Rick Hendrick, one of the world’s most important figures in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing is building his own 7.0L 505-horsepower LS7 engine that will go into his new 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Edition. Hendrick is the 13th participant to build his own engine at the build center. “For me, participating in this engine build [...]
The very first 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition sold for $297,000 at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Palm Beach earlier this year. While the winner also won the unique opportunity to watch the car going down the assembly line at the famed Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, KY, he could have waited and saved [...]
General Motors announced earlier this month that it has decided to auction the first of the limited 500 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition models at Barrett-Jackson in Palm Beach. It turned out to be one of the best decisions ever. The winning-bid came in at $297,000 and the winner will have the opportunity [...]
The first of the limited 500 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition models will be auctioned of the highest bidder at Barrett-Jackson in Palm Beach, Fla., on April 3. “The winning bidder will also be given the unique opportunity to tour GM”s Performance Build Center in Wixom, Mich., home of the hand-built LS7 and [...]
When the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition was revealed last week, GM only released two images. We now have 9 new images of the special-edition Corvette for you to drool over. The 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition gets Brembo carbon ceramic brakes with dark gray metallic calipers and Magnetic Selective Ride [...]
Getting the road-only Corvettes closest to their Corvette track-only siblings seems to be Chevrolet’s main goal. In 2006, the Corvette Z06 was introduced as the closest connection to the Corvette race cars ever. Of course, then came along the Corvette ZR1 and closed that gap even further. Today, Corvette continues its track-to-street transformation with the [...]
