Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs Mercedes-AMG GT R
If you read the car magazines, you will see article after article about how good the German cars are and how fast they are. The Chevrolet Corvette does get good press but is still under appreciated.
Well here is more proof that a Chevrolet Corvette can hold its own on any track and against all comers; foreign [...]
CHEVROLET CORVETTE ZR1
The current Corvette has been around since the 2014 model year, meaning it’s scheduled for a full redesign in the next few years. To give the C7 a proper sendoff, Chevrolet took the already-track-focused Z06 and made it even more wild. Among other things, the ZR1 gets a massive wing, improved cooling, and a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8 that makes 755 hp.
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They say that behind every great man is a great woman. For Zora, this was Elfi Wolff, who helped personify the Corvette in her own inimitable way and was known as The First Lady of the Corvette.
Elfi came from an artistic family in Berlin. Elfi, her sister Ruth and brother Walter were all schooled in the fine arts. Elfi, with her blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes, specialized in ballet, but also modeled extensively for a Berlin department store.
She met Zora as a teenager in the warm glow of a Berlin café after ducking out of the rain on her way to a date. Captivated by the blue-eyed Russian, she instantly fell in love and began running around Berlin together in Zora’s Bugatti Type 30. She would spell out “Zora” in Russian with bandages on her body and then tan in the sun to brand herself as his girl.
Elfi and Zora married
Chevrolet still hasn’t confirmed the road-going mid-engine Corvette C8, but a racing version could already be in the works.
The new mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette C8 is one of the worst kept secrets in the auto industry. Prototypes have been spied covered in camouflage a countless number of times, but Chevrolet is remaining stubbornly silent. While the road-going mid-engine Corvette has yet to be officially announced, it seems that Chevrolet is already developing a race car based on the C8 Corvette. According to a report by Daily Sports Car, via GMAuthority, French racing team Larbre has inadvertently confirmed the mid-engine Corvette racer’s existence.
During a news conference, Larbre team principal Jacques Leconte announc [...]
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As Corvette People, we thank Zora Arkus-Duntov for helping to make the Corvette what it is today, and what it will be tomorrow, but do you know his history?
Most of us know that the early days of the Corvette were a bit uncertain and, thanks in large part, Duntov, who applied the principles learned from racing in Europe for brands like Allard and Porsche, helped make it so we still have a Corvette to enjoy today.
Have you ever ask [...]
