, so the last time a Corvette leisurely ambled to 60 mph in 9...

  • C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 moments before crash
    C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 crashes leaving Arizona car meet

    The owner of a C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 recently found out the hard way why it’s never a good idea to do burnouts and speed on public roads. His car ended up a total wreck after he pulled some antics best left to a restricted area such as a track. As this video from YouTube channel Tucson...

  • 2020 Chevrolet Corvette (C8) spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    The mid-engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette is coming. Prototypes for what’s clearly a mid-engine car with Corvette styling cues have been spotted at a General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] test facility. There have also been substantial upgrades made to the Corvette’s plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The first was a $439 million upgrade in 2015. It was followed by a $290 million upgrade in 2016. And only a couple of weeks ago a company that builds high-performance engines for GM, Katech, briefly had a section on its website making mention of C8 Corvette ZR1 and Zora models as well as an...

  • Genovation Extreme Electric car (GXE) based on the C6 Chevrolet Corvette
    Electric Corvette sets new land speed record

    Genovation, a startup based in Rockville, Maryland, has earned a new land speed record using a C6 Chevrolet Corvette converted to run on electric motors. The car is the same one that hit 186.8 mph at Florida’s Johnny Bohmer Proving Grounds on February 23, 2016. ALSO SEE: New Supra to feature...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, white
    Shopping for a new Corvette? Here's why you should get the Grand Sport

    Are you shopping for a new seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette? If you are, good for you, because that means you have some money to spend and you've chosen the best performing generation of 'Vette ever built. The base Corvette Stingray is relatively affordable compared to the competition and can...

  • Katech 2018+ Corvette ZR1/Zora LT5 website placeholder
    The mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette might have just been outed

    We have a scintilla of evidence that the mid-engine 2019 C8 Corvette may actually be a thing. The engineers at Katech might have just outed the powertrain and other details including its name. Quick refresher: Katech used to work on the engines for Corvette Racing before General Motors Company...

  • 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, red
    2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport first drive review

    The Corvette is the king of American sports cars, but which one reigns supreme? If smashmouth acceleration and take-no-prisoners grip are your thing, the only Corvette on the menu is the Z06. Check, please. If you favor a subtler approach--maybe just a roundhouse to the jaw, with a donkey-kick...

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    2017 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 will see overheating issues addressed

    When you bring up the Chevrolet Corvette Z06, most enthusiasts will quickly dig at the overheating issues that seem to plague the latest version. According to Chevrolet, less than five percent of Z06 buyers experienced such issues. The Internet offers up a loud voice these days, and the shouting of...

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