The 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500 just took place this last Monday with Simon Pagenaud taking the checkered flag. To accompany the thrill and prestige of having your name added to the Borg-Warner Trophy, Pagenaud also got a check for $2,669,529 in prize money and a new 2019 C7 Corvette Grand Sport Indy 500 Pace car.
For most people that just won the Indy 500, and got a check like this, the Corvette would be nice, but not newsworthy. But this is not the case for Pagenaud. Speaking at the Victory Celebration he said the Corvette was a very fitting prize for him. As a Frenchman, a wine enthusiast, and no surprise, a car enthusiast, his new Long Beach Red Metallic Tintcoat Vette will blend right into his lifestyle. I am sure the color [...]
Whenever a company starts a new project, it is common to give it a code name. This allows the KEY staff inside the company to be able to talk about it without giving away what they are working on.
The development of a new car can take many years, keeping these projects a secret is extremely important.
This is especially true when you are changing the location of the engine in a car as iconic as the Corvette.
In the case of the newly transformed C8 Corvette, GM code named it ZERV. At first you may get this confused with PZEV (Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle), a common acronym seen on the back of cars today. It is in fact, to have a very meaningful origin based on the CERV protypes from the 50’ and [...]
A massive fire that broke out on the set of an HBO miniseries in Ellenville, New York, early Thursday morning destroyed a used-car dealership and several 1990’s era cars and trucks, including Chevrolet Corvettes and Camaros. The cars were among 27 vintage vehicles that Automobile Magazine New York bureau chief Jamie Kitman had supplied to the HBO production via a film-car company he owns.
The precise number of vehicles lost is not yet known, though Chris Busby, general manager for 613 Automotive Group, told the Poughkeepsie Journal; “There’s nothing left.” The dealership buildings, and “about a dozen vehicles were destroyed,” he said. According to the Shawangunk Journal, the fire is said to have started in the showroom building and also claimed camera and film equipment, with damages possibly reaching into the millions of dollars, [...]
Dealers Must Buy Tools And Train To qualify To Sell The Corvette C8
Chevrolet wants to make sure the C8 buying experience is a great one, so they are going to make dealers jump through some hoops if they want to sell the C8 Corvette.
It has been some time since Chevrolet has had so much excitement around the introduction of a new car, and the only people more excited than the customers, are the Chevrolet dealers, eager for a piece of the action. But dealers looking to get the customers into their showroom’s for fun and profit will have to participate in one of two available programs.
The programs are called “Corvette Dealer” and “Signature Corvette Dealer.” A standard Corvette Dealer must invest $3,500 to send a sales representative to Spring Mountain Motorsports in Las Vegas for in-depth training, and $1,500 in specialty tools for the new car.
The Signature Corvette Dealer program requires [...]
The 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will be held August 18th. Since 1950, the Concours has been the premier celebration of the automobile in the world. You won’t want to miss this historic and storied event.
The 2019 Event Calendar can be found at: https://pebblebeachconcours.net/visitor-guide/event-calendar.htmlhttps://pebblebeachconcours.net/visitor-guide/event-calendar.html. Other events held during the week include the Tour d’Elegance, RetroAuto and the Classic Car Forum.
Pebble Beach is a must-see for any automobile aficionado.
