Do you ever find yourself wondering how far the love of Corvettes has spread? CF member Mohammed_Z’s 1994 Corvette hails to us all the way from Saudi Arabia where it is certainly feeling the love. This Admiral Blue C4 has some fantastic photos to document its life with Mohammed_Z and we have no doubt more […] More »
By: Cristina Antuna | November 8, 2013
This C4 advertisement is one of the last, but the focus of this article is to examine both the C4’s contributions and the building of the very last C4 at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant on June 20, 1996. Though technically the videos are not advertisements, Harlan Charles, the Corvette’s Product Manager, summarizes all the […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | November 6, 2013
Though print advertising for the Corvette had tapered to a trickle in the early 1990’s and for the most part died with the onset of GM’s financial struggles, the few ads that did make it to print were considered some of the best. And those ads usually had a lot to talk about since they […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | October 30, 2013
No, the images are not a mistake! Each week for over a half year you have grown accustomed to seeing a Corvette advertisement as the opening to this series of articles detailing the history of the Corvette through advertising. And it is no error that in order to grasp this important part of the Corvette’s […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | October 23, 2013
For only $4,900 you can be the envied owner of a 1990 Corvette wearing C5 clothing with “MINOR Firer [sic] Damage”! I don’t know about you, but I am pulling out couch cushions looking for the spare change to buy this super hot find before somebody beats me to the prize. Everyone must now thank CF […] More »
By: Cristina Antuna | October 16, 2013
The development and production of the ZR1 were far more significant to the Corvette than you’d expect from just another new trim level and its implications were vitally important to the future survival of the Corvette. When the fourth generation Corvette was unveiled the very definition of a “performance” car was being challenged in light […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | October 16, 2013
This advertisement for the Malcolm Konner Commemorative Edition 1986 Corvette created quite a controversy among other Chevrolet dealerships. Corvette’s sales department realized the potential in creating special edition cars in 1978 when they successfully marketed the Indianapolis 500 Pace Car and the 25th Anniversary model during the same year. The sales for 1978 approached 47,000 […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | October 9, 2013
