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Each week, Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvette Stingrays, Grand Sports, Z06s and ZR1s to his customers who come from all parts of the country to work with the nation’s top individual Corvette seller.
In this week’s delivery report, Mike shares his excitement in how he is preparing to take delivery of his own 2020 Corvette Stingray, and that means it’s time for a garage makeover!
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The UAW strike against GM that lasted 40 days came to an end on Friday afternoon after UAW members ratified a new four-year labor agreement with the automaker.
The vote passed with 57% of membership agreeing to the new deal. The actual vote count was 23,389 to 17,501.
“We delivered a contract that recognizes our employees for the important contributions they make to the overall success of the company, with a strong wage and benefit package and additional investment and job growth in our U.S.
Even in the afterlife, once a Corvette fan…always a Corvette fan.
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We’ve now had three full months to digest all we have learned about the 2020 Corvette Stingray Coupe and Chevy added even more information overload with the reveal of the new hardtop convertible model. The new C8 is loaded with new features and options, both as a consequence of moving the engine to behind the driver, as well as receiving the latest technology available like GM’s new Global B electrical architecture.
As the 2019 auction season winds down we’re beginning to catch a glimpse of the myriad of Corvettes that’ll be available in the annual January auction blitz. Mecum has already posted up hundreds of cars that’ll be offered at their gargantuan January 2nd-12th, 2020 Kissimmee event.
Late last year we told you about a unique early 1963 Corvette.
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You knew it had to happen.
No one is ever completely satisfied with a car designer’s work.
For example, some people are wondering, what if Chevy had decided to keep the eighth-generation Corvette as a traditional front-engine model and left the mid-engine just a pipe dream?
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This weekend’s match-up between the Jacksonville Jaguars and New York Jets will feature more than just bragging rights between the Williams brothers.
On Sunday the top draft pics will square off against each other with Quincy Williams playing Linebacker for the Jaguars while his younger brother Quinnen Williams will be suiting up for the New York Jets at Defensive Tackle.
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All is not lost at least.
This red C6 Corvette coupe that was housed in a burning building apparently escaped without damage this week, thanks to the heroic efforts of firefighters in Topeka, Kansas.
Authorities believe careless smoking ignited the blaze, which caused an estimated $35,000 damage to two adjacent townhouses and their contents in southwest Topeka on Tuesday afternoon.
It was just Monday that Motor Trend posted the dyno results that broke the internet. The magazine put the 2020 Corvette Stingray on a Mustang dyno to see what kind of power the car is making. The results were beyond surprising: 558 hp and 515 lb-ft of torque at the wheels which equates to 650 hp at the crank.