Tag: Vette

With government regulations increasing pressure on car manufacturers to meet ever tightening standards in both CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) and safety, Dave McLellan knew the fourth generation Corvette would have to blaze new trails to remain at the top of the performance heap. But the very definition of performance had to be revised due […] More »

We knew the C7 Corvette’s A6 automatic transmission was going to be phased out at some point and speculation has been rampant that a new, 8 speed transmission would replace it. After all, GM has been talking about the upcoming 8-speed for a while now. However, it now seems that the Vette’s next automatic might […] More »

We’ve been waiting for this day for months now and it’s finally arrived: the first C7s are now in the hands of happy, eager Corvette enthusiasts. The very first customer deliveries took place Saturday morning, around eleven AM. And the first pics to show up here are of a Cyber Grey, Kalahari interior 3LT Corvette […] More »

Congratulations to CF member Lgolson for winning Corvette of the Week with his beautiful 1986 Corvette! With all of the C7 madness, it’s easy to forget the wonderful Vettes that have led to the C7. But this car, in this setting with this lighting is just sublime. It seems that this C4 is completely bone […] More »

Transmission CAGS What is CAGS? To avoid a gas guzzler tax, Chevrolet invented a skip-shift device on its manual transmission cars called Computer-Aided Gear Selection, or CAGS. CAGS forces you to shift your manual Vette from first to fourth (rather than second or third) when: Engine temp is greater than 169 F Vehicle speed is […] More »

Remember the reveal in Detroit? The ordering process? Well, the long wait is finally coming to end. We just received confirmation from Mike Furman at Criswell Chevy (Gaithersburg, MD) that the first batch of Vettes has finished QA and is shipping today. Mr. Furman spent the last few days at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch along […] More »

The most successful Corvette to date, the C3, ended production in 1982, completing an unheard of 14 year model run and opening the door for the long overdue C4. The C3’s chassis is even older dating to 1963, the beginning of the second generation Corvette. The all new fourth generation Corvette was originally scheduled to […] More »