Well, your new 2018 Corvette can be ordered today! These are preliminary orders only, as dealers will get notification of their first allocations on April 27th. One problem though is that pricing is still unknown, as official pricing for the 2018 Corvette models will not be announced until May or June.

If you have not already seen the 2018 Corvette Order Guide, which came out on Monday, it is available on the web, or at your local dealer. The guide details all the new options, colors and wheels.

As we said in earlier Thundering Thursday’s, the last 2017 Corvette will cross the line on Friday, June 2nd, with 2018 Corvette production starting on the following Monday (June 5th). You can watch the first 2018’s being built though, as assembly plant tours will continue until June 16th.

Production of the 2018 Corvettes will come to a [...]

Black w/Black interior, 427/505hp, 6-spd. manual transaxle.
Price Slashed from $59,900 to $53,888. Trade ins ok!!
Good through 4-15-17. TAX DAY!!

When the sixth generation Corvette was introduced as an ’05 model, it was a huge hit with the public and press alike. Chevrolet got just about everything right with the car. And when the new ZO6 was introduced the following year, it didn’t take long to see that a major home run had been achieved. The ZO6 featured a 505hp small block 427 under its carbon fiber hood along with a 6-spd. manual transaxle, aluminum Hydro-Formed frame, special brakes and suspension and tires. And it was a monster! Complaints about the car were few and far between. However, one was the fact that it didn’t come in a Convertible! Because of the very high performance nature of the ZO6, it wasn’t available in [...]

GM is selling some of their in-house collection of Corvettes at Barrett-Jackson this week. At its sale in Palm Beach starting today, Barrett-Jackson will be auctioning off no fewer than ten factory Corvettes (plus another handful of vehicles) from Chevy’s own stockpile and the GM Heritage Collection.

The oldest among them is a 1990 C4 prototype set up in right-hand drive to evaluate potential export to the UK, Japan, and Australia. There’s a 1993 C4 LT1 convertible with matching interior trim and the underside of the hood signed by all the assembly-line workers. And another ’94 C4 equipped with a giant 572-cubic-inch (9.4-liter) crate engine.

They’re joined by a yellow, C6-based Pacific concept with all manner of carbon-fiber components and other upgrades. There’s also a 2016 Stingray and five Z06s showcased at various events across the country – including several with low VINs.

It’s not [...]

Roman Red w/Red interior, 327/340hp, 4-spd.

The best of the last! That’s what the ’62 Corvette is often referred to. By ’62, first generation production was coming to an end after 11 years. The designers and engineers a the St Louis plant had taken the C1 about as far as they could in its current configuration. A new Corvette was on the horizon for ’63 and excitement was brewing for the first ever Corvette Coupe that was due to be introduced along with the next generation Convertible. But there was still a few surprises in store for those who chose to purchase a ’62. First was the overall clean and uncluttered appearance of the ’62’s exterior. Those venerable side coves were still in place, but the stainless surrounding it was gone. And you could no longer get it in a [...]

The original Corvette Grand Sports were purpose-built racing prototypes that looked like production models — only five were ever built. There have been a few other Grand Sport Corvettes through the years, and the latest version is the C7 Grand Sport. “The racing DNA of the original Grand Sport race cars is in the 2017 model, adding greater dimensions of capability and driver involvement to the Corvette’s award-winning architecture, for a purer driving experience,” said Harlan Charles, Corvette product marketing manager.

This special Vette features Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires, Brembo brakes, a 7-speed manual transmission, an electronic limited-slip differential and unique springs. An optional Z07 package adds ceramic brakes and Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, making the Grand Sport the ultimate track toy. Performance stats are impressive — the Grand Sport can corner at 1.2 Gs and reaches 60 mph in 3.6 seconds.

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