With the 2019 ZR1, the Chevrolet Corvette has ascended to the ranks of the genuinely fire-breathing super-sports cars, joining the rarefied likes of the McLaren P1 and the Lamborghini Aventador (one of which infamously caught itself on fire!). Continue reading THE 212-MPH, 755-HP CORVETTE ZR1 IS A STREET-LEGAL, TRACK-READY MONSTER
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CORVETTE IS UNLEASHING A SUPERCAR IN 2019 CODENAMED ‘EMPEROR’
Mid-engined Corvettes have been mused since the 1960s, when Chevrolet showed concept cars with the engine behind the seats instead of under the hood. It has actually been planned for production twice, and killed both times.
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Mid-Engine Corvette: Everything We Think We Know
The mid-engined version of everyone’s favorite American sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette, is coming. Or at least, a lot of auto industry folks think it’s coming, thanks to all the rumors, leaked info, and test mules that have been spied recently. After decades of speculation and renderings, this is what we know so far about the most fervently anticipated American sports car in history.
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2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport: Z06
The original Corvette Grand Sports stalked racetracks in the 1960s, but the name went dormant until it was revived in 1996 for the final year of the C4-generation Corvette. With a 30-hp bump over stock and the wider wheels and tires of the mighty ZR-1—and the bulging fenders to match—that Grand Sport also sported a pair of fender hash stripes like those on the original race car, and it established the blueprint for production Grand Sport models going forward. For 2010, Chevrolet created another Grand Sport around the sixth-generation Corvette using the suspension and wider rolling stock from the Z06. And nowthe seventh-generation Corvette gains a Grand Sport option this summer for the 2017 model year.
