ISeeCars.Com has done a study and found that Corvette buyers love their cars so much that they keep them an average of 9 years. This ranks the Corvette as #2 among 15.7 million used cars sold by their original owners.
Top 10 New Cars Owners Keep the Longest
1 – Ford Expedition, 9.0 Years
2 – Chevrolet Corvette, 9.0 Years
3 – Toyota Sequoia, 8.9 Years
4 – Toyota 4Runner, 8.8 Years
5 – Toyota Avalon, 8.6 Years
6 – Ford Explorer, 8.4 Years
7 – Chevrolet Suburban, 8.4 Years
8 – Honda Accord, 8.3 Years
9 – Ford Taurus. 8.3 Years
10 – Honda Odyssey, 8.3 Years
It also turns out that Corvette Drivers tend not to use their cars as much as the average car. In fact, owners of the Corvette convertible drove their cars less than any other car. The Convertible drivers
It has been ten years since The Great Recession that almost ended GM and the Corvette. But it turns out when GM filed for bankruptcy, it saved the company and the Corvette.
In early 2008, GM was buckling down, looking at ways to save money. One of the decisions was to cancel the development of a new C7-generation Corvette, despite the best efforts of then-GM product-chief Bob Lutz. These cost cutting efforts did not work and in 2009 GM declared bankruptcy.
In 2009 Tadge Juechter, chief engineer of the Corvette, prepared to do his best to save the Corvette, and the Bowling Green, Kentucky plant. To do this, he had to convince bankruptcy courts and U.S. Treasury Department that the Corvette was worth saving. To his, and the Corvette team, it turned out that the government team knew something about the Corvette and asked about the plans for the new C7. The government team knew
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(LOS ANGELES)–Motor Trend Group, the largest automotive media company in the world, announced today a new multiyear agreement to continue as the exclusive media partner of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance®. With the new three-year agreement, which runs through 2020, the Motor Trend Group will offer automotive superfans unprecedented coverage of the world’s premier automotive celebration across several platforms including a three-hour live broadcast on MOTOR TREND’S website; exclusive video content and behind-the-scenes footage on the Motor Trend App and the Motor Trend YouTube channel; and, for the first time ever, a [...]
