Month: June 2010

Ten-year-old Olivia Unger, left, and her 9-year-old brother Matthew Lima, both from Cumberland, look under the hood at an original big block 427 engine in a 1968 Chevrolet Corvette owned by Rick Root from Ridgeley, W.Va. Friday evening at the annual Corvettes on the Mall during Friday After Five.

It comes from a time when the new model year started in September for every car and they all debuted simultaneously, usually in dealer showrooms.

The Bowling Green Assembly Plant is one of nine plants that will remain open throughout the summer as GM works to meet customer demand. Like all GM assembly plants. BGAP normally schedules an annual summer shutdown during the first two weeks of July for maintenance or performing upgrades that is can only do […]

The 4th annual San Angelo Crimestoppers Corvette and all General Motors Car show will take place on Saturday.

We got word this evening that 1996 Corvette Grand Sport #947 was stolen out of the driveway of the owner’s house in North Miami Beach, Florida last Thursday, June 10th. Margie Love, the owner of the Corvette since new, had pulled into her driveway in her other car around 10pm and interrupted a […]

Though many talented designers and engineers helped to shape the Corvette, Harley Earl is considered the father of America’s sports car.

When we first laid our eyes on the Rossi SixySix , we were immediately smitten with the car’s design.

Check out this scary moment for a convertible C5 Corvette driver who was participating at the NASA TT event at Hallet Raceway in Jennings, Oklahoma last weekend. One of the curves at Hallet is know as “The Bitch” and the Corvette driver found out the hard way just what a bitch that […]

Almost two years ago the world was introduced to the Rossi SixtySix, a C6 Corvette refitted with custom panels that borrow some of the best design features of the 1963-67 Sting Rays while updating the mid-year look for the 21 century. No longer just a dream, the Rossi SixtySix project is tooled up […]

Peter Brock responds well to frustration. In the 1960s, Brock was part of a Shelby American racing team that became frustrated when its Shelby Cobras were not as fast as the Ferraris on tracks with long straightaways, where wind-cheating aerodynamics were more important than pavement-pounding horsepower.