When we heard that Hertz was going to offer the "Hertz Corvette ZHZ" for rentals, we were surprised but at the same time encouraged that they were giving non-Corvette owners the opportunity to drive what we love. Now that said,...
Chevy is launching the new 2009 GM Accessories for the 2009 Corvette. We've already told you about the body-color license plate holders and now we're talking about the Spoiler Kit options available. There are three types of kits available, the...
JUST ANNOUNCED: We at CorvetteBlog.com and George Matick Chevrolet are offering GM Employee Pricing to EVERYONE on all 2008 Corvettes in our inventory! This is in addition to the 0% financing already being offered! That's right, we are going beyond...
We have great news for everyone wishing to finance a 2008 Corvette! It does not matter whether you wish to drive a Coupe, a Convertible, or a Z06.Effective today, and for a limited time only (through August 19), Chevrolet is...
You’ve likely noticed the countless car raffles to benefit various charities in the back of most car magazines - And sure, while they’re all for good causes, the latest one to come to our attention is too good to pass up!
The Corvette Dream Giveaway to benefit Kids Wish Network will give away two Corvettes - [...]
If you like Corvettes, you might want to be in Spearfish this weekend. The 37th annual Black Hills Corvette Classic kicks off today. Organizers are expecting about 500 cars and 1,000 people from all over North America.
The Vette rally has become a tradition in Spearfish, the whole Black Hills actually. After all, what’s the point [...]
The second race of the FIA GT Championship, at the Monza circuit, ended in a glorious victory for Christophe Bouchut/Xavier Maassen with the no. 3 Corvette C6.R of the Belgian Selleslagh Racing Team (SRT). As a result, the French/Dutch combination now leads the championship. Bouchut/Maassen started the 2-hour race from the first row and crossed [...]
This morning Chevrolet announced the 2007 Model Year Final Pay to dealers. This is the final incentive money that Chevrolet will give dealers selling any remaining 2007 units on their lots. In the case of the 2007 Corvette and Z06,...
Chevrolet announced the 2008 Corvette 427 Limited Edition Z06, a limited-production model that pays homage to the big-block Stingray models of the mid-1960s. The 427 designation refers to the cubic-inch displacement for the highest-performance engines offered between 1966 and ’69 – and is also the cubic-inch equivalent of the Z06’s 7.0L LS7 small-block V-8.The 427 Limited Edition Z06 features a Crystal Red Tintcoat exterior, the first Z06 ever offered with a red metallic tintcoat paint. It also features graphics on the hood and fascia that evoke the style of the famed “stinger” hood design and graphics that were offered with 1967 models equipped with the 427 engine. Also unique to this model are “427” hood badges. Each example is numbered and signed by Wil Cooksey, the Corvet
I dig auctions. The easy part to figure out is that it’s a great place to see a CRAZY-good variety of cars with most of them in unreal condition, but there’s something else too. I dig seeing guys who can afford to buy them! Some of that’s jealousy, sure, but it creates [...]
Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Slamet Soebijanto said here Thursday corvettes of the Sigma (Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach) class would be built in the Netherlands not in Russia although the navy would explore the possibility of buying warships to that country. The corvette 3 and corvette 4 are among the four warships of Sigma class ordered by Indonesia from the Netherlands, he said. The plan to buy the four warships has been made since 2004 and two of them have been made since early 2005 and the rest in 2006. The first two warships were named KRI Diponegoro-356 and KRI Hasanuddin respectively. KRI Diponegoro-365 was expected to arrive in Indonesia by the end of August or early September, Soebijanto said.Indonesia News Blog: http://indosnesos.blogspot.com
Corvettes are everywhere at Barrett-Jackson in Palm Beach, Florida this week. By my count, there are eighty-four classic Corvettes going to auction!Twenty five C1 Vettes are available, including two of the one hundred Sportsman Red Corvettes built in 1954. (Lot 709 is pictured.) There are thirty two C2 Vettes, including a number from 1963. Twenty three C3, five C4, and three C5 Corvettes round out the offerings.The bidding begins this Thursday. Be there, or follow the forty hours of live coverage on the Speed Channel.[ Barrett-Jackson ][ Speed Channel ]
As I toured the National Corvette Museum, I discovered that Corvette has a relationship with world famous guitar manufacturers.In a large showcase, I found both Gibson and Paul Reed Smith well represented with the presence of guitars designed to commemorate a relationship with the Chevrolet Corvette.Not shown in the picture at the right is the new Ron Fellows Corvette Z06 Commemorative guitar from PRS, which was revealed at the Chicago Auto Show.
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Corvette was featured in several short videos produced by Motor Trend MultiMedia in conjunction with this year's Chicago Auto Show.Ron Fellows talks about his award winning Corvette C6.R racecar and his "first off the line" personal 2007 Ron Fellows Edition Corvette Z06 on camera. He admits he doesn't use a Corvette for transporting his family, though. Space requirements place him happily in a Cadillac Escalade.Stand by for showroom pictures at this website when our dealership's first Ron Fellows Edition Corvette Z06 arrives!
A special Arctic White C6.R ran in this past weekend's Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in honor of Ron Fellows, one of Corvette Racing's winningest drivers.A great deal of interest has been shown in the showroom version, about to be arriving in dealerships across America.[ Car Announcement ][ Sebring Results ][ Motor Trend MultiMedia ]
How would you like to spend endless hours watching video of Corvettes, Porsches, Lambos, and just about any vehicle you can come up with?The website StumbleUpon now provides a great new feature: videos! It's as simple as logging on, identifying your interest (CARS), and clicking the "Stumble" button. You will then be presented with video after video of commercials, Top Gear shows, training films, promo's, and even home-made fare. Some of this stuff is hilarious! Oh, and Corvette lovers: there are some nice Vettes in there!User Warning: if you are a workaholic with no time for diversion, you might want to skip this website. (On the other hand, maybe this was made just for you!)[ StumbleUpon ]
The 2007 Callaway Corvette C16 has recently been in the news, but were you aware that older Callaway eye candy is available for viewing at the National Corvette Museum?I think my favorite on my recent visit was this fabulous purple and silver 1995 ZR-1 Callaway ZR-LM Coupe. Deriving 502hp from the 350 cubic inch engine and showing amazingly British good looks, this car was on loan from John Christenson.
Also present was the beautiful dark grey 1991 Corvette Callaway Speedster on loan from the Chip Miller Family, of "Corvettes at Carlisle" fame (shown in the foreground, at right).Quite a number of Callaways were present on the day of my visit last month. If you are interested in seeing a particular Corvette that you may have read about or heard about being there, you may want to check that it is going to be there when you make your visit. Many of these vehicles rotate in and out of the collection on a regular basis.Related:
There were many beautiful Corvettes at the Detroit Autorama this past weekend!
One of my favorite Corvettes, without question, was the 789, manufactured by n2a Motors of Santa Ana, California.
The front of the vehicle resembles the 1957 full sized Chevrolet. The side resembles the 1958. The rear is all 1959 Impala. All of this is assembled on a C6 Corvette chassis. Honestly, it may not sound right on paper, but this vehicle is beautiful!
My personal photos did not do the vehicle the justice these promo shots do for it. It is gorgeous from every direction. Personally, I'd like to see it in red and black, too.The factory is developing some other vehicles as well, all of which sound interesting to me. We wish them well because we would like to see versions of a Corvette like this at the Woodward Dream Cruise this summer, and then in car shows everywhere![ n2a Motors ]
A report out of the Geneva Auto Show this week suggests that future Corvettes (as well as all other Chevrolet products) will be designed to accomodate right-hand and left-hand drive. They will be true world cars. The program will take as long as five years to roll out entirely.[ NewsPress ] [ Related Story ]
The NY State Attorney General is looking into reports that the NY Office of Mental Health had approved payments of nearly $1.2 Million for site studies to a company called "Very Important Property"... also known as "V.I.P."
According to the New York Times, V.I.P. is nothing more than a post office box and a bank account opened by James Leggiero, the Auditor in question. Mr. Leggiero, drives a Cadillac Escalade and reportedly owns three Corvettes, including a highly sought 1958 model. All of the vehicles, and his mortgage, was paid by V.I.P.
It's incredibly unfortunate that the NY Office of Mental Health has been wrapped up in this. Think of what $1.2 million could do for those in need with mental health issues. Hopefully this is the end to the shenanigans and this guy's bubble has finally burst. Although he hasn't be charged with anything yet, you can bet his Corvette collection could be on the auction block before too much longer.
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On February 28, the Detroit News announced that the in-car video system called VetteCam will be available for C5 and C6 Corvettes in April, priced at about $995.This is same equipment we scooped back on November 21!According to the News, the equipment "provides a view of driver input, the vehicle's dashboard, and the roadway. In addition to weekend racers, CruiseCam's customers include school district drivers' education vehicles, private investigators, even storm chasers."[ Detroit News Article ][ Corvette Blog Article ][ Cruise Cam Int'l ]
