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| June 2009 Corvette Sales | Chevrolet dealers delivered 1,396 Corvettes last month according to the latest sales report from General Motors. The number is slightly off last month's 1,643 and ends five months of consecutive growth. GM finished second quarter with 4,446 Corvette... [More] |
| Corvette Coupe Tops Strategic Vision's 2009 Quality List | Just a week after JD Power announced the Chevrolet Corvette as the best Sports car, Strategic Vision's 2009 Total Quality Awards bestows the same title on the 2009 Corvette Coupe. Not only did Corvette perform better than any other car in its... [More] |
| Corvette Ad Watch: 1953 Corvette is "America's Sensational Sports Car" | <P>
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| First Corvettes Rolled Off Flint Assembly Line 56 Years Ago Today | Fifty-six years ago today, the very first production Corvettes were completed and rolled off a temporary assembly line at Chevrolet's Customer Delivery Center in Flint, Michigan. All the Corvettes were hand-built and for the first time in ... [More] |
| [VIDEO] 1967 Corvette Sting Ray Burnout at Bloomington Gold | <P>
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<P>It's always fun when you see a guy riding a classic Corvette hard. In this video from last weekend's Bloomington Gold parade, the owner of this Riverside Red '67 Coupe decides to show how a real burnout is done. [More] |
| Bloomington 2009: Mecum Sells $5.2 Million in Corvettes at Gold Auction | Mecum concluded their two day Bloomington Gold auction on Saturday afternoon. It will be a memorable auction not for what sold, but for what didn't sell. Only 108 of the 286 Corvettes sold which translates to a 38% success rating. Howeve... [More] |
| REPOST: 43 Years Ago Today a Young Man Buys A 1966 Corvette | Today is the 43rd anniversary of my father's purchase of a Tuxedo Black 1966 Corvette from Rohrer Chevrolet in Camden, New Jersey. If you are a new reader of CorvetteBlogger, my original post on this topic from June 2007 will tell you a lo... |
| Bloomington 2009: Harley Earl's 1963 Corvette a No Sale at $985,000 | The personal car belonging to legendary General Motor's automotive designer Harley Earl was a no sale at Mecum's 2009 Bloomington Gold auction. The Corvette convertible was the main attraction on Saturday where it was introduced with great... [More] |
| Bloomington 2009: 1968 L88 Corvette Sets Auction High Selling Price at $300K | Sales were very few and far between on the second day of Mecum's High Performance Auction at Bloomington Gold. We'll discuss this later when we tabulate the sales results. So when this 1968 L88 Corvette Coupe crossed the auction block, we w... [More] |
| Bloomington 2009: Twin-Turbo 1991 Corvette Callaway Speedster Sells for $115,000 | One of more interesting time periods for Corvette came midway through the C4 production run when you could order a twin-turbo for your Corvette. In 1991, the B2K twin-turbo RPO was the only non-GM performance option that could be ordered on... [More] |
| Bloomington 2009: 1966 Corvette Convertible Sells for $83,500 | This Ermine White 1966 Corvette Convertible was one of the high points on the first day of Mecum's Corvette auction at the annual Bloomington Gold show in St. Charles, Illinois. The L72 427/425 hp V8 powered Corvette crossed the block earl... [More] |
| Mecum's Two-Day Corvette Auction at Bloomington Gold Show | The live internet feed of Mecum's Corvette auction at the Bloomington Gold show in St. Charles, Illinois just kicked off a few minutes ago and the HD Theater coverage will start at 6pm EST. Over 300 Corvettes are expected to cross the sell... |
| Hot Racing Action Features Corvette on Fire! | <P>
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<P>In a scene somewhat reminiscent of <A HREF="http://www.corvetteblogger.com/index.cfm/2009/4/19/VIDEO-LG-Motorsports-GT2-Corvette-Catches-Fire-at-Long-Beach">Boris Said's fire</A> in the LG Motorsports #28 GT2 Corvette at Long Beach, this SCCA racer was recently tearing up the track at Road America when his C6 T-1 race car caught on fire. [More] |
| 9th Annual "Drive Your Corvette to Work" Day is Friday, June 26th | I hope all of you are aware that Friday is the 9th annual "Drive Your Corvette to Work" day. On this day, Corvette enthusiasts are urged to take to their Corvette to the road as a way to say happy birthday to the Corvette, which first roll... [More] |
| Motor Trend Video: Corvette Blue Devil vs Blue Angel | Motor Trend answers the age old question: Why race a 638-horsepower Corvette ZR1 against a Boeing F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet? Well, after defeating a Ferrari 599 GTB, the Porsche 911 GT2 and the Nissan GT-R in various head-to-head Motor Tren... |