Category: Corvette News

Image courtesy of Barrett-Jackson I don’t know if you have been to any of the auctions lately, or watched them on TV, but the collector market is very strong right now. Just this last weekend, Barrett-Jackson held its annual Las Vegas Auction and hit another record with $48 Million in Sales. Among the notable collector cars sold during the three-day auction were a 2015 McLaren P1 which sold for $1,567,500, and a 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster that brought in $1,045,000. But it was not just the super high-end cars hitting…

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Since the C8 was first announced in 2019, rumors immediately started flowing about the future C8’s variants that would be coming down the road. The first performance/Track Ready variant that was expected to hit the market was the Z06. All the rumors suggested it would be announced along with the 2022 market year C8, and with vehicles arriving in the second half of 2022, but we may have to wait a bit longer for it. According to GM Authority, the Z06 has been delayed until the 2023 model year. The…

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Image courtesy of Corvette Mike According to a letter to dealerships, Chevrolet has cut allocation and will not be accepting any more orders for the 2021 model year C8. The letter states “General Motors has had to make an adjustment in the number of Corvette Stingrays available for the 2021 model year.” With all the production stoppages during the 2021 C8 build, GM had only two options, 1) stick with the original end date for the 2021 model year, or 2) push the start date for the 2022 out and…

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Image courtesy of Corvette Blogger For over two years now, Chevrolet has had problems producing one of the most in demand Corvettes. First it was design issues, then a union strike, and when they finally came to an agreement, Covid hit. And Covid is still causing issues with suppliers leading up to this recent stoppage. GM initially announced a shutdown for the week of May 24th to May 31st over a parts supply issue that isn’t related to the worldwide microchip shortage, but the pause has now been extended through…

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Image courtesy of Corvette Blogger The C8 Corvette has already taken on the best of the best super cars the world has to offer and done extremely well against them. According to GM, now it will take them on on their own turf. Last year GM announced that the C8 would start shipping to Europe in the second half of 2021, and they recently reconfirmed that it will indeed arrive in European showrooms in October. This will be the first time in Corvette history that both a left-hand drive and…

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Record-Breaking ’88 Callaway Corvette ‘Project Sledgehammer’ Record-Breaking ’88 Callaway Corvette ‘Project Sledgehammer’ Is up for Auction. Reeves Callaway‘s company partnered with General Motors in 1986 to produce a TwinTurbo version of the Corvette. GM assigned the project RPO B2K and Callaway cars were sold by Chevrolet dealers worldwide. 510 cars were hand built by Callaway Cars in Connecticut. It was important for the Corvette to establish top speed bragging rights when car magazines of the day used top speed shoot-outs as a way of awarding the title of Fastest in…

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Photo provided by IMS For the 18th time in race history, Chevrolet Corvette will serve as the Pace Car for the Indianapolis 500. Chevrolet and Corvette have led the starting field more than any other manufacturer and model. The 2021 race marks the 32nd time for Chevrolet since it first paced back in 1948, and the 18th time since the first Corvette paced the race back in 1978. This time, and not since 2008, it will be a convertible Corvette that will lead the 33-car field. “The Chevrolet team is…

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Lego has announced a new Corvette Speed Champions set that includes a Corvette Racing C8.R and a 1968 C3 Corvette. While neither Corvette is totally representative of the vehicle on which they are based, the C8.R is close enough, while the C3 needs a bit more imagination to figure out what it is. The hood emblem on the C3 helps to identify the model, while the design and stickers included with the C8.R, make it very easy to identify. The set comes with 512 pieces and will allow the purchaser…

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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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