Month: May 2010

As one of the partners in the Race to Win Corvette Sweepstakes, AutoWeek’s Editorial Director Dutch Mandel was able to sit down with Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter and Corvette Racing’s Engineering Director Doug Louth. The two engineers discussed the individual aspects of the 2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Edition and how […]

See other 1955 Chevrolet Biscayne Motorama concept car Photos Today we wanted to share with you the incredible story on the final phase of restoration on the 1955 Chevrolet Biscayne Motorama concept car that will be shown at the 2010 Meadow Brook Concours.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Corvette’s first visit to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, GM has opened up the media archives and is showing this 1960 documentary which captures Corvette’s first class win at the historic sports car race. Narrated by Dr. Dick Thompson, aka “The Flying Dentist”, the […]

As part of the video taken earlier this year when General Richard Cody, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army (Retired), toured the Bowling Green Assembly Plant prior to taking delivery of a 2010 Corvette Grand Sport Convertible, General Cody meets and greets the military vets who are now building America’s […]

This Corvette ZR1 has been wrapped in the Dukes of Hazzard’s General Lee livery in anticipation for the GoldRush Rally that is being held over June 8-13, 2010. A General Lee themed Corvette is certainly over the top, however, that orange against the black wheels, headlights and carbon fiber splitter and rockers is […]

The 6^th annual CruiseFest will take place at the Mid America Motorworks in Effingham, IL from Thurs., June 10^th until Sun., June 13^th.

The venue marks the perfect location for Corvette enthusiasts of all kinds. Mid America Motorworks holds a customer base of nearly one million and remains the world’s largest Corvette parts and accessories supplier!

The three-day event will include exciting events, including:

• Bowling Green Assembly Plant’s Corvette Action Center Staff Recognition Ceremony and Meet & Greet
• Tech & Detailing Seminar with GM World Class Service Technician, Paul Koerner
• Exhaust Sound Off Competition & Burn Out Wars
• People’s Choice Corvette Show
• Performance Choice Manufacturing facility tours
• Chevrolet Hall of Fame Museum Lunch tour
• Autocross Event
• Cameo Winery & Covered Bridge Tour

Interested in viewing the entire CruiseFest agenda? Or maybe you want to register for this fun-filled long weekend – if so, click on the registration form. With no RSVP deadlines, we encourage you to attend if you can!

[ Corvette Action Center ]

By BOB COX When Paul Graham was named manager of the General Motors Arlington truck assembly plant in the fall, he was handed the keys to one of the company’s most valuable properties.For the better part of the past decade, Arlington has been one of GM’s most efficient plants, building some of its highest-quality, most profitable vehicles.The key …

As we enter Memorial Day weekend–which commemorates the U.S. men and women who have died in military service, most of them overseas–it’s worth highlighting the increasingly global nature of that all-American car brand, Chevrolet.

Over the past week, I have been bringing my readers a look at the best and brightest from the 2010 Mecum Spring Classic in Indianapolis and with over 1,750 cars, trucks, bikes, boats and planes in attendance, I will continue to offer galleries of the items to hit the Mecum auction block.

Borla Performance Industries asked Michigan-based Advanced Automotive Technologies to build a customized 1954 Chevrolet Corvette as a marketing car.