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In a world of quick 0-60 mph sprints and drag-strip runs, the ZR1 stands above every production Corvette we’ve ever seen. Chevrolet just confirmed that the car is capable of ripping off the 0-60 ...
Having had 25 or more articles made by the original vehicle manufacturer and offered for commercial sale to the public in new condition [i] (pre-production prototypes, and cars modified by either professional tuners or individuals, are not eligible);
U.S. News & World Report [117] selected the 2010 Corvette the "Best Luxury Sports Car for the Money". Edmunds.com, in its "100 Best Cars Of All Time" list, ranked the 1963 Corvette Stingray as the 16th best car ever produced worldwide. The 1990 ZR1 took #50, the 1955 Corvette V8 took #72, and the 2009 ZR1 took #78 overall.
The C4 Corvette represented a clean break from the Zora Arkus-Duntov-designed C3, with a completely new chassis and sleeker, more modern but still evolutionary styling.It was the work of a team under chief Corvette designer Dave McLellan, who'd taken over from Duntov in 1975 — under the design direction of Irv Rybicki.
New LT7 V-8. Chevy's engineers probably could have slapped a pair of turbochargers on the LT6 5.5-liter V-8 from the Corvette Z06 and called it a day. That would've had them home in time for dinner.
The Corvette has long been known for having relatively good fuel economy given its capabilities and, thanks to ample luggage space and comfortable seating, for being an excellent road trip sports car.
Out of the initial production run of 30 cars, 5 were named the Super Sport World Record Edition, which had the same electronic limiter as the other 25 – but turned off. Pierre-Henri Raphanel drove the unlimited Super Sport World Record Edition to a 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph) two-way average, verified by Guinness World Records.
The Chevrolet Corvette C8.R is a grand tourer racing car built by Pratt Miller and Chevrolet for competition in endurance racing. It serves as the replacement for the Corvette C7.R, using the C8 generation Chevrolet Corvette as a base. Corvette Racing fielded the C8.R in the IMSA SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans (GTLM) class starting with the ...