Chevrolet Corvette News
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General Motors is offering up the first retail 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 to the highest bidder, but this isn’t just a blatant money grab. Instead, the automaker will generously donate the proceeds from the sale to the Karmanos Cancer Institute. MUST WATCH: LaFerrari Duels With Ferrari Enzo On Precarious Mountain Roads: Video General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has been a long-standing partner of the Karmanos Cancer Institute and in recent years has donated to it the proceeds from the sale of the first retail 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible as well as the first 45th anniversary edition...
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Long-Lost 'Purple People Eater' Corvette Race Car Heads To Amelia IslandThe Purple People Eater is one of the most famous Corvette race cars of the 1950s.
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Gets A $2,000 Price IncreaseChevrolet has raised Corvette prices in response to higher-than-expected demand.
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Three Corvettes Safely Recovered From Museum Sinkhole: UPDATEWork has begun in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Back in mid-February, a massive sinkhole opened up directly underneath the Skydome at the National Corvette Museum. Eight unfortunate Corvettes that were on display dropped into the hole, and the damage estimates began swirling in. These are extremely rare...
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Chevrolet To Ensure Sinkhole-Damaged Corvettes Are Properly RestoredThe sinkhole that formed under the Sky Dome of the National Corvette Museum this week and sent eight classic and modern classic Corvettes tumbling into an early grave is an automotive tragedy. While we've tried to smile in the face of sadness, it's a remarkable and unfortunate loss to the Corvette...
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Corvette Sinkhole Conspiracy: Giant Beaked Worm On The Loose, Say TruthersThe government may be lying to us, friends and neighbors. Oh, they're always lying about something, but today it's about the National Corvette Museum's sinkhole and what really caused it: Graboids. You'll have to read the highly informative slideshow embedded below to get all of the facts the...
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The twin-turbocharged Hennessey HPE700 Corvette Stingray boasts 708 horsepower.
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Satan Starts Car Collection With 8 Corvettes As Sinkhole Collapses Under Museum: Video UpdateThe National Corvette Museum has a lot of good things cooking, including a new race track just across the interstate. Unfortunately, it also has a big fat sinkhole directly underneath one of its display areas, which swallowed eight Corvettes early this morning--which you can now see in the official...
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Corvette Stingray From New Captain America Movie Bows In ChicagoChevrolet’s stand at this week’s 2014 Chicago Auto Show has been graced by one very special Corvette, a black-on-black 2014 Corvette Stingray used by S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Black Widow in the upcoming movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier. MUST WATCH: Audi S5 Snow Drift Goes Very, Very...
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Twin-Turbo HPE C7 Corvette Rips Off Wicked Burnout: VideoAttention Australia, please just give us a moment here. We know that you are the undisputed brake stand and burnout kings of the planet. We're not going to argue with you. Instead, we want to share this fine tire-shredding clip produced by the folks at Hennessey Performance Engineering. The subject...
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Chris Harris Pits The Corvette Stingray Against The Porsche 911: VideoPorsche’s latest 911 was one of the cars Chevrolet benchmarked when developing the C7 Corvette Stingray, but in reality the two cars are worlds apart. For starters, one has a V-8 engine mounted in the front while the other has a flat-six in the rear. There are also differences in the body...
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Tesla Model S Takes On 2014 Corvette Stingray At The Drag Strip: VideoMuch has been made of the Tesla Model S's performance chops, particularly in the 85-kWh Performance version. But even more has been made of the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray's undeniable athletic abilities. So what happens when the two face off on the drag strip? The answer may surprise you, but...
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Hennessey is offering performance upgrades for the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that sees the car’s output top out at 1,000 horsepower, more than double that of the stock version. This one, featuring the Texan tuner’s HPE700 twin-turbocharged package, isn’t quite that powerful but no doubt would still get the hairs on the back of your neck standing straight after a few hot laps. That’s because Hennessey’s HPE700 package brings around 700 horsepower to the table. For the Corvette Stingray, Hennessey offers its HPE700 package with either a supercharger or a...
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Chevy Corvette C7.R Turns First Laps In Anger At Daytona: PhotosThe seventh-generation Chevy Corvette is here, as its rather over-the-top Z06 version, and, making its racing debut today at the Rolex 24 in Daytona, the C7.R race car. Captured at the International Horseshoe corner during the first three laps of the race, these photos show the Gavin/Milner/Liddell...
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Dad Teaches Kid To Do Donuts In A C6 Corvette--Best Dad Ever?: VideoThis was not a typical driving lesson.
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GM 8-Speed In Corvette Z06 Shifts Faster Than Porsche PDK; Here's HowWith the new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 that was introduced this past week at the Detroit Auto Show, GM raises the threat level to the bragging rights of virtually every other supercar in the world. And while performance numbers are still months away, there were plenty of interesting details...
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2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Video PreviewOne of the big stars of this week’s 2014 Detroit Auto Show was the all-new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. It’s the range-topper in the seventh-generation Corvette line, at least until a successor to the previous generation’s ZR1 is launched, if one is actually planned. And if...
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Callaway Reveals Supercharged Corvette Stingray, Offers 610 HPCorvette tuner extraordinaire Callaway has finally revealed its first tuned version of the Corvette Stingray, a new supercharged model that comes close to matching Chevy’s own Z06 in the horsepower stakes. Callaway’s new Corvette carries the SC610 designation, which as you may have...
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The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show this week is already the fastest production Corvette ever, faster than even the C6 ZR1 according to Chevy, but engineers are considering an even faster, stripped-out version designed strictly for track use. “The idea was a non-street-legal, factory-built track car, and that is something that we are considering would be a great thing to apply to the new Corvette Z06,” Corvette product manager Harlan Charles has revealed to Car and Driver. “I mean that’s something we could see in the future.” Chevy...
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2014 Corvette C7.R: Live Photos & Video From 2014 Detroit Auto ShowThe racing version of the seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette has made its debut at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, appearing alongside the new 2015 Corvette Z06 with which it shares a remarkable resemblance. This shouldn't come as much of a surprise as the two cars were co-developed and represent...
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2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06: Full Details, Live Photos And VideosA new King Corvette has arrived, and it definitely gives General Motors [NYSE:GM] some bragging rights at the Detroit Auto Show. With “at least 625 horsepower,” and 635 pound-feet of torque, this top-performance variant of the latest C7 Stingray could shake up the roster of top...
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Watch The Unveiling Of The 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Via Live StreamThe 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 will be unveiled in Detroit's Cobo Hall January 13.
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2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray To Get Hard-Wired Performance RecorderCalling gearheads, gamers, and weekend track addicts: It might be time to step up to the real thing. On the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, GM [NYSE:GM] will offer an industry-first Performance Data Recorder (PDR) option that lets you record video and audio, and interface it with numerous vehicle...
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More Dealers To Receive 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: ReportNow that the initial buzz surrounding the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has worn off, Chevrolet is expanding the number of dealers eligible to sell the car. You may recall that during the car’s sales launch last fall, Chevrolet limited the Corvette Stingray’s availability to only...
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