A BLOG for the Latest Corvettes: C8, C7 Stingray, C7, C6 Z06, Grand Sport, ZR1 and C5 / Z06!
The first sales report of the new year hit yesterday and the good news is that Corvette sales are up 1.4% over last year. January 2010 deliveries totaled 854 – 12 Corvettes more than the 842 sold in January 2009. Historically, Corvette sales tend to a breather in January anyway so we are okay with this number. The other significant number for the month is the availability of the Corvette ZR1. National inventories of the supercharged ZR1 have grown by 27% to 191 units. [More]
The editorial staff from Edmunds.com have a great perk! They get to travel on long road trips with very nice cars and then write about it in their Long-Term Road Tests blog!
Now after joy-riding hundreds of vehicles of all makes, they have chosen their next culprit… the 2002 Corvette Z06.
Why a 2002 Z06? Well, the crew wanted to find a powerful, used Corvette with reasonable mileage and no aftermarket features all for a relatively low cost.
So, after much searching, they ended up purchasing a Z06 for $20,000 from a man who just couldn’t afford having two cars anymore. The cost didn’t matter much to them when they admit to having seen the “405 Horsepower” badge on the vehicle’s side.
With 41,906 miles on the odometer and an average fuel economy of 14.2mpg, the crew has already begun their 12-month adventure. See where the Z06’s 5.7-liter LS6 V8 engine takes them…
Follow their journey by clicking here.
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Saturday’s annual show, featuring 400 high-style cars and trucks, is a major fundraiser for the Capistrano Animal Rescue Effort.
Have questions about your recent Corvette purchase – or any GM vehicle for that matter? Now, you have the ability to tweet online with a live person!
General Motors has officially entered into the social media phase, employing six tech-savvy individuals to solely monitor their Twitter account – GMCustomerSvc.
Not only does the team monitor for GM-related tweets, but they are also readily available to answer any of your questions or concerns. Their hours of operation are:
Now, go tweet with GM!
[ GM on Twitter ]
Here is an interesting unofficial rendering of the C7 Corvette by designer Andrei Avarvarii that takes some of the best features of the Transformer’s Stingray Concept and morphs them with the best features of the C6. From the Stingray concept, we see the reworked grill area, sloping hood and high fender lines. We can’t tell if this rendering has a spilt rear window, but since GM’s Global Design Chief Ed Welburn says is coming, we’ll patiently wait for 2012 when the real C7 is expected to arrive.
Source:
avarvarii via TopSpeed
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GM: Next-Generation Corvette C7 Expected in 2012 as 2013 Model
Motor Authority’s Next Generation C7 Corvette Rendering
GM is cautiously looking to return Corvette and Cadillac brands back to European Showrooms following last year’s bankruptcy of its previous importer, Dutch-based Kroymans, who went belly up during the Summer of 2009. GM had its own financial issues at the time of the Kroyman bankruptcy but a GM spokesperson speaking with Das Autohaus says the automaker is currently in contract negotiations with up to 30 dealers in Germany. [More]
RateItAll.com truly rates it all! From electronics to personal care to fast food, RateItAll has compiled a ten-year study rating more than 70 categories of products based off consumers’ opinions.
More importantly, within RateItAll’s Automotive category, the top Sports Car winners were awarded to:
Now you may ask, how legit is this rating process? Well, since 2000, RateItAll has collected millions of opinions from consumers, which have been filtered through a main online database and sorted into thousands of categories. These categories were then filtered down to 150 combined product and cultural categories, based off quality and depth of data.
To be awarded this honor speaks volumes about the Chevrolet Corvette, and what the consumers think as well.
[ RateitAll.com ]
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Barrett-Jackson’s Collector Car Auction just wrapped up another successful Scottsdale auction and Corvette sales remain strong. We counted 112 Corvettes that crossed the block and with the 10% commission added, sales totaled $9.19 million. That’s very comparable to 2009’s $9.8 million in sales. [More]