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[RECALL] Qatar Issues Recall for 2014-15 Corvettes for Transmission Reprogramming

Qatar Issues Recall for 2014-15 Corvettes for Transmission Reprogramming

For the second time in just a few weeks, the Ministry of Economy and Commerce in Qatar has recalled Corvettes. This time, the recall applies to 2014-15 Corvettes to reprogram the transmission control unit in accordance with GCC specifications. The ministry says the recall falls under its ongoing mission to keep a check on vehicle defects and repair them to protect consumer rights. The recall is in cooperation with Jaidah Automotive, Chevrolet car dealer in

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2015 Corvette Z06 Dominates at Car and Driver’s Lightning Lap

2015 Corvette Z06 Dominates at Car and Driver's Lightning Lap

Car and Driver just held their annual Lightning Lap competition for 2015 and according to the results, the 2015 Corvette Z06 not only won its class, but dominated the entire competition by finishing fastest overall. Not only that, the Corvette Z06 was so fast that in the nine years of Car and Driver’s Lightning Laps, only one other car has finished faster. The Lightning Lap competition by Car and Driver is now in its ninth

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[PIC] General Motors CEO Mary Barra in Her Corvette Z06 for the Woodward Dream Cruise

[PIC] GM CEO Mary Barra in Her Corvette Z06 for the Woodward Dream Cruise

Photo Credit: Mary Barra/Twitter It was back in May that we published one of our most popular stories so far in 2015. That story featured photos of Mary Barra’s 2015 Corvette Z06 Convertible at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant. Since then, we’ve been wondering when we would actually see General Motors’ CEO in the car and yesterday our prayers were finally answered. Ms. Barra posted a photo of herself Saturday morning in the Black Z06

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Corvette Beats Porsche to Win J.D. Power’s 2015 APEAL Study

Corvette Beats Porsche to Win J.D. Power's 2015 APEAL Study

I finally took the plunge and test-drove a C7 Corvette last weekend. My brief five minutes behind the wheel of a seven-speed Torch Red Z51 Coupe made me an instant believer in all the hoopla about Chevrolet’s latest generation of America’s Sports Car. Going from the first year of the fifth generation (I have a 1997 Torch Red Coupe) to the first year of the seventh generation in one day showed me just how much

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[ACCIDENT] C7 Corvette Z06 Crashes at the Race Track

[ACCIDENT] C7 Z06 Corvette Crashes at the Race Track

There is no doubt that the 2015 Corvette Z06 is the most capable performance Corvette that Chevrolet has ever made. But to really experience the full bandwidth of performance available, owners are encouraged to take their car to the track. And there lies the conundrum… While the Corvette Z06 may be ready for the track, sometimes the driver isn’t which is why we have the photos of a Corvette Z06 that went off the track

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[PICS] C7 Corvette Z06 Gets the Caravaggio Treatment

[PICS] C7 Corvette Z06 Gets the Caravaggio Treatment

Say the name of Caravaggio to those Corvette owners in the know and immediately visions of handcrafted leather seats and D-shaped steering wheels come to mind. But John Caravaggio’s shop is capable of transforming an entire Corvette inside and out and he recently showed off his latest work on a customer’s C7 Corvette Z06 Convertible. The Corvette Z06 features upgrades all around. Starting under the hood, an E-Force Supercharger as well as headers were added,

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[PICS] C7 Corvette Z06 Gets the Caravaggio Treatment

[PICS] C7 Corvette Z06 Gets the Caravaggio Treatment

Say the name of Caravaggio to those Corvette owners in the know and immediately visions of handcrafted leather seats and D-shaped steering wheels come to mind. But John Caravaggio’s shop is capable of transforming an entire Corvette inside and out and he recently showed off his latest work on a customer’s C7 Corvette Z06 Convertible. The Corvette Z06 features upgrades all around. Starting under the hood, an E-Force Supercharger as well as headers were added,

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AutoPacific Names 2015 Corvette Best Sports Car in Vehicle Satisfaction Survey

AutoPacific Names 2015 Corvette Best Sports Car in Vehicle Satisfaction Survey

AutoPacific, a market research and consulting firm focused on the automotive industry, is out with their 19th Annual Vehicle Satisfaction Awards which are based on surveys of owner’s satisfaction with their new vehicles. For the fourth straight year, the Chevrolet Corvette has won Best in Class for the Sports Car category, and is one of five GM vehicles that was tops in its class. Joining the Chevrolet Corvette is the new 2015 GMC Canyon (Compact

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Road & Track: GM Source Says No to 7:08 Nurburgring Lap for the 2015 Corvette Z06

GM Source Says No to 7:08 Nurburgring Lap for the 2015 Corvette Z06

Photo Credit: Herr_Incredible The situation with the C7 Corvette Z06’s Nurburgring lap time is quickly becoming a fiasco for Chevrolet. Autoweek’s rumor yesterday from an anonymous source proclaiming the Z06’s lap time to be 7:08 has supposedly been debunked by another anonymous source from a competing media outlet, Road & Track. Road & Track posted yesterday that they had reached out to a trusted source inside GM and that source responded: The hold-up is apparently

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[RUMOR] Did the 2015 Corvette Z06 Lap the Nurburgring in 7:08?

Corvette Z06 on the Nurburgring

Ever since Corvette’s Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter said the 2015 Corvette Z06 had completed a timed lap at the famous Nurburgring track in Germany, Corvette fans have been waiting (and waiting) for Chevrolet’s marketing department to release the video of the run. In the meantime, the incredible vacuum of silence has been filled with rumors and speculation about the 650 hp supercar’s time. As a faithful lurker on the Corvette Forum, we’re aware of several

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