One year ago at 5:38 a.m. (Feb. 12, 2014), a giant sinkhole opened up and swallowed 8 rare and historically important Corvettes at the National Corvette Museum. The sinkhole measured about 40 feet wide and 30 feet deep and opened beneath the Skydome where a total of 25 cars were…
How General Motors Builds The 650HP LT4 V8: Video
General Motors 650 horsepower 6.2-liter LT4 V8 used in the 2015 Corvette Z06 is built at its Tonawanda Engine Plant in, you guessed it, Tonawanda, New York. The facility is also responsible for assembling its EcoTec3 4.3-liter V6, EcoTec3 5.3- and 6.2-liter V8s, Ecotec 2.0- and 2.5-liter four-cylinders and the…
National Corvette Museum Gives The World’s Only 1983 Corvette The Display It Deserves
In late 1979, Chevrolet had huge plans in store for the fourth-generation of their Corvette. Former Corvette chief engineer Dave McLellan said they were applying “new technology that hadn’t been used in Chevrolet or in any automotive (application),” as they tried to “bring the car back to date in all…
Barrett-Jackson President Purchases $90,000 Victory Cross Motorcycle to Benefit Ride2Recovery
We love our Veterans! Lot #3009, a 2014 Victory Cross Country 8-Ball Motorcycle, was purchased by Barrett-Jackson president Steve Davis for $90,000, with a matching donation from business leader and philanthropist Brett Torino. 100 percent of that $180,000 will benefit Ride 2 Recovery. Ride 2 Recovery raises money to support…
With $292.8 million in sales, another record year for the Scottsdale collector car auctions
The 1950 GM Futurliner bus and the 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special Motorama concept. The Futurliner is the big red one; it sold for $4,000,000. The Bonneville Special pulled $3,300,000. Bother were part of the Ron Pratte Collection and crossed the block at Barrett-Jackson. Photo by Barrett-Jackson Ferraris dominate; GM Futurliner…
With $292.8 million in sales, another record year for the Scottsdale collector car auctions
The 1950 GM Futurliner bus and the 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special Motorama concept. The Futurliner is the big red one; it sold for $4,000,000. The Bonneville Special pulled $3,300,000. Bother were part of the Ron Pratte Collection and crossed the block at Barrett-Jackson. Photo by Barrett-Jackson Ferraris dominate; GM Futurliner…
With $292.8 million in sales, another record year for the Scottsdale collector car auctions
The 1950 GM Futurliner bus and the 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special Motorama concept. The Futurliner is the big red one; it sold for $4,000,000. The Bonneville Special pulled $3,300,000. Bother were part of the Ron Pratte Collection and crossed the block at Barrett-Jackson. Photo by Barrett-Jackson Ferraris dominate; GM Futurliner…
With $292.8 million in sales, another record year for the Scottsdale collector car auctions
The 1950 GM Futurliner bus and the 1954 Pontiac Bonneville Special Motorama concept. The Futurliner is the big red one; it sold for $4,000,000. The Bonneville Special pulled $3,300,000. Bother were part of the Ron Pratte Collection and crossed the block at Barrett-Jackson. Photo by Barrett-Jackson Ferraris dominate; GM Futurliner…
The Corvette Sinkhole Seems To Be Filling Up Nicely
Back in November, the National Corvette Museum blocked off the Skydome and began reconstruction after a sinkhole swallowed a number of Corvettes earlier in the year, including several one-offs. Now, two months later, project manager Zach Massey has the first update for 2015. Over the past week, workers have been filling the…
Mid-Engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette!
Behold, mid-engine Corvette fans: The car you’ve waited patiently for Chevrolet to build has finally evolved beyond titillating concepts to the engineering mule revealed here. An 82-second strike by our recon op resulted in 15 frames before security narcs dropped the curtain on this black test car—with its two occupants…