Category: C7

Vettes for Vets

Larry Jewett

Vettes for Vets is an annual, all-Corvette car show organized to honor the hard work and dedication military veterans have committed to our country. On Sunday, May 26, the general public can enjoy a free Corvette car show in the parking lot behind the museum and free museum admission for all veterans. All visitors will enjoy our new exhibit Elegance in Motion: Cars of the Golden Age, which opens May 25.
Vettes for Vets will be a great day of sunshine and memorial for our veterans who will enjoy raffle prizes, food trucks coordinated by Sacto MoFo, and awesome tunes. Corvette owners can pre-register for only $10  and $15 at the gate. Call (916) 442-6802 or visit Calautomuseum.org for more Car Show registration details.
The mission of the California Automobile Museum is to preserve, exhibit, and teach the story of the automobile and its influence on our lives. The California Automobile Museum in Sacramento is open daily from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and until 9:00pm every third Thursday of the month.
This event is sponsored by Performance Chevrolet

By: | May 9, 2013


Chevrolet Will Target Porsche in C7 Advertising

When you’ve got a winner, you take on all comers. That’s the strategy Corvette and its ad agency are taking as the all-new 2014 Corvette Stingray hits the showroom floor in the third quarter of this year. And guess who the Stingray will be taking direct aim at? “Our No. 1 [target] will be Porsche,”

By: | May 9, 2013



Are Corvette Owners Soft?

The short answer is no, but a recent post on the Forum leaves us wondering. User Larry/car recently posted that his 1995 C4 was close to turning 10,000 miles and he doesn’t know what to do. In fairness, this is Larry’s secondary Vette (yeah, he’s got another one). But still, why do we buy these […] More »

By: | May 7, 2013


C7 ZR1?

According to Autoblog.com, the C7 Corvette ZR1 is already in development. Spy photos shot by KGP photography caught a pair of C7 Corvette Stingrays leaving the GM test center along with European sports cars; namely, the Audi R8 V10, Ferrari 458 Italia, McLaren MP4-12c and Porsche 911 Carrera S. All the cars were last seen […] More »

By: | May 7, 2013


C7 Corvette Interior Design Seminar at 2013 NCM Bash

One of the most remarkable transformations that Chevrolet has made with the new Corvette is the completely redesigned interior. Premium materials and lots of technology will surely quiet the detractors from previous models. Here is the interior design seminar held by Ryan Vaughan and Lucy Lahood at the 2013 National Corvette Museum’s Bash in Bowling

By: | May 3, 2013


C7 Corvette Chassis Development Seminar from 2013 NCM Bash

The opening seminar at the 2013 National Corvette Museum’s Bash Event was the C7 Corvette Chassis Development with Mike Bailey and Jim Mero. Bailey talks about the design and engineering aspects of the new chassis while Mero’s focus was test driving to tune and refine the driving experience. We’re starting to get into the wonkish

By: | May 3, 2013



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