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  • John Marshall warms the tires on his 1972 Corvette at Carlisle

    Corvettes at Carlisle wouldn’t be complete without the annual tire-shredding burnout contest smoke-athon. This year’s event was no exception to the rule, and the top honors went to John Marshall and his “mildly modified” 1972 Corvette. By “mildly modified,” we really mean “seriously overbuilt.” Big Al’s Toybox, the engine supplier, rates its 355 Chevy engine at 547 horsepower when equipped with the 671 supercharger, and prices for the engine start at $9,232, excluding delivery. Marshall’s car is largely stock in most other regards...

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    Bahar Sues, Lincoln Goes To China, Leno Goes Lambo: Car News Headlines

    Dany Bahar, the former CEO of Lotus, is now suing the company for wrongful termination--despite the investigation that found he was misusing company funds. He wants $10 million. Ford's Lincoln brand today announced it is moving into the Chinese market. The Chinese will have to wait until late 2014...

  • #1 Briggs Cunningham 1960 Chevrolet Corvette
    Lost Briggs Cunningham Corvette Now Subject Of Ownership Dispute

    Last week we brought you the incredible story of a historically significant racing Corvette, believed lost to history but then found in storage in St. Petersburg, Florida. As one of three Corvettes campaigned by Briggs Cunningham at the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans, the car has a potential value in...

  • #1 and #3 Briggs Cunningham 1960 Chevrolet Corvette
    Long-Lost Briggs Cunningham Corvette On Show At Corvettes At Carlisle

    Back in 1960 Briggs Cunningham, a manufacturer and avid racer of cars and yachts, as well as a co-founder of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA), competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a trio of racing Corvettes built by him and his team. No one knew then what his efforts would mean to the...

  • The 2013 Corvette 427
    The 2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427 In Its Topless Glory: Video

    The countdown to the next-generation (C7) Corvette has officially begun, as tours of the Bowling Green Assembly Plant will be temporarily suspended beginning on September 14 to allow for plant retooling. That’s the necessary first step towards building the 2014 Corvette, but Chevrolet wants...

  • GM CEO Dan Akerson and his 1958 Chevrolet Corvette that will be sold for charity
    GM CEO’s Personal 1958 Chevy Corvette To Be Auctioned For Charity

    A 1958 Chevrolet Corvette finished in Regal Turquoise will be auctioned off for charity, with all proceeds going to aid Habitat for Humanity Detroit, a nonprofit organization aimed at providing housing for low-income families in the Detroit area. The car is owned by none other than GM chairman and...

  • Ron Fellows with Corvettes at the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School

    Whether you're into NASCAR in general or not, the road races the series runs often provide spectacular racing--unafraid of some contact, hustling big machines, and with hired-gun road course specialists making appearances, they get us fired up even when we're sick of the ovals. If you're like us, then you're likely looking forward to the upcoming Watkins Glen and Montreal races. Veteran racer and NASCAR road course specialist Ron Fellows is too, and to show it, he's giving away two seats at the Ron Fellows Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain--one for each race--with the Fellows 5...

  • 1963 split-window Corvette barn find. Image via Corvette Forum user Bruce at Billet.
    1963 Split-Window Corvette Barn Find: 33 Years In Storage

    When a California man passed away recently, he left behind a barn full of stuff. Amongst the stuff was a 1963 split-window Corvette (pictured below) in what appears to be fairly good, if neglected, condition. There is, of course, the usual three-decades coating of dust, and what looks like a fair...

  • Rendering of 2014 Corvette from eBay ad
    2014 Chevrolet Corvette For Sale On Ebay

    It’s going to be a while before you can walk into your local Chevy dealer and drive away in a 2014 Corvette. Perhaps the most eagerly anticipated Corvette model in history, the C7 has been the subject of rumor, innuendo and threatened lawsuits for the better part of the past two years. Now...

  • Corvettes at Carlisle, 2011 - image: Carlisle Events
    Meet With GM Engineers At Corvettes At Carlisle

    If you’re into Corvettes (and what we’ll call the Corvette lifestyle), you already know that a pilgrimage to Corvettes at Carlisle is a requirement on your bucket list. The annual event brings together Corvette owners (and fans) from around the world for three days of swap meets...

  • 1968 Corvette L-88 racer, for sale at RM Auctions in Monterey - image courtesy of  RM Auctions
    Well-Documented 1968 Corvette L-88 Racer Hits The Block In Monterey

    Almost since their debut in 1953, Chevrolet Corvettes have been a fixture at both club and professional-level racing events around the world. While many of us associate the C5.R and C6.R models as being the pinnacles of Corvette Racing, the most successfully-campaigned Corvette in history may be a...

  • Hertz Corvette flipped into Florida canal
    Hertz Rental Corvette Flipped Into Watery Grave: Video

    We've come to expect the worst from Florida. Weird things just happen there, every day, as if the bizarre and unspeakable were the state's chief export. In fact, that may be the case. But in the case of this Hertz rental Corvette, flipped on its lid in a watery roadside ditch, there's nothing at...

  • Potential 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Front End from Omega Tool Corp Video

    UPDATE: The video has been removed, but not before we managed to take some screen grabs from it. Automakers work very hard to make sure upcoming vehicles stay a secret, especially with respect to design. This is especially so when it comes to supercars like the next-generation Chevrolet Corvette. Fortunately for us fans, one of General Motors Tier 1 suppliers just accidentally leaked what is quite possibly the front-end of the new 2014 C7 Corvette. Omega Tool Corp produced a video showcasing what it capable of when it comes to complex molded plastics for cars. Interestingly, it used what...

  • Chevy prepares to celebrate six decades of the Corvette
    Chevrolet Celebrates 60 Years Of Corvettes: Video

    It may seem hard to believe, but the Chevrolet Corvette turns 60 in 2013. Over the car’s six-decade life, it’s been transformed from an underpowered and hastily slapped-together roadster (the original 1953 model) to a world class sports car (most recently, the Corvette ZR1) and...

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    Corvette Racing 'Flat Out' For Le Mans: Episodes 1-3

    The Corvette Racing team heads to Le Mans for the world-famous 24-hour race. This video series documents the effort required just to get there--before the racing even starts.

  • 2013 Chevrolet Corvette 427 Convertible Collector Edition
    Camaro And Corvette To Lead Return Of Motorsports To Detroit

    America’s favorite sports cars will lead the return of motorsports to Detroit, when the Camaro ZL1 paces the Chevrolet Grand-Am 200 at Belle Isle on Saturday, and the Corvette 427 Convertible paces the Chevrolet Indy Grand Prix on Sunday.

  • Barn find 1961 Corvette, parked since 1968  Image: eBay Motors
    Epic Barn Find: 1961 Corvette, Parked Since 1968

    Barn finds are often the stuff of urban legend, and tales usually begin with, “I knew a guy who knew a guy who had a friend with a 13 mile 1978 Corvette parked in his garage since new.” Connecting the dots to find the car often proves to be impossible, or the tale has been handed down...

  • Ryan Briscoe, lapping the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Corvette ZR1.
    Indy 500 Polesitter Ryan Briscoe Drives The Corvette ZR1 Pace Car: Video

    Ask any driver in the Indy 500 if they’d like additional track time, in any car, and we’d bet the answer is yes. When Chevy tossed the keys to the Corvette ZR1 pace car to Indy 500 polesitter Ryan Briscoe, we’re pretty sure the Team Penske driver didn’t need any further...

  • A 1998 Corvette, similar to the one being given away this year's Corvettes at Carlisle

    In the past few months, we’ve told you about giveaways at Carlisle events ranging from a vintage Fiat X1/9 to a classic Chevy 409 V-8 or a 5.7-liter Chrysler Hemi V-8. In keeping with tradition, Carlisle will again partner with www.AllVette.net to give away a Corvette at the 2012 Corvettes at Carlisle event. This year, the Corvette up for grabs is a 1998 coupe with a mere 24,000 miles on the clock. Outside, the car wears Sebring Silver Metallic paint, while inside the seats are covered in black leather. A removable targa top, sprayed in Sebring Silver, will allow the...

  • The Chevy Corvette ZR1 Indianapoils 500 Pace Car
    2012 Indy 500 Corvette ZR1 Pace Car On Track: Video

    The 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 will be the 2012 Indy 500 pace car, and here you can see it on video before the big race.

  • The Chevy Corvette ZR1 Indianapoils 500 Pace Car
    2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Chosen As Indy 500 Pace Car

    The 2013 Chevy Corvette ZR1 is the 11th Corvette chosen to pace the Indianapolis 500, and the most powerful production pace car in history.

  • Four exotics crash on same stretch of autobahn - Image courtesy Hersfelder Zeitung
    Chevy Corvette, Dodge Viper And McLaren Crash Within Days On Same Stretch Of Autobahn

    Three supercars managed to crash on the same stretch of the A7 autobahn in the region of Kirchheim, near Germany’s center. The cars included a Chevrolet Corvette, a Dodge Viper ACR and the most severely damaged of the lot, a McLaren MP4-12C. The carnage all took place within a period of two...

  • A 1967 Corvette, once owned by Neil Armstrong
    Neil Armstrong's 1967 Corvette For Sale On Ebay

    In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Neil Armstrong was a household name in the United States. In 1969, Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon, but even before that he’d gained notoriety as a astronaut in NASA’s Gemini program. Astronauts were on par with rock stars in the...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Carlisle Blue Grand Sport Concept
    2012 Corvettes At Carlisle Offers Something For Everyone

    If you’re among the Corvette faithful, a trip to Corvettes at Carlisle is surely on your bucket list. Billed as the largest Corvette event in the world, the annual festival packs in over 5,000 Corvettes on display, plus tens of thousands of visitors. It’s not just another car show...

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