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2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has dealer installed accessory prices that would make Porsche blush

We just spent four, maybe five, minutes Googling around these here internets looking for the most expensive safety triangle we could find. You know, those orange reflective thingermabobs you can erect in the face of oncoming traffic to warn them of your breakdown/tire change? Most are $12. Though the most expensive one we could locate costs $21.49, although upon closer inspection, that's for a three-pack. According to its website, Chevrolet, on the other hand, will be more than happy to sell you (or rather let a dealer sell you) an ... Read more →

VIDEO: The Corvette ZR1 was chasing a Lambo LP670-4 SV around Millbrook Jonny Lieberman

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Corvette_ZR1_Chasing_Lambo_LP670_4_SV_Around_Millbrook_VID'; On Monday we shared a very nifty video of the lads at Autocar and a fire-breathing Blue Devil ...

VIDEO: 0-60 mag gets first crack at Corvette ZR1 Dan Roth

click above image to view video Our reaction to the official press shot of the Corvette ZR1 was a little guarded. The bright blue car that accompanied the lifting of the embargo left us thinking a ...

Autoblog Podcast #83 Dan Roth

Autoblog Podcast #83 was judiciously held back until after the embargo cleared, but we can now talk freely. The biggest news this week is the official unveiling of the Corvette ZR-1/Blue Devil. ...

First 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1 will be auctioned at Barrett-Jackson Siddharth Raja

If you want to be among the first in the world to get your hands on the highly anticipated Corvette ZR-1 supercar, you'd better start planning a trip to Scottsdale, Arizona, around mid January next ...

Spy Shots: Corvette SS 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's another slew of Corvette Blue Devil/SS/Stingray/Who-Really-Knows spy shots, this time in yellow with some modifications. Speculation continues that it will have a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 with a carbon fiber roof and hood, which probably does not include the transparent Plexiglas panel that ...

Blue Devil Corvette: Fact vs. fiction courtesy of P.M. 2 years ago on Autoblog

With all the rumors surrounding the hyped-up Corvette, Jim Dunne over at Popular Mechanics wanted to get some answers, so he went to the source – well, a source, at least. According to the "largest Corvette dealer in Michigan" the Blue Devil/SS 'Vette will get a singular supercharger, will ...

Autoblog Podcast #68 2 years ago on Autoblog

Getting back in the groove, we bring you Autoblog Podcast #68. Starting us off is the battle of the inside sources, where we debate which GM mole is correct about the CTS-V. One rumor has the hottest little Caddy getting the Blue Devil's 600-horsepower 6.0L V8. The competing theory is that there'll ...

2009 Cadillac CTS-V will have 600HP Corvette Blue Devil engine! 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to enlarge var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/general_sciences/Blown_2009_Cadillac_CTS_v_reaches_600hp'; The new issue of Motor Trend arrived in the mail and our eyes were instantly attracted to this story that just went live on motortrend.com. The MT crew has learned that the ...

Autoblog Podcast #66 2 years ago on Autoblog

The last couple of days, we've all been inundated with news of Chrysler's sale to Cerberus, and that's what we lead Podcast #66 with. As much as it makes analysts and pundits foam at the mouth, news about the sale is a pretty dry affair. We'll be keeping an eye on how things go with the newly ...

Autoblog Podcast #64 2 years ago on Autoblog

We're back with #64 after being laid low by illness and schedule last week. Starting it off is some analysis of the 430HP LS3 Corvette, which we were lucky enough to see unveiled in Bowling Green, KY. 430 horses in the base car...nice. Speaking of rear-wheel-drive sports cars, there's yet another ...

Spy Shots: More Corvette Z07 pics 2 years ago on Autoblog

Another batch of pics have surfaced of the new Corvette Z07/SS/Blue Devil/Sting Ray/Grand Sport, this time from Popular Mechanics ace Jim Dunne. The car is virtually unmasked, save a cover on the front fender vents and over the hood. The only real differences we see on the outside are the ten-spoke ...

Spy Shots: Corvette SS "Blue Devil" - will it debut in New York? 2 years ago on Autoblog

That's right, we're still calling the upcoming Corvette SS the "Blue Devil", and it appears from these spy shots that Rick Wagoner feels the same way. Taken by veteran spy photog Jim Dunne for Popular Mechanics, the spyshots include one of the car's rear where a sticker on the bumper is visible. PM ...

Was he or wasn't he? TheGMSource reporting shipping company employee NOT jailed (Probably) 2 years ago on Autoblog

First off, we know for a fact that's a Corvette in those pictures allegedly taken by an EMO TRANS employee. That we know. But Josh Oliver at TheGMSource now says the anonymous employee might or might not have been fired from his EMO job. Maybe. And Oliver says it now looks like the alleged ...

Dude, that takes STONES: Pics of the Corvette SS / Blue Devil / Whatever... 2 years ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: Images removed HOLY SCHNIKES! Here are millions of dollars of development and thousands of hours of work laid bare for us to ogle. This Corvette caught by Fast-Autos.net forum member, Chikara83, definitely has some trick bits on it and apparently it's the real deal. There's a liquid/liquid ...

Lutz confirms 600-HP Super-Vette in the works 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the photo for a gallery of high-res images of the Ron Fellows Edition Z06 During an interview with a group of bloggers including yours truly at the Detroit Auto Show, Bob Lutz answered my question about a Viper-Vette horsepower war in the affirmative. He said that GM and the U.S. market ...

New Viper guarantees Blue Devil's arrival 2 years ago on Autoblog

When word of a 600-hp Dodge Viper first crossed our desks, we immediately figured that the on-again, off-again super Corvette "Blue Devil" project would immediately get a green light for production. The current Z06 produces a stout 505 hp, about 5 hp shy of the current Viper's 8.3-liter V10. We ...

VetteGate: Spy photographers respond to fake Blue Devil pics 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/VetteGate_Spy_photographers_respond_to_fake_Blue_Devil_pics'; No doubt by now you've heard about VetteGate, our name for the prank pulled by online buff book Winding Road in its January 2007 issue. To recap, WR took a Corvette Z06 and masked it up ...

REPORT: Blue Devil prototype faked by Winding Road 2 years ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/Car_magazine_fakes_Corvette_prototype_pranks_everyone'; Last month we posted on a recent sighting of the infamous "Blue Devil" supercharged uber-vette that had been shot numerous times while undergoing testing. We wrote at the time, "This latest ...

Spy Shots: More of the Corvette Z06R 3 years ago on Autoblog

There, we've gone and done it. From this day forward at Autoblog, and until we get confirmation from GM otherwise, the $100k, 600HP, 7-liter, supercharged V8 Corvette will now be known as the Z06 R. Why? 'Cause we're lazy and it's much easier to just add a letter than it is to spell out all the ...

Spy Shots: Corvette SS / Z06 R / Z07 / Stingray caught! 3 years ago on Autoblog

One Mr. Chris Doane, under the employ of the illustrious Brenda Priddy, was able to capture some shots of what will be known as the Corvette Z06 R or the Z07 or the SS or the Stingray or [enter speculative name here]. Although the only discernable difference between the Z06 and this mule is the ...

Another round of Corvette "Blue Devil" rumors 3 years ago on Autoblog

With General Motors not providing any official information on the upcoming uber-Vette, rumors continue to fly around the automotive world. Automobile Magazine weighs in with its two cents, stating that the so-called "Blue Devil" will actually carry the significantly less satanic moniker of Z07 - or ...

Shots snapped of "Blue Devil" engine 3 years ago on Autoblog

Call it what you will - "Blue Devil", "Corvette SS", or just "#%$&ing fast" - but even though we don't yet know the moniker of the upcoming ÜberVette, a clearer picture is being painted of the 650-hp supercharged lump that should propel it past most of the supercar elite. A sharp-eyed and ...

Yet more on the Corvette Blue Devil... or should we say Sting Ray? 3 years ago on Autoblog

As AutoWeek reports, it's no wonder General Motors PR and product guys smile wryly when they responded in the negative to questions about the automaker's plans for the Corvette Blue Devil. They weren't lying, really, because the oft-rumored supercar has now supposedly earned itself the Sting Ray ...

Corvette Blue Devil back on! 3 years ago on Autoblog

The saga of the 600-hp super-Vette named Blue Devil has gone back and forth more times than a Sampras/Agassi grand slam, but it’s just been reported by AutoWeek that according to Tom Wallace, GM’s performance cars chief, the devil in a blue dress Vette is a go. Wallace told the weekly ...






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