Corvette executive chief engineer Tadge Juechter told Motor1 that some customers have complained of overheating issues when pushing the Z06 to the limit on a track. The complaints are said to be limited to a few percent of the Z06 fleet, however engineers have nonetheless decided to address the heating…
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Resto-mod Coupe Yellow
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File under things NOT to do with your Corvette – or What’s wrong with people these days!
Women allegedly put children in Corvette trunk Blog Note: We know that the customers at Corvette Mike are responsible adults and would never endanger a child. We were just as baffled with this story as you will be. And she’s smiling in her mug shot. Strange times these days, strange…
Corvette Mike’s Carl Pugh on Velocity Channel’s Wheeler Dealers
Once again, the Corvette Mike team (but because of edits, just Carl), helped out our friends at Velocity Channel (http://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/wheeler-dealers/). For the season premiere of Wheeler Dealers, which first aired on Wednesday, June 29 but is repeating all this month, Carl shows the host, Mike (not Corvette Mike, but the…
2017 Corvette Model Year Production Has Begun!
July 11th official marked the 64th year of the Corvette as the 2017 Corvette model year began retail production at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant. The plant has been building the 2017 model year Corvettes for a few months now as those cars get driven and analyzed by engineers as…
Jay Leno Races His C6 Corvette Against An IHRA Dragster
Jay Leno is back with Jay Leno’s Garage on CNBC, and last night’s episode was a doozie. Leno decided to make an attempt at taking down an all-out, IHRA drag racer in his C6 Corvette. Spoiler alert, he doesn’t win. 2015 IHRA Jet Dragster World Champion, Elaine Larson, took the…
How a Rare 1963 Corvette Split Window Remained an Object of Desire
Stan Finsilver, 67, a commercial real-estate executive from Orchard Lake, Mich., on his 1963 Chevrolet Corvette split window coupe, as told to A.J. Baime. I grew up in Detroit. I went to Vernor Elementary School, named after Detroit’s famous Vernors Ginger Ale, and after that, Henry Ford High School. Like…
Restored or restomodded Corvette? Denver auction demonstrates appeal of both
Denver top sellers included this restored 1963 Corvette (L) and this restomodded 1957 Corvette (R). Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Conventional wisdom says that a restored-to-original-specifications car will almost always retain more value than a restomod, which, typically speaking, is built to address a specific owner’s styling and performance tastes. Last…
How to Add Power Windows to a 1963-1967 Corvette
Power Trip: Adding power windows to a C2 adds convenience and value View Full Gallery When you run the numbers year by year, the RPO A31 Power Windows option wasn’t checked on most customers’ option sheets during the C2 years, with an average “take” rate of around 16.5 percent for…
The Corvette Is Actually More Affordable Than It Was 30 Years Ago
Yesterday, I wrote about how a new study showed that the average American can no longer comfortably afford an average-priced car. This got me thinking about exactly when cars got so damn expensive, which is what led me to Corvettes, this chart, and a realization that I may have been…