C6Performance Journal

Talk about a reversal of fortune. For how many years now has the Corvette versus 911 story gone something like this: Yes, the Porsche is faster around a track, built better, and more fun to drive; stops shorter; pulls more gs around a skidpad; and is the waking dream of every member of our staff.

There is Corvette and there is Porsche. One is the best engineering effort of America, the other of Germany.

Frony had a brush with fame in 1962 after learning that some of the “Route 66” television show crew were in Cape Girardeau for lunch.

I was perusing the Corvettes on eBay (over 1,400 Corvettes for sale btw) a little after midnight and came across this stunning custom Corvette coupe. The combination silver/black matte custom paint immediately jumped off the screen to grab my attention. Black Matte seems to be all the rage currently and this Corvette […]

This 1941 candy tangerine Willys Coupe owned by Harold Meyer of St. Clair, Mo., won Boyd’s Pick, the top award at the River Tales Classic Car Show Sunday in downtown Cape Girardeau.

Written By: Walt Thurn / CorvetteMotorsport.com

Algarve Portugal – In race nine the Callaway Competition and Graff Racing Corvettes battled to second and third place finishes. This still gave the Graff Racing Callaway built Corvette a mathematical chance to win the 2010 Drivers championship. However that opportunity came to a close today when Christian […]

Our favorite non-original L88 Shriner Corvette is back on the market again. The 1967 “L88″ Shriner COPO Corvette crossed the block at Mecum’s St. Charles auction on Saturday where it reached a high bid of $80,000 but failed to reach its reserve price. Longtime readers of CorvetteBlogger may recognize this as the […]

The 2011 line up of Chevrolet cars and trucks are coming soon and I must say that I am impressed.

Corvette Forum member “Bunker” has a red Corvette Grand Sport with Competition Gray wheels and fender hash marks. Not really liking the chrome Grand Sport emblem on the front quarter panels, Bunker purchased an extra set and got to work. Although he admits its not the closest in paint matching, its […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the midst of working to revise the vehicle stickers found on new and used cars. The EPA wants the stickers to include letter-graded metrics that reflect the vehicle’s electric and hybrid capabilities.

The range will include A+ (for plug-in electic) to D (for Veyrons and R8s).

In all honesty, MPG is the only true metrics found on vehicle stickers nowadays, and even those numbers are quickly losing relevancy with customers. Buyers seem more concerned now with energy consumption and environmental impact, instead of liquid volume consumption.

Automakers see it a different way. They assume the letter grades are no big surprise to many. Each grade will simply represent a class of vehicles, with poor letter grades going to the SUVs and luxury vehicles. However, the EPA wants to do this in order to display “true information and comparisons that embarrass inefficient cars.”

Would this new letter-grading metric affect your vehicle purchasing decision for a Corvette?

[ Tech Crunch ]