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Detroit Autorama takes place each year in early March. 2013 marks the 61st rendition of the massive indoor custom car show. It was also the 50th anniversary of the prestigious Ridler Award. We made our annual trek down to Cobo Hall last weekend to check out all of the custom rides. Hit that magical Read

Photo Credit: Los Angeles Fire Department The Corvette Z06 may not look like much to you after this accident in California, but to the lucky driver who survived this horrific crash, it looks mighty beautiful, no doubt. On Monday, he was driving his C6 Corvette on the southbound 405 Freeway in Sepulveda Pass when he

Photo Credit: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be a hurry, especially when a race ends in a crash and charges being filed by police against both competitors. That was the case Sunday when a Yamaha motorcycle and a yellow 2006 Corvette Z06 were allegedly racing on Route 80 west in Hackensack,

Chevrolet got some good news and some bad from Consumer Reports in its annual Car Brand Perception survey. In the survey, Consumer Reports lists each automaker’s highest-rated vehicle – and its lowest-rated. Fortunately for Corvette fans, the Z06 was Chevy’s highest rated with a score of 92. Here’s what Consumer Reports had to say about

File photo courtesy of CorvetteImages.com Here’s another reason for automakers to keep manufacturing cars with manual transmissions: They can keep your pride and joy from being stolen. At least when the would-be carjackers don’t even know how to drive a six-speed! That’s what happened to Randolph Bean recently as he was sitting outside Orlando Regional

German tuners GeigerCars has made a reputation building some outrageous special editions from American cars, including Corvettes, Camaros and Chargers. But quality work doesn’t come with a cheap price tag. This special Corvette ZR1 pumps out 730-hp, but GeigerCars says it is completely streetworthy. They upped the horsepower by nearly 100 over the standard 638-hp

As the Chevrolet Corvette enters the last year of the C6 generation, it’s surprising to see that the popular sports car – which has earned kudos for its quality for years – has suddenly landed on the listing for Least Reliable listing in the latest Consumer Reports Annual Auto Survey. Our research on the Web