We had a feeling GM was sandbagging us with the production specs of the 2009 Corvette ZR1 back in December. 620 horses is equal to one hundred horsepower per liter they told us. Revised specs in the Spring, we heard. Well, it's unveiling time at the Museum's C5/C6 Bash and GM finally makes the Supercharged LS9 6.2L V8 power specs official: The new 2009 Corvette ZR1 produces 638 horsepower and 604 lb-ft of torque.
A new exterior color called Jetstream Blue Metallic is replacing the popular Lemans Blue Metallic on the 2008 Corvette. Here is the first photo of Jetstream Blue Metallic painted on an entire car.
A bizarre saga unfolded Sunday night at Elton John's post-Oscar party. One of the highlights of the party is the celebrity auction with proceeds benefiting The Elton John AIDS Foundation. Longtime supporter Sharon Stone has donated cars in previous years to the event, but this year she made a bit of extra news when she decided to give her 1974 T-Top Corvette to the cause.
The first Corvette ZR1 to hit the dyno was this Cyber Gray car which had all of 30 miles on her. The bone stock SAE adjusted number came in at 530 rwhp and 508 ft-Lbs of torque. After making some tuning adjustments, we see the SAE adjusted numbers rose to 567 rwhp and 532 ft-lbs of torque.
Someone sent GM's Bob Lutz a photochopped Corvette ZR1 decked out in Michigan State Police graphics and featuring the prerequisite light bar, bumper guard and awesome blacked out wheels. Without regard to notifying the PR department who were baffled by the incoming calls from new media outlets, Bob uploaded the image to GM's Fastlane Blog.
Corvette's ZR1 was spotted yesterday at the Nürburgring. Reports that the weather has been warm and dry over the previous days has brought out Team Corvette and their supercharged 638 hp Corvette ZR1, this time dressed in red. Eyewitnesses speculate that GM may have been looking for a lap time as he "spotted a helicopter chasing something that sounded very V8 and awfully supercharged..."
Chevrolet Dealer and Corvette Collector Dave Ressler was in Bowling Green yesterday to accept delivery of the first retail 2009 Corvette ZR1. Ressler is well known for buying the 6.2 liter supercharged Corvette at January's Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction for $1 million. The special one of a kind Corvette features a unique VIN and will be the only one painted LeMans Blue.
GM has released a batch of official photos of the 2009 Corvette in conjunction with the 2009 Corvette Pricing Schedule and we're pleased to see its the new Blade Silver Metallic, RPO code 17U. Blade silver replaces the popular Machine Silver which graced Corvettes from 2004-2008.
We're pretty psyched about the live action Speed Racer movie coming out next month and what a better way promote the May 9th premiere than with a movie-inspired contest. The prize? How about a Speed Racer inspired Mach 5 Corvette?
The future of GM's Corvette Racing program is cloudy once again with the decision by the corporation to shelve its mid-engine Le Mans "Evo" platform. The C7R was expected to be the first American manufactured race car in 44 years to compete for the overall win at Le Mans, the world's most prestigious endurance race.
Video from the auction. The first retail 2009 Corvette ZR1 was sold for $1 Million at the 2008 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction. proceeds of the sale benefit United Way
Over the last few years, the mantra at Corvette has been more performance, more horsepower. But the passage of the new energy bill that raises the CAFE standards to an average of 35 mpg will undoubtedly force GM's engineers to rethink performance while pursuing economy first. The results will be a lighter, greener Corvette that will not only survive the 35 mpg standard, but should thrive in it as well.
An L88 Corvette is used to shaking the world around it, but at the Mecum High Performance Auction in St. Charles, Illinois last weekend, an extremely low mile one owner 1969 Corvette L88 shook the auction world by selling for $446,250.
This 1970 LT-1 ZR-1 Corvette Coupe sold for $102,000 at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction in March 2008. The ZR-1 package inluded a 350 ci 370 LT-1 V8.
In what could only be described (and is being marketed) as the opening salvo in the new muscle car wars, the first 2009 Corvette ZR1 will be offered up for sale at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction held mid-January in Scottsdale, Arizona. The new King of the Hill will join the Dodge Challenger SRT8 and the Ford Shelby GT500KR on the block as the big three auction off the cars for various charities.
The 37th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction gets under way next week with the first car hitting the block on Tuesday. Yes, it's that time of year where chrome, corporate jets, unlimited checkbooks, and gavel to gavel television coverage converge on Scottsdale Arizona for what has become the Super Bowl of automotive auctions. Here is the full list and schedule of Corvettes currently planned for this year's auction.
The curtain has been raised on a new Corvette model. The 2009 Corvette ZR1 has crossed over from rumor to reality. It's obvious from the first photos that this isn't your father's ZR1. We're talking 620 horses delived via the supercharged 6.2 liter LS9. View over 40 hi-res photos and read the press releases at CorvetteBlogger.com
It's been a while since we used the word "Spied" and "ZR1" in a headline, but that is exactly what was caught on the Nordschleife portion of the Nürburgring in Germany last week. BridgeToGantry.com photographed the Blue Devil sporting a most interesting exterior color as it put its 620 horses to ground on one of the most famous road courses in the world.
If I was ever late to catch a flight, seeing this taxi pulling up in front of the Compound would be a welcome site. But in reality, this Corvette Z06 isn't a taxicab all. It's actually one of the 120 cars participating in the 10th Annual Gumball 3000 Rally.
One of the most dominating Corvettes in auto racing history was sold over the weekend at Gooding & Company's Pebble Beach Auction for an astounding $1.485 million. Grady Davis' Gulf Oil Racing Team purchased the Corvette in 1962 from Yenko Chevrolet. In 14 races, the Gulf Oil '62 Corvette finished first in class 12 times including wins at Daytona and Sebring and captured the 1962 A-Production Championship.
On May 7th, 62 renowned motoring journalists from 30 countries will gather at the Engine Expo 2008 in Stuttgart Germany to cast their ballots for "The International Engine of the Year Award". Competition is always stiff and for engineers of the respective nominees, bragging rights for winning the world's best engine is the crowning achievement following years of development and testing.
The TLC Network will be airing a new episode of Overhaulin' Tuesday, September 19th at 9pm featuring a 1957 Corvette. The show is titled "Roadies Stole My Vette!".
Last month as the Corvette ZR1 was making tracks around the Nürburgring, Corvette's Chief Engineer claimed the ZR1 will beat the track record for production cars at any road course in the world. We have since learned that Team Corvette is expecting a lap time of "seven minutes, twenty-something seconds."
The 15th running of the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard is Sunday and the Corvette Z06 was selected for the 4th consecutive year. This year's Allstate 400 Pace Car Corvette features a design that can only be described as an ear of corn: the yellow hood and the green stalks grace the sides against a Lemans Blue base.
Two 1963 Corvettes crossed the auction block at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction on Thursday evening, and while they were both made in 1963 they were anything but alike.
The Corvette C6RS burst on the scene last fall at SEMA with a conversion of Jay Leno's personal Corvette Z06 into the mean green E85 C6RS, powered by a Katech 8.2 liter 500 ci V8 that produces 600 horsepower and 600 lb.-ft of torque, the C6RS employs many of the components and characteristics used by Pratt and Miller on Corvette Racing's C6.R GT1 racecars.
A matched set of Corvettes were sold this weekend by RM Auctions. Included in the set were a 1953 Corvette, a 2003 50th Anniversary Corvette and a commemorative 1953 Corvette Pedal Car. What makes this package unique is the serial numbers for each of the three cars was #39. The Corvettes were sold to Proteam Corvette for $390,500.
Strategic Vision has released their annual Total Quality Awards and the 2008 Corvette Convertible won the "Convertibles over $30,000" class besting 3 models from Mercedes-Benz and the BMW Z4 Roadster with a score of 940. This is the second year in row that the Corvette Convertible has won this class. The score represents new vehicle owner satisfaction.
The 1963 Split Window Z06 Coupe is one of the most coveted and therefore collected midyear Corvettes. Only 199 of these special performance optioned Vettes were produced. Then factor in the N03 36 gallon "tanker" option of which only 63 were made and you've got a very special Corvette indeed.
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