If you can count bidding to $1.55 million “falling short”, that is. Barrett-Jackson wasn’t the only auction action happening in Scottsdale this past weekend. The exclusive RM Auction at the Biltmore Resort had 114 sports and collector cars go over their blocks, including 2 Corvettes. One was a 32,000 mile Teal ‘91 [...]

Reeves Callaway has been at the Corvette tuning game for a long time. The pre-production C16 debuted at the Los Angeles auto show. Montreal gave us the first view in production guise. The red coupe doesn’t have the big brake or interior package that the L.A. car did, but it still has [...]

142 Corvettes crossed the block at the 2007 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ. In total, sales amounted to $14.1 million. There were 41 more Corvettes than 2006, auction total was $1.5 million higher.
Here are the auction results for Corvettes, including commissions:
Lot # Year Description [...]

…54 years ago.
The first Corvette prototype was displayed at the Motorama show at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, January 17, 1953.

We’re still waiting for an official press release, but Autoextremist said this morning that not only will Audi Sport be back to defend their LMP1 title with the R10 (press release), but Corvette Racing will be back all alone in GT1. Racing the entire ALMS schedule makes them eligible for LeMans, so that may [...]

In a meeting with analysts, Bob Lutz more or less confirmed that Chevrolet will not let the Viper be the King of the 600hp hill for long. Here’s a quote from the Detroit Free Press article:
Asked on Thursday during a meeting with analysts whether Chevrolet plans to produce the Corvette Blue Devil, GM’s next [...]

According to this article at Autosport.com (excerpts from an Autosport interview with driver Oliver Gavin), Corvette Racing may be waiting to see what Aston Martin is going to do before committing to ALMS this season. Even though it was a difficult season for Corvette Racing, they still want competition in GT1. If Aston [...]

Autoblog sat down for an interview with Ed Peper, General Manager of Chevrolet. He was pretty evasive when asked about the Corvette, but it’s an interesting interview. Here’s the Corvette content (initial question is if he’s worried that the Camaro will step on the Corvette, HP-wise):
Ed Peper: No. Because again, the capabilities of [...]

GM Holden has to be jumping up and down today, as well as fans of the Corvette and Camaro in Australia.
Bob Lutz announced that the Holden Commodore VE SS will be rebadged as the Pontiac G8 for the US Market, giving us a great-looking V8-powered rear-wheel-drive sedan. In exchange, the upcoming 2009 [...]

The Corvette has a long and storied history with a huge cast of characters. The name has gone through its ups and downs, and has been “rescued” from the corporate axe a few times as well. No one has had more influence on the Corvette than Zora Arkus-Duntov, the first Chief Engineer of [...]