Category: Corvette News

Architect’s rendering of planned Two-Story, 30,000-square-foot, addition to the National Corvette Museum Opened in 1994, as an educational tribute to America’s sports car, the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky has outgrown its 115,000-square-foot building. With more than 80 Corvettes from every era since 1953 on rotating display, one-of-a-kind concept vehicles rarely if ever before seen by the public, automotive memorabilia, informative films, educational exhibits, historical displays, a library and archives, Derek E. Moore, director of collections at the museum, says that “This expansion will give the museum the…

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Corvette Mike did some mods on this 1999 for Jay Jay Leno shares the backstory and talks about why he loves his 1999 Corvette in the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage. For between $15k and $20k, you can pick up one the best performance bargains of the century! Win Two CorvettesThundering Thursday Readers Get 50% Bonus ENTRIES Enter to Win a 600-hp C8 Corvette and a 1961 Corvette Restomod The 2021 Corvette Dream Giveaway is underway and it’s your chance to win a 2021 Corvette Z51 Coupe and a…

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2021 Exhibit Highlights Evolution from Early Production Prototype to Last Car Built PEBBLE BEACH, CALIF.  (April 15, 2021) — Ferruccio Lamborghini was never content to rest on success. With the 1966 debut of the P400 concept for his Miura, he set forth the very definition of a “supercar.” Yet just five years later, in 1971, he unveiled an even more radical concept—the low and crisply creased LP500, complete with soon-to-be-signature scissor doors. The name for this car is an exclamation of wonder in the local Piedmontese dialect of Italy: “Countach!” To…

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Q1 2021 Premium Sports Cars Market Sales.(top 8 cars) The C8 Corvette sales in the U.S. during Q1 2021 dominated the Premium Sports Cars Market. The Corvette outsold all other rivals combined (6,611 sold), including the Porsche 911 (2,782 sold), Porsche 718 (1,506 sold), Mercedes-AMG GT (1,212 sold), Mercedes-Benz SL (311 sold), Mercedes-Benz SLC (198 sold), Audi R8 (148 sold), Nissan GT-R (50 sold), Ford GT (33 sold), Acura NSX (17 sold), and BMW i8 (8 sold). These sales figures build on the similarly impressive figures in Q3 2020 as…

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Max, Corvette Mike, & the Barrett-Jackson Car Auction – Car Collector Video – Max the Cranky Puppet. Max proposes a partnership with Corvette Mike (the Leader of the Pack) and accidentally buys a $425K Corvette at the Barrett-Jackson Car Auction in Scottsdale, 2021. Win A Corvette Win a 60th Anniversary Cunningham C8 Corvette This limited Edition C8 Corvette is a modern-day tribute to the Briggs Cunningham 1960 Corvette that became the first Corvette ever to win its class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This special edition will feature…

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General Motors is no longer accepting new orders from dealerships for the 2021 Corvette, the automaker announced this week. With demand for the C8 Corvette through-the-roof and the automaker experiencing several production stoppages this year, Chevy has been forced to close the order books for the 2021 model year. It will open for new orders for the 2022 C8 in early July. The 2021 C8 started production on December 11th, 2020, so the early closing of the orders and switching over to the new 2022 will make 2021 model another…

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This rare 1 of 20 1967 Corvette L88 comes from Corvette Mike’s collection and this one has the distinction of being the only one offered in Sunfire Yellow. It is the only 1967 L88 Coupe with its all original and highly documented motor, and Bloomington Gold Certification, NCRS Top Flight Award, a Triple Diamond Award winner, and then to top off all these coveted awards, it is the only 1967 L88 Coupe with a Duntov Mark Of Excellence Award! The  hammer price was $2.45 million, and with the buyer’s commission,…

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The High-Wing option was only briefly offered during the 2020 model year, and is coming back to the C8 starting on April 8th, according to GM Authority. The dealer-installed accessory, which is available in no fewer than five finishes, will cost you $995 plus installation. The option code 5ZZ “gives your vehicle a more aggressive look” or so says the online description. There is no mention of downforce, but we do know the high wing offers a little less drag than the Z51 Performance Package spoiler. The High-Wing Spoiler is…

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Corvette Mike’s Thundering Thursday | Volume 8-27 • March 11, 2021COVID-19 played havoc on the C8 Corvette in many ways, and participation in the 2020 24 Hours of La Mans was one of them. Corvette Racing, with the C8.R, has been unstoppable this year with the latest 1st and 2nd place win at the Daytona Rolex 24, in the GTLM class. This was the fourth time in its history, Corvette Racing stood on the top step of the podium in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The two Corvettes combined lead…

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Corvette Mike’s Thundering Thursday | Volume 8-26 • March 4, 2021When Chevrolet brought out the 2021 Corvette, they did it without a price increase, but as of March 1, the base price of all C8 models have increased by $1,000. That means the new base price for a Corvette is $60,995. It also means Chevy can no longer advertise the C8 as a sub-$60,000 sports car. Autoblog reached out to GM and got this statement: “The MSRP of the 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe and convertible at all trim levels…

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