The Bowling Green, Kentucky area where the Corvette Museum is located sits in what is known as a karst area. This is an area where water slowly dissolves the native bedrock—usually limestone— in the subsurface. Once the bedrock is dissolved to a point, it is no longer structurally sound to support the weight of what is on top of it, it fails or collapses.
Find deals on a 36-pack of Budweiser, a carton of cigarettes and a mega pack of beef jerky, and you’ve got yourself a good day at Walmart. Find a 2015 Corvette Z06 test mule in the Walmart parking lot, and you’ve got yourself a great day at Walmart that could only be topped with cracked-out […] More »
**We now have video of the sinkhole. ** At 5:30 CST this morning, a sinkhole opened up under the Sky Dome at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, swallowing eight cars. No employees were injured. Local emergency crews estimated the sinkhole’s dimensions at 40 feet across and 25 to 30 feet deep.
The 2014 Corvette Stingray has pulled in yet another coveted award, earning MotorWeek’s “Best of the Year” 2014 Drivers’ Choice Award. Announced at the Chicago Auto Show, the award takes into account everything from exterior design to performance as well as pricing.
As the “polar vortex” blankets much of the country and the dreaded February “blues” set in, one of the best diversions to help brighten your outlook and pull you out of the doldrums is to begin planning your summer automobile event calendars. Just the thought of those sunny days and warm summer nights is enough to send the vortex back to the poles.
The Corvette’s competitive pricing bodes well for its Euro-market success—but Autocar threw the low-price factor out the window, comparing all the sports cars as though they were the same price. Watch the video to see it go head to head with the best sports cars of Europe.
very great movie hero needs a great hero car. It’s become one of the tools of the trade for anyone charged with fighting villains or saving the world. Obviously, those tasks call for some serious ground transportation. And the cooler the wheels, the better.
