The Big Picture cutaway photo. 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 from Automotive Engineering International.

Just a few weeks after pictures of the Blue Devil/SS/Sting Ray were first taken, another supercharged Corvette test mule was spied just outside of Ann Arbor heading for EPA testing.

With the latest pronouncement by GM's Vice Chairman Bob Lutz that the Blue Devil/SS/Sting Ray project is in the works, we're wondering if we're going to get a new confirmation at each and every car show from now until mid-2009. That's when the limited-edition uber-Vette is expected as a 2010 model.

This was an interesting year for Corvettes and the people that follow them. We take a look back at the stories and events that shaped Corvette in 2006.

Could this be one of the firsts in a series of shake downs for the Blue Devil Corvette? Johnny O'Connell of Corvette Racing fame (#3 car) posted on his web site that he will be test driving some Corvette street cars around the Nuerburgring

"Maximum" Bob Lutz, GM's Vice Chairman said on Thursday that those involved with Corvette won't let the new 600 hp Dodge Viper SRT10 keep its crown as the most powerful US sports car very long.

Over the last couple of months, GM has filed trademark extensions for the term ZR-1, the option code for Corvettes built from 1990-1995 with the 32-valve DOHC LT-5 engine. The trademark extensions cover use of the term for "Motor Land Vehicles, namely automobiles" and use for merchandise and accessories related to the ZR-1 Corvette.