Welcome to March; where did January and February go?
If you have been waiting to get your hands on the new 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, your wait is almost over. The ZR1 has an official release date of March 5th, but rumors say GM has already produced its first batch and is getting ready to ship they to a dealer near you!
The base price for a Corvette ZR1 Coupe is $120,990 and the convertible starts at $123,995, but you can price out your perfect one by Clicking Here to build it out and see how many pennies it will set you back; don’t try to pay with pennies at your local dealer though, as I doubt your car will hold them all.
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 [...]
