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Photo Credit: wheelsmag.com.au With the Corvette assembly plant shut down for three months for a major makeover and the factory tours nixed even longer for the next 18 months, the Internet rumor mill has been ablaze with talk about what’s really going on behind the closed doors in Bowling Green. While it’s probably best to […]
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Photo Credit: Chris Doane Automotive / autoblog.com Is is a coincidence that on the first day without any Corvettes being produced in Bowling Green that new spy photos should appear of the C8 Mid Engine Corvette? I’m slightly cynical on the subject for sure, but judging from the latest release of photos from spy photographer […]
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Photo Render via CorvetteForum.com Our friend Don Sherman of Car and Driver is back talking about the near-future of the Chevrolet and what the next 18 months should bring. As the technical editor for C&D, the long-time 1967 Corvette owner has many friendships and sources inside GM and the Corvette team. That doesn’t mean Don […]
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It’s been my belief that if the Corvette team is working on adaptive aerodynamics or active aero, that it’s most likely a feature destined for the mid-engine Corvette which is expected sometime in 2019. But these new engineering drawings from a GM patent application in May 2016 suggest that we may be seeing Adaptive Aerodynamics […]
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Photo Credit: RoadandTrack.com / KGP Photography It’s always a treat to wake up with new Corvette spy photos to look at. Road and Track just published a photo gallery with 31 new spy photos of the mid engine C8 Corvette as it’s undergoing cold weather testing. I’m pretty sure that this is the best look […]
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Photo Credit: Topspeed.com General Motors must really want to sell the next-generation Corvette supercar in Australia. How else to explain a report this week on the Internet site Wheels that since 2013 GM has spent “tens of thousands of dollars” trying to trademark the Chevrolet Corvette badge in the Land Down Under. GM was turned […]
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![[PICS] Satellite Imagery Shows Huge Expansion of the Corvette Assembly Plant](http://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/uploads/2017/01/011917_3-480x360.jpg)
Some big changes are taking place at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant, home of the Chevrolet Corvette. General Motors announced in May 2015 that the Bowling Green Assembly Plant would be upgraded with $439 million in investments to build a new paint shop. The paint shop addition would add 450,000 square feet to the plant, […]
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Would you buy a hybrid or electric Corvette? While the very idea might sound sacrilegious to some gas-loving enthusiasts, to others, it sounds like a great way to increase the performance of our favorite car, while continuing to remain environmentally friendly. A few months ago, it was reported that General Motors had
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How would you like to be in the shoes of Michael Simcoe, the new General Motors Vice President of Global Design? Not only does he have to fill the rather large shoes of Ed Welburn, who retired from that chief position after an illustrious GM career that included the madly successful C7 Corvette, but now […]
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It looks like that LT5 rumor for the 2018 Corvette ZR1 was correct! But the news gets even better. The new V8 will be the first dual overhead cam engine to power a Corvette since the C4 generation’s Corvette ZR-1 ended after the 1995 model year. The LT5 confirmation was made after a redditor discovered […]
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