Month: February 2011

When the class-winning 1960 #3 Briggs Cunningham Corvette returned to France in 2010, it marked the 50th anniversary of its historic victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Filmmaker Michael Brown documented the dream of renowned Corvette enthusiast Chip Miller in this feature-length saga of machine and man as well as the […]

For the second month in a row, Car and Driver magazine has an update on the C7 Corvette, but this one landed on the cover. Titled “25 Cars Worth Waiting For”, the cover shot features a rendering of the 2013 Chevy Corvette C7 along with the 2012 Camaro ZL1 and the 2012 Porsche […]

As with previous years, the Detroit Autorama 2011A at Cobo Center proves that the love affair with cars is indeed national.

Canada. The great white north. The country that brought us back bacon, Molson beer and Ron Fellows is also home to Elite Tuners of Canada (ETC) and their Gold Rush colored C6 Corvette. The tuning company made their first appearance at the 2011 Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto last week with […]

Get ready for a wild assortment of small cars, little luxury machines and electric vehicles as Europe’s new-car season begins at the Geneva, Switzerland, auto show this week.

Tens of thousands of motor enthusiasts visited Cobo Center today for the 59th Autorama, an extravaganza of custom cars and bikes.

Jim Marciniak’s 1963 Buick. Photo by ROGER HART. Mike Lethert’s 1939 Ford convertible.

I met Jonathan Settrella in 1975, at an art show in Moorestown, New Jersey. We struck up a conversation, and it turned out that Settrella had a Corvette-a customized ’63 split-window coupe.

A weekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Guess who they’ve made a member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada ? That’s right, me! Well, I’m only an intern, really.

Corvette Conti says that 2011 will be the last year for Jetstream Blue Metallic (RPO 85U). GM will phase the color out early and has already issued a final order date for those that still wish to build a 2011 Corvette in Jetstream Blue. The last Dealer Order submission process to submit orders […]