Chevrolet Corvette News
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The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is a very good car. In fact, it’s a great car. That’s why General Motors already has a long list of orders despite it only just reaching showrooms. In addition, dealers are expected to have few unsold examples up until the second quarter of next year--at the earliest. That’s because the Corvette Stingray is being built at a rate of only 160 cars per day and General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] has no plans to increase this rate. That’s because increasing production would mean adding a second shift to the car’s production site in...
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Save The Manuals, Save The Environment: Corvette Stingray Auto Is Less EfficientThe 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray holds the honor of being the only car on the market with more than 455 horsepower and a 29 mpg highway EPA gas mileage rating. But that's only if you opt for the seven-speed manual. Choose the automatic and you'll lose 1 mpg city and highway. Gas mileage ratings...
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How To Buy Everlasting Love: Get Her A 2014 Corvette StingrayThis guy clearly has the right idea. First of all, the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray is a great car. Tons of fun. Incredible value. Second, it makes a great gift. Especially when the recipient is your girlfriend. It might be cynical, but this is perhaps the best example of buying someone's affection...
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Watch Corvette Stingrays Roll Down The Production Line: VideoSee how the 2014 Corvette Stingray is built in this assembly line video.
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First Customer-Owned Corvette Stingray Runs 12.23 @ 114.88--Bone Stock: VideoHennessey Performance Engineering does many things we envy, from the Venom GT to its ridiculous/awesome CTS-Vs. But this we don't so much envy--we've already driven the Stingray hard. We can't say it surprises us, either. But it's still impressive. A bone-stock, automatic-transmission Stingray, the...
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GM Files Patent For 7-Speed Dual-Clutch, Is Corvette First In Line?There's no doubt the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray is a truly impressive performance car, from its electronically actuated limited-slip differential to its direct-injected, 460-horsepower LT1 V-8. But it might soon become even more advanced: GM has filed a patent for a seven-speed dual-clutch...
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Harley J. Earl was the vice president of design for General Motors from 1928-1958, and while he had a hand in many great design projects during his tenure, he may be most famous for his role as the "father" of the original Chevrolet Corvette. This is Harley J. Earl's Corvette, and it's for sale. Known as the "Harley Earl Car", this 1963 Corvette was a GM styling car, said to have been built originally for the Chicago Auto Show, but replaced by another car before it went on stage. Instad, Earl took it home and drove it for several years--including as the parade car for the 1965 Daytona 500...
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2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray Shipping To Dealers TodayFresh from its first runs around the 'Ring, the first 2014 Corvette Stingrays are shipping to dealers today, bringing a new era of the iconic American sports car into the first retail buyers' hands. About 1,000 Corvette Stingrays have been built so far, and will reach dealers over the next several...
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2014 Corvette Stingray Stretches Its Legs On The ‘Ring: VideoChevrolet’s Corvette Stingray is gearing up for its showroom debut, not just here in the U.S. but elsewhere around the globe including in Europe where sports car fans are more attuned to Lotuses, Porsches and other exotics. Chevrolet is aware of this and is fine tuning the seventh-generation...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Classic Chevrolet Corvette Crosses Auction Block For $3.4 MillionThe all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is a performance bargain. For around $50k, you wind up with a vehicle that's capable of yielding world-class levels of performance and can keep up with some of the best sports cars on the planet. If that price point is a little too rich for your blood...
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A Hybrid Corvette? Don't Laugh, Says GM's Mark ReussGiven that Chevy isn't even sure it should offer stop-start technology on its Corvette Stingray, the concept of a hybrid 'Vette seems fairly unlikely. You'd think so, anyway--but General Motors North America president Mark Reuss has hinted that one might be possible at some point. In an interview...
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Rally Corvette Grand Sport Is Current Coolest Car On Planet: VideoRally cars are a unique breed of vehicle that demand a high level of performance combined with a high level of abuse. Sure, other forms of racing take tolls on the vehicles competing, but rally cars are some of the hardest working machines on the planet. That's why it's important to run a vehicle...
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The 2014 Corvette configurtor is online, but Chevy didn't include an image of the car itself. Luckily, all of the pricing, packages, and individuals options were included.
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Next Corvette Z06 To Be Called A Z07, Come With 600 HP: ReportPrototypes for the Z06 version of the seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette have just started testing, though they don’t reveal too much detail just yet. However, we hear that the car will break from tradition and no longer be called a Z06 but will use a new “Z07” designation to...
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Z51, Manuals, Magnetic Ride Control Popular On Early 2014 Corvette Stingray OrdersThe 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is probably etched into your retinas with the frequency of its appearance on your computer monitor, smartphone, and tablet of late. But there's a very good reason for that. It's a very good sports car. It's also quite popular with enthusiasts, it seems, with...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Dyno Numbers Are InThe LT1 V-8 found in the latest 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is the most advanced engine ever put under the hood of a 'Vette--but how do its power and torque numbers stack up? You could read the official spec sheets of course. Chevy claims 460 horsepower and 465 pounds-feet of torque from the...
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No Plans For New Corvette-Based CadillacFans hoping General Motors will utilize its seventh-generation Corvette platform, debuting in the 2014 Corvette Stingray, in other models will be disappointed to learn that there are no plans for such a move. The information comes directly from the Corvette’s chief engineer, Tadge Juechter...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
11 Things You Probably Don't Know About The 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray11. The split-window made the original Sting Ray unique, but it's not on the table for the new model. In fact, Chevy mocked up a car with a split window for the 2014 Stingray, but ultimately decided not to pursue it for the same reason the original only lasted one model year. The team found it to...
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We'd bet that few potential Corvette buyers give the car's fuel efficiency much consideration. It's a car built for MPH, not MPG. That doesn't mean a few gallons saved here or there can't be appreciated though--if you can save some gas in traffic, that just leaves more for the open road. It's why, says Edmunds, General Motors is considering gas-saving stop-start technology for the Corvette, helping improve its city gas mileage. General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] apparently considered stop-start for the 2014 Corvette Stingray, opting out on the basis it might hurt the car's high-performance...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Race Car First LookChevrolet’s new C7.R race car based on the 2014 Corvette Stingray made a surprise appearance at the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this weekend. The race car took to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for a few hot laps, with Corvette Racing’s Tommy Milner behind the wheel. The new...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2014 Corvette Stingray First Drive Video: How To Scare A Porsche For Half The PriceYou know all the stats. You've seen the live photos. You've even read our first drive report. Now you can see it in action as we hop behind the wheel for a couple of days in the 2014 Corvette Stingray on the Monterey peninsula just ahead of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. Don't listen to the...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Mega GalleryNow that you’ve read our first drive report on the 2014 Corvette Stingray, it’s time to drool over this gallery and finally convince yourself that you need one parked in your driveway. For the money, no car comes close to matching the new ‘Vette in terms of performance, style and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Chevy Corvette: Seven Generations, Three Stingrays, One DreamAs we welcome the latest heir to the Corvette throne of American sports car greatness, it's worth taking the time to look back at the previous six generations to see where the new Stingray plants its roots. The first generation of the Corvette (1953-1962) bears little resemblance to today's...
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray first drive reviewIf you've been saving your pennies hoping the new seventh-generation Corvette would deliver the performance goods, get your hammer. It's time to break open the piggy bank. Why? Because the Z51 package makes it almost--almost--as good as a C6 Z06, but it's just $51,995 in base form. The last Z06...
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