by Rick Tavel Corvette Forum If you weren’t lucky enough to be at the media introduction of the new Corvette C7 in Detroit on 1-13-13, don’t worry. Amid historically significant Corvettes of every generation, the West Coast unveiling will take place this weekend at the legendary Petersen Museum. You can get all the details on how to attend here. […] More »
By: Rick Tavel | February 26, 2013
Just days after Ken Lingenfelter of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering said the new C7 may not be capable of producing much more than 700-hp, Hennessey Performance Engineering has announced it plans to offer two very powerful engine performance upgrades for the 2014 Corvette Stingray later this year. Lingenfelter expressed reservations last week about the upper limits
By: IBxAnders | February 25, 2013
By all accounts, Chevrolet has a hit on its hands with the new C7 Corvette Stingray Coupe but already the automotive journos are looking to the future as they ask what’s next for GM’s halo car. Earlier this week was the report from Motor Trend that the C7 Corvette ZR1 could be packing 700 horsepower.
By: IBxAnders | February 21, 2013
Tuners have had a field day with the LS family of V8 engines from General Motors, improving their performance levels to pull upwards of an amazing 1,000-hp from them in some cases. Now that the LT1 motor has upped the ante to at least 450-hp in the base Stingray for the 2014 model year, tuners
By: IBxAnders | February 20, 2013
by John Coyle Corvette Forum We just got some awesome news. To celebrate Corvette’s 60th birthday, the C7 prototype is being shipped to Los Angeles’ Petersen Automotive Museum for its official West Coast debut. As you’d expect, there are going to be some amazing historic machines?the oldest Vette, Zora’s personal ’63 Grand Sport, ’59 Corvette […] More »
By: John Coyle | February 19, 2013
by John Coyle Corvette Forum This sure didn’t take long. Our buddies over at CorvetteBlogger got the official word from Chevrolet’s communications manager for Corvette/Camaro, Monte Doran. Here’s the General’s official statement: We can confirm that during routine testing, a Stingray was involved in a one-car accident. During evaluation, due to driver error the […] More »
By: John Coyle | February 12, 2013
by John Coyle CorvetteForum No aspect of the C7 Stingray has caused more controversy than the taillights. And while we’ve seen some renderings of what the new Vette would look like with traditional round lamps, this is the first I’ve seen of a kit for those who can’t get past the new look. But is it […] More »
By: John Coyle | January 31, 2013
