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SEMA 2009: 1962 Corvette C1-RS is a worthy Goodguys Street Machine of the Year

It takes a lot to win the the Goodguys Street Machine of the Year award, but this custom 1962 Corvette convertible you see here easily deserves the honor. The car not only looks incredible, but it posted the fastest time at the Goodguys autocross track as well! Every single one of the body panels on the car has been modified, and the majority of the components are constructed either of aluminum or carbon fiber. Powering the C1-RS is an LS7 V8 putting out more than 600 horsepower, but we were most impressed with the eight carbon fiber ... Read more →

Chevrolet releases 50th Anniversary Corvette Stingray Concept. Again. Noah Joseph

It's perfectly common for an automaker to release details and photos of a concept car in the months or weeks ramping up to its official debut at a major auto show. Not so much several months later, ...

Specter Werkes reveals new and improved C6 GTR Drew Phillips

Specter Werkes, the Corvette tuners from Troy, MI unveiled the C6 GTR last summer, but are set to reveal a new and improved version at SEMA next week. Featuring the LS7 V8 with a twin-turbo setup ...

VIDEO: Chevy previews its Camaro-heavy 2009 SEMA line up Jonathon Ramsey

The Chevy Camaro was SEMA's poster boy last year, but there were precious few of them on the ground once the doors opened. This year it looks like that won't be the case. The Bowtie will be ...

Donna Mae Mims, first female SCCA winner and Cannonball Run vet, dead at 82 [w/VIDEO] Frank Filipponio

The automotive world lost its iconic "Pink Lady" on October 6 as Donna Mae Mims died of complications from a stroke at the age of 82. To car enthusiasts of a certain age, Mims was best known for ...

WaterCar Python rocks our Corvette-loving, Ram-driving souls [w/VIDEO] 1 month ago on Autoblog

If you thought that the amphibious Fiat we told you about last month would be a hoot, but you longed for more power than that car's 850 cc four-banger could provide, then maybe this is the vehicle for you. Billed as "THE WORLD'S FASTEST, HIGHEST PERFORMING AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLE EVER DESIGNED AND ...

eBay Find of the Day: #1 of 5 1993 Lister Corvette is nothing if not ambitious 1 month ago on Autoblog

Back in the early Nineties, Lister North America looked to recapture some of the awesomeness that is the 1959 Lister Corvette, a British car built to compete with the likes of the Jaguar and Aston Martin on the British racing scene. Opinions on whether or not the reborn company was successful ...

REPORT: Next Chevrolet Corvette to resurrect iconic split-window 1 month ago on Autoblog

It worked for the Chevrolet Camaro, so why not the Corvette? General Motors' head of global design, Ed Welburn, has reportedly told Inside Line that the C7 'Vette is going to lift the most notorious design cue from the entire line: the split rear window from the 1963 coupe. It will not, however, ...

2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has dealer installed accessory prices that would make Porsche blush 1 month ago on Autoblog

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. ...

REPORT: GM willing to investigate hybrid tech, low-rolling resistance tires if Corvette's survival depends on it 1 month ago on Autoblog

Is GM really considering a hybrid Corvette? Tom Stephens, GM's vice chairman of global product development, says it's a possibility. However, Stephens' comments are based on the new CAFE standards -- 35.5 mpg by 2016 -- and would only happen if the Corvette's livelihood depends on fitting a hybrid ...

First Test: 2010 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 launch control 2 months ago on Autoblog

Aside from the addition of the Grand Sport model, the biggest upgrade to the 2010 Chevrolet Corvette lineup is arguably the addition of launch control. The Corvette is by no means the first sports car to get launch control, but judging from our first impression of it this week, it may well be the ...

First Drive: 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport 2 months ago on Autoblog

Going into the 2010 model year, the Corvette lineup is growing to four models with the revival of the Grand Sport nameplate that slots in between the base and Z06 models. This is the third iteration of the Grand Sport, the first being a run of just five race-ready cars built by original Vette ...

Monterey 2009: Bertone shows off ZR1-based Mantide 2 months ago on Autoblog

It's become a recent tradition for a coachbuilt car to be shown at the Gooding auction tent on Friday evening (previous years we got a look at the Pininfarina P4/5 and the Pininfarina Hyperion), and this year we were treated to the ZR1-based Bertone Mantide. The car's owner, Dan Watkins, ...

VIDEO: The Corvette ZR1 was chasing a Lambo LP670-4 SV around Millbrook 2 months ago on Autoblog

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 corvette chasing something around the hill route at Millbrook. Obviously, speculation was rampant ...

SV Motors 9 Competizione gets real 3 months ago on Autoblog

Italian style and American power -- it's a match made in heaven. The Iso Grifo of the '60s and '70s was birthed from this blissful union, along with more recent collaborations including the Giugiaro Mustang and Bertone Mantide. Upstart San Francisco coachbuilder SV Motor Company believes in the ...

VIDEO: A lap of the Milford Road Course in the 2010 Corvette Grand Sport 3 months ago on Autoblog

Here at Autoblog we've been fortunate enough to have two separate opportunities to drive what is officially known as the Milford Road Course. Informally, the facility is better known as the Lutz-ring. Early this decade when Bob Lutz was lured out of retirement to provide guidance to the product ...

NCM raffling off unique Corvette Grand Sport for 15th anniversary 3 months ago on Autoblog

The National Corvette Museum is celebrating its 15th anniversary in style by raffling off a one of a kind Corvette Grand Sport. The Artic White Vette has a unique yet tasteful black hood treatment with Corvette Racing's Jack mascot painted at the center bulge with a red stripe outline. The NCM ...

Italian-American Pride: Corvette-based SV 9 Competizione 3 months ago on Autoblog

Reclothing Corvettes with Italian coachwork is a time-honored tradition; one that sadly lapsed for years in between the age of classics and the modern era. But in an industry where old designs and old badges are resurrected with increasing regularity, this is one practice we're glad to see come ...

Bertone Mantide owner eyeing Corvette ZR1 Nürburgring record run? 4 months ago on Autoblog

Some coachbuilt custom supercars are all show. But the owner of a Bertone Mantide is eager to prove that his has got the go to back up his show. Dan Watkins, the British gentleman-racer who bought the first Mantide, is so eager, in fact, that he's pondering personally financing a run at the ...

Pics Aplenty: 2010 Corvette Grand Sport shown from all angles 4 months ago on Autoblog

Since Chevrolet announced the return of the Corvette Grand Sport for 2010, we've been given detailed information on what the trim level will include as well as its starting price – $55,720 for the coupe and $59,530 for the convertible. What we haven't been given is a truly good look at ...

Chevrolet announces 1.5 millionth Corvette produced, confirms Grand Sport pricing 5 months ago on Autoblog

The very first Chevrolet Corvette built way back in 1953 was Polo White with a red interior and a black top. It was practically made by hand, cost $3,498 plus tax and shipping, and the only options were an AM radio and a heater. Fifty six years later, the 1.5 millionth Corvette is white with a ...

Harley Earl's own '63 Corvette Stingray convertible on the auction block 5 months ago on Autoblog

Legendary sportscar marques deserve their own dedicated auctions, and lately they've been getting what they deserve. RM Auction has been running a Ferrari-only event at the Maranello factory for a few years now, while Bonhams has been doing the same with Aston Martin at Newport Pagnell for even ...

VIDEO: Corvette Grand Sport launch control tested... in dealer lot 5 months ago on Autoblog

The Corvette Grand Sport features a launch control so simple your little sister could use it while she puts on her mascara at the light. It is also blisteringly effective and makes a whole lot of the right noises, as you can see in this video of a demo run in a dealership parking lot. How's ...

What Might Have Been: Corvette LMP1 challenger 5 months ago on Autoblog

Autoblog friend and sports car racing junkie, Mike Laney, recently got the chance to tour Pratt & Miller (a.k.a. Corvette Racing HQ), and besides building the Speed GT Cadillac CTS-V, Pontiac GTO.R & GXP.R, C5-R and C6.R ALMS GT1 Corvettes, the company also makes the ZR1-rivaling C6RS ...

Karvajal Designs ZX-1 gives details on its Chevrolet Corvette widebody 5 months ago on Autoblog

Karvajal Designs has been displaying its Chevrolet Corvette-altering wares for some time, and it's finally giving up the details on its line of C6 exterior and engine modifications. The ZX-1 Stage One package includes a completely redesigned body kit that widens the 'Vette's haunches to ...

GM CEO says future of Corvette secure 6 months ago on Autoblog

According to Fritz Henderson, the recently-appointed CEO of General Motors, the future holds exciting things for Chevrolet's iconic sportscar. This news comes despite the admission late last year that development of the next-gen C7 Corvette platform was put on "indefinite hold, with no official or ...

eBay Find of the Day: Damaged ZR1 on the cheap 6 months ago on Autoblog

We figured it was just a matter of time before a cracked-up Corvette ZR1 found its way onto eBay, and thanks to (we're assuming) a ham-fisted driver hailing from Fort Worth, Texas, a slightly marred example of Chevy's hottest Corvette can be yours for the Buy-It-Now price of $97,500. According ...

Charting the changes for Chevrolet's 2010 Corvette, including Grand Sport [w/VIDEOS] 6 months ago on Autoblog

During the annual C5/C6 Bash at the Corvette's Bowling Green Assembly Plant, numerous changes were outlined for the 2010 'Vette line. In addition to the Grand Sport and its scorching performance, the notable changes include, among other things, launch control as standard on all manual transmission ...

Ode to Corvette Racing: A decade of dominance in GT1 6 months ago on Autoblog

Here's to you, Corvette Racing. The car has evolved, the livery has changed, drivers have come and gone, competitors have challenged and fallen away, and even the type of fuel is new, but one thing remains the same -- a winning formula. Starting with a second-place finish at its inaugural race ...

Rumormill: Corvette Grand Sport returning to Chevrolet for 2010? 7 months ago on Autoblog

It may be hard to imagine now, but there was a time when General Motors considered spinning Chevrolet's Corvette line off into its own separate division. The flagship supercar always had a distinct identity from the rest of Bowtie's model line – heck, overseas, 'Vettes aren't even sold at ...

REPORT: Slow Corvette sales to result in plant shutdowns through July 7 months ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: We just got off the phone with Andrea Hales, GM Bowling Green Assembly Communications manager, who informed us that while there will be six weeks of down time from now until the end of June, the plant actually has about 600 workers and they will continue to build 11 Corvettes per hour, not ...

n2a Motors previews its retro styled Stinger Corvette 7 months ago on Autoblog

n2a Motors have made quite a name for themselves over the past few years, designing and building unique coachbuilt cars like the 789 and more recently the Anteros. They were kind enough to send us some renderings and clay model photos of their next upcoming project dubbed the "Stinger", which ...

Google StreetView uncovers split-window Corvette "barn find" 8 months ago on Autoblog

This is no way to treat a 1963 Corvette split-window coupe. Found in Washington by one of Google StreetView's drones, there's actually no barn to this barn find, just a car left sitting in the gray mist that folks in the Pacific Northwest call "weather." This Corvette had a 12-year shelf life, and ...

Rendered Speculation: Corvette Stingray C7.R 8 months ago on Autoblog

While the Corvette Stingray Concept (a.k.a. Autobot Sideswipe) introduced at the Chicago Auto Show earlier this month sports heritage-inspired cues, its futuristic styling could also hint at the design of the next-generation model. GM made no comment on whether any of the concept would find make ...

Chevy reportedly working on Corvette GT-1 Championship Edition 9 months ago on Autoblog

Last weekend, Corvette owners were let in on a limited edition Vette in the pipeline: the Corvette GT-1 Edition. Created to celebrate Corvette's last hurrah in the current GT1 class this year, the car is actually more like a rolling trophy than your typical paint-and-decals collector's edition car. ...

Chevy prices Corvette Competition Sport package 9 months ago on Autoblog

Last week GM announced a special package of racetrack upgrades for the 'Vette and Z06 dubbed the Corvette Competition Sport (CS) package and now, the General has released pricing. The cost of a base Corvette coupe with the package is $55,655, a bump of $3,350 over a 1LT coupe with the Z51 ...

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Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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