Corvette Mike’s Thundering Thursday | Volume 8-27 • March 11, 2021

COVID-19 played havoc on the C8 Corvette in many ways, and participation in the 2020 24 Hours of La Mans was one of them.

Corvette Racing, with the C8.R, has been unstoppable this year with the latest 1st and 2nd place win at the Daytona Rolex 24, in the GTLM class. This was the fourth time in its history, Corvette Racing stood on the top step of the podium in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. The two Corvettes combined lead 716 of the 770 [...]

Corvette Mike’s Thundering Thursday | Volume 8-26 • March 4, 2021

When Chevrolet brought out the 2021 Corvette, they did it without a price increase, but as of March 1, the base price of all C8 models have increased by $1,000. That means the new base price for a Corvette is $60,995. It also means Chevy can no longer advertise the C8 as a sub-$60,000 sports car.

Autoblog reached out to GM and got this statement: “The MSRP of the 2021 Chevrole [...]

Corvette Mike’s Thundering Thursday | Volume 8-25 • February 25, 2021

It has been about a year now since the first C8 Corvette got delivered to its lucky owner, and the demand is just as strong today as it was back then. In normal times, the waiting list would be down to weeks, not over a year, and dealer markups would be a thing of the past.

But these are not normal times. At first, it was the month-long strike at the factory that cased a delay in the launch of the C8. Then just [...]

Corvette Mike’s Thundering Thursday | Volume 8-24 • February 18, 2021

We know the C8 is a very fast car but is also the quickest car to leave the dealership lot and into the buyer’s garage. In January, the C8 mid-engine Corvette lasted just 10 days on the lot on average. Even though the C8 has been available for close to a year now, the demand is still extremely high, and the wait list is still almost a yearlong at most dealers.

A recently published study from [...]