With this custom C7 Corvette, Forgiato does exactly what it’s supposed to do: they take a cool car and use it as an attention grabbing, branding tool to help market another product or company.

I know this is probably going to upset a few people, but I think this custom C7 done by Kiss’ Paul Stanley that was shown at SEMA should have never been done.

The chance to ride shotgun with Danica Patrick in any car would put me on cloud nine for damn-near a year, but in a Corvette around an obstacle course? That’s an experience to die for.

One of the latest Corvettes to be restored by Johnson, this Stingray features both exterior and interior updates, and an all-new Gen V LT1 crate engine, which the folks at Chevy are making available for $11,000 for the wet sump version and $11,250 for the dry sump.

If you’ve been dreaming about some of those higher-performance features on the new Corvette Z06, but you’ve been thinking the cost of the car might be way out of your price range, then you’ll really welcome this bit of SEMA news.

I guess if you’re looking to roll out a new company at SEMA, the Corvette is a pretty good car to come out of the gate with.

Evidently, the team at Chevy has no plans on slowing the momentum it’s been gaining with the C7. Then again, why should they? Less than a couple of weeks after debuting that hot new convertible Z06 everyone has been raving over, the carmaker announces that it will also be offering two more limited design packages.