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Wynn Las Vegas “Ultimate Race Week”

Corvette Mike can’t get enough Wynn excitement and is back again as a Platinum Sponsor for this year’s Wynn Las Vegas Concours Kindigit Designs of Bitchin Rides and Corvette Mike’s CF1 At The Wynn As the holiday season rapidly approaches, it’s time to mark your calendars and start booking those special holiday events. One exceptional event, kicking off on November 10th, is the second-annual Concours at the Wynn, followed by the highly anticipated Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023. The second-annual Concours promises to be a weekend-long…

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C8 Gets Price Increase

Chevrolet Announced Another Price Increase for C8 owners corner 1 C8 Corvette Citing a dealer bulletin, the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette is about to get a bit more expensive. CorvetteBlogger reports that a $2,000 increase is being applied to the base price. Per the report, the price increase came into effect on October 2, so customers placing new orders will be subject to the new pricing structure. As a result, the Stingray 1LT Coupe will be priced at $68,300, while the 2LT and 3LT Coupes will set buyers back $75,400 and $80,050, respectively.…

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Another person gets trapped in Corvette

Person Gets Trapped in Corvette Page 35 of the Corvette Owners Manual A Florida man was at a gas station in his C7 Corvette convertible and got stuck in his car when the electric door release didn’t work. Instead of using the manual door release, he used his cell phone to call the police to get help freeing himself from inside the car. He obviously didn’t know about the manual door release located on the floor next to both the driver and passenger doors. Eventually, Florida firefighters showed up, and…

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The C8 Is Not A Dune Buggy

Pismo Beach on the California central coast Via Instagram The C8 is a very versatile automobile. It is just as good at driving to the grocery market as it is doing a full track day. But one thing it could improve at is driving on soft sand! The incident occurred at Pismo Beach on California’s Central Coast. It’s the only coastal beach in California to be legally driven on, making it a popular spot for weekend getaways. Typically, folks drive 4×4 trucks, quads, and motorcycles onto the sand, but one…

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2023 C8 Production Stands at 53,448

Corvette Video Update fromNational Corvette ProductManager, Harlan Charles (826) Corvette Team 2023 Model Year Review, New for 2024, and Q&A – YouTube At last weekend’s 29th Anniversary Celebration at the National Corvette Museum, Corvette Blogger recorded Harlan Charles’s talk on the C8. During the presentation, Harlan discussed the awards the C8 has won and the production number for the 2023 model year. Harlan shared a graphic showing that as of June, there were 53,448 total Corvettes completed and sequenced for production. Harlan says, “It’s not the total final, but close…

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Watch the 2024 Corvette E-Ray Presentation with Team Corvette

Watch the 2024 Corvette E-RayPresentation with Team Corvette [embedded content]   Mike was not able to make it to Carlisle this year, but our friends at Corvette Blogger were, and they sent us the video above.In the video, Team Corvette (Executive Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter, vehicle chief engineer Josh Holder) presented the 2024 Corvette E-Ray. The team calls the new E-Ray the Swiss Army Knife of Corvettes. It can do just about anything with the first ever All-Wheel-Drive system for America’s Favorite Sports Car. Tadge explained they always wanted to…

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Congratulations to Our 2023 Best of Show Winner 

1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special RoadsterShown by Jim Patterson of the Patterson Collection PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (August 20, 2023) — A prewar Mercedes-Benz roadster that was first owned by the Shah of Afghanistan—one of just three similar cars surviving in the world today—was awarded the top prize at the 2023 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. This year, 216 cars from 18 countries and 30 states pulled onto the competition field of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, and the car named Best of Show was a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster presented by…

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Corvette Sales Command 57% Of Premium Sports Car Market During Q2 2023

Over Half of All Premium Sports CarsSold In Q2 2023 Were C8 Corvettes Sales of the C8 Corvette in the US market reached a total of 9,125 cars in Q2 2023. This was an increase of about 6 percent compared to 8,630 units sold in Q2 2022. For comparison, Porsche sold 3,140 911’s and 1,152 718’s (Cayman/Boxster) taking the 2nd and 3rd spots respectively. 4th and 5th place was held by Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class 1,083 cars sold and the AMG GT with 711 cars sold. Those five models from the…

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Hubbard Auto @ Monterey Car Week | AND New Inventory!

MONTEREY CAR WEEK EVENTS SCHEDULE ~updated on 8/11/2023 MONDAY  AUGUST 14, 2023  ·    Automobilia Monterey Expo ·    The Porsche Monterey Classic  TUESDAY  AUGUST 15, 2023  ·    Classic Motorsports Magazine Monterey Kickoff ·    Automobilia Monterey Expo ·    Acura in the Park  WEDNESDAY  AUGUST 16, 2023  ·    Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion ·    Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction ·    Motorlux ·    Pebble Beach Motoring Classic ·    Little Car Show ·    Automobilia Monterey Expo ·    Concours for a Cause  THURSDAY  AUGUST 17, 2023  ·    Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction ·    Ferrari Owners Club Concours Carmel ·    Legends of the Autobahn ·    Monterey Jet Center Auction ·    Mecum Monterey 2023 Auction ·    Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum ·    Pebble Beach RetroAuto ·    Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance Presented by…

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