Over the summer, Chevrolet announced the “Corvette Engine Build Experience” – a program exclusively open to Corvette buyers that want to built their own engine. The program allows customers who order a 2011 Corvette Z06 or ZR1 to pay an additional $5,800 to assemble their car”s LS7 or LS9 engines at the Performance Build Center [...]
The first person to take advantage of General Motors Performance Build Center’s build your own Corvette engine will be Todd Schnitt, host of a Tampa-based syndicated radio show. Schnitt will personally build the 638-hp supercharged small block engine for his new Corvette ZR1. “As part of the Corvette Engine Build Experience ordering option, a special [...]
When the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 made its comeback in 2009, dealers were able to bank off of exorbitant markups since the demand for the supercar was so high. However, two years later, demand for the ZR1 has dropped and General Motors is now offering incentives to help dealers move them off the lots. The incentives [...]
General Motors has released a new commercial for the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette that should grab your attention. What’s the basis of the commercial? According to GM: Once upon a time, a bunch of guys got together with a crazy idea – build rockets that go farther and faster than mankind had ever gone before. It’s [...]
Most supercar owners can only dream of being involved in the production of their vehicle before taking delivery of it. Well, General Motors is allowing new Corvette shoppers to do just that. Any customer who now orders a 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 or ZR1 will have the option to build their LS7 or LS9 at [...]
General Motors today took the wraps off of the second-generation Chevrolet Corvette C6.R race car, based heavily on the new 2010 Corvette ZR1. The 2010 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R is powered by a new 485-hp 5.5L V8 and will compete in the new unified GT class in the 2010 American Le Mans Series as well as [...]
If you missed Top Gear this past weekend, you missed a pretty exciting segment where Jeremy Clarkson test-drives the Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 and compares it to GM’s Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Wondering who won? Check out the video after the jump – but make sure you do it soon before YouTwit takes it down. [...]
Italian company Zagato helped a Russian student from Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts revive Italian brand Iso Rivolta. Known as the Iso Rivolta Marella, the Italian supercar is based on the underpinnings of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 – meaning that under the hood is a 6.2L V8 LS9 supercharged engine making 638-hp [...]
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 completely destroyed: What you see above is a picture of a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 completely destroyed after a horrible head on crash. Check out more pictures at WreckedExotics. Chinese woman pulls 6 cars with her hair: This past week, Zhang Tingting became the first woman to successfully pull 6 cars over 50 meters [...]
Obviously it would be a bold statement to say that the Corvette ZR1 can beat the Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce – in fact it would be down right blasphemous. However, can ZR1 actually keep up with the Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce? Well, the folks at AutoCar decided to figure that one out. Refresher: Lamborghini Murcielago LP [...]
