Car and Driver magazine loves to test cars via something they called “The Lightning Lap”. Using the “Grand West Course” at the Virginia International Speedway, considered as “America’s Nürburgring”, the 4.1-mile, 28 turn course is a perfect place to test cars capabilities. Ford was riding high earlier this month when…
Featured Corvette of the Week: 1963 Numbers Matching L84 Corvette Convertible Fuelie, 4-Speed
Three time N.C.R.S. Top Flight Award winner has undergone a no expense spared, frame off restoration. 1963 blue corvette fuelie 12 1963 blue corvette fuelie 23 Daytona Blue w/Blue interior 327/360hp, fuel injected, 4-spd. manual transmission. Hard top only.When the all-new ’63 Corvette was introduced to the public in ’62,…
Collector Car Market is Sizzling Hot!
We are just 4 weeks into 2018 and the collector car market is Red Hot! Three weeks of auctions just finished up and over 4,300 cars, worth over $320.3m, have been sold! This number will go higher, as three auction houses have not reported their sales from last week’s auctions…
Hot Rod: Detroit Auto Show Horsepower Wars
Horsepower Wars: Who Had the Most at the Detroit Auto Show? Hot Rod by Phillip Thomas: You can’t go wrong buying a muscle car these days. The Big Three are all boxing with engines that’d make the mountain motors of the 60s blush with relentless horsepower and torque combined with…
Featured Corvette: 1967 Numbers Matching Silver Pearl L79 Corvette Coupe
Very original Chevrolet Corvette coupe in a sharp and rare color combination! Happy 50th to the ’67 Corvette! When discussing the first 3 generations; (C1 to C3) of Corvette production, few would argue that 1967 was a very good year! It’s the year when Chevrolet got everything right. Especially with…
Corvettes at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans
Love auto racing? Love Corvettes going very fast for a very long time? Well then you must mark your calendar for June 16-17. Why you may ask, well this is when the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans happens. If you cannot travel to France, maybe Bowling Green, Kentucky will…
Road & Track: Mid-Engine Corvette – Everything We Think We Know
© Car and Driver 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…
1966 427 big-block 425hp Corvette Found in a Cornfield
1966 427 big block Corvette David Engler had no idea a simple question at work would turn up a 1966 Corvette convertible tucked away in a container inside a shed for 40 years. He also never thought the price would be within his reach. Read more: Hot Rod https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/classic-cars/1966-427-big-block-425hp-corvette-found-in-a-cornfield/ar-AAuG0qT?li=BBnbfcL Posted on:…
Featured Car: 1976 Bicentennial Edition Cadillac Eldorado Convertible
#38 of 200 built! “The Last Convertible”. Cotillion White w/White interior with Firethorn piping, dash and carpeting, 8.2L V8, 3-spd. automatic transmission. While much of the U.S. was preparing for the nation’s bicentennial festivities to commence on July 4, 1976, other notable dates were taking place in the months before the…
First Corvette ZR-1 Will Be Auctioned Off At Barrett-Jackson For Charity
2019 Chevrolet Corvette Zr1 1 So you want to be the first person on your block (or in the world for that matter) to have a 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Well GM and Barrett-Jackson are here to help you out. As with past C7 first production Corvettes; (Coupe, Convertible, Z06…