Month: March 2023

The new E-Ray is still not available to order, but reviewers are getting review cars to “test out”. Using Jason Cammisa’s signature time-freeze video technique to show the outcome of a ¼ mile race, and explain how it happened, by walking back through slow-mo time at the finish line, is exactly what GM was hoping reviewers would show, the $104,295 (starting price coupe) E-Ray versus other high-performance sports cars. In this case, the E-Ray is pitted against a Ferrari F8 ($283,950 starting price) and Lamborghini Huracan Evo RWD ($248,295 starting…

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70 Years of Defining the Future For 70 years and eight generations, Chevrolet Corvette has defined what’s possible for carenthusiasts around the world and helped mainstream many new automotive technologies we takefor granted today. But perhaps its biggest contribution has been to our collective psyches. Because when it comes toultimate freedom, it’s difficult to surpass the exhilaration of a Corvette, racing along the dottedwhite lines toward whatever’s on the other side of the horizon. It all adds up to Corvette being the longest continuously produced passenger car nameplate inworld history.…

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The last V8 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 is an important car. Not just for Dodge and muscle car enthusiasts, but also for Corvette owners.  As the Challenger SRT Demon and the Corvette are both American icons with a rich history of performance and speed. They are two of the most well-known and beloved sports cars in the world.  And they have been in competition with each other for decades. But now Dodge is saying goodbye to the V8-powered cars for good and going with turbocharged V6’s for their gas…

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 Photo Credits: Charlotte Today The 1960s were a time of great change in the world, and the Chevrolet Corvette was no exception. The 1963 Corvette received the long-awaited major update. The new design, known as the “Sting Ray”, was even more aggressive than the previous model, with an optional split rear window coupe body style; the first hardtop coupe Corvette. The car also featured a new independent rear suspension system, which improved handling and stability. Over the next few years, the Corvette continued to evolve. For 1965, the Corvette received…

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  Photo Credits: Steve Garrett / Corvette Today Podcast For the first time since the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans, the three Briggs Cunningham Corvette racecars that competed in that race were reunited at the 2023 Amelia Concours d’Elegance on Amelia Island. The backstory on the three Le Mans racers has been told many times, and we highly recommend watching “The Quest” documentary by Michael Brown which focused on the No.3 Corvette which won the class and finished 8th overall, if you can find a copy. The short story…

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The year was 1957 The year was 1957. Some of us were still a glimmer in our parent’s eye and the others of us weren’t old enough to drive yet, but we couldn’t wait to get behind the wheel of our own car. In any case, it was the beginning of the greatest period in US automotive history; a time when the debut of new cars in the showrooms was one of the biggest events of the year. Life was good and America was prosperous. World War II was twelve…

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