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Corvette To Be Featured on Live NBC Broadcast of the Auto Show



An NBC Sports special will bring the 2005 North American International Auto Show to America's Living Rooms; Jeff Gordon provides test-drive of 2005 Corvette Convertible



NBC Sports' two-hour telecast from Detroit's North American International Auto Show (The International Auto Show, 1 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005) will give viewers a first-hand look at the world car culture and the Chevrolet Corvette. Bill Weber, Allen Bestwick, and Benny Parsons will handle the show commentary with live political convention-style coverage from the show floor, while reporters Dave Burns and Marty Snyder will provide in-depth reports on the latest production and concept cars. Jeff Gordon will test-drive a 2005 Corvette Convertible in a special segment of the program. Check for specific listings in your area.

SSR

Totally forgot about this. Thanks for the reminder!

Boozman

Thanks for the heads up

ss409cid

What a coincidence, I ordered my Earnhardt Yellow Vert from Jeff Gordon Chevrolet. Ill be watching.....Larry

bdc6

already have that on TIVO stand by! thanks!

ttomczak

And the best part, its in High Def!!!!!!!!!!

racinghotroddave

Thanks for the info

BIG Dave

I live in the Northeast and we're getting pounded by a snowstorm. The local NBC affiliate decided to preempt the 2005 North American International Auto Show with a local update on the storm.

shopdog

You didn't miss much. The NBC commentators are ignorant, no surprise there, Jeff Gordon just drove a C6 vert around the block (sedately) without any really good camera angles, etc. The only thing I saw that I hadn't seen before was an angle on the C6R that showed just how big the scoops are, they're bigger than the static photos make them appear.

PS, they just broke in to the auto show coverage to report that Johnny Carson has died. That's sad. I met Johnny at a telethon we both worked about 25 years ago and had the chance to talk to him for quite a while. What a real gentleman.

Vette346

In typical fashion, the commentators have no idea what theyre talking about....I'll watch Speed channel when I want something that is actually accurate. Sad to see the whole world has sold out to NASCAR, the lowest form of racing out there

shopdog

Whoa pard, NASCAR *is* racing.

Just saw the new Hemi Charger. Ugh, 4 doors. What is the world coming to? I wanted an updated General Lee.

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Vette346

NASCAR mandates all cars to have solid axles, CARBURATED engines, a curb weight of 3400 pounds, and a FOUR speed manual gearbox! I know NASCAR will never be Formula 1, but if a Kia came out with any of those features today the press would eat it alive. My main objection to NASCAR is that the cars use 1950s technology. Im certainly not a fan of oval racing, I prefer both left and right turns during a race, but I would have far less problems with the sport if there were actually some technology in the cars that could actually be shared/based on that which makes it into the street cars. Stock car racing is great if they were to do it like British Touring Cars, or the Austrailian Supercars, or German DTM, but not with solid axles and carbs. Too bad the big three dont give more support to ALMS. Id love to see a NASCAR where the cars are C6Rs going up against Vipers and heavily modified Mustangs or Ford GTs on both ovals and road courses. Thats racing...

shopman1

Jeff gave us about a 3 minute ride, thats it.

BiggerTwin

While I like racing with left and right turns, NASCAR is American racing that has its roots in rum running during the prohibition and caters to an audience that likes to see all the action (and I use that word loosely). A dirt horse racing oval (easily found all over America) allowed the people to watch the entire race unlike the European road course like the Mille Miglia.

Alan

BiggerTwin

How can you say that? I just saw a Lamborghini "Moose-y-lago" Damn, all these years and I have been pronouncing it wrong

Alan

burtonbl103

It was lame
Did anyone hear the annoucer call the c6r the CR5

dvarapala

This was a complete fluff piece.

dvarapala

I also heard one of them struggling to come up with some appropriate platitudes when they announced that Johnny Carson had died. Obviously the guy didn't care, but he felt compelled to sound as if he were deeply saddened by the news; in reality, his attempt was so transparent that he would have been better off just keeping his mouth shut.

Oh, the humanity!

Corvette50

I agree, not much on the Corvette. However, I had a different take. The other mfgs had "civilians" driving their cars and I don't know about you, but I wasn't impressed with driving around little cones when you couldn't even tell what speed they were going or how it handled. Corvette seemed to be saying "people like Jeff Gordon drive our car" and "we're not going to show off unless we can do it right". The commentators were constantly making remarks like "they actually let you drive their car?" Corvette didn't go there. It was an auto show and Corvette "showed" their car.