As production of the C6 Corvette winds down, so are many of the delivery options for buyers of the 2013 Corvette. We already knew that the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green would be suspending public tours of the facility on September 14th. Now we got word that the Buyers Tour and the custom Photo
By: IBxAnders | July 31, 2012
With the seventh generation of the Chevrolet Corvette just months away, it’s a good time to take a look at just what makes a Corvette look like a Corvette. For example, it’s been 60 years since the XP-122 Motorama concept car took the public by storm in 1952, leading to the 1953 debut model, but
By: IBxAnders | July 30, 2012
How can you not pull for a company based in a place called Horse Cave, Kentucky? Kentucky Chrome Works, which has been operating in that city since 2009, is the exclusive chrome plate wheel supplier for the Chevrolet Corvette and recently acquired $3 million in funding for expansion and working capital from BizCapital, the small
By: IBxAnders | July 27, 2012
We’ve all heard of having fun with our Corvette, but a recent video from recombu.com’s Joyride with Rory Reid features the host and his pal, English actor/comedian Robert Llewellyn, definitely taking that idea and spinning it off in a different direction. The two gents used a Corvette C6 convertible for what some might term a
By: IBxAnders | July 25, 2012
Photo Credit: Reuters/Rebecca Cook If General Motors, and therefore Corvette, are to thrive, it will likely take more employees like Dan Ammann. Named the chief financial officer of the new GM last year, Ammann has wasted little time making it clear to those underneath him that he’s not one of the old guard. To illustrate
By: IBxAnders | July 20, 2012
Photo Credit: Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post A red 2012 Corvette came to rest nose-first in a canal in Royal Palm Beach, Florida early Monday morning. The two passengers in the car, which was rented from Hertz, were able to make their way out of the car and apparently suffered only minor injuries. Fortunately, a witness
By: IBxAnders | July 17, 2012
The 2012 Mecum Auctions train-of-fun stops in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend. The 2-day sale takes place July 20th – 21st at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Velocity TV will have 12 hours of live coverage of the event. 500 hundred cars are expected and as we write this over 20 Corvettes are scheduled to cross
By: IBxAnders | July 17, 2012
