Month: September 2010

Al Perry’s ragtop is exactly that: sweet and very low. The car’s basic look is pure GM, from the styling department headed by Bill Mitchell.

During Round 5 of the American Le Mans Series at the Utah Grand Prix, Road & Track Magazine put five GT race cars against their street counterparts to compare and contrast in what they call the Road vs Track Ultimate Showdown. Here is a teaser video featuring Corvette Racing’s Jan Magnussen who […]

Todd Schnitt, Florida-based radio talk show host, was the #1 customer to complete Corvette’s Engine Build Experience. This new ultimate package gives Corvette buyers the option to build their very own Corvette engine!

The program allows customers to take part in building the vehicle’s 638-horsepower, supercharged small-block LS9 engine. The cost: $5,800 (excluding travel to Detroit. But, Schnitt was not even hesitant about the purchase.

"To build my own engine is over the top," said Schnitt. "When my dealer told me about the option, it was like ‘Of course, I’ll do it, sign me up!’. I can’t wait to get there and build my own LS9. It will be the ultimate personalization for my car. I’m anticipating it being one of the coolest things I’ve done in my life."

Schnitt is a Corvette enthusiast indeed, with this Corvette marking it his third ZR1 purchase in addition to his 2007 Z06 back home.  Would you be willing to purchase the “build your own Corvette engine” option for over $5K? Why or why not?

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The first time I pulled up to a Department of Motor Vehicles last winter, I counted the number of times I’d been behind the wheel of a car.

Back in July while responding to a domestic dispute call, Taylor Michigan police corporal Matthew Edwards was tragically gunned down in the line of duty. The former Police Officer of the Year leaves behind a wife and two children. Taylor Chevrolet, the local Chevy dealer in the community has stepped up […]

Photo Credit: John Thawley

Your emails to the American Le Mans Series nominating Corvette Racing’s program manager were answered and now Doug is one of five finalists for the coveted “From the Fans” award. Doug is currently running second in the voting so we need to get the word out to Corvette Racing fans everywhere […]

In good times and in bad, auto parts suppliers used to get the same call from the manufacturers every year, asking them to slash another 10 percent or 20 percent off their prices.

There’s an all-new Corvette coming in about three years. Why should you care now? You care, or should, because history shows that the final two to three model years of each Corvette generation gives us some of the best, most-refined two-seaters to wear the crossed-flags emblem.

By the time the ’70s rolled into the ’80s, the Corvette was in need of some serious changes to keep America’s Only True Sports Car from turning into an underpowered parody of itself , thanks to ever-tightening Federal safety and emission-control standards.

General Motors’ four-door, Zeta-based Pontiac G8, may have disappeared from our shores with the death of the Pontiac brand , but Australians are still fond of the rear-wheel-drive platform.