News & Views for Corvette Enthusiasts
The rear-mid-engine Chevrolet C8 Corvette seems destined to receive a twin-turbocharged V8 with dual overhead camshafts, and a CAD drawing allegedly leaked from within General Motors is the latest bit of corroborating evidence. The engine most likely won’t serve as the base powerplant option, … Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreFirst off, this article from Torque News is a doozy. Aside from it’s brazen ageism, it’s a text book example at what probably keeps Chevy’s marketing guys up all night, i.e., not only how to educate younger folks about how good the current Corvette is, but to get them to even consider Chevy’s two-seater. Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreThe Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is no longer the most powerful Corvette you can buy, but it’s still an absolute monster on the track. Well, at least it is now that Chevrolet seems to have fixed some of its early issues. But what would happen if a mad genius ripped out the Z06’s engine, added an electric … Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreJust before 9 a.m., an officer spotted a black 2017 Ferrari California driving slowly next to a “very high end red Corvette,” the police report said. The officer observed that the drivers were driving slowly and communicating with each other. The officer’s license plate reader indicated that the Ferrari was … Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreThe last time we saw CAD images for the mid-engined, C8 Corvette, Chevy lost its mind, sending out letters that asked publications to remove the images and it even used the digital copyrights act to have the images removed from another publication’s Facebook page. What Chevy doesn’t realize is that … Powered by WPeMatico
Read Morehttps://www.torquenews.com/106/all-electric-corvette-gxe-hits-209mphThe company has long been promising a production version of their all-electric Corvette and they have been planning to build the customer’s cars on the C7 chassis. That promise will be kept next month, when the production version … Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreWith the notable exception of early examples, the Chevrolet Corvette has always used a big, powerful V8 engine. Maryland-based Genovation wants to change by that building an electric Corvette with more power under the hood than the Dodge Challenger Hellcat. Named GXE, the firm’s latest … Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreNew CAD images of what’s likely to be the mid-engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette have surfaced. This time the images show a new twin-turbocharged V-8 destined for the car. You’ll be surprised at some of the tests Koenigsegg’s supercars are put under to ensure their crashworthniness. For example, one … Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreThere’s been more than two years since Genovation Extreme Electric announced that it’s building an electric Corvette without any help whatsoever from Chevrolet. After showcasing a working prototype, the Rockville, Maryland-based company is now gearing up to premiere the real deal on January 9 at … Powered by WPeMatico
Read MoreGenovation, an engineering skunkworks based in Rockville, Maryland, is almost ready to show its Corvette-based electric sports car. The company has confirmed the debut will take place next month at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show. Called the Genovation Extreme Electric (GXE), the car in … Powered by WPeMatico
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