Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals 2017: Maintaining the standard

Several years ago, I was reading about the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in a magazine (remember those?) and decided to visit the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Chicago for the next “MCACN.” I was wowed, and every subsequent event has continued to uphold a special standard — the bar seemingly can’t get any […]

2019 Chevy Corvette ZR1 First Ride | Entry of the horsepower gods into petro-Valhalla

Back at the L.A. Auto Show, there’s a bright orange 2019 Corvette ZR1 Convertible on a show stand, glimmering under the lights, being ogled by admirers and measured by competitors. Just over 100 miles away, at the oldest permanent road course in the U.S., at the western edge of the Mojave Desert, two beat-up ZR1 […]

2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1: We Get a 755-HP Thrill Ride around Willow Springs

– “We broke a lot of dynamometers testing this engine,” explained Jordan Lee, Chevrolet’s chief engineer for small-block engines, before handlers strapped us into the passenger seat of a 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 for a few laps of Willow Springs International Raceway. It’s understandable, because the engine to which Lee referred is the ultra-Vette’s supercharged […]

2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Convertible: Extreme, Extroverted, Expensive

– Barely two weeks after the most awe-inspiring Corvette in modern history, the bewinged and beastly 2019 Corvette ZR1 coupe, made its debut at the Dubai auto show, that car’s drop-top counterpart roared into Los Angeles, the next-sunniest city on the major-auto-show circuit. Not only does the 2019 Corvette ZR1 convertible look incredible, but Chevrolet […]

2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport – Long-Term Road Test

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Our Long-Term Corvette Grand Sport Hits 10K: So Far, Mostly a Wheels and Tires Thing

– WHAT WE LIKE: The Grand Sport’s everyday usability and the glorious power of its LT1 V-8 continue to impress. Driving it back to back with far pricier choices in the high-performance sports-car realm reveals that the chassis in General Motors’ marquee sports car delivers better isolation while maintaining a lustworthy suppleness in its steering […]