Tag: fire

This past weekend, while you evaluated precisely which “fat pants” you’d wear for the upcoming Thanksgiving feast, two Corvette teams were racing in the Shanghai round of World Endurance Challenge. The action was pretty hot. Then this happened, captured by the Team Larbre Corvette photographer. The fires were extinguished and no one was hurt too […] More »

There is a fire-breathing beast out there so sexy that it could only be called “XXX” by CF member Tomislav63. XXX has had plenty of work done inside and out to reach speeds in excess of 220 mph with 758 horsepower, including a beautiful and more aerodynamic body kit.  Unfortunately, our drool will not be […] More »

A white C4 Corvette coupe has become the latest victim in a string of arsons in the Hilliard, Florida area. The Corvette is a total loss after it was set ablaze in the owner’s driveway on Wednesday night. Robert Thrift says he heard his car alarm going off and ran outside to investigate about 1

We know that Corvettes are hot cars but this is not what we had in mind! The center of this white C5 Corvette is black now after being struck by a fire on South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida. WSVN-TV reports that the Corvette caught on fire at 18th Street and West Avenue, and despite

Watch this whole video to see the huge fireball that erupts from the rear end of this ZR1 undergoing a dyno test at ShorTuning in Stanford, Kentucky. Eric Lancaster’s 2010 ZR1 is measured at releasing a whopping 902.2 horsepower to the rear wheels just before the blinding light show. While Lancaster’s car still features the

Photo Credit: Ernie Torres/Sun-Times A dark red 1975 Corvette coupe was one of the victims of a six-garage fire during the night Tuesday in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. The police Bomb & Arson Unit is investigating the fire, but say no proof of arson has been uncovered yet. Before being quickly put out, the

Marcus Slater Corvette Forum Break out the tissues for this one.  A man in Staunton Illinois lost, three Corvettes and several other vehicles on a fire last tuesday. The stroke of bad luck destroyed a white ’91, a burgundy ’78, and his baby, a ’66 Sting Ray. The cars weren’t the only thing to go […] More »