Month: April 2011

DETROIT, April 7, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Chevrolet, founded by a racing pioneer 100 years ago, celebrates its performance heritage with the 2012 Chevrolet Centennial Edition Corvette, which features a sleek black color scheme, unique design elements and Corvette’s trademark sports car technology.

2012 Corvette Z06 Centennial Edition to be auctioned at Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach on Saturday.

Chevrolet is an automotive company born from racing. Many of the iconic images we see of founder Louis Chevrolet are those of him at the track, racing the cars he himself designed and built. One hundred years later, Corvette carries […]

When one spends $1.25 million on a vintage Corvette that has won Top Flight, Bloomington Gold and most recently the Triple Diamond award, the last thing any sane person would do is turn it into a race car and take it to the race track. But that’s exactly what Pro Team Corvette president Terry […]

See, you can have your cake and eat it too. Or something like that.

 

Ever wonder why the logos on cars look like they do? Why the Chevy bow tie is on the grill, or why there’s a shield on a Cadillac? Some took deep thought , some were coincidence, and some were just easy.

This morning we were tipped about a “mystery” Corvette or Camaro that will be auctioned this weekend at Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach. After digging around the interwebs and firing off a bunch of emails, it was our tweet to Corvette PR rep David Caldwell who confirmed that the 2012 Chevrolet on Barrett-Jackson’s run […]

Article contributed by Steve Burns

The Barrett-Jackson 40th anniversary tour rolls into sunny West Palm Beach, Florida this weekend for their 9th annual Palm Beach sale. The vehicle sale portion of the event will run Thursday April 7th through Saturday April 9th at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Various other support events fill the remaining […]

Legendary GM designers Top 10 Chevrolet designs Over the past 100 years, Chevrolet has been responsible for some of the most significant and groundbreaking designs in automotive history.

We caught up with Corvette Product Marketing Manager Harlan Charles at the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring and he graciously gave us a few minutes to talk about a variety of subjects relating to Corvettes. Some of the topics we discussed include the latest changes for the current 2011 model year, the new Corvette […]

Tommy Milner.
Richard Westbrook.

These two gentlemen mark the 21st and 22nd drivers to join the Corvette Racing team since its first debut in 1999.

Both men have had extensive experience in world-class GT competition and will be joining the Corvette Racing team during the 2011 American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

"We look at our competition continuously and intensely, and it became very clear that Tommy Milner and Richard Westbrook have the qualities we value at Corvette Racing," said Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing program manager.

"They are quick, intelligent, team-oriented, and disciplined in their approach. They will connect with Corvette fans and represent Chevrolet as a global brand. We are very excited to have these two talented young drivers join America’s most successful production sports car team, and we look forward to long and rewarding relationships with both of them."

"… to be a part of the Corvette program at this point in my career is very exciting,” said Milner.

"I’ve raced against the Corvette enough times to know it’s better to be driving one than racing against one," Westbrook said.

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